RE: Scholarships for Splinterlands? All you need to know
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honestly if a rental market exists I see no point in scholarships
I guesss it could work on people that dont have 10$ to buy a spellbook but if you do you are probably better off on your own.
From a manager standpoint I think is much better to just rent your cards, you will probably make more money, and you will have to do little to no work
Axie schoolarships works because theres no rental market for axie, but if you think about it a schoolarship is just that... a rental that you pay at the end of the month. In splinterlands you can rent inside the game! so theres no need for schoolarships.
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Thanks for your point! You're right saying rentals and scholarships fulfill the same function: implementating a shared ownership of NFT, thus increasing their use.
The main difference between the two comes in my opinion from the fact that rentals only give you DEC, while a scholar grinding higher leagues also give you chests and merits. The expected value of a chest is currently around 50 DEC, making scholars somehow viable around Silver leagues.
I really love renting cards, but let not forget it requires some micromanagement, prices between seasons change a lot and not everything is easy to rent.
Another option I described is to use a bot, Axie is fighting them, not Splinterlands. Another huge difference.
I don't disagree with you, renting is certainly easier and more lucrative. But another counterpoint to consider is that you're getting another person invested into the SPL ecosystem. This is another happy DAU who is glad to make their earnings as though they were playing Axie. Granted Axie payouts are better, but the more invested people you add to the ecosystem, the greater the chance there is to thrive.
Notice how Axie really took off once they went to Ronin and were able to do scholarships, it's gone to the moon since then. AXS was under $1 last year and is about $110 now. Small steps help us see the same sort of success in SPL one player at a time.
yes! both of your points are valid!Introducing new people into the ecosystem is really good for all of us.
I may add to your points that a schoolarship is also able to play in tournaments. In fact I think this is probably one of the best advantages of a scholarship. Toournaments right now are really hot and provide probably the best rewards in the game.
Maybe in the future we will see more uses for scholarships all around.