[EN/CN] What is Splinterland | Splinterland 是什么

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What is Splinterland

Splinterland, one of the games that stayed top 5 on DappRadar for quite some time, it is a card collecting game, and it uses cards to battle with others. Sort of like Yu-Gi-Oh or Hearthstone, the main game mechanic is Autobattler, you set your card down and then press start then you will know the game's result straight away. Also, every game has different rulesets you will also need to observe opponent's card combinations
to plan your own strategy.

Splinterland，长期在DappRadar上排名前五的游戏之一，是一款收集卡牌，跟其他人对打的游戏，有点像 Yu-Gi-Oh 或者Hearthstone 这些游戏。他的玩法主要是Autobattler，就是你放好卡后就按下开始，然后你就可以直接知道游戏的结果了。然后就是每一场的规则都会随机改变，你也需要观察对手之前都习惯用什么卡组来安排自己的策略。

Every player will start playing the game with starter cards. They are some of the free cards to let player start experience the game. The main thinking behind this game is to collect more and more cards and then try to climb higher in rank, the higher your rank is, the more reward you will receive.

每个玩家一开始会有Starter Cards，就是一些免费的卡牌来开始体验这个游戏。玩这个游戏主要的思路就是慢慢地收集越来越多卡，打的段位越高，奖励就越多。

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Every card actually has a level at each stage, that card will unlock a new ability and to reach a new level you need to combine certain number of that particular card and these cards /NFTs are different than the Axies in Axie Infinity. You can infinitely breed Axies therefore it will keep increasing the supply but these cards have limited supply. If the number of players that want to reach higher rank increases then they will want to buy multiple copies cards to level up the cards. Hence the card's supply will decrease at a certain rate, the price will also increase because of supply and demand.

每张卡其实是有等级的，每到一个坎，那张卡就会解锁新的能力，然后要上到特定的等级，是需要合成特定的卡的数量才可以升级。所以这些卡或者NFT跟Axie Infinity的那些Axie是相反的，Axie可以无限地Breed，越Breed越多，导致供应多过需求（我用Axie Infinity作为例子因为我自己本身有在玩 Axie Infinity)。但这些卡的Supply是有限的，如果想升位的玩家增加并打算买卡合成升级的话，那么卡的供应就会很快地减少，价钱也会因为供应需求的这个原理而上升。

The cryptocurrency that you will earn is DEC or Dark Energy Crystal. It's like Axie Infinity's SLP and you can use DEC to buy, rent cards or even upgrade your Guild's buildings and some other features. Another thing that you should pay attention to is you have to reach certain rank (Bronze 2) in order to earn DEC this is a recent change. If not you can only earn "Credit", another currency that can only be used to buy and rent cards. The reason behind this action is to prevent bots to easily earn DEC and cards. If they were not stopped they will bring the whole SPL market, cards and crypto price down.

在这个游戏里面，你会赚到的加密货币就是DEC (Dark Energy Crystal)，类似Axie的SLP，这些DEC可以用来买卡，租卡，升级你的公会的建筑物还有一些其他的功能。这里要注意的一点就是要上到特定的段位才可以开始赚DEC，这是近期才有的规则。不然只能赚Credit，就是游戏里面除了买卡、租卡没有其他作用的货币。这是为了防止机器人可以轻易的得到DEC还有卡牌然后把整体游戏资产的价位拉低。

This will also indirectly cause new players have a harder time earning DEC since every rank needs certain Collection Power. Simply put, every card has a certain Collection Power, that means you need to own enough cards, gather enough Collection Power to rise up the ranks. That is why new players will have a more difficult time if they don't put in some money. Of course, if you don't want to spend too much money to buy cards you can choose to use lesser money to rent cards.

这也就间接地让新玩家更难赚到DEC，由于每个段位需要特定的Collection Power，你手上要有够多卡才可以凑齐一定的Collection Power来上段位，所以新玩家如果不投入一笔钱的话，一开始是会很难玩的。当然如果不想花太多钱来买卡的话，玩家是可以选择用比较少的资金来租卡的。

Other than fighting against others to earn DEC, you will have daily quest to complete. After you finish the daily quests, you will get some chests. Another thing is this game's season is 2 week long. At the end of every season, you will get more chests. These chests can get you DEC, cards and some other stuffs. Of course, if your rank is higher the number of chests you can get is more. With that theory, the chance of you getting good cards will be higher and if you drew Legendary card at current market price, it's around 6 dollars per legendary card, it is not too bad.

