The Game Lives On!
The Game Lives On!
Lately Splinterlands related discussions are all about tokenomics. As if we have forgotten that there is a game out there that we get to play. The game is meant to be a fun, and challenging human experience. Lately we, The Mavericks kind of forgotten that. So today, for some strange reason, I got back home a bit early from work, and I had a few minutes to spare in front of my laptop. So I messaged the following on Mav Chat:
well here is the problem, I am here and I have a few min to battle, but there is no one to battle with :)
I hate to play ranked, because it is end of the season
there is a high chance to lose rank if I do, I am settled with my ranking, and do not wish to play any more
what do I do?
is there a button where I can challenge a fellow human?
I click on practice, and it is useless, I will win them all, not challenge enough
so, either I play rank and risk losing position at high cost, or I click practice and win, with no real challenge
this should be a easy fix, I am sure there is someone human out there to battle globally
I wrote this and and waited, thinking, am I complaining? I sure was. Then I thought, well maybe I can ask. So I wrote again:
is there is human challenger out there to battle me in the next 5 min?
I will play any league you like, but prefer to play champions, as that is where I currently play
countdown started 5:27pm CST
will be over 5:32pm CST
Please send a in-game challenge if you wish. IGN: azircon
Then, I thought, maybe I should write the same on tavern. I am told it is more active channel on discord! But, alas! No one from tavern responded! I was thinking, maybe I will not get any response globally!
But then tha magic happened! @mattclarke responded!
I got a human challenger!
What a wonderful 27 mana battle! Nothing was perfect. I don't think I had a good optimised team. I don't think Matt has a good optimised team either. But it was serious fun and my palms were sweaty. I was not very comfortable playing water, and I know Mattclarke loves Earth. I went all magic because of the return fire and armor up rules. Valnamor is a very powerful summoner. It proves that again!
Feel free to correct my battle strategy and Matt's if you wish in the comment!
Next!
That was not the end! I have got @jaki01 send me a challenge as well!!
This one is very tricky! Low 14 mana games are hard, as it can go south very quickly. However, since I like to play death, I was more in my comfort zone. Both @jaki01 and I had very similar strategy. No range rule is an easy choice for magic. Low mana death magic is very popular. So I chose Magic reflect summoner Rotwell. Most low mana death team will chose Dr. Blight, I knew that. So I don't want to get into a mirror match, so I chose amplify of Venari Spellsmith instead of Blight. Beating Blight in a low mana battle with a lot of redemption monster is a big deal. So I am glad how it turned out!
@jaki01 said
Yes ... magic reflect was the winner .... I just wonder why I didn't use the second 0 mana card hehe .... 😉
I thanked both of them! It was a wonderful 15 min of excellent friendly engagement. This has immense entertainment value. None of us were looking to make any money. All three of us were busy but just found a bit of time to do something fun. Can it be measured in money? I don't know. But it surely something that I will remember for a long time!
Show me an example how your favorite bot is giving this satisfaction and friendship?
Your can't
So, I say, the game lives on!
Being able to do that is huge and fun for sure. As for me I personally stopped playing since last season because I just can't seem to rank out of bronze for some weird reason. Sucks to have a $70,000 valued deck and win like nothing. Old cards? Strats? IDK but I personally found it no longer fun it sucks losing over and over again and then getting little to nothing for it lol.
Don't get me wrong I've loved playing the game up until about a month ago. Then it went hella downhill for me where I just didn't enjoy it anymore.
I think my next transition is just going to be passive income from rentals and then doing land more than anything else. But land actully sounds exciting to me as I always end up playing resource management games. Hopefully I'll be able to do both.
Every game has burnouts, especially card games. I have suffered burnouts myself. In Pokémon Go, and even in SL. Trick is to take a break and then come back. Game will still be there.
true that's a very valid point
I'd hoped my gladiator would pick off one or two back row, support cards to build up some bloodlust before he hit the front, but that little bit of armour makes such a difference.
Even with void from Immortalis, that was a lot of magic damage your guys were dishing out.
Gg mate :)
Yeah Valnamor remain relevant. Arguably the best beta summoners that still can be widely used.
!1UP I can't add much about the strategies because the gameplay in Champion with so many cards available is far from my reality hahaha, but this fun interaction is the true soul of any game, and that's what makes it work.
I want to create tournaments among the @hive-br community to further encourage community interaction and get everyone actively playing Splinterlands, creating their own teams, and having fun as it should be!
Yes, champion game is all about various abilities.
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Great to see some gameplay in action on Mav chat! I agree that there's been so much focus on tokenomics (I'm guilty as well) that we sometimes forget underneath it all is a quick, fun card game that we've all come to know and love. Also, @mattclarke is no slouch - good game to you both!
Challenge me sometimes when I am around at the Mav Chat. I am an average player
I missed it while you were asking but caught up later. Next time you're playing I'm in! Feel free to tag me too if nobody is responding.
Lol, @mattclarke is the Spiderman of the Splinterverse. Of course he was the one to answer the call. Everyone sit back and relax. All is right in the world.
Yes, he is the first to answer the call, and as I understand it, it was fairly early in Australia
Lol, This is what came to mind for me, too. I haven't cashed mine in yet. You don't punch that ticket frivolously.
This seems just as good of a place to drop this as any.
This sounds like so much fun...
Hoping to finally start Splinter land this holiday as I have the amount of hive to start and I'll get the time then..
Right now, school shit is chopping up my time so I'm only playing passive games like #risingstar
Yeah, that one is not much of a game
They do seem to be making some updates on it...
I have a bit of a manageable stash on their tokens so I'm hoping it blows up 😂😂
Cool battle :)
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You used to have these friendly matches with @simplifylife and some of us bet on those games lol! Good days!
Yes, I remember. Sei ram o nei, sei ajodhya o nei!
Dactar got married, got busy. Stopped playing Splinterlands. You stopped playing too.
I actually enjoyed betting your game with doc than playing myself at that point 😂 We became very festive with this thing lol! Man I miss @surrealfia causing ruckus on the server!
well I miss the whole placing bets between dada and dactar 😂 I distinctly remember losing 40 hive
Ah, those were the days eh! I miss them so much...not just the playing, the overall ambiance we had over our server! I could never beat dada at anything above silver and occasionally the flukes at gold @azircon 😂
At silver anything is possible:)
Yes. Sometimes I miss those days.
there should be a challenger channel in discord where people that just want to have some clash and fun could write. It gets really frustrating playing manually when one gets into a series of bad rng/weird matching with someone that has way higher rating and then just messing up that rare nice match...
Gotta love that authentic p2p battle! Thanks for sharing this heartwarming encounter. To more human challenges in the future!
well it is all upto us, only we can chage it
@azircon One thing I liked about @clove71's lives was sending a match challenge, and playing with cards in the ranking I'm playing, it was cool to challenge yourself, but one thing I miss about the challenge mode is not having just a modern option, all the battles are in wild mode.
Speaking of promotion, when will we have the Splinterlandstv channel on the kick platform?