# nouns.fe - More Than Pixels (Professional Women's Counter-Strike 2 Team)

[![Temp Thumbnail](https://i.ibb.co/FnTf4c7/youtube-thumbnail-2.png "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wd-4bqrSGY")](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wd-4bqrSGY)
![low poly rotating sphere nouns esports red](https://i.ibb.co/ydRhCzp/NOUNSFE-CUBE.gif)

*We heard you. We are back :]*

We are nouns.fe ✨ For those of you who are new members of the DAO, we are passionate marginalized competitors and contributors to the women's esports scene. Join us in our journey in trailblazing a path to the top, showing that the only thing that matters is turning dreams into goals, and working towards it. (+with the people you love!)

### TLDR:

- Professional Women's Counter-Strike team rooted in grassroots ambition 
- ⌐◨-◨'ish activations in IRL and online events  
- Community & Audience enrichment opportunities at all levels of the passionate female & co-ed gaming scene 
- A classic double-down, with this proposal seed-funding multiple revenue streams
  - 50% of revenue to a multi-sig, until we are able to acquire a Noun at auction with it.  
- Plans to top our charity fundraises from last year (planted 1,112 [trees](https://x.com/nounsfe/status/1847385426795122759)!) 

# 🎵 Nouns.fe, who are we? 🎵

![frens-banner-cropped](https://i.ibb.co/Qv8gfdd/frens-banner-cropped.png)

As a self-managed team competing in the top circuit for women in Counter-strike, we went down the rabbit hole through a Prop House round hosted by Esports. After discovering what it means to us to be 'Nounish', it felt only right to pursue the vision of building here with you all. We aim to keep changing the meta and crushing the ceilings of expectations of ourselves, both as players and ambassadors for Nouns ⌐◨-◨ 
— In May 2024, we passed [Prop 552](https://www.nouns.camp/proposals/552) !

Exploring the Nouniverse & repping the DAO for the past year+ has been a treat, and we've built a brand for fans to be proud of :)

![team picture, shot by atheen_art](https://i.ibb.co/n0tkTtr/Screenshot-2025-01-12-174439.png)

# 2024 Recap - Competition, Governance and More!

We've had a busy and successful past year where we've accomplished many of our goals as competitors, ambassadors and governors.  Check out what we've done below! 

### Competition

- Qualified to ESL Impact Season 5 and 6 (undefeated) 
- Reached 2nd in NA, currently 3rd (female CS rankings - [https://femalecs.com/](https://femalecs.com/)) 

### Events

- Launder's Lan 2
  - engaging with fans, being a positive presence, and reinforcing positive sentiment around nouns, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY: supporting ⌐◨-◨ distribution! 
    
    ![crowdpicture, shot by jD_fps](https://i.ibb.co/0Y8JbM6/ezgif-6-d15cf84a2f.png)  
- Hosted the [Hol1day cup](https://liquipedia.net/counterstrike/Hol1day_Cash_Cup)
  - supported by nouns.gg and our community, we hosted a charity tournament, raising $1,112 for onetreeplanted.org and planting 1,112 trees!  

### Content and Engagement

![Scroll Gif](https://i.ibb.co/Lkj5nDX/FE-Scroll2.gif)

- Content update
  - 100k+ Views on official nouns.fe channels  
  - 150k+ Views on official ESL Impact channels  
- Community/Fan onboarding
  - Multiple fans and contributors in the CS scene have embraced nouns and actively participated in it's ecosystem. To name only a few:
    - [Floofy's](https://warpcast.com/floofys)
      - Started casting Nouns matches out of his own volition 
      - Now funded by flows to rep nouns 
      - Always wearing noggles and promoting nouns at events he casts and attends  
    - [VividDarkFPS](https://warpcast.com/vividdarkfps)
      - Onboarded through association with nouns.fe members 
      - Funded through nouns.gg round and hosted Holiday Cup promoting nouns and supporting charitable causes 
      - Actively participates on warpcast, has created her own noun [traits](https://warpcast.com/vividdarkfps/0xb332c023)    

### Representation

With growing results and undeniable charm, nouns.fe isn’t just made of pixels— we're a driving force, spreading silly nounish vibes across gaming and esports, and changing sentiments of web3 and crypto for the better.

![twitter screenshots](https://i.ibb.co/5Wm5QYf/community-feedback.png)

### Socials

The past 8 months, we've also fleshed out many social channels on our own (during our busiest competitive seasons) including Twitter/x, Warpcast/FC, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and growing our community supporter discord to over 150 members. 

