Splinterlands Social Media Challenge - Theme: Share Your Journey!
I have been an active gamer with for more than 25 years, and I am also very loyal to the games I enjoy playing. The franchises which have shaped my gaming tastes the most are Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo. I played World of Warcraft for 18 years, and I'm still playing Hearthstone to this day, almost 10 years after its launch. In the beginning of 2020 I got interested in Crypto, even though I knew about BTC and Eth for years prior to that, I did not really have the desire to do my research and get involved, which was obviously a mistake in retrospect. Anyway, I got into crypto, started building my portfolio and naturally I got acquainted with a few gaming tokens (so I did know at that point that web3 gaming was an actual thing). I did check out a few games but they were nowhere near the quality which would make me play them. One day I was talking with a good friend of mine who was into crypto for a few years longer than me, and he mentioned to me he was playing this cool game called Splinterlands. I then remembered I had heard the name somewhere but I did not really make an effort to check it out, so when he mentioned it to me again, I decided to have a look at it. I immediately recognized it was much more than an idle clicker, so I asked him for his referral code, registered and bought a Spellbook. This was how my journey began at the end of January 2022.
So, I have been actively playing the game for almost two years now. It has been a very interesting experience as a whole since the Bear Market has been rather rough but I definitely do not give up easily, and as I said, if I enjoy playing a game, it is very hard for me to stop playing it and direct my attention elsewhere. Something that really helped me persevere is definitely the community. I began watching all the youtube stars from day 1 basically and I really enjoyed the content they provided - SteveR, Infidel, Aftersound, Gank and Walkingkeys, Tales from the Crypt Mancer, Hawks, Gathering the Magic, Bulldog, Br0nzedragon - just to name a few. It is really encouraging and somewhat surprising that the game has managed to keep all these content creators engaged and providing content on a regular basis. This definitely helps a lot. Another thing that also helps the community stay engaged are the regular updates we've been receiving from the company in the form of Town Halls and Town Squares.
As you can see I have spent quite some time playing the game since I began my journey. I do my daily 20-25 battles every day religiously and I am currently residing in the Diamond Modern league, and I jump into Champ whenever I get the chance to do so. I am really glad we managed to get a really human-friendly league since Splinterlands had a neutral stance on botting for quite a long time but with the help of a proposal passed by the community through a DAO vote, we managed to carve out a safe space for the people who wanted to enjoy the game in a bot-free environment. I am one of those people who definitely enjoy playing the game, and I'll be frank, I felt very oppressed by the sophisticated bots we had in the game prior to the change. Thankfully those days of oppression are behind us now.
One of the accomplishments I am proud of the most is that I started from Bronze league and gradually managed to grow and advance my collection all the way to maxing my CL set. Granted it was a lot more expensive at the time I was done than it is now, I do not regret that. After all I used my cards for entertainment and to earn rewards all along the way, so there's definitely value in that, even though my collection as a whole has taken a hit in terms of $ worth. As you have figured out by now I am not with an investor first mindset and I have joined first and foremost because I find the game fun, so I am in no hurry to see financial gains from this endeavor. If they come sooner rather than later - great, if not, I am good at hodling for sure. I have also been quite active on the brawl and tourney scene and I've had quite a few top 5 tourney finishes as well as flawless brawl scores. It would be great we had a way to display these accomplishments in an easy manner but here's a random screenshot of one such joyous moment for me from the other day:
Getting 12th spot in the normally staked Diamond tourneys is not that bad.
My current ambitions are to continue growing my Modern collection, and I think I've laid good foundations for Rebellion by opening over 1300 packs. Here's how many more cards I need to max the RB set for Diamond in $ value. Note I've got all Legendaries maxed already:
Of course that amount of packs is not enough to get me a Diamond-level Rebellion set but I think it's a good beginning of the adventure of levelling the cards over the course of the next year. Other goals I have set for myself are to finish setting up all 8 plots I have in "Gankland". I'm currently half way there having 4 up and running for some time now. I just need to get my hand on 200,000 DEC for the other 4.
If you are a new player in the world of Praetoria. Here are my fast tips for you:
- after you get your Spellbook, get acquainted with the Hive ecosystem - how the Hive keychain works, how the forums work (peakd), join the Splinterlands discord and do not be afraid to ask questions in the #tavern
- get a deck from nfty arcade and play with it for a season. This way you will get a good feel of the game, the meta, and the cards you like playing and you hate playing against.
- once you've gathered info on the meta you can do two things - rent the cards you like and the cards you hate to play against and/or buy them off the market (if your budget allows that). I prefer ownership than rentals but that is just me, I don't think there is a right and a wrong approach in this case.
- join a guild - this is very important apart from the guild-specific perks you get from joining a guild, it also gives you the chance to take part in brawls and earn SPS and merits. Merits are used to buy gladius packs which is where you get gladiator cards from. Gladiator cards are really strong in lower leagues, so you will definitely not regret the time you spend on collecting them.
- and most importantly - have fun and don't go to peakmonsters to look at your collection value every day. I almost never do that and I sleep better at night for sure.
- get in touch with me in Discord if you have any questions.
Well this is it for now - this was definitely a fun Social Media Challenge. Play More, Bot Less! <3
Over and Out,
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