The main research value that will be used by this project that aligns with digital humanities would be openness. The entire goal of the project is to help create a stronger community within the overall TCG community. It encourages users to get involved with others and participate in events by providing the necessary information to do so. With the, hopefully, future increase in event turnout, stores will also be more encouraged to collaborate more with other locations or brands to host more events in the future.
The digital humanity value of openness is all about allowing collaboration and involvement through a non-profit model, which is exactly the environment this projects hopes to nurture. This definition of ‘openness’ in regards to the Digital Humanities comes from Lisa Sprio’s “Defining the Values of DH“.