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Shawn Fanning, an Uncommon card
Shawn Fanning is an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and angel investor.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 42
- Power
- 102
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 102 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Shawn Fanning quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Shawn Fanning card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He developed Napster, one of the first popular peer-to-peer file sharing ______, in 1999.
Answer
platforms. He developed Napster, one of the first popular peer-to-peer file sharing platforms, in 1999. From the Shawn Fanning article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The site in its initial free P2P incarnation was shut down in ____ after the company's unsuccessful appeal of court orders arising from its encouraging the illegal sharing of copyrighted material.
Answer
2000s. The site in its initial free P2P incarnation was shut down in 2001 after the company's unsuccessful appeal of court orders arising from its encouraging the illegal sharing of copyrighted material. From the Shawn Fanning article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Eastern Hemisphere. Eastern Hemisphere 80 · Marizanne Kapp 65 · Shawn Fanning 60 · Papadam 55 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He developed Napster, one of the first popular peer-to-peer file sharing platforms, in 1999.
- The popularity of Napster was widespread and Fanning was featured on the cover of Time magazine.
- The site in its initial free P2P incarnation was shut down in 2001 after the company's unsuccessful appeal of court orders arising from its encouraging the illegal sharing of copyrighted material.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Shawn Fanning article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 42: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Shawn Fanning
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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- The French AngelUncommon · Society · ATK 54 DEF 48
- BrocadeUncommon · Science · ATK 55 DEF 47
- Heian-kyōUncommon · History · ATK 65 DEF 37
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Shawn Fanning (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Joi Ito, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
