Splinterlands 101 - Ep 188: behind The Avatar @keeegs
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Welcome to episode 188 of my weekly Splinterlands 101 video podcast, with fellow @hiveaustralia members, and co-hosts of the show, @mattclarke and @giotrix
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This episode, is another "Behind The Avatar" themed chat.
Who is that person playing that toon that always flogs you in ranked battles?
Who is that, behind the keyboard, playing that avatar?
Well this theme focuses on just that, meeting the person behind the avatar.
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Tonight's episode is a tribute to how engaging with the community within Splinterlands can lead you from one thing to another.
Matt had been chatting to a Splinterlands player, across the pond from Australia, in the Land of the Long White Cloud, organising some new accounts and discussing the current proposal process, when our scheduled recording time arrived, so Matt asked him if he'd like to come on the show to talk about it and he agreeed.
So tonight's "Behind The Avatar" themed edition introduces @keeegs
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Originally from a card collecting background, Keegs initially started to get interested in crypto via bulk advertising from crypto.com in regards to their Visa Card rewards program.

He had heard of digital card games but had never really looked into the web3 space until Splinterlands.
Note: For our fans unfamiliar with the New Zealand accent, the conversations in this episode are not about 🍆's, but about decks 😎
Keegs tells us that he entered into the Splinterverse during the global scamdemic when many people suddenly found themselves with an excessive amount of time on their hands.
and we all had a bit of a laugh about some of the prices that we paid for our Chaos Legion Summoners (now Archons).

Shoutout to @aftersound 🤑
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We then go on to discuss the current proposal system, the pros and cons of it, and possible solutions/amendments to this system as Keegs sees it, referencing his post on the subject, Finding the Flow for the Splinterlands DAO
We also discuss the divided feelings of the community in regards to progressive leagues, auto league advancement vs the old pick a league system, and offer some solutions to this issue.
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So join us for another Behind the Avatar player insight 😎
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Referred To In This Video
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Finding the Flow for the Splinterlands DAO
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Details of Adelaide Meetup (Hosted by @mattclarke)
The Duke of Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide, AU 5000
Last Thursday of each month.
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Yeh, you're that guy 😀
Good show guys and @keeegs, welcome mate!!
Loved the ideas so much, I suddenly got inspired with one toward show's end.
Since you invited idea-sharing, here it is (please please please correct whatever I have wrong here, as I may have the odd detail misunderstood :)):
Can Gladiator cards be used in:
If you have both a Standard as well as a Gold version of a card, then you could alternate between playing Gold frays and Standard frays in your guild, so there is this utility, but apart from that, Gladiator cards have limited utility in comparison to other cards in the game. Even soulbound cards can become unlocked and rented or sold in the marketplace, opening their useability up to being placed on land, mage wagons, etc, gladiator cards cannot be used on wagons (but can be placed on land, so that is a big plus). I'm one of the players that has no current desire to engage in land, so for me this is not an option.
My idea is that when a player’s account maxes out a Gladiator card, other cards accrued after that point can become unlocked/unbound and placed on the market, to the cost of an unbinding fee, much like soulbound cards are.
This would bring about the useability of gladiator cards for all Splinterlands players, even if they’ve not engaged in a guild and never will.
I suppose though, that this limits some of the incentive to join a guild and engage in guild brawls, HOWEVER, it actually might create incentive to join a guild.
Since sale prices of Gladiator cards may fetch valuable prices due to their power, time investment to acquire them, more time and attention of players might move toward guilds in order to accumulate Gladiator cards without having to pay for them.
Having these cards on the market may in fact bring more attention to them to new and existing players.
So how would Gladiator cards be used by players who aren’t even involved in guild brawls?
Well, for those who are invested in the Modern format, putting money towards the use of a Gladiator card is a possibility, for whenever the ruleset may arise where a Gladiator may be summoned.
However, this is far less common of a function of Gladiator cards.
The cards would be utilised in Survival and Wild formats and so for these players, the added incentive to buy or rent summoners that can summon a Gladiator card, such as Helios Matriarch, might then exist, stimulating the ecosystem’s economy even more.
In fact, this player hopes that new summoners will emerge in future card sets that can summoner Gladiator cards, which came about through the Chaos Legion soulbound reward card set.
Players’ newly-purchased or rented Gladiator card(s) could them be put to further use in these formats.
What do you think @giotrix @mattclarke @bobaphet and @keeegs?
Cheers,
Guyman
When Gladiator cards first came out, the only way to earn them was to participate in brawls. This was to encourage people to join guilds. Now though you can earn merits in other ways which makes them less elite. I think the whole purpose of gladiator cards though is that you have to earn them. you can't rock up with a stack and buy a maxed Quora for example.
Heya, sorry it took a while to reply to this.
Unfortunately, gladiators cannot be used on land.
It would be interesting if they could be unlocked, but I imagine the team wouldn't be so keen. It's a way to get new players to engage in guilds, which leads to better retention.
The rate merits are acquired these days would mean they have the possibility to flood the market.
I like that you can burn the extras for merits or use them in survival, which they are making more accessible to people with the limited use of dead cards is not locked to just survival.
If anything I would love to see them develop a "modern" set of gladiators which people can now work towards. I think it's best to keep the older set still available for purchase as well.
Then going forward new people playing in modern will be on a bit more of a level playing field as they don't have to chase all the older gladiators as well
Thanks for sharing! - @rehan12

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