As I have now been playing "Splinterlands" for over a year, I've wanted to contribute something of ACTIONABLE value to my fellow players (and FUTURE players) - but NOT just fill my #Hive feed with daily images of quest reward - or battle - SPAM (no offense to those doing so). Ultimately, Hive is about ADDING VALUE to the social experience - that is the magic of blockchain social media technology. So, after some serious pondering, I decided that a weekly "Splinterlands" player strategy diary" type series, with CONCISE and ACTIONABLE tips, would be of most value to my audience. Please let me know your thoughts (good and/or bad), and I hope that readers (now and into the future) will benefit from this series. If you gain a better understanding of blockchain, gaming, "blockchain gaming", marketing, psychology, forensics, philosophy, investing, economics, technology, and/or any other area(s) of knowledge I end up exploring (voluntarily or involuntarily) as this series naturally progresses, then I will have done my "good deed" (of providing value) for the week, PLUS have a nice little BOOST of HIVE/DEC income to buy some new cards. Also, feel free to hit me up on the battlefield.
[ DISCLAIMER" This post is QUITE a bit late, because I have been dealing with some SERIOUS survival issues which have complicated my organizational routine and output level. We just had a major outbreak of COVID here in my location, and in combination with my ongoing back pain (spinal) issue (which I am now more seriously addressing with some ergonomic improvements, as well as yoga stretching) it is an ongoing struggle to maintain optimum productivity. I will be working on some additional solutions to be able to put out future posts of this series on time - mainly because I ENJOY writing them, as well as shopping for new cards with the Hive payout ;-> [ /DISCLAIMER ]
1 ) For the 7th Untamed pre-sale airdrop I got SIX (6) "Lir Deepswimmer" (non-gold) cards, and combining those got me up to Level 3 (out of four) of that water summoner right away! So I thought I would at least hang onto it and experiment with it for a little while, and if I like it I may buy the additional five cards to max it out. I can also always lease it out to one of the gang members. On the day of getting this card it was worth $9.00 USD each, and so that was $54 USD when combined into one card, ad I am now well above $300 USD of value in the first seven airdropped cards to offset the total cost of the 998 pre-sale packs ( 998 x $2.00 USD = $1,996 USD), and I still have 255 daily packs to open (out of the 998). It turns out that buying all of those presale packs was INDEED a good move in the grand scheme of things.
2 ) My newly adjusted strategy outlined in the previous post of this series, where I keep the "trending" #splinterlands page open in a tab in my browser, and browse and/or read one post, let's say, per hour (or every few hours) - partly to slow down my active battling in the game (so as to allow my capture rate to replenish at a faster rate), AS WELL AS to get a better PULSE on what is going on in the Splinterlands game community, AND to earn some additional Hive to then use to buy more cards, HAS INDEED been fruitful this past week. I must admit that for the past year (or two) I have kind of "lost the plot" on the whole Steemit/Hive platform as a whole, although I HAVE made it very clear (through the "rough period" over the past two years) that my activity on the platform was rejuvenated (or even "saved") due to the introduction and growth of Splinterlands (as I stand strong in my fundamental belief that blockchain gaming will be a major catalyst which will bring crypto to the mainstream - it's already happening). But sometimes you need to take a step back and "get back to the basics". This new strategy of focusing precisely on the #splinterlands Hive content is benefitting myself, AND OTHERS, in several major ways. I have indeed earned a nice extra trickle of Hive from my daily curation of #Splinterlands related posts this week, and have INDEED added some serious DIMENSION to my experience of the game, as I am realizing the SHEER RANGE of types of posts being made regularly now related to the game (ex. videos of gameplay, contest giveaways, strategy explanations, strategy contests, official announcements, etc). I used to think that Splinterlands would benefit from having an "in-game" chat feature, but I am now starting to believe that that might be too INTRUSIVE/disruptive to the actual gameplay. So having a separate communication channel (the Hive platform itself) may actually be IDEAL, since we can all earn additional Hive/DEC by posting on Hive, and it allows a DEDICATED place to focus all posts related to the game.
