Staff Reductions & Restructuring Announcement

Wow. This is huge.

I think this will work out great! You have all the supporters, myself included!

"The way that the Splinterlands organization operates will also change significantly going forward, again to ensure that we do not end up back in this situation"

LMFAO "Sure! We believe in you after you pissed in our faces for the tenth time in a row. This time will be different." 😂😂😂😂😂

I am sure we will get out this one. Best wishes for those members losing their job. Liking the general idea for the future of spl.

Wish you guys all the best, appreciate all the efforts. Good luck to @yabapmatt !

I have and I will continue to keep supporting any decisions you make, because everytime I can sense how much thought is behind such announcements.

Keep up the great work!

Wow. Mixed Feelings. No doubt a very difficult decision. Heart goes out to everyone at the company right now.

The proposed plan for the DAO to control the Rebellion sale really allows SPS community to have a huge say in how this and all future pack sales go. Wondering if it will be up to the DAO to determine qtty, pricing strategy, burns, etc?

Its never easy to make change. Good companies will always adjust and adapt.

My heart goes out to those that were let go, I think you all put a lot of effort into the game and truly wanted to see the community do well. I definitely appreciate it and I'm sure others do as well.

I want to see Splinterlands succeed, we have a great community. This game has helped a lot of people over the last 5 years, and every employee currently (and in the past) should be proud of the lives that have been positively changed forever and how much good you've done.

Thank you.

Hard times require hard decisions, wish everyone the best.

I hope that with this new focus idea, things will improve and Splinterlands will become an even better game! Good luck in this new challenge!

Continuamos en el barco con ustedes. Splinterlands es un gran proyecto

Sometimes taking such decision is hard but its a need to make this better. Hope it will work out great

I like the idea about the Rebelion set, is sad this things happens but I trust you guys are doing the best to the ecosystem, as always, so let be optimist about the future, good luck!

So essentially you want the DAO to front run Splinterlands expenses to the tune of 250k with the hopes that pack sales will reimburse the treasury. I'm not in favor of this at all. It literally screams rug pull to me despite that I know it isn't the case here...

aggroed fuked this game with his greed ,now we go in right direction.

Many of you reading this will probably feel quite frustrated about the situation and the past decisions that led us here.

Maybe if Splinterlands would not have became frustratingly too hard to play, then this decision would not be needed. Many people (including me) stopped playing Splinterlands many months ago.

I played a few battles in the recent past, but I see that Splinterlands is still frustratingly too hard to play. Maybe even harder than earlier.

This is very sad, because Splinterlands was one of my favorite video games in the past. Mainly in 2019. I started playing Steem Monsters (Splinterlands) with the Beta starter set on 2018.12.30.

And Splinterlands nowadays apparently punish people, who play with the base card set. So they punish mostly the beginner players. This is mostly not encouraging people to buy cards. This is rather mostly pushing the players away.

Maybe if the developers would use different approach, then Splinterlands would be good again for many players. Especially for those, who are playing this game since years.

Good luck and have fun to everyone, who play Splinterlands. And of course thank you for the developers. Both for the fun in the past, and for future developments too. So I still hope that Splinterlands can be good again.

wow. big moves steering the ship. I have to say....despite the tragic nature of the situation, this gets me kind of excited!
Not for any sensible reasons, more just for supporting a radical trail blazing web3 concept even further in to the deep dark void, with a calculating visionary captain (who im still banking is not an evil genius set to rob me of all my earnings....) and a community full of wild salty gambling gamers and starry eyed optimists and bot wielding mercenaries. Ive never felt part of something more stupidly glorious. LETS GO

Every change is for the better, and it is good to see that the game is setting a long term goal as it always does, greetings to all and I know that this change will be very good.

Also, I'm anxious to see what's in store for us with those new cards you mentioned.
!LUV
!PGM

It will go smoothly and the community is supporting the progress made so far in the game
Peace

Good and bad things happen all the time, but you keep up the good work and provide the customers the best you can.

