RE: "Splinterlands" Power Strategy Tips #73
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Real stinker and I can feel your pain. I remember vividly similar experiences you have and I'll try to keep my story short. About three years ago I had about 4000 Steem Power and I borrowed liquid Steem from Neoxian. At the time I took out 350 Steem and played lottery numbers. I was about to get close to 1200 Steem and was planning to with withdraw the winnings, pay back Neoxian and use the remainder to buy Splinterland alpha packs. Greed got to me and I wanted to get to 1200 Steem exactly before withdraw. Never happened, I lost it all and principal too. For almost eight consective weeks I had power down my steem power and each week lost another 300ish steem because I was hoping to get back what I originally lost. While at the time Steem was valued close to $0.40 and an alpha pack was about 5 steems. I basically could have bought hundreds of packs if I just simply stick to what I had rather than trying to gamble for more. Worse part the loses made me unmotivated to play or do anything related to Splinterlands and I ignored it for over a year only to come back to it and pay top dollars to build a deck. Alpha cards was what I was trying to buy but premium on them are high.
Anyways we still alive and as long as we can play we just have to carry on with what we have and do the best we can. I do try to limit myself from dice rolls or any other form of crypto gambling. It is a recipe for disaster. You been playing well in Splinterlands, so enjoy it and continue doing just that. Do not try to think you can earn the quick buck because at the end of the day its more pain to recover from the losses than building on what you have.
Perfectly stated, sir. This is now probably the third or fourth time I've gotten burned -- EACH time as a result of breaking the cardinal law of "free for play only". The first time was with the BitcoinVideoCasino, which I played several times over a span of two years, and finally (through some research with the help of a buddy who works in cybersecurity) turned out to be a front operation for a company out of Hong Kong (which at the time I told my buddy was "China" - which he didn't understand -- in retrospect look at the situation in "Hong Kong" right now to see how I was vindicated. Also look at what that Chicom Justin Sun did to the entre Steem blockchain. The MAIN life lessons here are : ( 1) don't be too hard on ones' self, as these operations are often well-organized to deceive (my cybersecurity pro friend STILL doesn't understand that BitcoinVideoCasino is (likely) a money laundering operation for those fine specimins of INHUMANITY over there in "The Middle Kingdom", ( 2 ) once you part with your crypto it is LIKELY to be gone with the wind ( unless you get lucky - the key is to not let it go and stick with "free for play", ( 3 ) don't expect that a once "trustable" platform will e CONSISTENTLY trustable ( either through malintent or not ), and ( 4 ) the LESS times you "move" crypto the less risk you have of being "raped", and finally ( 5 ) when you get HIT try to stay calm and remind yourself that you will also have BONUS crypto into the future. This is the only way to stay sane and prevent onesself from "going AWOL" (aka : giving up), which ALSO creates risk that you will miss out on those "bonus" opportunities. In other words, one must sometimes "suck it up" and stay focused with the FAITH that the "Crypto Gods" will shower their grace down upon you.. Easier said than done...