3 ) This week I successfully followed through with the plan set out in the last update to start buying $5.00 USD (in Hive equivalent) of Dogecoin (DOGE), roughly every week. I have explained that my main reasoning for this new regular purchase is basically because DOGE has proved to maintain STABLE value over time, at a VERY low cost per token, and have occasional spikes in value - which may be profitable in the future as I accumulate more tokens over time. This week I went ahead and did a buy of ~ 1516 DOGE for 25 Hive ( ~ $5.00 USD - basically the general amount I earn on each of the weekly posts in this series. I now hold 36,591 DOGE, and if you add ~ 1,500 DOGE per week ( 6,000 DOGE/month, 78,000/year ) I think that's a nice growth progession over time. Let's say that one year from now I hold 100,000 DOGE, and DOGE gets listed on a major exchange (like Coinbase) and shoots up to $1.00 USD. That would be $100.000 USD!
4 ) I have lowered my Drug Wars activity to the very bare minimum at this point. My gang members seem to agree that Drug Wars is stagnant at this point. I am now logging in every few days to upgrade my storage units and resource production, and withdrawing any DWD I have in the account (which is usually less than 10 DWD per week). It's just not worth the effort relative to the return at this point. Drug Wars has INDEED been a good introduction game to the world of blockchain gaming, and I joined it also to support one of the first two blockchain games on the Steemit blockchain (before Hive was born). But unless some SERIOUS engagement-enhancing features are added to the game I just don't see any point to spending a lot of my valuable time on it at this point. I originally invested 17 Steem into Drug wars like two years ago, and have gotten WELL BEYOND that in return in weekly DWD income. I will continue to use that DWD to convert to DEC to buy more Splinterlands cards, and I will also look out for any posts detailing upgrades to the game. Maybe Drug Wars admin will think of something to make the game viable again.
5 ) Okay. As I did in the last post in this series, the highly-detailed "diary" of my daily #splinterlands activity is laid out in the last part of this post, for those of you who are inclined to follow, more closely, what I am doing. It occurred to me that this "diary" section is JUST THAT - a highly detailed record of my daily activity in the game, with some JUICY "play-by-play" analysis notes, and commentary, on what works, what doesn't, and some suggestions for further tweaking and experimentation. So, with this in mind, I hope some/any of you will enjoy this information. If not, you are under no pressure to read it fully, and are free to SKIM, or even IGNORE, any parts, or ALL parts, completely - at your discretion. I lay this out because it also HELPS ME to document my progress in the game over time, and may help some people NOW, and into the perpetual future...
Starting DEC : 900 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 97.00%
Ending DEC - 1,434 DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ 96.55%
Balance = DEC Earning = 534 DEC = -> 1.006 HIVE x ~ $00.214 USD/Hive = ~ $00.215 USD
Spent :
1 x "Screeching Vulture" (Gold - Level 4 - $0.60 USD - 1,434 DEC -- five (5) cards remaining to Level 10 (max))
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 20 (gifted to gang) (+) 40 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 20 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "win three battles without neutral monsters" quest)
keepers -
"Shadowy Presence" (Gold - Level 2 - $4.47 USD - 10,000 DEC)
(+) 80 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 60 DEC
potions - 3 legendary potions, 2 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 0 packs
DEC - 85 DEC
Starting DEC : 44 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 96.55%
Ending DEC - 1,247 DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ 83.09%
Balance = DEC Earning = 1,203 DEC = -> 2.524 HIVE x ~ $00.227 USD/Hive = ~ $00.57 USD
Spent : Saving up for another "Screeching Vulture" gold card. Will have enough tomorrow.
