dub3 card · www.freechal.com
Freechal (1999)
Ten million members and a million clubs, until it started charging for them.
- Cost
- 6 RAM
- Power
- 10
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Social
- Era
- Dot-com (1999 to 2002)
- Collection
- Dead Links
What it does
On reveal: +2 Power to your other cards here.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 6 RAM to play and brings 10 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Social cards lift the cards around them, here and in the other lanes.
The site, in 1999
A Korean portal known for its clubs and online communities, its name a blend of 'free' and 'challenge'.
In 2002 it had 10 million members and over a million communities, ahead of Daum for clubs. Charging for clubs that November drove users away, Cyworld overtook it in 2003, and it closed on 18 February 2013.
In 1999: Started by Jeon Je-wan, a former Samsung C&T employee, through his company Freedom and Challenge.
Dot-com era, 1999 to 2002. Glossy buttons, big money and a bug called Y2K. Some of these companies were worth billions for about a fortnight.
Dead Links: Gone, but not forgotten. Mostly forgotten.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1999 page.
Put it on your site
Run Freechal, 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 1999, then plays a short scene. Want Freechal in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
