Keeping Tabs On The Lab #35
To the Bored,
Good evening and thanks for reading the 35th edition of the Bored Ape Gazetteās Keeping Tabs on The Lab newsletter.
Ā Itās hard to believe, but 2023 is coming to a close and the Yugaverse is looking to end the year on a high note with Art Basel events, ApeCoin elections, and gaming updates that will hopefully ring in a bullish 2024!
With so much happening around the swamp, letās ape into the news and keep tabs on Yuga Labs!Ā
To begin, many members of the Yugaverse are heading down south to Miami, Florida this week for a few days of sun, contemporary art, and boring vibes during this yearās Art Basel Festivities.Ā
During the week, several BAYC members such as ProfitsOverWages, the Bored Run Club, CryptoStorm, Magic Eden, and Bored Events and Boring Yachts, are hosting events and get togethers for their fellow primates in swamp!Ā
Profits B.E.A.T Basel 2023: https://tokenproof.xyz/event/beat-basel-2023
Bored Run Club: https://tokenproof.xyz/event/ape-run-art-basel
CryptoStorm: https://x.com/CryptoStorm__/status/1732153528267759803?s=20
Magic Eden Battle For Basel: https://lu.ma/battleforbasel
Bored Clubhouse, art Basel: https://tokenproof.xyz/event/bored-clubhouse-art-basel
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Along with several Art Basel events happening this week, the ApeCoin DAO is in the middle of its winter election season, with a bunch of windows to vote on various positions opening and closing over the next few weeks.
The window for ApeCoin DAO Contributors to vote in the first round of DAOās Metaverse Working Group and Marketing and Communication Working Group Steward elections is currently open and $Apes have until tomorrow night at 9 P.M.EST to cast their coins for their preferred candidates.Ā
The top five vote-getting candidates from each of these races will proceed to the second round of voting that begins on Thursday, December 7th, and officially become ApeCoin DAO Marketing and Communications Working Group and Metaverse Working Group Steward nominees! From there, the community will elect the two candidates from the Marketing and Communications Working Group and Metaverse Working Group Steward races to be these committeeās official representatives!
As the first round of the Marketing and Communications Working Group and Metaverse Working Group Steward elections come to an end, the first round of voting for the ApeCoin DAOās Special Council and Governance Working Group Steward races is about to begin this Thursday!
During the first round of the Special Council and Governance Working Group Steward races, ApeCoin DAO Contributors will cast their coins for their preferred nominees between December 7th and December 13th. After that, the top five nominees with the most votes will proceed to the second round of voting and officially become candidates.
The DAO will then conduct one more election from December 14th through December 20th. During this second vote, the community will officially elect its three new Special Council Members along with its new Governance Working Group Steward!Ā Ā
The Bored Ape GazetteĀ has reached out to all the candidates running for $Ape office this winter and will be bringing you interviews with everyone throughout the week!
With so much politicking going on around the swamp, Apes, Voyagers, and the Yugaverse at large need some games to unwind and take their mind off things. Thankfully Yuga has everyone covered!
Earlier today, Yuga Labs announced that season two of its Legends Of The Mara game launched and Voyagers could assign their Odas to their Otherdeed and start farming sediment and hunting Shattered!
āSeason 2 of Legends of the Mara is now LIVE,ā Yuga Labs gaming tweeted. āVoyagers will need to re-assign all Oda to Otherdeeds to farm Sediment Fragments and Hunt the Shattered. Once an Oda is assigned as a Hunter on an Otherdeed, the Chest Timer will not stop until the Shattered is slain. Happy hunting!ā
Remember, in order to participate in LOTM Season 2, Voyagers must burn their Otherdeeds for Yuga Labsā dynamic Otherdeed collection dubbed āOtherdeed Expanded. By burning an original Otherdeeds, Voyagers will receive a new Otherdeed expanded NFT along with either a Farmer, Hunter, or Enchanter Vessel that they can nest on their land. For more information on claiming a Vessel and burning an Otherdeed for an Otherdeed Expanded NFT, please visit Yuga Labsā website here: https://lotm.otherside.xyz/expanded
Along with the beginning of LOTM season 2 this evening, Yuga Labs GamingĀ also announced some major updates to the HV-MTL Forge and revealed when the community can expect to evolve their HVs into their EV02 forms!
This morning, the community got a new āglimpse at the road aheadā after Yuga Labs tweeted that it has added two new roadmap stops to its MDvMM website.
āWhat now?! AMP claim coming early 2024, EVO2 coming Spring 2024,ā Yuga Labs tweeted.
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While YugaĀ Labs did not give the community any updates outside of a new timeline, the companyās Chief Gaming Officer, Spencer Tucker, did say that Yuga would be taking its time with EV02 to address the communityās feedback from the Forge.
āWe are taking what we learned and heard and applying it for EVO2,ā he tweeted. āYes this will means a bit of a delay but we intend to ensure the next set of experiences are excellent and leverage the insights and time to supervise and delight our Collectors and players.ā
The Bored Ape Gazette will continue to follow the HVs and will let you know when Yuga Labs releases more information.
Thank you so much for reading this weekās edition of the Bored Ape Gazetteās Keeping Tabs On The Lab newsletter and be sure to follow the Bored Ape Gazette on Twitter for the latest news on all things Yuga!
Sincerely,
Kyle
Editor-In-Chief
Bored Ape Gazette