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 200 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 40 DEC (gifted to gang) 30 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "dragon" quest)
keepers -
(+) 440 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 10 DEC
potions - 4 legendary potions, 6 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 1 packs
DEC - 50 DEC
Starting DEC : 1,247 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 83.09%
Ending DEC - 1,789 DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ 76.88%
Balance = DEC Earning = 542 DEC = -> 1.149 HIVE x ~ $00.231 USD/Hive = ~ $00.265 USD
Spent :
1 x "Screeching Vulture" (Gold - Level 4 - $0.61 USD - 1,318 DEC -- four (4) cards remaining to Level 10 (max))
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 40 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 50 DEC (gifted to gang) 20 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "earth" quest)
keepers -
(+) 180 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 45 DEC
potions - 0 legendary potions, 6 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 0 packs
DEC - 59 DEC
Starting DEC : 516 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 77.51%
Ending DEC - xxx DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ xx.xx%
Balance = DEC Earning = xxx DEC = -> x.xxx HIVE x ~ $00.xx USD/Hive = ~ $00.xx USD
Spent :
1 x "Furious Chicken" (Gold - Level 3 - $4.90 USD - 10,493 DEC)
4 x "Screeching Vulture" (Gold - Level 4 - $2.47 USD - 5,293 DEC -- bumped up to Level 10 (max) - to increase "melee" from "+2" to "+3")
17 x "Spirit Shaman" (non-gold - Level 1 - $2.70 USD - 5,783 DEC -- bumped up to level 6 (max) - to increase "magic" from "+1" to "+2")
23 x "Unicorn Mustang" (non-gold - Level 1 - $0.99 USD - 2,116 DEC -- bumped up to Level 6 (to increase "health" from "+12" to "+13" and add "reflect magic ability)
20 x "Khmer Princess" (non-gold - Level 1 - $3.97 USD - 8,504 DEC -- bumped up to Level 7 (to increase "health" from "+4" to "+5")
9 x "Horny Toad" (Gold - Level 3 - $2.72 USD - 5,809 DEC -- bumped up to Level 7)
8 x "Creeping Ooze" (Gold - Level 4 - $3.78 USD - 8,079 DEC -- bumped up to Level 10 (max) to icrease "health" from "+2" to "+3")
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 200 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 20 DEC (gifted to gang) 20 DEC
Untamed (Pack #2 : celebration pack for reaching "Champion II" season level --> + 40 loot chests --> +120 season loot chests)
keepers -
(+) 240 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 30 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "dragon" quest)
keepers -
(+) 10 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 45 DEC
potions - 5 legendary potions, 6 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 0 packs
DEC - 114 DEC
Starting DEC : 25,029 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 82.89%
Ending DEC - 593 DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ 88.00%
Balance = DEC Earning = - 24,436 DEC = -> x.xxx HIVE x ~ $00.xx USD/Hive = ~ $00.xx USD
Notes: I made the DUMB decision today to try and get lucky again on Betfury.io, and converted 25,000 DEC into 635 Tron, and then proceeded to lose the whole 25,000 DEC within a few hours. The good news is that I had WON the other day, and this loss was ultimately valued at ~ $11.00 USD. In addition, the "cashback" feature on Betfury will automatically reimburse me 25 Tron in a few days (they payout "cashback" every few days), AND I am earning ~ 11 Tron per day residual income from all of the deposits I have made on that platform in the past. This loss put me down to only 593 DEC for the day, and so I could NOT make my daily purchase of cards, and so shame on me. This kind of thing happens on occasion, mainly when I am bored and/or stressed. The best thing I can do at this point is work on saving up the daily residual Tron payments of ~ 11 Tron per day until I earn back the 635 Tron, which would take --> 635 (- 25 "cashback") --> 610 / 11 --> ~ 65 days. It's not the end of the world, but a frustrating setback which will hopefully remind me NOT to put any additional DEC into Betfury, but instead use the residual Tron in there instead. Live and learn, as the saying goes.
Spent : No spending today because I lost 25,000 DEC in Betfury.io (more detail in the notes section above)
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 80 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 20 DEC (gifted to gang) 10 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "death" quest)
keepers -
(+) 170 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 500 DEC (gifted to gang members) 35 DEC
potions - 6 legendary potions, 3 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 0 packs
DEC - 76 DEC
Starting DEC : 593 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 92.96%
Ending DEC - DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ .%
Balance = DEC Earning = - xxx DEC = -> x.xxx HIVE x ~ $00.xx USD/Hive = ~ $00.xx USD
Spent : No spending today. Explanation in "notes" section below.
