Am I a Rising Star?

I don't remember exactly when I started playing Rising Star, it must have been in March or April this year, thanks to Tito Ed (tengolotodo) who made it sound fun that I got interested in the game too. The thing is that I didn't really explore and just basically kept pressing the "START" button each time the battery bar is green showing enough energy.

It was kind of a diversion for me from reading too much and I was happy to be accumulating Starbits while doing so. Then I observed that my fans were not increasing and I was stuck in the first four missions in the "Home Town" zone. Being one who is timid to ask questions, I just went on with the game without progressing much until Tito Ed once again came to the rescue so I went shopping for cards that had fans and skills on them.

And then I was horrified when I read a post about the big "E" (Ego) which should be kept low or at zero. I noticed that mine was at 86%, lol! Learned that having a high percentage of it would affect my earnings in the missions.

So in the past weeks, I worked a bit harder to drag the ego down to zero (0%) by playing music lessons all week-long and buying cards with higher "Skills" and some instruments too (guitars and drums) but even so, it took me almost 2 weeks I guess before I finally kicked all the egos away (have 2% now after playing a mission a while back).

The reason it took me a long time to lower my ego is that I often ran out of energy. And the energy problem had me searching for solutions where I learned from other players that I need to have:

• Pizza Boxes to store discarded pizza for energy boost
  Currently, I only have one of it and I do need to add more as I progress in the game.
  
  
• Coffee Cups to store Coffee that are found on missions which will then make the energy recovery rate a lot faster, meaning, I don't have to wait all day long for the energy bar to get recharged. I only have one too of this. Will have to buy more in the sooniverse.

Anyway, I decided to give myself a good time to learn more about the game. I don't even know how much I "earned" or "gained" from playing because I used them all to buy packs, cards and also played "Music Promoter" from time to time.

The game is fun but in order to progress, I'm going to have to learn the leaps and bounds of it. Additionally, I have been winning on some giveaways that I participated so those wins add to the excitement at times.

I would greatly appreciate any tips and game strategies that can help me rise in this game, thank you in advance!