I'm still in my first week with my new Splinterlands account, "ChironCentaurus" and I just got myself promoted into the Bronze 1 rank.
So far, I haven't invested any cash or BTC on card purchases, but Chiron Centaurus is being supported by his alter ego 
As of now, Chiron Centaurus has staked 18 SPS tokens, and now he's in the Bronze leagues, he's begun to earn fractions of SPS from successful battles:
Also, Glint earnings are helping Chiron to recruit more (soulbound) monsters into his ranks. From this experience of building a new Splinterlands account from scratch without investing any outside funds, I now appreciate the importance of Glint in helping new players build their collections.
The Bronze 1 treasure chests did not contain any big prizes such as Chiron Centaurus won when he broke into Bronze 2. Hidden in one Bronze 2 tresure chest was the Epic Night Reaper Dragon:
Chiron Centaurus hasn't yet recruited a Dragon Summoner, so Night Reaper doesn't appear very often on the field of battle.
In the first few days, Chiron Centaurus fought only Modern battles, but with the elevation of
Chiron has also been earning his keep by blogging on the OneBitcoinClub and happy to see his posts have been earning upvotes, Hive, HBD, and Bitcoin Satoshis thanks to 
Next stop: Silver 3!
Doceo et Pugno
Chiron Centaurus