Notes: Okay. I've got good news and bad news today. Let's start with the bad - because it's more simple. After losing the 25,000 DEC yesterday in BetFury.io I decided to try to CHASE that loss, but did not have any DEC remaining (above 1,000 DEC). So since I had ALREADY been considering selling some more Bitcoin to put into Splinterlands, I decided to go the INDIRECT route of using the direct deposit of Bitcoin into BetFury, with the hope of winning back my losses from yesterday (and maybe some extra) before converting that into DEC and using it to buy more Splinterlands carrds. The GOOD news is that the 0.004 BTC ("test run") deposit I made DID go through - as opposed to being sucked into "crypto void". The BAD news is that after several hours of play (of slots) I lost the 0.004 BTC ( ~ $38 USD ). The other issue was that there is no way to convert BTC to Tron inside of the BetFury site, and so once my BTC was in there I had no way to get it out (especially for such a small amount), so I decided to just play it down. I'm used to playing the slots with Tron, and so the 0.004 BTC gave me a LOT LESS of a "bank" to play (as I wasn't away of the point conversion in slots. The good thing is that this "test run" DID acheive its purpose (of trying to deposit BTC directly into BetFury, and I did earn some of the new Bitcoin-related "sub-token" they have, which will earn me some extra BTC into the future. After I lost the 0.004 BTC I decided to chase the two previous losses with 0.01 BTC, but this time I converted the BTC to HIve and then used the HIve to buy Tron (with the integrated Tron wallet in Splinterlands) and was then able to start with a fresh 200,000 DEC (converted to 5,190 Tron) in BetFury. My goal is now to get that up to AT LEAST 8,000 Tron and then I will have made back the losses, and can convert the Tron back to DEC, and will have the intended ~ 0.014 BTC transferred from Coinbase to Splinterlands, so I can buy some specific cards I want. Two additional benefits are that I discovered that BetFury now has a mid-tier Blackjack game which allows you to make a maximum bet of 2,500 Tron per hand, and this range of betting ( 50 Tron - 2,500 Tron per hand) allows me enough leverage to actually reach my goal of 8,000+ Tron. Actually, I have been playing quite well for the past two days (up at around the 6,000 Tron mark as of writing this sentence), and since it is Blackjack there is at least a CHANCE that I can reach the goal. In addition, my significantly-sized bets (per hand) have earned a nice amount of points in the BetFury ranking system, and today I bumped up to the "Gambler" (third level) rank, which now gets me 4% "cashback" instead of 2% at the previous level. And even though I have stated that I am generally averse to crypto "pay for play" gambling, I will say that I am now impressed by the BetFury platform, as they have shown over time (at least the past year) that they are ACTIVELY improving the platform, and I continue to get daily Tron dividends as a result of my cumulative play there. My hope right now is that I reach the goal of 8,000+ Tron so that I can get all of that crypto over to Splinterlands. I have a good feeling that it will be possible. I'm also continuing my "A/B" test of "pay for play" versus "free to play" crypto gambling.
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
"Goblin Fireballer" (Gold - Level 3 - $0.29 USD - 500 DEC -- two more cards remaining to Level 7)
(+) 40 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 20 DEC (gifted to gang) 10 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "water" quest)
keepers -
(+) 0 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 95 DEC
potions - 3 legendary potions, 2 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 0 packs
DEC - 150 DEC
Starting DEC : 458 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 100.00%
Ending DEC - 7,108 DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ 91.26%
Balance = DEC Earning = - 6,650 DEC = -> 14.273 HIVE x ~ $00.215 USD/Hive = ~ $03.07 USD
Spent :
6 x "Centauri Image" (non-gold - Level 1 - $0.48 USD - 1,088 DEC -- bumped up to Level 3 (to increase "magic" from "+1" to "+2", and decrease "health" from "+10" to "+9")
9 x "Child of the Forest" (non-gold - Level 1 - $0.43 USD - 970 DEC -- bumped up to Level 5 (to add the "snare" ability)
5 x "Cerberus" (non-gold (Beta) - Level 1 - $2.07 - 4,702 DEC -- bumped up to Level 7 (to increase "speed" from "+4" to "+5", and increase "health" from "+7" to "+8")
