Splinterlands has turned from a fun little game into a playground for investors with serious money to put in. Decent cards cost hundreds of dollars now. Okay, so I have done well from it, but that has been largely from playing, although I have spent a bit on cards. I can enjoy the daily SPS airdrop.

It's got to a stage where I wonder if it's worth levelling up my cards. I expect a lot of people will just rent out their cards rather than playing as they can get a nice income from that. I am renting out some from splinters I was not playing much anyway.

I wonder where all the thousands of new players are coming from and how many are bots. People desperate to make a few bucks will probably have to rent cards, but maybe that can be profitable. Recently there are been less cards in daily challenge rewards. If only I could sell those hundreds of potions I have.

The original land sale was a bit of farce as many people did not get a chance to buy any and some of us who did group buys have not got our plots yet.

I am not against you earning from the game. I do think they do a great job on design, but some of the fun has gone out of it. Despite that I do still play a bit each day and help out in my guild's brawls. It has got harder as I don't have some of the newer summoners that seem to give an advantage and it would cost a lot to get them.

Balancing fun and profit is a tricky task.