Splinterlands: The Irony Of Measuring Subjective & Dollar Value
It's the end of the splinterlands'season and once again my stats have gotten better than the last season. I finished with 38 chests previously, but this season I finished with 42 chests. 4 of the chests earned 8 hours to the end of the season.
Once again I finished in gold 2 modern, just like last season, with collection Power as the only reason why I didn't advance to gold one. It's been another season where people pump money into their deck to improve their tactics, strategy, and lineup.
This is why there's to decline in the difficulties in the game. The fact that the game is getting harder only proves one thing: players are getting more skin in the game.
This is a positive sign.
The fact that the competition is getting stiffer is a sign of a growing economy and the downside is the chances for one to do poorly every season increases.
Because people strengthen their deck by going shopping and also getting soulbound cards to improve their strategies. I cannot ramble enough on how the soulbound cards have really helped a lot of people to build a competitive deck.
Even if these rewards are soulbound, they're used in returns to earn rewards with $$$ value, i.e. SPS, chaos legion packs, and more soulbound rewards acting as a residual income to be used in earning more of the $$$ assets I mentioned above.
So, it's been a thrilling season and it's also the first time I've earned 43 chests in a season
The irony here is that playing in the gold league was easier than playing in the silver league. I spent only 3 days playing in the gold league and I earned about 14 chests.
This was where my win rate could have been reduced because of the level of cards I have. But surprisingly I took on teams with level 5 to 6 summoners and beat them convincingly and this proves only one theory. I thrive well when I play higher up in the leagues.
The reason is that the number of high-profile games increases.
I thrive better when I have enough mana to express myself, so I got a lot of this in the gold league, and because of that, my win rate skyrocketed, 3 days to the end of the season.
Whenever the season ends, I pay attention to the number of soulbound rewards I could get. Having a legendary boosts my collection Power chances. This is because I badly want to grow my collection Power.
After all, this is the only way I get to qualify for play in the most lucrative leagues. This season has been my most rewarding in terms of that. Ironically the reward is only worth $2.33 when you check the value, and this was mostly because I got a chaos legion and about 12 SPS or so.
The other rewards were the potions and the only reason why it's got a dollar value is not because you can sell them, but because you need to buy them to actually open up your chaos legion packs.
I think it's time to remove the potion rewards
........because they serve no purpose to the large part of the player's population. I'm sure people will be happy to buy it to open their packs if they have something different in rewards other than positions.
Sometimes the efforts spent to earn them are more valuable than the money one could have used to buy them. Now back to why the reward is worth $2.33 and it's my most rewarding season ever.
I got a level 3 GFL EVA THE UNDAUNTED with a collection Power of 25k.
I got my first ever level-5 gold card and I got other varieties of gold cards. A lot of my Soulbound Cards are now in level 4 aiming for level 5.
A twist in the calculation of subjective value
Realistically, this wouldn't be a reality without the inception of soulbound rewards and the change in the ECR system. Originally my investment could only see me play in gold 3 modern, maximum.
But fast-forward to today, I can comfortably play in gold one, with the GFL adding an incredible 25k collection Power to my deck.
In reality, this card if it had $$$ value would be worth like $350 if not even more, but the in-game value for now is mind-blowing and if the rewards were not soulbound, there's no way I'm getting a card as this, except I play in the diamond or champion's league.
I'm elated to have this output, but would seriously like to back to earning Chaos packs which I'm hoarding to sell when the bull run comes through.
Interested in some more of my works?
Reviewing A $400 Samsung Galaxy A72 (photos Included)
Hive's Scalability & The Compromise Of Commitments
Money: The Consequences Of Making The Right & Wrong Decisions
The Nigerian Economy: Monopolizing Incompetence
The Experiential Process of Understanding Money
A Case Of Theft On Hive: Here's Why Some People Choose Scam.
Posted Using LeoFinance Beta
Congratulations @josediccus! You have completed the following achievement on the Hive blockchain And have been rewarded with New badge(s)
You can view your badges on your board and compare yourself to others in the Ranking
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPCheck out our last posts:
Support the HiveBuzz project. Vote for our proposal!
#Posh https://twitter.com/technologix/status/1652912281796198400?s=46&t=SP89K4JOG3joO5R_3wFNlQ
Thanks for the share, Elon musk has made it quite hard over there on Twitter
Absolutely 💯🤣
You are doing great Jose accumulating 42 season chests in the Gold league is not easy. You basically can count yourself amongst the ass-kicker players now. Your progress has been impressive.
And that level 3 Legendary of yours is a wow 😃
And the summoners, cool rewards overall. Gool luck with the new season.
Posted Using LeoFinance Beta
Thanks bro. It was actually 43, I checked back again. Yeah the numbers are really good, that GFL was just everything for me. Lool I still believe there are lots of cards that I really need to buy to compete well. But I reckon by December, I might be playing in Diamond.
Posted Using LeoFinance Beta
Go go go, Jose, the Diamond League awaits your mighty arrival! 😃
Posted Using LeoFinance Beta
Ava The Undaunted is shining like a star :)
Hahaha, thank you, I haven't used it, I have a feeling I'd love it.
Congratulations on the GFL. I keep seeing people getting legendary cards and it makes me reconsider whether or not staying in Silver was the right option or not. I have yet to get a GFL from a rewards chest and I have no idea how much this card would be worth when it gets unlocked.
Posted Using LeoFinance Beta
This card wouldn't be less than $300, it's a level three GFL hahaha. I think you should consider staying and playing in the gold league. These GFL cards seems to be huge game changers. It's so huge.
Posted Using LeoFinance Beta
I love GF legendary cards! Congrats on that GF legendaries!!! 😍
I didn't get any OP cards this seasons rewards but I also did get 2 GF legendary cards from a single chest on one previous daily rewards. This also made me jump from G2 to G1.
That is amazing. I think one can get GFL in the daily quests or in their season's reward, the system has a way of actually balancing things all together. Congratulations on your pull as well.
Damn! Omo! This your pull make sense o, this is the kind of pull I have been looking for that will push me into diamond league one. I am very happy for you brother. Can't wait to kick your ass in the diamond league
Posted Using LeoFinance Beta
Hahaha thanks a lot man. Yeah, the pull has been my biggest ever and categorically it pushed me to playing in gold one. I think you made some fantastic pull too and your SPS pull was decent. I think the system shuffles this thing somehow sha.
Congratulations @josediccus! You received a personal badge!
Participate in the next Power Up Day and try to power-up more HIVE to get a bigger Power-Bee.
May the Hive Power be with you!
You can view your badges on your board and compare yourself to others in the Ranking
Check out our last posts:
Support the HiveBuzz project. Vote for our proposal!
Congrats!! You hit the jackpot there with the GFL and 25k CP!! I would really like to get him plus Drybone Raider!! It is great to see your rewards getting better each season, it is inspiring to keep going.
Thanks, it's difficult to grind out results on a daily. A lot of players are absolutely getting better by the day and sincerely, if this wasn't a soulbound card. I'd say it's my biggest card pull ever.