Comments on: The RZA launches WuChess.com http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/06/02/the-rza-launches-wuchesscom/ Covering Web 2.0 Trends on African-American Websites and in African-American Culture Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:37:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: slydell http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/06/02/the-rza-launches-wuchesscom/#comment-15667 slydell Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:17:16 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=478#comment-15667 this is pretty cool. the intertubes + chess + hip-hop. this is pretty cool. the intertubes + chess + hip-hop.

]]> By: Andrea http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/06/02/the-rza-launches-wuchesscom/#comment-7701 Andrea Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:30:06 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=478#comment-7701 That's hot (and I am someone who "don't do hip-hip" or support it). It's inventive but like the previous comment above noted, $48 is a bit for his audience. They spend on themselves --- in tangibles. I can't see them putting out that much eventhough it is fairly a small amount. I also adore the conceptual component of adding the challenge of playing chess. It's academic. It is something our people need in learning how to show up to play and come back and be challenged by others. Whomever this Wu-tang rapper guy is, I think he is smart. I wish him the best of luck. He is doing the for-profit social enterprise business model of making profit while doing something good that benefits others. By using the gaming end of technology but applying it with an academic sport such as chess, he is sliding in academic, skill building, and social strategy to the mix which the hip-hop demographic really needs. Hell, the entire Black Community needs those work-outs. That’s hot (and I am someone who “don’t do hip-hip” or support it).

It’s inventive but like the previous comment above noted, $48 is a bit for his audience. They spend on themselves — in tangibles. I can’t see them putting out that much eventhough it is fairly a small amount.

I also adore the conceptual component of adding the challenge of playing chess. It’s academic. It is something our people need in learning how to show up to play and come back and be challenged by others.

Whomever this Wu-tang rapper guy is, I think he is smart. I wish him the best of luck. He is doing the for-profit social enterprise business model of making profit while doing something good that benefits others. By using the gaming end of technology but applying it with an academic sport such as chess, he is sliding in academic, skill building, and social strategy to the mix which the hip-hop demographic really needs. Hell, the entire Black Community needs those work-outs.

]]> By: J. Lee http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/06/02/the-rza-launches-wuchesscom/#comment-6381 J. Lee Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:14:27 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=478#comment-6381 I like chess... I dig (or at least, used to dig) WuTang... I often wish more of my peers played chess... It's not likely that I'll pay $48 to play on wuchess. I think is a decent concept... engaging the black/urban community in a social gaming site, but I don't think this is a business by itself. I think they would see significantly more success if they partnered with an established black/urban portal, abandoned the subscription model and went with an ad-supported based business model. I like chess… I dig (or at least, used to dig) WuTang… I often wish more of my peers played chess… It’s not likely that I’ll pay $48 to play on wuchess. I think is a decent concept… engaging the black/urban community in a social gaming site, but I don’t think this is a business by itself. I think they would see significantly more success if they partnered with an established black/urban portal, abandoned the subscription model and went with an ad-supported based business model.

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