In less than a week, the Waka Spiritblade card gets released for purchase and while I have my 500 vouchers and 5000 SPS ready, I suspect that I am not going to have a chance of getting one, since there are so many people lining up for them, that they will be gone in a second. That is great for publicity, unless the distribution is poor - which is why I kind of wish that they would have had some hurdles to jump over in order to give more people a chance of getting their hands on one.
Perhaps instead of just liquid assets, an SPS staking requirement and perhaps 1 per account. In my opinion, it will be a bit of a shame if these hit the market or are put up for rent, as I think that first and foremost, players should be holding cards - but that is an opinion as a player myself - if I wasn't a player, perhaps I would still be buying as an investment.
500 vouchers and 5000 SPS is cheap for this card, a low-mana, death summoner with poison, already maxed - but it is the vouchers that are the expensive part for me, as I have had to buy an additional 360 of them off the market and if I am not able to secure a card, they are going to drop like a rock in value. The SPS requirements don't matter much at all, as even if I don't get one, I am collecting as much as SPS as I can anyway. "Collecting" mostly means buying, and I have added about 100,000 SPS in the last month to my holdings.
That is a lot and as I was saying the other day, between Splinterlands, Hive and Cub, a trifecta run on them would be a pretty fantastic result. However, that all just sounds like crypto dreaming to me, something that is fun to do, but not necessarily valuable to do - other than reminding that in this world "anything is possible" when it comes to crypto.
But, I was thinking about this in terms of the distribution of Splinterlands assets and how if all of these kinds of cards and assets keep ending up in the same hands, it might put the game in a precarious position. The reason is that while the financial value can be stabilized by the core main holders, if there is no longer the chance of the "lottery effect" to get in, will the average players turn to other games and experiences? Supporting the investors has worked so far in building the value of the game, but if that investor base doesn't widen, it sets a roof on how high it can go, before collapsing under its own weight. At least, that is how I envisage it at this moment.
But, the economics of this and the potential of the game to attract players and value in is a great unknown as while there is mammoth potential in the crypto gaming industry to come, there are also many factors that will influence the outcomes. Many of which, are unknown at this point.
There is a vast disconnect between my digital holdings and my real life, where while I am the kind of person that buys clothes when I need them, but only if they are on sale - the way I "spend" crypto is insane. I know that people must think it too, but I have been consistent with my approach since I started where I am not looking to pay my bills, I am looking to change my financial life forever.
For example, I can predict that IRL, I should be able to work at something and pay my bills for the foreseeable future, but it won't lead to me having much extra left over and retirement will be tight. I can also say that if financial life does fall apart and I can't manage, there are options there too. But, one thing I can't imagine in the future of my "traditional life" is being financially successful to the point where I no longer have to worry about paying the bills, my daughter's education or having enough to go on holiday occasionally.
But what this means is, investing into crypto for that world changer outcome, is actually not very risky at all, considering risk has to be tempered with reward. If I lose everything I am where I would have been if crypto had never been part of my life, but if it moves the other way, the gain could be astronomical. This means that there is low downside risk, but massive upside potential, even though the amounts I am risking now are the types of amounts I have never actually held or expected to hold in my lifetime. As said, this is somewhat illogical in psychological positioning when looking from the outside in, but it does make sense to me and that is all that matters, because I own it.
I think that what makes people jealous or uncomfortable with these kinds of discussions is that most people aren't accustomed to having them publicly, where we are shamed or ridiculed for discussing our own finances. It makes people uncomfortable too, because depending on life circumstances, it can create animosity and jealousy. However, that is not what my goal is at all, it is that I want to normalize the discussion around wealth and wealth generation, especially within the communities and with the people I value and hope do well.
This isn't financial advice, no one is paying to read this and I am not telling anyone what to do or not do with their income. Sure, I might get some vote value out of it, but I ama not getting anything else, other than the conversation itself. I believe this is a valuable conversation to have on and off the platform and if perhaps if there was more personal transparency and truth around finances in the real world, less of us would struggle with it.
Have you ever wondered what would we as a species could accomplish if we put down all of the rivalries and directed our energy to being and achieving our best? Is Mars that far out of reach, or clean energy, oceans and air?
See? I am an idealist trapped in the body of a forced pragmatist. I do want a better world and I want to be a direct part of creating it. But, if I have to spend all my time and energy worrying about whether I can feed my family and keep a roof over their heads, I will not be changing the world, I will not be adding the value I want to be able to add. So, in order to do that, I have to free up personal resources and to make it worth the time, it has to come through an asymmetrical return function, where there is more upside potential, than energy put in - Since I am getting on in years, where else but crypto can offer me a practical path?
Life is all 1s and 0s.
Do, or don't do.
Taraz
[ Gen1: Hive ]
