Hello gaming enthusiasts! is growing stronger and tougher! So far, we have published 114 stories submitted from around the world. Here we are again with the announcement of Round 2 winners. So who won this time? Let's see! The Gaming Metaverse Writing Contest But First - What's Gaming Metaverse? in partnership with , giving the contestants an opportunity to share their knowledge and opinions on metaverse gaming and the blockchain gaming industry as a whole. Contestants can win prizes worth of SAND every month! Every month, we select the top 10 stories that generated the most traffic. Editors vote for their favorite stories from these nominations and the top 5 win prizes. HackerNoon hosts #Gaming-Metaverse Writing Contest Sandbox $5800 How to Enter the Contest? Just with the tag, and your entry will automatically qualify! submit an article to HackerNoon #gaming-metaverse Top 10 Gaming Metaverse Stories So, as per the rules, we chose the top 10 stories using 60:30:10 weightage respectively to: Number of hours read Number of people reached Freshness of the content Here is the list of the top 10 stories according to our algorithm: by "I Always Tell All My Friends that bitcoin is a Useless Thing" @Ishan Pandey by Binance Smart Chain Funds Decentral Games Via its $100 million Accelerator Program @swedeyburr by Play 2 Earn: A New Trend on the Crypto Market @sergey-baloyan by How Non-Fungible Tokens Will Intersect with Virtual Reality @shaanray by Rediscovering the EverDragons, the First Cross-Chain NFTs @0x0ece by My Love For "Drop Bears" and Collecting Specific NFTs @ashky by How You Can Invest in the Metaverse Today @barthillerich by The Rising Tempo: An Intro to Music NFTs @timongty by A Brief Intro to NFT Marketplaces @manish8227 by The Decentralized Gaming Evolution @induction Congratulations to all the nominations! Yáll deserved it!! As usual, editors voted for the best stories, from which the top 5 were selected as winners! So who won the money? Let see. The Winners In the first place, we have , with a clear majority - of the votes! How You Can Invest in the Metaverse Today 23% Congratulations ! You have won $2000 in SAND. @barthillerich Metaverses are still in the process of being developed with many versions still in a presale phase. You’re not just on time to the party, you’re hours early and the host is wondering if they made a typo on your invitation. Both by Play 2 Earn: A New Trend on the Crypto Market @sergey-baloyan by got of the Editors' votes. How Non-Fungible Tokens Will Intersect with Virtual Reality @shaanray 18% To break the tie, we decided to follow the algorithm's ranking. by won the second position and $1500 worth of SAND with impressive 3000+ reads and 18% votes. Play 2 Earn: A New Trend on the Crypto Market @sergey-baloyan Previously games were perceived only as a way of having fun. But right now, a new class of games is emerging that is not only fun but an attractive investment. Consequently, has won third position and $1000 in SAND. Yay! @shaanray The strategic use of NFTs in Virtual Reality Environments and Worlds will unlock an exciting new range of use cases and possibilities. To fully comprehend the potential of these technologies, it is essential first to understand NFTs and Virtual reality in more detail. In the fourth position, we have with 14% votes. Rediscovering the EverDragons, the First Cross-Chain NFTs The EverDragons are the first example of cross-chain NFTs (Ethereum, POA, Tron) and among the first to introduce games with NFTs. They are an incredible piece of history and technology and we're about to make them even better! Congratulations ! You have won $800 in SAND. @0x0ece Ishaan's story has locked fifth place with of the votes. "I Always Tell All My Friends that bitcoin is a Useless Thing" 9% Congratulations @Ishan Pandey , for locking in 5th place and winning $500 worth of SAND. One of the main problems in the current betting industry is that nearly 100% of the control is in the betting operator’s hands. This brings us to a situation where operators ban smart players, lower payouts for winning bets, do artificial KYC checks to freeze the funds on players’ accounts, and much more. Congratulations to all the winners! Please contact and to claim your prizes. support@hackernoon.com hang@hackernoon.com Read the full Gaming Metaverse Contest rules . Till next month! here