![coin1](https://i.ibb.co/N1gXBJ2/1.gif)
![coin2](https://i.ibb.co/DgyMtgP/2.gif)
![coin3](https://i.ibb.co/sRTGTt2/3.gif)
![coin4](https://i.ibb.co/SDSNDZJ/4.gif)
![coin5](https://i.ibb.co/KzwRj1v/5.gif)

##### get nog'd

###### ^ our nouns.fe discord bot auto slaps our signature periwinkle ⌐◨-◨ on every person that joins 👀

- [join our discord!](https://discord.gg/2M7qme7Zz7) 
- [visit our warpcast channel!](https://warpcast.com/~/channel/nounsfe) 

**Follow the [TEAM](https://x.com/nounsfe) too!:**

- [nounslunari.eth](https://warpcast.com/lunari) ([twitter/x](https://x.com/lunariFPS)) 
- [jesscas.eth](https://warpcast.com/jesscas) ([twitter/x](https://x.com/jesscas_cs)) 
- [nounstori.eth](https://warpcast.com/torii) ([twitter/x](https://x.com/1Raynee)) 
- [ashe](https://warpcast.com/asheszu) ([twitter/x](https://x.com/asheszu)) 
- [violet](https://x.com/hereticfps) 
- [onter](https://warpcast.com/onter) ([twitter/x](https://x.com/onter_z)) 

### DAO Governance & Nounish Activity

![2 nouns represented](https://i.ibb.co/YjjzPmG/12228817-c606d.gif)

Since our delegation of Noun 117 and 271, we have voted on a total of **74 proposals with 100% VWR rate!**

During this time, our players **(nounslunari.eth and jesscas.eth) have both joined Nouncil**, participating in governance there as well. 

Every week for the past year, we post a thread of the current proposals and vote on them as a team, and **make efforts to understand the tech & culture** ^\~ ^

example: *from /nounsfe:
For: 5 | Against: 0 | Abstain: 0*

![nounsgov](https://i.ibb.co/FV4HLkF/nounsgov.gif)
![nogspin](https://i.ibb.co/Cz8RqYQ/nogspin-small.gif)
![nogspin](https://i.ibb.co/Cz8RqYQ/nogspin-small.gif)

#  Goals for 2025 

The story continues...! Our goals for 2025 include:

- Showing up IRL, spreading the nogs
  - Grow our passionate fanbase further and encourage them to join us on-chain and in discord. Encourage on-chain interaction, making the pathway for gamers to be introduced to web3 and nouns. 
  - PLANT. MORE. TREES.  
- Continue improvement as a team, with results in both the Female leagues, and co-ed leagues.
  - co-ed: [FACEIT's ESEA League](https://www.faceit.com/en/cs2/league/ESEA%20League/a14b8616-45b9-4581-8637-4dfd0b5f6af8) 
  - female esports league: [ESL Impact](https://x.com/ESLImpact)  
- Forge path to sustainability
  - Grow email (+optional wallet address) list to target numbers 
  - kickstart additional revenue streams in 2025
    - Seasonal Merch drops as well as a (dot)fe basics collection 
    - gain at least 1 outside partnership/sponsorship   
- Strong & consistent presence in DAO governance for 2025, as shown in 2024 

## ◨'ish activations in IRL

Continuing to support us on the path we've paved the past year, means taking a twice-proven conviction bet on great public ambassadors of the DAO. We are also dedicated to increasing IRL presence this upcoming year, allowing us to earn valuable rank points, and engage with communities already familiar with crypto adjacent culture. 

- [Launders LAN 2](https://www.start.gg/tournament/launders-lan-2/event/launders-lan-2) - tournament funded by [prop 623](https://www.nouns.camp/proposals/623). Nouns.fe spread the noggles joy making sure every pair of eyes was covered. 
- [Frag](https://fragadelphia.com/) - North America's leading grassroot tournament organizer, hosting 6-8 events per year. Nouns.fe is currently [committed](https://x.com/nounsfe/status/1879737235567960071) to competing at Fragadelphia x [LvLUpExpo](https://lvlupexpo.com/) Las Vegas in April. More eyes will be covered. Forever. Enter the noggles. 
- other events TBA! 

## ESL impact Season 7 & Competition

![Impact Ciruit](https://i.ibb.co/SvpymGL/2025-Circuit.png)

Coming into 2025, the stage has been set. North America has been dominated by ONE singular team since the dawn of its existence, and we are closing the gap every season - it is time to see the titans fall. For the first time in years, NA also has a second qualification slot to make it to finals, effectively making this year the most opportune yet.

