How do you expect players that are invested in Splinterlands to trust that the team won't abuse their power to print and influence card values when bringing out ridiculous schemes like this. The fact that it is marketed as a game also speaks quite loud.
I get it though, people are gullible and there is extreme greed in the market which makes it easy and tempting to bring these kinds of blatant money grabs especially with a likely bull run in 2021.
With all this focus on money, Splinterlands as a game now really more than ever completely feels like pay2win with all the fun and gameplay taken out of it.
Please consider putting more focus on making Splinterlands fun again as right now if feels like it's all about Money & Greed instead of Fun and Gameplay
I still find Splinterlands to be a lot of fun and am excited to see all the new things that have been promised.
Of course, I did have to sink the requisite amount of money into the game in order to be able to say that.
I also feel that the way in which the recent land sale was handled -- with people having a lot of money (aka investors) being treated better than the actual players (particularly smaller ones) -- is going to have a long-term effect on perceptions and new player acquisition (not to mention this new scam that is diverting development effort away from Splinterlands even as they are fund-raising for it with the land sale).
Everyone knows that Splinterlands only cares about "players" (since aggroed frequently insists that non-battling investors are also players as well) in direct proportion to their investment.
I disagree with this. The game is fun, and continues to be for those who take a vested interest in it.