I give uuuuuupppp!!!
As I messed up last EOS, I ended up having to start this season from Silver 1 in Wild and Gold 2 in Modern and it was a struggle to get anywhere. Well, I moved pretty fast into Diamond on Wild before the struggle really started, and fast into Diamond 1 for Modern - but then, it took an eternity to get through to Wild Champion 3, which I accomplished last night. And then, I moved with a nice streak into contention for Modern Champion 3 also, pulling within 3 points, once and within 20 points 4-5 times more, as I was rejected from moving up time and time again.
WILD:
MODERN:
That is a lot of battles....
My ECR is at 6%
Six percent.
That is the lowest it has ever been I am pretty sure and suffice to say, I didn't earn too many focus chest today. But, at least I am close than I was at the start of the season and next, I will begin From Diamond 3 in Wild and Gold 1 in Modern , so I can hopefully afford a bit of a rest to let the ECR recover a bit. Five days of resting!
But, that is okay, because I also have a lot of things to do this weekend with the ongoing renovation work. Our pushed-back timeline has now been moved up again, as the countertop makers were here measuring last night and instead of the 3-5 week schedule that predicted, it is going to be a 10 day schedule instead. This throws our revised plans into a bit of disarray, as we have to revise again and resource the work again.
Not the end of the world.
And speaking of the end of the world, at 9pm local time, the Rift Watchers Presale goes live, but unfortunately, SPS isn't rallying nearly as much as I had hoped. I was looking for closer to the 10 cent mark on it, but at the moment, with less than eight our to go-live, it is sitting at 7.7 cents - which is quite a difference. This means that to buy 100+10 packs, it is just under 7000 SPS, 500+75 is 35,000 SPS and 2000+400 is 140,000 SPS. And of course, with each pack needing a voucher, that is 110, 575, and 2400 Vouchers on top.
Quite an outlay.
Too many is not enough
With the crypto markets taking a battering alongside the traditional markets on the inflation rate news out of the US, it is going to be interesting to see who is willing to dive into these packs. Overall though, I think the presale is going to be short-lived, because there are a lot of large holders keen to get in and there are only 500,000 packs available.
"Only"
It is a funny term really - very, very relative.
But, while many seem to think that the market is getting flooded with cards and the ass is dropping out of prices for sale and rent, this is only the start of the story, as LAND is going to soak up a lot of the cards. This is also going to be interesting in terms of what kind of cards are going to be used to stake to land and, what will remain active in the game.
The Boomer Cards
This is quite a factor for Splinterlands, as what it means is that the older, more valuable cards from the game might be somewhat replaced by the newer card abilities, but those older cards are also likely more valuable to stake, earn and produce on Land. This means that a lot of the older cards "retire" to farm life, in a type of sea change move, as we would see in the real world. They might become the Boomer generation of cards, giving way to the up and coming newbies trying to make their mark on the game. However, some of the core cards from the past are unlikely to be completely replaced soon, so they will become more powerful in game, as there will be fewer of them in operation.
So, with three hours left in the season, I might not give up quite yet, and may make one last attempt to get into Modern Champion 3, and then go on Splinterlands hibernation for the next handful of days. However, that doesn't mean becoming inactive, because there are always so many things going on, that I can use that time to learn about what is to come and chat with people about what all of it means for the game meta, the economy dynamics, and me as a player, investor, consumer.
How long do you think it will take for the 500K presale packs to sellout?
Taraz
[ Gen1: Hive ]
I'm in Diamond II and I'm not sure I'll make it out in the next couple of hours. This is the lowest I've ever been at this point in the season since I started playing. Definitely the Splinterland team's efforts to drive people to push up the leagues instead of spreading their cards around many accounts seems to be working. It is a massive struggle now. Which is fine, clearly I need to get better.
I'm so curious about the 500K presale packs. Will it be minutes or weeks? I honestly have no gauge whatsoever. I have some SPS and Vouchers ready, but I also have a meeting at that exact time, so I guess we'll see.
Score!!
2 minutes before my meeting starts!! :D
Back later to comment properly :)
My voice and piano skills are the exact opposite of his - but I might be a better Splinterlands player.