I think we need more information here and explanation on exactly what are you talking about here:,

"The way that the Splinterlands organization operates will also change significantly going forward, again to ensure that we do not end up back in this situation and that we are well positioned to grow and unlock the value of this amazing product and community in the future.

Over the past year or so, the company has been prioritizing short-term revenue over long term sustainability with the hopes of buying time until the market recovers and avoiding difficult decisions like the cuts being announced today. I want to assure the community that this will not be the case going forward."

what is this situation you talk of if we as sps holders may know? i think there is more information which needs to be shared here

I'm pretty sure that I'm not going to be too focused on Land because I am waiting for Soulkeep (I love tower defense games, tbh). BUT I think you should focus on land. I feel like restructuring the roadmap with focus on land will be better both for short and long term. Why is that? Land is one of the main concept of Splinterlands and that is why it should be prioritized.

From the very start, even on whitepaper, Land is included in the plans, however, it feels like Soulkeep, a project that was just started a few months ago, will be released first than land.

I kind of see it as if I invest money, and pre-buy a condo, and then the company who is doing the construction suddenly decided to finish first the shop at the front. I, as an investor, would be baffled and offended. People who are waiting for Land is probably the ones supporting you from the very start and even though there's huge update, Land not being playable or active 5 years later, is just weird.

I think you should release land even though it's not 100% done. Think of it as a game, and then you do a patch note or DLC later to finish the game. I think the people needs to see first a working Land so they would be, "Okay. We're getting somewhere. I see where this is going." Rather than just a bunch of promises on a roadmap.

Like, doing the Rebellion, is not really necessity at this point. We have a lot of cards already and while adding a few more would be good, it's not really doing anything. Land will absorb most of the DEC by converting the cards to DEC which would increase the value of the cards, DEC and SPS in total. So, if land will be a HUGE contributor, why are you not focusing on land?

1. first....., the bots uncontrollably draining the game be it dec, sps, cards, etc... it was unsustainable and very innocent not to see it... consensual perhaps
2. second.... the idea that they were real players, the new members and that we moved to E SPORT. ....Real players competing in skill without cheats´....
   Being able to look like MAGIC was an illusion, very sad for those of us who invested and bet on sps and did not sell, thinking that things were going well....it was almost all false, attributing a merit that was just luck in the nft world...
   3...overprinting cards and letting automated farms drain assets to this day a disaster😒
   It would have a thousand positive things that could have been done, magical objects, real and competitive tournaments at different times in weekly or monthly ranking, card crafting, experience and skills gained in combat, new skins, a thousand things that give the feeling that the game alone They just wanted to get money... greetings if anyone reads this😅

1 .primero..... ,los bot drenando sin control el juego sea dec,sps,cartas ,etc...era insostenible y muy inocentes no verlo...consentido tal vez

1. segundo.... la idea de que eran jugadores reales,los nuevos miembros y que nos moviamos a E SPORT. ....Juegadores reales compitiendo en habilidad sin trampas´....
   pudiendo parecernos a MAGIC fue una ilusion,muy triste los que invertimos y apostamos por sps y no vendimos,pensando que las cosas se hacian bien....era casi todo falso atribuyendose un merito que era solo suerte en el mundo nft...
   3... la sobreimpresion de cartas y dejar que las granjas automatizadas esquilmaran los activos hasta dia de hoy un desastre😒
   tendria mil cosas positivas que se podrian haber realizado,objetos maguicos,torneos reales y competitivos a diferentes horarios en ranking semanales o mensuales,crafteo de cartas,experiencia y habilidades ganadas en combates,sking nuevos ,mil cosas que dan la sensacion que el juego solo querian sacar dinero nada mas...un saludo si alguin lee esto😅

This should have happened more than a year ago. It may be too late, now

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I am also not sure how I feel, but leaning towards being positive. Yeah it sucks, but I get it.

Wen Chapter 13?

Looking at the long term and sustainability in the long run is always the best choice!
I look forward to reading and voting on the SPS DAO proposal, which I like as a starting idea.