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 40 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 20 DEC (gifted to gang) (+) 50 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "earth" quest)
keepers -
(+) 70 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 95 DEC
potions - 5 legendary potions, 3 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 0 packs
DEC - 96 DEC
converted 13.400 Hive (from previous post payout) to 6,209 DEC
Starting DEC : 347 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 91.50%
Ending DEC - 754 DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ 95.67%
Balance = DEC Earning = - 407 DEC = -> 0.891 HIVE x ~ $00.216 USD/Hive = ~ $00.19 USD
Spent :
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 10 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 60 DEC (gifted to gang) (+) 10 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "earth" quest)
keepers -
(+) 300 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 50 DEC
potions - 8 legendary potions, 3 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 0 packs
DEC - 58 DEC
Starting DEC : 754 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 95.67%
Ending DEC - 2,019 DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ 77.09%
Balance = DEC Earning = - 1,265 DEC = -> 2.802 HIVE x ~ $00.229 USD/Hive = ~ $00.64 USD
Spent :
1 x "Goblin Mech" (Gold - Level 4 - $0.84 USD - 1,738 DEC -- nine (9) cards remaining to Level 9)
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 200 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 10 DEC (gifted to gang) (+) 520 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "earth" quest)
keepers -
(+) 80 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 30 DEC
potions - 7 legendary potions, 4 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 0 packs
DEC - 68 DEC
Starting DEC : 280 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 77.92%
Ending DEC - 1,681 DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ 70.29%
Balance = DEC Earning = - 1,401 DEC = -> 3.233 HIVE x ~ $00.235 USD/Hive = ~ $00.76 USD
Notes: 288,796 DEC winnings from BetFury.io added to balance after making the end-of-day calculations, and before buying the cards below.
Spent :
1 x "Goblin Mech" (Gold - Level 4 - $0.84 USD - 1,652 DEC -- eight (8) cards remaining to Level 9)
61 x "Alric Stormbringer" (non-gold (Beta summoner) - Level 1 - $51.00 USD - 95,667 DEC - bumped up to Level 7 (with nineteen (19) cards remaining to Level 8 (max)). Got this card at a DEEP discount of (-) $0.62 USD per card (so I saved myself a WHOPPING $37.82 USD), and will look out for another discounted 19-card batch into the future. Sometimes you get lucky. The only issue with this specific card is that it hasa 5-day cool-down period, so I may not be able to play one or more "water" quests for the ext five days. But the savings I got on this card MORE than makes up for the potential loss of a quest or two.
91 x "Flesh Golem" (non-gold (Beta) - Level 1 - $19.10 USD - 35,687 DEC -- bumped up to Level 9 (to increase "melee" from "+3" to "+4" and decrease "health" from "+11" to "+10". Need 200 more cards to reach Level 10 (max))
23 x "Goblin Mech" (Gold - Level 4 - $19.35 USD - 36,147 DEC -- bumped up to Level
7 x "Sand Worm" (Gold - Level 3 - $6.55 USD - 12,236 DEC -- bumped up to Level 6 (to increase "speed" from "+2" to "+3" and add the "snare" ability). This is a powerful new reward card which I use every day.
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 10 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 20 DEC (gifted to gang) (+) 50 DEC
Untamed (Pack #1 : celebration pack for reaching "Champion I" season level -> (+) 30 loot chests --> 150 total season loot chests) keepers -
(+) 90 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 20 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "earth" quest)
keepers -
1 x "Captain's Ghost" (Gold -Level 2 - $1.69 USD - 2,000 DEC)
(+) 50 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 55 DEC
potions - 4 legendary potions, 1 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 2 packs
DEC - 676 DEC
Totally CRUSHED IT in BetFury.io slots tonight, and won my original 200,000 PLUS an extra 85,000 DEC. It was a HELLISH week on BetFury, but in the end I came out AHEAD, and earned a nice amount of loyalty points (for continuous residual income there, so I can play slots with the dividends (like once a week).