The professional women's Counter-Strike circuit has been announced for [2025](https://pro.eslgaming.com/csgo/impact/2024/12/esl-impact-in-2025/), sporting a new huge monetary incentive (up to $100k) for teams to create content, as incentive for growing the scene at every level. 

- Club and Content incentives
  - $100,000 for teams ranked in top 8 at season finals 
  - $125,000 for top 6 teams to make short form content 
  - $125,000 for top 6 teams to make long form content  

Earning a spot at the [Impact Finals](https://liquipedia.net/counterstrike/ESL/Impact_League) will be one of our main goals for us as the new year unfolds, debuting worldwide as passionate fan-fave challengers for NA, and putting Nouns on the global scale for Women's Esports.

- For additional performance goal incentive, when we qualify for the event, we unlock funds to purchase 6 NounsWatches, and 6 Precious Noggles for the team to own, rep the DAO, and support subcommunities!
  - If we do not reach this goal in the duration of this Prop, we return those funds ($1450) back to the DAO's treasury.  

## Opportunities and Goals for ROI

In response to feedback on our previous prop (715), we recognize that the journey to the top is a long path. We've reduced our salaries, and developed additional strategies paired with plans for decisive action to ensure we're able to do what we do for longer, while also allowing the DAO to fund other valuable subcommunities. Thus, (with helpful insight from amazing Nouners!) we have laid out specific goals for sustainability. 

In 2025, our goal is to grow out a healthy supporter email list, socials, discord server, and double-down on what we've found the most success in during the past year of repping Nouns while compensated and uncompensated. Revenue streams include: 

- Competition Prize Money 
- Sponsorships/Partnerships 
- nouns.fe Merch Store, with 2+ drops per year 
- Ad revenue from content creation/streaming/etc (with help from editing staff and SMM) 

We will also be committing 50% of all future revenue/earnings to be stored in a multi-sig wallet, which we'll use to save up to buy a Noun (at auction). 

Our goal is to acquire 1 Noun for nounsfe.eth, after which, future revenue will be used to make ourselves as sustainable as possible to relieve pressure on the treasury and complete the flywheel.

![bunchofnogs](https://i.ibb.co/ftr6zsn/Screenshot-2025-01-16-014004.png)

# 💰Budget💰

Duration: 12 months (Jan-Dec)

Team Salaries (5 Players + Coach) - **163,200 USDC**

Bootcamp + lan travels - **15,000 USDC**

- $5,000 budgeted per event, to be used on flights and accommodation for IRL events. 
  - travel is paid for the ESL impact finals, but bootcamps are not included and must be paid for separately.  

Practice Servers & analysis software - **1,152 USDC**

- Industry standard practice tools, including servers, comprehensive training, better server routing, and analysis software
  - [Refrag](https://refrag.gg/) 
  - [cs2lens](https://www.cs2lens.com/) 
  - [skybox](https://skybox.gg/)  

Content, Support staff & Misc - **18,000 USDC**

- Social Media Manager 
- Content + miscellaneous budget
  - Editors for both long form + short form CS2 content 
  - Casting for our games 
  - Noggles distribution budget 
  - Nouns-Branded Tournament Prize Pool  

Bonus goal incentive: NounsWatches + Precious Noggles - **1450 USDC**

- Two opportunities to qualify, funds returned to DAO treasury if goal is not completed 

Total - **197,352 USDC**

- (198,802 USDC with performance bonus) 
- 2/3 multi-sig with nounslunari.eth, jesscas, and sasqwash.eth 
- 40,302 USDC up front, the rest streamed over 6 months
  
  ![hltv frens](https://i.ibb.co/P6bGBb1/hltv-fake-photoshoot.png) 

## nouns.fe builders

- [nounslunari.eth](https://warpcast.com/lunari) - **Yellow Collective Noun holder**, tree planter, Nouncillor ([twitter/x](https://x.com/lunariFPS))  
- [jesscas.eth](https://warpcast.com/jesscas) - **nouns.fe lead**, typing in all caps somewhere, Nouncillor ([twitter/x](https://x.com/jesscas_cs)) 

![nogspin](https://i.ibb.co/Cz8RqYQ/nogspin-small.gif)

###### nouns.fe brand color hex: #8f99fb

Outcome: DEFEATED