Nice article. Like you I really hope that this it is similar to the 90s manager games (in the UK it was Premier Manager but very similar to the Bundesliga one you showed). This would really bring the game to a European fan-base too (even if it is US soccer branded).

I love Splinterlands too but I have deliberately avoided Riftwatchers and Tower Defense to hopefully have some funds to buy into this game. But it's difficult with so little information or idea what the game will be / how much will need to be invested to be competitive. What I do hope though is that not every project in the future is linked to SL. It can't forever be that OGs from SL always automatically get a major advantage in the new project. GLS should be it's own thing where the early investors get future benefit in that particular project.