Starting DEC : 109,077 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 85.04%
Ending DEC - 167,832 DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ 75.92%
Balance = DEC Earning = - 58,755 DEC = -> 144.211 HIVE x ~ $00.226 USD/Hive = ~ $32.59 USD
Spent :
2 x "Bortus" (Untamed (summoner) - Level 1 - $0.66 USD - 1,207 DEC -- bumped up to Level 5)
52 x "Bortus" (non-gold (Untamed summoner) - Level 1 - $19.66 USD - 36,400 DEC -- bumped up Level 7 (with 23 cards remaining to Level 8 (max)). The main reason I bought this card is because my newly-upgraded "Alrich Stormbringer" is on a 5-day cool-down period, and so I had NO water summoner with high enough level to do a potential daily "water" quest with full potential power. Actually, this may have been a blessing, because the "Bortus" cards are MUCH cheaper than the "Alrich" cards, and so I will likely just go ahead and buy the 23 additional cards (for $0.33 each) and max out the "Bortis" (Untamed) summoner.
13 x "Drake Of Arnak" (Untamed (summoner) - Level 1 - $3.82 USD - 7,141 DEC -- bumped up to Level 6, with 25 cards remaining to Level 7 (max))
23 x "Daria Dragonscale" (summoner (dragon) - Level 1 - $22.33 USD - 42,761 DEC -- bumped up to Level 6 (max))
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 0 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 10 DEC (gifted to gang) (+) 70 DEC
converted 142.700 Hive (from latest weeky Hive power-down) to 57,963 DEC to buy more cards!
Daily Quest (today's "dragon" quest)
keepers -
(+) 300 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 30 60 15 10 15 DEC
potions - 4 legendary potions, 3 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 0 packs
DEC - 144 DEC
Starting DEC : 80,323 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 75.92%
Ending DEC - 85,616 DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ 91.95%
Balance = DEC Earning = - 5,239 DEC = -> 12.646 HIVE x ~ $00.222 USD/Hive = ~ $2.81 USD
Spent :
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 40 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 20 DEC (gifted to gang) (+) 20 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "death" quest)
keepers -
(+) 10 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 150 DEC
potions - 4 legendary potions, 2 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 1 packs
DEC - 396 DEC
won 2333 DEC ( 5.951 Hive x $0.225 UDS/Hive = $1.34 USD ) in tournament
Season Rewards ("Champion I" season level -> 150 loot chests)
keepers -
"Sand Worm" (Gold - Level 3 - $1.00 USD - 500 DEC -- four (4) cards remaining to Level 7)
(+) 530 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 640 / DEC
potions - 19 legendary potions, 34 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 2 packs
DEC - 1,597 DEC
Starting DEC : 85,616 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 91.95%
Ending DEC - 293,223 DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ xx.xx%
Balance = DEC Earning = - x,xxx DEC = -> x.xxx HIVE x ~ $00.xx USD/Hive = ~ $x.xx USD
Spent :
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 40 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 40 DEC (gifted to gang) (+) 20 DEC
Untamed (Pack #2 : new season start pack - "Diamond I" level -> + 60 season loot chests)
keepers -
(+) 40 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 40 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "death" quest)
keepers -
(+) 10 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 50 DEC
potions - 4 legendary potions, 3 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 0 packs
DEC - 62 DEC
converted 280,000 DEC to 1,956 + 173 + 4,910 = 7,039 Tron to play slots in Betfury. Won 12,446 DEC ( 31.43 Hive x 0.226 USD/Hive = ~ $7.10 USD), Used extra 12,446 to buy new cards
Starting DEC : 283,992 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 100.00%
Ending DEC - 285,293 DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ 93.73%
Balance = DEC Earning = - 1,301 DEC = -> 3.264 HIVE x ~ $00.220 USD/Hive = ~ $0.718 USD
Spent :
23 x "Bortus" (Untamed (summoner) - Level 1 - $9.99 USD - 19,043 DEC -- bumped up to Level 8 (Max))
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
"Dark Astronomer" (Gold - Level 2 - $1.23 USD -- 2.000 DEC)
(+) 80 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 50 DEC
Untamed (Pack #2 : celebration pack for reaching "CHampion I" season level - + 20 loot chests --> 120 season loot chests)
keepers -
(+) 40 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 20 (gifted to gang) (+) 20 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "death" quest)
keepers -
"Barking Spider" (Gold - Level 3 - $0.29 USD - 500 DEC - four (4) cards to Level 7)
(+) 80 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 145 DEC
potions - 1 legendary potions, 0 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 0 packs
DEC - 185 DEC
Starting DEC : 266,250 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 93.73%
