dub3 card · www.youku.com
Youku (2006)
Now in 56k.
- Cost
- 3 RAM
- Power
- 3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Media
- Era
- Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: +1 Power to your cards in other lanes.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 3 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 Chinese video site that began with user uploads, grew into a subscription streaming service and is now owned by Alibaba.
Victor Koo, a former Sohu president, launched it in December 2006. Its name means 'excellent and cool'. It merged with rival Tudou in 2012, Alibaba bought it in 2015, and by 2014 it had more than 500 million monthly active users.
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 Youku, 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 Youku in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
