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dub3's pixel tribute to grani.ru in 2000: a Dot-com-era news site
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2000 page

dub3 card · graniru.org

grani.ru (2000)

Please upgrade your plug-in.

Cost
3 RAM
Power
5
Rarity
Common
Family
Tech
Era
Dot-com (1999 to 2002)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: A random card in your hand costs 1 less.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 3 RAM to play and brings 5 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Tech cards bend the rules: more RAM, cheaper cards and patches that weaken the other side.

The site, in 2000

A Russian-language news website covering politics and current affairs.

Founded in December 2000, it was blocked in Russia in March 2014, a block the European Court of Human Rights found unlawful in 2020. It moved to graniru.org in 2016, and its editors suspended work in September 2023.

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.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2000 page.

Put it on your site

Run grani.ru, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 2000. Paste this into your page:

grani.ru is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2000, then plays a short scene. Want grani.ru in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.