Anyone that already completed at least one season on Splinterlands knows about the race to rent power before the season ends. It is a challenge balancing the likely gain on Season Rewards and the amount spent on card rentals to finish the season on Silver III.
To decrease the amount spent on card rentals, many bronze players choose to wait until there are only two or three days to the end of the season and only then will seek the amount of power needed to advance through the leagues.
I believe some people are exploiting this end-of-season race and are gaining "free" DEC on card rentals. They are canceling the rental contract after the 24 hours card lock period.
Thus, despite the refund of the rest of the money locked in Escrow to the renter, the person who makes the card available for rent received DEC relating to one day rent without the card having fulfilled its role for the person who rented it.
Whoever rents only to have enough power to finish the season in the Silver League III pays one day's rent for nothing.
I've watched this take place in my last three seasons. In all of them, I had the rental contract canceled after the 24 hours card lock period.
Rent for 3 days: 177.45 DEC
Rent canceled after 24 hours.
Refund: 118.3 DEC
Amount spent: 59.15 DEC
Rent for 3 days: 73.215 DEC
Rent canceled after 24 hours.
Return for cancellation: 48.81 DEC
Amount spent: 24.405 DEC
A total of 83.6 DEC was spent without the goal being met. One could argue that the card was available to me for 24 hours. That is true. However, the benefit obtained from its use during this time is not sufficient to cover the amount spent, and it is not the objective that the rental was intended to fulfill.
Maybe this isn't the best way to rent power and advance to Silver III league, but I see it's still what most players do. And, if the contract is broken after just 24 hours, its purpose is compromised.
A minimum time of more than one day for card rental could inhibit this practice and make the process fairer. What do you think? Has this happened to you?
Quem está começando no Splinterlands e já completou pelo menos uma temporada no jogo, sabe da corrida para alugar Power antes do final da temporada. Para aqueles que ainda estão na liga bronze e almejam finalizar a temporada na Liga Silver III é um verdadeiro desafio equilibrar o ganho estimado e o valor gasto com o aluguel de cartas.
Para reduzir o valor gasto no aluguel de cartas, muitos jogadores bronze escolhem aguardar até que faltem apenas 2 ou 3 dias para o fim da temporada e só então buscam a quantidade de poder necessária para avançar nas ligas.
Acredito que algumas pessoas estão se aproveitando desta corrida de final de temporada para alugar cartas e do bloqueio de apenas 24 horas para cartas alugadas para praticamente ganhar DEC grátis.
A prática consiste em cancelar o contrato de aluguel após as 24 horas de bloqueio. Assim, apesar do restante do dinheiro bloqueado no Escrow ser devolvido, aquele que disponibiliza a carta recebeu DEC referente a um dia de aluguel sem que a carta tenha cumprido seu papel para quem a alugou.
Basicamente, quem aluga apenas com a intenção de ter power suficiente para finalizar a temporada na Liga Silver III paga um dia de aluguel por nada.
Observei a prática ocorrendo nas minhas últimas três temporadas. Em todas elas tive o contrato de aluguel cancelado após as primeiras 24 horas de aluguel.
Abaixo estão os cancelamentos que ocorreram na temporada atual:
Aluguel por 3 dias: 177,45 DEC
Aluguel cancelado após 24 horas.
Devolução por cancelamento: 118,3 DEC
Valor gasto: 59,15 DEC
Aluguel por 3 dias: 73,215 DEC
Aluguel cancelado após 24 horas.
Devolução por cancelamento: 48,81 DEC
Valor gasto: 24,405 DEC
Total de 83,6 DEC gastos sem que o objetivo seja cumprido. Alguém pode argumentar que num período de 24 horas a carta ficou disponível para eu utilizá-la. Isso é verdade, no entanto, o benefício extraído de seu uso durante esse tempo não é suficiente para cobrir o valor gasto, além de não ser o objetivo que o aluguel visava cumprir.
Talvez esta não seja a melhor forma de alugar poder e avançar para a liga Silver III, mas vejo que ainda é o que a maioria dos jogadores fazem e se a posse das cartas é contestada após apenas 24 horas, seu propósito é comprometido.
Acredito que implementar um tempo mínimo maior que um dia para o aluguel de cartas inibiria essa prática e deixaria o processo mais justo. O que vocês acham? Isso já ocorreu com vocês?
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I think 24 hours is fair. What you could do as a renter is to just wait until there is less than 24 hours left until season ends.
A function that would need to be entered in order to thwart this would be some kind of pre-selected option where the person renting out the card picks a lock-up period that is longer than 24 hours.
I did that one time but took me a couple hours to rent all cards. It's hard to finish the transactions when bots are taking the rental market.
I think your suggestion can be good. But a maximum lockdown period is necessary.
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