VeeFriends: YOLO into Series 2

After months of following the community and project, I finally decided to pull the trigger and finally get into the VeeFriends ecosystem! After participating early on in Book Games, I could not get the luck to find a whitelist spot or minting of the original launch of the Series 2 NFTs. I wasn’t ready to dive into Series 1 and the costs there given the increasing floor price so just explored options within Series 2. Given the market being rough, there were a number of interesting opportunities when I search for a good way to get in.

However, I really wanted it to be special for me as my intent is really to hold it and be part of the community for the long term. I never knew how dynamic the Series 2 of the set really went as the art was very varied and the attributes even more broad than what was Book Games. However, after searching a couple of weeks, my eye got caught up on one particular NFT, the Legit Llama. It may not come to the surprise of some in the Splinterlands community as my daughter loves Llamas; so much that we designed a card for it in the game!

There was more to it though as I really like the mountain background. The mystery around the mountain also caught my attention as it felt like a good link to my journey so far across my life. I have always seen the journey of life itself as a mountain climb with the peak being the goal. Mountains evolve which changes not only the peak but the journey which has been my experience in life. I am blessed to have enjoyed the journey so I thought this was a good NFT to buy as my first outside of Splinterlands.

Another first was the fact that I decided to do all on my mobile wallet. It was more due to laziness than wanting to try it but once halfway through I was encouraged by how much the Crypto ecosystem have evolved since I started almost 6 years ago. It still have many areas to improve but it was not a bad user experience despite the centralized approach. While I may eventually move to another wallet, I have held it on the mobile wallet to see how it continues to evolve.

My next step is to really jump into the community a bit deeper. Having the NFT now provides some more access within the community. Since I was frustrated from the original minting, I did not keep up with the project so am still learning more about other developments. I saw that trading cards are now a thing within the VeeFriends community so need to learn and engage some more. I know GaryVee enough through his active engagement that he will continue to evolve the project forward for the community!