My Latest Hoarder Heartbreak: Selling In-Game Possessions

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Do you like hoarding in-game items more than saving in-game currencies? I kind of do. I keep numerous items for different kinds of reasons. I used to spend a lot of in-game money to complete a collection or two. Even in real life, I have a hard time parting ways with the smallest of things if they mean something to me.

This time, I had to make a decision between making ends meet and letting go was an option.

Playing Splinterlands has been one of the games I enjoy and a goal on my list as a player is to make sure that my account grows strong enough to handle more battles in the Silver league.

You could feel all sorts of things from revealing your loot. Joy, dismay, it all depends on the circumstances! There were times that I'd be pretty lucky and get a great pull from a pack opening or the rewards chests. There were also a lot of times when I got potions... Let's not even talk about those...

One of my tactics when I get a high-value Gold Foil card is to trade them for Regular Foil cards so I can have more to play with. If I can't play them, at least I have a growing collection, right? I've always wanted to complete a Splinter or two.

Recently, I also got my Ruby Pass Access to Big Time and I loved that it felt just like a real multiplayer RPG game! It reminds me of the non-blockchain games that I enjoyed - Dauntless, Monster Hunter, and Warframe just to name a few. I'd talk about it more on a different time but I also got my first NFT cosmetic there!

Remember how I said I hold on to things for various reasons? Well, I wanted to hold on to this one as it was the first drop I ever got from the grind. I spent hours playing and not dying on Big Time to get this and I don't know when will the next chance be.

Unfortunately, some things just don't go your way. Today was one of them. August has been a pretty busy month for me and my wallet. Usually, my small gigs and my extra game tokens (DEC, SPS, STARBITS) can cover for my needs but now I need more than that.

I spent the whole night thinking of how can I squeeze out a bit more moolah. The assets that I have are not just things I can easily let go of because I spent time on getting them.

Am I coming from a gamer's point of view? Probably. Am I a collector? When I like a game or an NFT art collection? Yes! Am I a hoarder? Highly possible.

My eyes went back and forth, one tab to another. My sleepy yet restless brain was trying to do maths... I can't really go to sleep if I don't get this settled. I got into so many arguments in my head that I could conclude it's noisier than any other person I could encounter.

I had to settle with the notion that I could grind to get new ones and there's no use of reaching to a point of being emotional. Up to this time, I still feel bad but this is the only way I could handle it.

Hodlers are probably shaking their heads now. Don't worry. I'm doing the same.

I think I'll sit down with this feeling for a brief while instead of shrugging it off. Feeling bad is not bad...

Eh? You made it to the end? Thanks for hanging along.

Have you ever felt the same way too? Maybe you'd handle the situation differently. If you do, let me know how! It's always nice to see different angles.

Arc (arcgspy)

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I don't play a lot of blockchain-based games, so I haven't felt anything like that before. But you have to give things some time, so you don't have to do everything all the time. Unless of course if you think it's a big profit. Other than that, I think you can get everything you want to have by progressing in the game over time.

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It's a big dilemma even especially when I was playing Warframe! Had to always choose if I want to build a collection or trade my item away so I can buy more of something else.

Maybe I am trying to do everything all the time... Phew, I gotta deal with that, huh

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ang sad naman nyarn. sana maging maganda ang kinabukasan.

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The struggle you have is not having any clear goals on what you want to achieve and if you do have that cleared up, it's following through the sell button when the time comes. I had that when holding some game assets and thinking these are going to earn me more if I keep them, they do and they may not but what I got when looking at prices is the now, present, and consequences are immediate when I pull the trigger to sell or not. What I don't have is a future that exists in my head which tells me what may or may not be.

Here's an unsolicited advice, allocate some portion of your holdings to sell and the other portion to reinvest to keep things rolling. The problematic part if thinking there's a right timing and not even knowing when to let go of the things that are supposed to bring you in more value.

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What if I want it all? Char. But also not char. I hate feeling dumb when it comes to things like this buti na lang andyan ka. Kek

In relation to that, I wish I would have started portioning these holdings earlier. But, I do think I'm heading towards that direction now. I may be starting small but it's still something.

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Maybe I would be holding too, same as you.
I value a lot of things, even senseless things. Even my bf wants them to be thrown but I still keep them.
Though, there are really times I just decide to let them go.
These are the times that I have decided what to do with them, what benefit it will give me and all those kinds of thinking.
So why do you want to hold onto it, Arc? Do you think one day you could let go of it in exchange for something greater?
Anyways, don't rush. That's the key. 😉

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I think it's more of "I want to keep this and make a collection out of it" rather than keeping something in hopes for it to become highly valuable in the long run. Letting go of it means I probably need to start all over again to get it back. Hekhek

And yeah, if this was a normal day, I wouldn't be in a rush... But schtuff happens. I need to flow with it! Or palunod na lang ako, charizzz

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