Ending DEC - xxx,xxx DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ xx.xx%
Balance = DEC Earning = - x,xxx DEC = -> x.xxx HIVE x ~ $00.xx USD/Hive = ~ $0.xx USD
Spent :
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 40 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 10 (gifted to gang) (+) 30 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "dragon" quest)
keepers -
(+) 60 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 40 DEC
potions - 3 legendary potions, 5 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 0 packs
DEC - 126 DEC
Starting DEC : 266,800 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 94.90%
Ending DEC - 267,280 DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ 97.32%
Balance = DEC Earning = - 480 DEC = -> 1.215 HIVE x ~ $00.220 USD/Hive = ~ $0.267 USD
Spent :
1 x "Spirit Druid Grog" (non-gold - Level 1 - $0.94 USD - 1,787 DEC -- bumped up to Level 2 (to add "life leech" ability))
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 200 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 10 10 (gifted to gang) (+) 10 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "death" quest)
keepers -
"Spirit Druid Grog" (non-gold - Level 1 - $0.94 USD - 1,000 DEC --
(+) 20 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 15 30 30 15 DEC
potions - 4 legendary potions, 3 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 0 packs
DEC - 38 DEC
Starting DEC : 265,492 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 97.54%
Ending DEC - 265,900 DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ 95.00%
Balance = DEC Earning = 480 DEC = -> 1.361 HIVE x ~ $00.220 USD/Hive = ~ $0.30 USD
Spent :
5 x "Serpent of the Eld" (Gold - Level 2 - $7.25 USD - 11,958 DEC -- bumped up to Level 5 (to increase "health" from "+6" to "+7" and add "return fire" ability)
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 210 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 50 (gifted to gang) (+) 40 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "win three battles without neutral monsters" quest)
keepers -
(+) 50 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 20 (gifted to gang) (+) 25 DEC
potions - 7 legendary potions, 1 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 1 packs
DEC - 85 DEC
Starting DEC : 254,096 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 96.67%
Ending DEC - 304,491 DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ 99.22%
Balance = DEC Earning = 50,395 DEC = -> 146.084 HIVE x ~ $00.231 USD/Hive = ~ $33.74 USD
Spent :
2 x "Goblin Fireballer" (Gold - Level 3 - $0.98 USD - 1,574 DEC -- bumped up to Level 7 (to increase "speed" from "+3" to "+4")
69 x "Water Elemental" (non-gold (beta) - Level 1 - $7.56 USD - 12,119 DEC -- bumped up to Level 8 (max) - to increase "+3" to "+4")
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 210 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 70 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "win three battles without neutral monsters" quest)
keepers -
(+) 60 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 75 DEC
potions - 2 legendary potions, 3 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 0 packs
DEC - 46 DEC
converted 142.835 Hive (from weekly power-down) to 50,260 DEC
Starting DEC : 290,858 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 100.00%
Ending DEC - xxx,xxx DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ xx.xx%
Balance = DEC Earning = xx,xxx DEC = -> x.xxx HIVE x ~ $00.xx USD/Hive = ~ $xx.xx USD
Spent :
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
"Sniping Nharwal" (Gold - Level 3 - $0.41 USD - 500 DEC -- five (5) cards remaining to Level 8)
(+) 20 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 20 (gifted to gang) (+) 50 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "win three battles without neutral monsters" quest)
keepers -
(+) 10 40 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 15 15 (gifted to gang) 10 10 10 DEC
potions - 3 legendary potions, 2 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 0 packs
DEC - 180 DEC
Starting DEC : 1,910 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 100.00%
Ending DEC - xxx,xxx DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ xx.xx%
Balance = DEC Earning = xx,xxx DEC = -> x.xxx HIVE x ~ $00.xx USD/Hive = ~ $xx.xx USD
Spent :
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 40 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 20 (gifted to gang) (+) 20 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "dragon" quest)
keepers -
(+) 60 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 20 (gifted to gang) (+) 115 DEC
potions - 3 legendary potions, 3 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 2 packs
DEC - 26 DEC
Starting DEC : x,xxx DEC [ DISCLAIMER: Oops! Messed up on the record-keeping because of survival issues. It happens.]
