It's amazing how things work out...
I want to share a story with you today about my journey on the game we all know and love....
So I got into this game, right at the beginning but didn't dive fully into it. I was never a card player and these kind of games never really attracted me but the fact it was on the blockchain...It caught my attention.
...For about a month....
I remember being at Steemfest 3 in Krakow and everyone seemed to have their laptops out playing this game and I was sitting there scratching my head..I don't get it, it's a silly card game?
Time went on and then in late 2020, something caught my attention again. However what attracted me to the game back then was...The collectibility of the assets. And I timed it perfectly...
This was my gold foil legendary collection in 2021. I was hooked on the limited supply of these NFTs (which was a new term for me then lol) and was grabbing them at around 100-150 bucks each. This was about 6 months before the #Splinterlands explosion, so I looked like the smartest guy on the planet last year...
The SPS air drop came and wow...I thought for sure I was going to be able to make a living off this game.
Rental income, SPS and Voucher coming into my wallet every day...Life was good lol
I even started collecting the physical merchandise the game had, as my 'collector antennae' where at max levels...
Hooked, doesn't even begin to describe it!
Welp, as you guys know...Things happen...
The markets go poo-poo, Axie Infinity goes bye bye, and the 'play 2 earn' promise isn't what people hoped it would be.
I admit it, I was deflated.
Heck, I even started questioning myself if it was time to tap out, sell it all and call it a day. But then the @Splinterlands team launched the new focus reward system!
At first, I hated it!
I could never understand how this would possibly attract casual gamers and to be honest, I don't think it ever will. But then you start playing the game and working on your focus rewards....
That DAMN green bar!!!!!!
The Splinterlands team turned a 'ho-hum' daily quest into a carrot stick that never seems to be finished! Every time you want to quit, the green bar is a win or two away from the next reward chest...
I have played more Splinterlands games in the past few seasons then I think I have the entire first few years of the game's existence. It's addicting. On another level of addicting because that's just the daily focus....
Yeah, 1 day left and I'm at 50 chests for the season rewards! By no means is this the highest amount I could reach, but I know each season so far, my totals have increased because of how much I'm playing....
The Switch-A-Roo
When I started, I was a collector.
I didn't care about the game play, and screwed up a LOT of my combining of cards simply because...I had no idea what I was doing.
But here is the kicker.....
Now I'm much less worried about being a collector and much more focused on which cards I need to...Play the game effectively LOL
I've even sold a few of my gold foil legendaries to pay for other cards I needed and have completely switched my focus from collecting, to mastering the game play.
Mastering is a stretch lol
I'm still a student and love learning more about the game each and every day. But it just shows you what happens on our journeys here. I would have never thought at the beginning of this, I would stop playing Call of Duty and fall in love with a card game called Splinterlands.
But here I am....lol
I mean....One can dream right?
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