Send a Coded Message to All Rebels: Rebellion Starts in 6 Days ;-)

Why coded? That's obvious: you can't begin a rebellion and tell the Chaos Overlords you're starting it and when... 🤫 😄

If you are unfamiliar with Splinterlands, it's ok if you don't "get" the references I've made up there. But trust me, this one is virtual and nobody dies. Unlike a growing number of conflicts in the real world these days... But let's not get too serious here.

For anyone not familiar, Rebellion will be the newest core edition of cards from Splinterlands, the fifth after Alpha, Beta, Untamed, and Chaos Legion.

So, this is the Rebellion we are talking about, which will start with a 30-day or shorter presale in a little over 6 days (next Wednesday, at 18 pm UTC).

Why potentially shorter? Because there will be 500,000 packs offered during the presale, and if they are purchased sooner than 30 days, then the presale ends when the packs run out.

The general sale starts when Rebellion is launched, on December 5, under the same conditions of price and bulk bonuses as the presale, but without other presale benefits such as the 2 promo cards offered for the presale or the benefits for those who rank in top 250 who purchased the most packs.

There have been a number of changes for Rebellion compared to Chaos Legion, to avoid what time proved some decisions were wrong:

• 10m theoretical max packs together with the presale ones, with a burn mechanics implemented from day 1 (controlled sellout period)
• up to 5 VOUCHERs can be used per pack to reduce price by up to 20% in total
• 5% fewer bonus packs on every tier
• unlikely to have any other bulk deals
• cards or packs must be held (and staked in purchasable "Battle Wagons", from where they can only be used in battle) in order to partake in airdrops

Although the DAO proposal has not reached the deadline yet, it looks like it will pass and the DAO will receive 50% of the sales proceeds; for this, it'll pay 250,000 US dollars worth of stablecoins upfront. I've talked about this before, and it seemed like nothing worth debating. In fact, the vote so far says it all: 97% in favor.

Here's the original announcement. If you are active in Splinterlands, you probably have seen it or references to it by now.

I like that Matt has realistic expectations (maybe a little on the low side given that will be for about a full year) regarding the number of packs that he is predicting as sales from Rebellion. Coming from a low bar, anything extra will give them more room to maneuver going forward.

I also like many of the details we know so far about Rebellion, which for me makes it even harder to keep my resolve. But when I started focusing on land at the beginning of this year I knew I would most likely miss pretty much all editions being released until my land-related goals are accomplished or become more relaxed. That means I won't participate in the presale, even though I'd like to. If everything goes well with my land goals next year, I may purchase some packs or specific cards then.

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