I actually resonate with your sentiment there! I've played the game less than a year and realized it's not a good use of my time and stopped playing a few months back. I can only imagine how frustrating it is for people playing the game for years.

I never spoke out about it....well I tried to quite a while back, but as you say...."loyal followers!" If you don't hold a decent chunk, the team isn't gonna give shit about your opinions.

Having said all that, I do know a few people personally who do make quite a decent amount from the game. Very, very few! For the majority of the players the rewards are as shit as it can get with not much attempts from the team to do anything about it.

To sum up how much annoyed I got with splinterlands, after I stopped playing SL, I started playing pokemon go which pays zero...in fact costs a little bit money (guess where I put the money from...? yeah, selling SL cards LOL)....and yet I feel it is STILL a zillion times more worth my time than SL. Go figure! When players leave a game that pays "something" to go and play another that "costs" something......something is very very wrong with the game.