This is sad but also good news at the same time. I think a lot of the community has felt that there was a lack of focus for example the timelines not being meant even after the last restructuring and trying to be more agile. This was probably not an easy choice but it was one of the better ways to organize the work so Splinterlands can start making its way to the top of web3 gaming

I really like that they plan to change that "Over the past year or so, the company has been prioritizing short-term revenue over long term sustainability".
All these 'hypes' and 'races' to reward especially big whales who bought the most within the shortest time span, while many smaller players felt that nothing of the rewards had been left for them was not really a good motivation to steadily grow one's deck step by step. A good product should not need it be built mainly on fomo!

I really hate to see that @weirdbeard leaves the company. He was hope and inspiration for many players who without him already would have left Splinterlands since a long time.

That what you got for allowing bots for years, but Hey It was Better to grab the 20 bucks for the spellbook rather than see the sustainibility

Then dumb choices to keep harass small and new players like penality for starter cards and not leveled cards

Wish the best to those let go. Rebellion sold by the DAO, i would vote yes to that.

I think this is an action that must be taken. I really like this Splinterlands game because I have never played a card game as good as this. I pray that everything goes smoothly and everyone can stay enthusiastic. success for all who join the world of Splinterlands :)

All of this is a consequence of indulging robots in unlimited exploitation of game assets. After the robot battle dec sps, intangible assets are sold for cash. People who believe in games and constantly purchase game assets are suffering.
I now have a way to completely defeat and completely eliminate robots.
That is to randomly disable certain recently used cards. For example, out of the 30 cards recently used, five random cards were disabled. I am also completely random, so this combination is only suitable for human players because its changes are countless. The robot will be at a loss and unable to find the best solution based on past strategies.
I hope this suggestion can be adopted, it is really one of the best ways to save the game.

Even though this sounds bad it is actually a move in a good direction. I think that Mat has the full support of the community. It is sad that some employees had to go but after all, this is business and there were no results on their part.

Still bullish on SPL. Will support Rebellion by buying packs, and can't wait for Land and Nodes updates. These are things that will give SPl another dimension!

Tough times dont last. Tough people do. Sizing down is always an unhappy event. But I think of this is just a minor setback for a major comeback. And when that time comes we could expect rampanth growth. Always believed in the sl community and the team behind it.

Tough spot to be in, we commend you for building throughout these tough years. Hopefully with the new "player owned economy" model with the DAO getting 50% of the NFT sales we might see some spark in interest sharing these delightful facts around socials with their referral links... I will be sharing mine, picked some land back up, a few SPS staked, and happy to get a vote! !PGM

Interesting. I always thought Aggroed wasnt focused on the game. It all makes sense now. Whomever is at the helm of this game stands to make a fortune if they make the right moves going forward. Things have been stagnant for a while. It's time for a new beginning.

``This will allow us to focus on building a sustainable business with the opportunity for tremendous growth over the long term.´´

i hope that this will be followed by action.
because assets absolutely need a use, the more use the better, otherwise it would only be a pure speculation product. and there are millions of other things where people will rather speculate in a high speculation phase.

You took hard earned fiat under false pretenses and used it to build Invennium behind our backs. We paid for ++Splinterlands++ you shills! You get what you deserve.

Word salad commentary is sure to improve your optics! Way to go! Shillerlands! 😂

"First and foremost, all projects and initiatives that are not part of the core Splinterlands product will be split out into a separate entity called Invennium Corp."

"Steem Monsters Corp. (which will operate Splinterlands and Soulkeep) will be led by me, @yabapmatt, going forward. This will ensure that the Splinterlands team is 100% focused only on Splinterlands and directly related products and that all funds taken in from Splinterlands product sales will be used exclusively for the improvement and growth of the Splinterlands game and ecosystem."

Thank you! <3

Good lucky for all.
And lets go together, splinterlands dont get stop.

Lets go guys, make splinterlands so yet biggest!

VAMOOOOOS Splinterlands !!!

Difficulties will always exist but I know you can overcome them. Greetings Splinterland team

Would there still be social med challenge posts?

Sigamos adelante los proyectos hay veces que decaen pero es para hacerse mas fuerte.. sigamos adelante

Hopefully this is the slap to the face that we needed to steer in the right direction.