I tis a huge challenge to get up there and I feel that there is some kind of change at the cusps of leagues, where at that point, it is very likely to hit a string of good players that kill streaks (for me). It could be coincidence too :)
My prediction is,
minutes.
Well then... looks like I'm going to be minutes late to my meeting then.
Three weeks later, 322k sold... :D
Did you get any?
I was there at the exact right time, and put in for 150 packs... and got an error that I didn't have enough SPS (although I had worked it out on Coingecko beforehand) and so put in 145 with 14 bonus packs... which worked... but when that screen came up it 550K packs had been sold.
Soooo, I don't actually know if I got any in the presale or not...
I did. The last block included in presale is:
67936464
Chexk your transaction on Hiveblocks and you will see. Before that, all good.
It sold out in 1m39s.
Hopefully you got in.
All the tranche 1 node licenses are gone too...
Thanks dude! That was amazingly helpful...
https://hiveblocks.com/tx/3fbc8e3fe8de1c064782aa5c46df4ea8eca26038
Scraped in with 13 blocks to spare... easy.
You fought great there in the last moment. I know how difficult it is to climb up in the minutes as I fought too to climb up onto the Diamond III.
And obviously good read there..
Have my upvote.
Nice work getting into diamond 3 - it makes it so much easier to start the next season.
I was pretty happy I made it when I did, as I cleared it 3 minutes before I had meetings that would go past the EOS. :)
500k packs = 250 whales * 2000 packs
How many players in champ, about 200?
Also the number 200 on top holder list for owned SPS has ~440k SPS.
My guess is it will be minutes for the presale to sell out.
under 2 minutes in the end?
close call. I saw it at 40 packs sold, next refresh 300 something, then I did my small buy and right after that there was 300k+ packs sold. amazing!
Dang brother thats a beat up ecr. I got down even lower just once, last month. Been more controlled since. I couldn't get back to diamond III which was my prior best.
Good luck this season. How long for packs is tough to say.
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Yeah - I can't touch it for 5 days!! :D
under two minutes for the 500k packs in the end. I thought it was going to be 15.
I don't know why but I never succeed in getting into SL battles. The first hurdle is the time investment that is required to learns the tricks. I wanted to win games without learning too much about the cards. The second hurdle was my inability/unwillingness to invest in cards. Coming back to Hive after a hiatus of 5 months, I am thinking to look into SL from a fresh perspective. I know you donated me cards to help my battles :) Even then, I did not use that offer to the true potential.
While saying that, I am beginning to question how I should approach Hive and engagement here. When I stopped a few months ago, I felt I was too pressed to write quality contents and was too worried about upvotes and targets. I left because I was thinking too much about Hive. What started as a fun hobby became something more.
This approach isn't going to work for most things! :D
This is a problem for many. They can be an investment, but I think it is worth seeing them as a game enabler first.
I noticed ;)
This is again, a problem for many - once the money is on the table, people put too much focus on it, killing their human reasons for being here. Have fun, chat, engage, talk in discords, joke around and when you write, write content that you love, not that you think will get votes.
That's a clinical surgery of my comment right there :) I agree that SL games are not that easy compared to when it started. It is really competitive and I may have to spend some time to learn before I get back into again. I may reach out to you for help one more time.
I am planning to make it a true fun experience this time around so that I do not burn myself. I will focus on producing posts where I can enjoy and not worry too much about the reward. Let's see how far I will be able to go this time.
Oh wow.. 6% ECR! 😅
Where did you end up this season?
Scraped into C3 in both modern and wild! It was close :D
😆
You have the passion and drive to make it. I sense the excitement and heat is the real thrill of the game.
It is interesting that I am so interested in it! :D
Minutes? I would be surprised, that means about 29.16 million SPS if my maths is correct
2.5m worth. I don't think they will last 24h.
500K packs at roughly 60SPS each 30 mil
Yeah, $2.5m dollars. The final sps count will depend on price. But, around that 30m
1m39s to sellout.
:D
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Sounds like a bit of RAAAAAAWWRRRR going on your end there 😆 good luck with the cards and the house 😝