We are at the verge of the next mass onboarding spree for @splinterlands with an all new gameplay experience for the newcomers combined with new features and a game mode that can rekindle the interest in the game even within the old players. The testing is already live for Mavericks. It used to cost only $1,000 dollars to become a Maverick in the old days and I became one after I bought more than 500 Booster Packs directly from the Shop which contribute the fund the development of the game.

I have not had enough time to go deep into testing. The Maverick's server provide assets to test out the game like a Whale and I can showcase what is inside if there is enough interest in it. What we see being tested could take a few more weeks to get ironed out for bugs and other forms of player feedback such as balancing, UI/UX improvements etc.

Updates Keep Coming In

March and April are planned to be full of positive improvements for the games. Many of the features that are about to be launched in the next 2 months have been promised and been in the works for years. It is great to finally see them come to life. I assume the development team had to shrink as the bear market ruined the finances for Steem Monsters Corp.

Land 1.75 is Coming Closer

Above is the latest update from @cryptomancer who is the main developer behind the project. I wish we would be able to have a very successful launch with Conclave Arcana and get the ability to hire more developers to release the previously promised features fast. I realize that getting new developers to be familiar with a codebase takes time. Nevertheless, we must try our best to expand as much as possible during the time market conditions are favorable towards us. I want to see Daily Active User count permanently above 100K. There are games that does this.

Hearthstone (by Blizzard Entertainment) has 4.5 million Monthly Active Users and the number peaked at 23.5 million. They are a Card games and so is @splinterlands. We can realistically aim for similar results. It is through that Activision Blizzard (owned by Microsoft) is a Juggernaut with massive brand recognition and money to invest. What they don't have is decentralization and Web 3 elements. They are the kings of the games of old days. We are transitioning to a better future with better ownership for the players. We are rising cubs in this niche!

Brave AI Knows What is Coming

Take a good look at the sources. This is a very powerful moat we have on HIVE. Each article we publish and the links they have gets shown through multiple front ends that have been rapidly publishing content for a long time. All the years of us creating content is truly helping HIVE projects get noticed on search engines. The results from Google and Bing were not as good. Both of these search engines were late to implement "AI" features for search. That is one more reason to stick to Brave Search.

Tips on Totems

This one was the last Totem Fragment I earned. I did not get any for a long time because I did not have enough DEC staked in my Plots. I have managed to get 58 Plots (42 of theme are Natural Commons). Yet most of them remain Idle. One thing that could change this fact is the prices for $HIVE $SPS and $LEO. I want to invest more. Those investments have to rely on what I earn on blockchain. Even when I manage to get some DEC staked, I tend to find myself with something to spend funds on.

Totem Fragments are Cheap

The number of Totem Fragments that need to be combined varies based on rarity.

• Common -> 10 Fragments
• Rare -> 8 Fragments
• Epic -> 6 Fragments
• Legendary -> 4 Fragments

You may notice that this is the same as the Max Level of the Cards of each rarity. Once you take a look at the prices, you will notice a great opportunity if you have enough dry powder for the job.

One could easily get an extra boost on their productivity on Land (which is going to be a lot more complex and lively very soon) by adding Totem to the Plot that is being worked on. It seems there are many players that want to cash out on their Totem Fragment than collect more to get a complete Totem. I don't expect the prices to fall much further from where they are. I am personally going to HODL what I have earned and eventually combine them. I don't even have enough Totems for the Plots I own.

Get Started Early

Get started with the link above if you are not already a player. @splinterlands become the #1 DAPP in the world during the previous bull market. We managed to accomplish all that while being a tiny project with very little presence in traditional social media and influencer coverage. It is possible for us to repeat what we accomplished before. I don't know if we would be able to beat the previous ATH for $SPS due to the massive inflation we had over the years. What we can aim for is the ATH for the marketcap.

Those who get in early will reap the most out of the gains. I have been HODLIng almost everything from ATH to ATL. I have been a big believer in the project and even think of $5 is a long term possibility. Every bull market has projects coming up with massive marketing budgets and Venture Capital investments. Most of them don't last once the bear market come. We have survived two very brutal bear markets while being a grass roots project that has most of the original ethos of cryptosphere intact. We can accomplish great things.

Happy Gaming! Happy Investing!