Starting Capture Rate : ~ xx.xx%
Ending DEC - xxx,xxx DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ xx.xx%
Balance = DEC Earning = xx,xxx DEC = -> x.xxx HIVE x ~ $00.xx USD/Hive = ~ $xx.xx USD
Spent :
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 80 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 20 (gifted to gang) (+) 10 DEC
Untamed (Pack #2 : celebration pack for reaching "Champion II" season level --> + 40 loot chests --> + 120 season loot chests)
keepers -
(+) 40 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 40 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "earth" quest)
keepers -
(+) 30 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 25 (gifted to gang) (+) 30 DEC
potions - 4 legendary potions, 4 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 1 packs
DEC - 147 DEC
Starting DEC : 3,663 DEC
Starting Capture Rate : ~ 100.00%
Ending DEC - 4,590 DEC
Ending Capture rate : ~ 92.19%
Balance = DEC Earning = 927 DEC = -> 2.18 HIVE x ~ $00.256 USD/Hive = ~ $00.558 USD
Spent :
6 x "Ice Pixie" (non-gold - Level 1 - $0.47 USD - 823 DEC -- 22 cards remaining to Level 8)
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
(+) 200 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 50 (gifted to gang) DEC (+) 20 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "fire" quest)
keepers -
(+) 200 20 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 10 60 (gifted to gang) (+) xx DEC
potions - 3 legendary potions, 4 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 1 packs
DEC - 180 DEC
Spent :
4 x "Ice Pixie" (non-gold - Level 1 - $0.29 USD - 521 DEC -- eighteen (18) cards remaining to Level 8)
Untamed (Pack #1 : today's daily pack)
keepers -
"Fire Elemental" (Gold - Level 2 - $1.79 USD - 2,000 DEC -- one (1) card remaining to Level 4)
(+) 40 DEC
non-keepers -
(+) 20 (gifted to gang) DEC (+) 10 DEC
Daily Quest (today's "dragon" quest)
keepers -
(+) 200 DEC
nonkeepers -
(+) 25 (gifted to gang) (+) 40 DEC
potions - 3 legendary potions, 6 alchemy/gold potions
Untamed - 0 packs
DEC - 56 DEC
On August 8th I began a gradual descent into "pay-for-play HELL" by selling 0.03 BTC to buy Tron to chase a first round of 4,000 Tron on BetFury.io. In the end I gambled 21,974 Tron, and luckily (after switching to blackjack play) was able to start getting it back up to 13,000 Tron (as of publishing this post), with the goal of winning back 1,000 Tron per day until I reach 22,000 Tron, at which point I will convert that amount to DEC to use in Splinterland. This originally happened because I had turned the original 4,000 Tron into 6,000 Tron, but then couldn't sell the Tron back to DEC at a reasonable rate, so I put it back in to Betfury.io. This lead to a good week+ of hell. My main goal is to get back up to the original amount and get it out of pay-for-play. In the meantime I have significantly bumped up my daily residual Tron income on BetFury going forward. Live and learn.
converted 50,000 DEC to 1094 Tron to play slots in BetFury.io
converted 200,000 DEC to 4390 Tron to play slots in BetFury.io
converted 250,000 DEC to 5780 to play slots in BetFury.io
Total = 21,974 Tron
Whew! These posts are growing dense - but that's okay. Take what resonates with you,and leave the rest. I hope you find some/any of these tips useful in increasing your understanding and/or skill level in the SteemMonsters (Splinterlands) and/or Drug Wars, and/or "Prospectors, and/or any other game(s) - and the " blockchain gaming " industry as whole - which I end up exploring as this series evolves. More JUICY tips to come with each weekly update, as I dig deeper into this whole REVOLUTIONARY PHENOMENON, and become more experienced and successful in the game(s).
See you on the battlefield...
@transcript-junky