除了跟其他人打斗赚DEC以外呢，你每天会有任务要完成，完成了任务就可以拿到盲盒。除此之外，这个游戏一个赛季是两个星期，然后每个赛季会奖励你更多的盲盒，这些盲盒可以抽到DEC啦，卡牌还有一些其他东西。当然段位越高，得到盲盒的数量就越多，那样你抽到好的东西的机率也就增加。如果抽到Legendary的卡，目前市场一张差不多可以卖6$左右，所以还是不错的。

If you get some cards that are decent and you do not need them, you can also rent it out to earn some DEC too. Besides, this game has a built-in competition system. You can pay to join or create competitions compete with other contestants for money or cards. As for how much this game can earn, this is a rather difficult question to answer, since it differs based on your time, effort and money you put in, maybe in another post for another time.

如果你得到不错的卡然后又没有用到，也是可以租出去赚点DEC的。这游戏也有内建的比赛系统，你可以付费参加比赛跟其他参赛者争夺奖金或者卡牌。至于这个游戏可以赚多少呢，这个问题比较难回答，因为会根据你放入多少的时间，精力和金钱而有所改变，可能以后在另外写一篇吧。

This game looks easy and doesn't feel like much when you play but the longer you play, you will realize the game is actually not easy to master. Most of the time it's quite challenging because in every round, the ruleset will change. Even if you have the strongest or most expensive card doesn't mean you will always win. You will still need to learn how to use other "mediocre" cards to support your main cards.

这游戏看起来很简单，玩起来也不怎么样。但你玩久了就会发现，这游戏要玩得好不容易。很多时候挺烧脑的，每一场规则多变化，不是说有最强的卡就稳赢了，需要懂得运用其他卡来辅助你的主卡。

I think these factors are enough to let me feel not too bored when I'm playing this game. It has it's own unique challenge that keeps me interested. If you have extra money you can also explore the marketplace and find some undervalue cards to flip, the whole process is very interesting to say the least.

我觉得这些就足够以让我觉得这游戏不会太闷，有挑战性。而且如果你有资金的话，又可以到市场找找一些价值被低估的卡买来转卖，其实整个过程其实也是蛮有趣的。

Another thing is this game is actually free to experience, you can even try it now if you want to. Just that if you want to earn its cryptocurrency you will have to buy it's Battlepass, which is around 10$. If you want to break even with only 10$, it is possible but it will take a very very long time. I'm guessing it will require a few months and also with patience and luck if you want to break even faster but this 10$ compare with other games, I think the entry fee is actually already very low.

还有就是这个游戏其实是免费的，你们甚至现在想要的话，可以直接去试玩。只是如果你想要赚他的加密货币就需要买类似Battlepass的一次性入门票，10美金。如果单单想要靠这个10美金来回本不是不可能的事，但是就需要很长的时间，我估计几个月吧，还要加上耐性还有运气才可能回本，但是10美金，跟其他游戏比起来真的门槛低很多了。

So after you play the free version, if you think you like this kind of game then you can buy that 10$ spellbook. I also suggest you can try to add more funds into it to improve the game experience. I personally quite like this game. Complete daily quests everyday to earn chests and then keep collecting more and more cards, it feels very rewarding.

如果你玩了免费版本，觉得你喜欢这类型的游戏，你就可以买那个10美金的Spellbook，然后可以尝试加多点资金下去让游戏体验更好。我个人挺喜欢这个游戏的，每天完成任务开盲盒，然后收集越来越多的卡牌，还是蛮有成就感的。

So I conclude this game's pros are low entry fee, so you can try this game out and if you don't like it, you won't lose too much since it's only 10$. Another point is your assets will deflate over time, hence preserving it's value. The card's supply is fixed so when it reaches it's maximum supply, this card's number will not increase anymore the price will increase or maintain because of supply and demand alongside with the increase of number of players. Lastly, the DEC supply is not as bad as SLP that's not being systemically controlled at all. Splinterland has their own way to control the minting rate of DEC.

所以我总结这个游戏的优点是门槛低，所以你可以尝试这个游戏，不喜欢的话也不亏，才花了10$。资产保值就像之前提到的，卡的供应是固定的，当达到了他的最大供应就不会再增加了，价钱会因为供应需求，玩家数量地增加而保持或者上升最后就是DEC的供应不像SLP那样泛滥，不受到管制，他们有自己的一套系统来尽量控制DEC的铸币率。

As for it's downsides, you can say to break even is quite slow and if you want to earn money then you must put certain amount of money in to see obvious rewards. Also, this kind of game is leaning more towards Pay to win as who has more capital, who can potential climb higher in the game.

至于缺点的话，可以说是回本会比较慢，想要真的想赚钱就一定要放一定的钱进去才可以看到明显的回报。这种游戏也比较Pay to Win，就是谁有钱，谁就可以站在游戏的顶端。

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