Yes it is!
Nine years ago today, I was reborn as a pretty consistent writer on this blockchain. Perhaps the most consistent, if not considering those who are using "aids" to write their posts for them. I haven't missed a day posting an article since mid-2017, over eight and a half years ago. And even though it might sound conceited, I am pretty impressed with myself. If only I had been so consistent when I was at university, or with any of the jobs I have ever had.
Normally my birthday comes and goes with not much of an event, but today you will notice that I am posting this message in the Splinterlands community, which is weird for a birthday post. But, there is a reason for it, since today was the claim for the latest conflict card, Elowen Sylphie. And while normally I got my hopes up and get shafted by what they call "RNG luck" and get bugger all, tonight I got away like a bandit.
With 22 cards guaranteed, I had no guarantees on a gold at all.
I didn't have high hopes.
I go into these things trying to check my expectations, because I have been very disappointed many, many times earlier. But this time, I was more than pleasantly surprised, as while I picked up four gold foils, which would give a MAX level, I also picked up one of the three (so far) black foils.
That is a decent haul.
And so far I have played it twice and lost both rounds. But to be fair, it is early days and I am trying to shoehorn it into places it might not fit. A bit like that NFL player who is taking his ex-wife to court, because she cited the enormous size of his schlong as the reason for their divorce.
So yeah... Nine years. That also means that in a couple months from now, there will be a group who will have been here for a decade on the blockchain. Though many of those who started in 2016 have left, there is still a decent core of devs, witnesses and creators who are knocking about between blocks.
I wish there were more.
I am yet to fully comprehend why it is so hard to first get and then keep people around Hive. It is a far better place to spend time creating than the centralised platforms that are controlling users through a litany of mechanisms, with none of them being good. Yet, people go where the masses are, ,which is why you'd think at least some of the true crypto people would be supporting the decentralised platforms like Hive. Yet, there they are on X, keeping the legacy system alive and kicking.
I reckon Hive should have an OOTB solution for crypto communities to plug a community into. Something that allows them to connect up their own tokens, but leverage the Hive blockchain to manage the community aspects, the chats, the announcements, and all the information flow. It could be plugged into existing pages. Hive really should be the home of blockchain communities of all kinds, so not only does Hive benefit, but the crypto communities can break-free from centralised reliance and never have to worry about censorship or cancellation.
Splinterlands could have a more robust community experience embedded into the game interface.
But okay, enough about Hive (and Splinterlands for that matter). Now it is time to enjoy my birthday and play some rounds.
Taraz
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