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AfreecaTV (2006)
Anyone with a webcam could go live, and viewers could tip them. Then came mukbang.
- Cost
- 2 RAM
- Power
- 3
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Media
- Era
- Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: If played in round 5 or later, +3 Power to this card.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 3 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Media cards broadcast Power to your other lanes.
The site, in 2006
A Korean live-streaming site where 'broadcasting jockeys' stream from their own PCs to viewers who chat with them and can pay to support them.
Mukbang, the eating broadcast, was first introduced there in 2009 before spreading to YouTube and beyond. Renamed AfreecaTV in 2012, it became Soop in 2024.
In 2006: Officially named Afreeca on 9 March, after a beta run under the name W from May 2005.
Web 2.0 era, 2003 to 2008. Rounded corners, reflections and drop shadows. Everything was social, and everything was in beta.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2006 page.
Put it on your site
Run AfreecaTV, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2006, then plays a short scene. Want AfreecaTV in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
