Sniping the top 6 Conclave Arcana presale in the last 18 seconds.
I wanted to design my own summoner, but I wasn't sure if I could make it. Cryptomancer, Bravetofu, Vugtis, and Yabamatt were likely to secure spots in the top 6, so I thought only 2 spots left.
I moved all the SPS and DEC to in-game two days before presale end, in case there were any delays or issues with the blockchain or Hive-engine.
Then I didn't want to show my purchase plan to others, so I spread all the DEC and SPS I prepared across 4 other accounts.
On the last day of the presale, 13 minutes are left until it ends :
I moved a bit of the main account as a test and monitored Discord and Youtube Live. I'm relieved that no one seems to know my plan yet.
10 minutes left: I decided to move everything to my main account. However, I received a warning that the transfer couldn't be completed because my other account didn't have enough Hive power. I had a feeling I might miss out on buying the presale pack. So, I quickly delegated some Hive power.
9 minutes left: I started moving All DEC and SPS to main account
4 minutes left: I saw 1,665 SPS License rewards available, so I claimed them without thinking.
1 minute and 38 seconds left: I burned all the 3.5 M SPS.
I felt nervous, but I waited more after burning to hide my purchase.
18 seconds left : I finally purchase packs with 80 M DEC
Even guild member said
If I hadn't claimed the 1,668 SPS at the end, it would have been difficult to reach 80 million DEC
I'm honored to be in the top 6, and I want to thank the SPL team, the community, and guild members. I'm sorry for all missing competitors
I'm not sure which Archons Cryptomancer and Bravetofu will choose, but if I get the chance, I'd love to design Gnome for my 10-year-old son. With an art featuring a smiling boy that reminds us of other happy children and we were all once happy children too!
EDIT: cryptomancer and bravetofu support this!
That was like a buzzerbeater in a NBA finals. I was watching splinterlands hangout when @aftersound shout oh somebody drop a hundred ... somebody drop a hundred million.
Congrats nobody anticipated that 2 will be drop in the last seconds. Looking forward on the archon teaser...
It's great to see people enjoy and I'm happy to help to make the pre-sale event exciting! Thank you for your words!
Wow a big congratz to you.
You really made it with money and time, you planned it well and thanks that all went in your favor 😎😎
Hehe too many $dec,$sps for GNOME, Hope to see this new character in Splinterlands game 🤗🤗
I hope we can have powerful and fun legend Gnome Archon! Thank you!
Next time I will be the sniper, be prepared
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I don't recommend it. I'm so nervous, and if anything goes wrong, I might miss buy any packs. I even imagined to sell DEC on markets. but it's fun 😀 Sorry for your miss and good luck on next!!
I wouldn't recommend it either. There are so many places in the workflow you could have gotten stuck. I have moved around assets a lot over the entire hive ecosystem and I say the workforce probably had 1% chance of success in the time interval that you did it :)
Well done! It was such a fun finish to the pre sale.
Thank you @dtam !!
Interesting strategy not to be tracked. Well played and congrats on your achievement. I look forward to playing with your new archon later in the year!
Thank you @ducecrypto !!
You could have gotten stuck and then kicked yourself.
That level of purchasing would have been safe even if you moved all assets in you main account ahead of time :)
I learned the lesson the hard way. Thankfully, it's a success, but I agree with you!
Thanks for sharing! - @azircon
Nice! Looking forward to seeing your Archon! Congratulations!
Thank you! @thejedo
Congratulations! Burning 3.5 million SPS is a cool accomplishment as well! Placing almost $80,000 order in the last 18 seconds is a gutsy move. Great post btw!
Thank you @seattlea! I noticed I'm on the leaderboard for SPS burning. I don't think I could buy it again just 18 seconds ago. 😅
Congratulations!!!
Thank you @flummi97 !!
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STOPHa, good on you. A gnome would be cool.👍
Thank you @michealb! 😄
Congratulations @hanv ... I love that your 10 year old son will permanently have a card in the game! That's super cool :)
I think the auction was fun and you definitely added a lot of excitement at the end. This was an amazing day in the life of Splinterlands and you were certainly a big part of it!
Thank you and I am very much looking forward to seeing your Gnome! ❤️
Thank you Dave! Yeah, I'm pretty happy I helped to make the pre-sale event a fun and exciting party for everyone. Can't wait to see how my son will react when I tell him this story!
Man your move in the final seconds of the pre-sale exploded minds across Praetoria - made for such an exciting close to an already explosive final few hours.
Well-played, well-deserved & I am looking forward to seeing what ya come up with for your L archon!
Thanks for sharing, Hanv - & congratulations!
Appreciate your kind words @bjangles! I'm glad to help Splinterlands history! Happy to make the event more exiting!
Congratulations on the top six, nice work moving everything around to get it done. I wouldn’t have had the self control or nerve to wait like you and jeffopenscards did (if I even had the capital 😂) - good luck with getting you Archon designed how you want it
Thank you @doombot75 ! You shouldn't do this even if you have the capital 😂
Executing such a large buy on Hive under the noses of everyone doing Livestreams... without being caught...
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That's super cool - congrats on being Top 6, I'm sure your son and many other people will love the Archon design!
Haha When I planned this, I didn't expect how the community would be excited and enjoy this moment. Happy to make the event more meaningful! Thank you @captaindingus !!
Haha, this is such a cool story! Bold move. Glad it worked out for you :)
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