RE: A Bit of Soul Searching on Splinterlands
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Having recently gotten back into paper... (MTG, for Final Fantasy, because I love the franchise) - people may have a limited idea how expensive paper (or other digital versions, of paper games) are so expensive. They are awful pretty, though.
For instance, to play a sealed event in Magic: Arena, it costs about the same as going to your local game store and having a few hours with people in physical meat space.
I feel like SPL would benefit from more of those types of events. Not to the extent of splintercon or splinter(whatever it was called) in Vegas, but some online events where people crack packs, and play with the cards in those packs, draft style, or in a sealed format.
While at the time I made my decision to divest myself of Splinterlands, I saw the decisions that the DAO were making as being poor (At the time) - but everything can turn around, and the DAO seems to be doing a much better job now.
The DAO is another positive element of the game, because if something is not liked, it can be changed, through the means of consensus. Or, as I did, people can choose to walk away.
But, people can choose to come back at anytime.
It was Splinterfest.
I remember paying $5000 for the venue ticket alone. Plus $550 for air-ticket, $350/night hotel room for 2 nights, $700. Not including the food :)
I loved it.
Do the DAO have that kind of money today? I am in the treasury, so I know the answer.
No.
There is nothing better than spending time with people who share the same passions as you, though. Can't really put a price on that, unless we want to measure the number of serotonin molecules generated and do a dollars to serotonin ratio.
What about sealed or draft?
It would have development costs, but also design costs, because designing a set for that format would be very different to the current balancing and design methodology.
Yes possible. It has been suggested.
Trouble is the find a critical mass. I am ready to organize. It can be done locally as well. We have to do it all from our own pocket money though. I will not be authorizing any funding from the DAO.
I mean, anyone can access the API and build it themselves. :)
absolutely.
Just require willingness and time commitment.
TeamPH used to hold Sealed Tournaments a while ago. Way before Survival Mode was a thing. This was also when daily rentals still existed and CL cards were cheaper to rent. This was an invitation-only event as we were still testing things out.
We would setup accounts with no cards except the rented starter set (maxed), randomize the cards a player would get as part of their sealed pool (kind of emulating MTG's 6-pack setup), and then rent max levels of each card pulled per the randomizer.
We then would send challenges to the other player who you're paired up against.
Recording the rounds was done manually, but overall, we had fun doing that. I mean, at least I think we did.
It just took too much effort and we eventually discontinued the experiment. Timing the event was an issue too as most players would be in PH time zone while I'm in the US, Pacific time.
Lack of interest also killed the project. Most players would want a decent amount of rewards for their time and effort, which was understandable. We didn't have much to offer.
Right now the main problem is the price. Price is the reason rewards are low. As rewards are low it is hard to organize anything that gives people the incentive. It is a circular problem.
And if we increase the price, more players might leave....
I myself am on the fence whether or not I still want to play Modern. Starting to struggle to keep up.
With Land, though, I have no problems. I want more progress into Land. 😀
By price I mean SPS price. That is our reward currency. If we can’t reward people it is hard for them to get excited.