$17 + .... good job. 170% of your invested money back. While its tough and as you mentioned (easy to lose motivation) for those willing to push forward a profit can be made. Staying focused is hard to do when grinding / doing an experiment.
I don't feel as you cheated by giving yourself some STEEM so you could have enough RC to play. Steem-Monsters delegates Steem to new players for that same reason so I view it as a similar action.
I still feel as the $10 spent on a starter deck is well worth it. I spent countless $10 on board games and other digital games in my lifetime that gave 0 chances at winning that $10 back.
Okay, I can agree with the conclusion that the starter pack has paid for itself - based on the stats the sm-bot gives me.
I only wonder, if I would sell all my cards today, it would still be profitable...
Anyway, for now the Steemslotgames source has dried up. I think i will create an account for the drugwars game, since it appears to pay out a little, even when you play for free..
I never heard of Steemslotgames ...
I been thinking about joining drugwars but it doesn't work on this PC I am currently on.