Reorganizing DEC Saved 2 Goal * My Hive Goals (Week 39, 2023)

This is a short sum-up table with the state of my goals in easier TLDR form. The table has only a general overview, with details expanded in the post.

Current State/Other Selection Criterion	Goals Matching the Criterion
Ongoing	5 (HP + HBD Savings, LEO Staked, Comments Made, DEC Saved 2 - Stage 2, Cards for Staking on Land - Stage 2)
Main Goals Completed	0
Main Goals Missed	0
Completed Goals	4 (DEC-B Saved, DEC Saving 2 - Stage 1, Cards for Staking on Land - Stage 1 & 1.5)
Missed Goals	1 (DEC Saved 2 - Stage 3)
Main goals	3 (HP + HBD Savings, LEO Staked, Comments Made)
Goals	2 (Cards for Staking on Land, DEC Saved 2)
New Goals	2 (Cards for Staking on Land, DEC Saved 2)
Increased Goals	3 (HBD target for HP+HBD Main Goal - twice, DEC-B Saved)
Decreased Goals	2 (Comments Made, Cards for Staking on Land - Stage 1)
Goals: Pushed Deadlines Further	2 (DEC Saved 2 - Stages 2 & 3)

I include a link to the initial goal-setting post for 2023, for reference, if needed.

Yesterday was Hive Power Up Day and I powered up another 1,000 HIVE as I briefly mentioned in yesterday's post. That brought my total HP to above 35k for the first time, which is pretty awesome (over 10k HIVE powered up this year).

For LEO, next week I'll probably hit a round milestone of 20k staked, which will be very nice, but I'll still have 2,500 LEO to stake from there to achieve my goal for 2023. Still, my LEO stake goal is one that is on track. Last month I staked 900 LEO which is pretty well.

My DEC Saved 2 goal isn't doing well. I mean, I accumulate, but much slower than initially anticipated due to a huge drop in SPS rewards in DEC worth compared to the beginning of the year when I had set the goal, and game rewards are the main source to fund Splinterlands-related goals. There is nothing wrong with this goal, I am just forced to reevaluate the deadlines.

Therefore, I will move the deadline for stage 2 of DEC Saved 2 - which means adding another 1m DEC (of which I have almost 250k DEC) - to the end of 2023, so another 3 months from now for roughly 750k DEC. Stage 3 of DEC Saved 2 will be a goal for 2024, probably for the entire year, because we are talking about 2.8m DEC.

For the Hive goals tracking purposes, I will still consider stage 2 ongoing and not missed, but I will consider stage 3 missed. If I fail to accumulate the 1m DEC by the year-end, then stage 2 will be missed too.

There is one thing I want to mention here about the amounts of DEC to save set for the goals. I kind of knew they were almost impossible to achieve this year from the start (especially stage 3), but they come as requirements for card staking on land, given my land holdings and maxed-out cards added on each slot (which won't be the case). That's where the amounts come from, not from my estimations of how much I could accumulate this year. It feels wrong to consider stage 3 failed because of this, but well... I had set these goals to try to push it. Nobody forced me.

I may update stage 2 for the card staking goal too toward the end of the year, if it makes more sense to do that, and push it to 2024 along with stage 3 from DEC Saved 2 goal.

Let's see what has changed since last week regarding my Hive goals.

HIVE Power (HP) + HBD in Savings Main Goal

My staked HIVE reached 35,559 HP this week, surpassing 35k after yesterday's HPUD (one of 26 who powered up at least 1k HIVE yesterday). Also, only 56 people were able to complete the PUM challenge in September (tbh, after two months, to me this one seems quite easy). My HBD savings remained at 160 HBD.

Here's what the evolution of the HP+HBD goal looks like (unless we have some price recovery by the end of the year, chances are to miss this main goal):

Here's where I'd add some information regarding the amount of HBD/HIVE per week I'd need until the end of the year, but given the recent evolution listing this makes absolutely no sense.

LEO Staked Main Goal

I staked another 200 LEO this week - almost 77 LEO purchased - and reached 19,800 LP. My powerup from this week is a little below the needed amount per week.

I currently need to stake 208 LEO weekly (about the same as last week) to reach the target by the year-end.

Splinterlands Land Expansion Main Focus

Land expansion's main focus extends throughout 2023. Unless I change the strategy, it will be the only main focus / main goal for Splinterlands in 2023. But there will be several 1-3 months goals.

First Land-Related Goal: DEC/DEC-B Saved - Completed

This goal is COMPLETED.

Deadline (passed): When DEC-B offer runs out, either because all were sold out or because the time limit was reached (April 9th).

Target to consider the goal completed: 1.5 mil. DEC-B saved. Done!

DEC Saved 2 Goal - Stage 1 Completed

[COMPLETED] Deadline stage 1: June
Deadline stage 2: extended to the end of 2023 from the launch of Land 1.5
Deadline stage 3: Postponed to 2024 (considered missed for 2023)

Target to consider the goal completed:

• stage 1: 1.2m DEC (COMPLETED)
• stage 2: 2.2 DEC (1m additional DEC)
• stage 3: 5 DEC (2.8m additional DEC)

Current situation: 1.2m DEC (liquid) and 119k DEC x 2 = 238k DEC in SPS:DEC diesel pool.

Note: Extended Stage 2 to the end of 2023 and Stage 3 to 2024 (stage 3 considered missed).

New Land-Related Goal: Cards for Staking on Land Stage 2 Completed

^{The purpose of this goal is to build the amount of high PP cards I need for staking on my tract.}

^{We will need to fill 5 slots per plot with staked cards, without requiring summoners (that doesn't mean they can't be used as regular cards).}

So, what are the details of this goal?

Deadline:

• [COMPLETED] Stage 1: June 2023
• [COMPLETED] Stage 1.5: August/whenever Land 1.5 is launched
• Stage 2: End of 2023? (this will be a new goal)

The total number of maxed-level* cards needed for staking on land: 500 (5 x 100).

• stage 1: need 120 cards for land by the deadline (decreased from 220) COMPLETED
• stretch goal: have optimized cards for 24 plots COMPLETED
• stage 1.5: need 220 cards for land by the deadline COMPLETED
• stage 2: have 500 cards for land
• stretch goal: have optimized cards for 44 plots

(*) any card with at least 1000 PP suitable for the terrain types I own will do (better for better plots); doesn't have to be maxed; temporarily lowered the minimum to 800 PP. Will reduce it further for the initial stages of the gameplay of land.

Current situation total: 144 / 500 (28%), but counted at least 220

Current situation stage 2: 26 / 500

Time remaining until Stage 2 deadline: ?

Comments Made

Original goal: 18k, REDUCED to 17k, by the end of 2023.

I started this week with a total of 16875 comments made.

Ended the week with 16952 comments made, which brings the number of my comments during this week to 77, which is below my needed weekly average.

I now need an average of 81 comments weekly to reach the goal of 17k.

Weekly Buy - LEO

I continued my weekly 10 HIVE worth of LEO purchases (almost 77 LEO purchased compared to 72 the week before). I'll keep doing that until I believe I am out of the woods with my LEO Power yearly main goal or until the price of LEO pumps and it doesn't make sense to buy anymore.