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Splinterlands Armor: Smashed by the KNiGHT

In the Order of the Silver Shield’s knighthood, Royal Leonines are sometimes referred to as Imperial Knights because of their regal appearance and excellence on the battlefield. They wear the heavy plate armor of the Silver Shield, and most carry greatswords in combat, although some prefer war hammers, spears, and other two-handed weapons.

I love my little soldier ants. They are tough and hard to kill because they gain a life points from both friendly and enemy dead each round, but they were no match for the new reward card, Imperial Knight which is a soul-bound card so I’ll max him out eventually without needing to spend any HIVE, DEC, or Credits. I made the mistake of powering down my Steem and then my HiVe at the beginning of this journey mostly because I’ve been broke like a bad joke for the past few years and @Splinterlands and Hive have been my only source of revenue other than the $300 disability compensation I get from the Veterans Affairs for my fucked up ankle from when I was in the military so I’ve looked like a leecher to the community with all of my power-downs, but I know now to NEVER power down, but I’ve spent all HBD converting them to Credits and scooping up as many penny cards as I can until the cards get maxed. That way of leveling up cards is kinda over now that regular NFT reward cards have ended. Now you just need to play a lot and you’ll get dope cards. I’m glad I got my ants maxed out because I see them being a total must-have card for years to come especially when the rules only allow for cards with 4 mana or less to be played.

The art just keeps getting better at @Splinterlands. This is one of the coolest-looking cards I’ve seen so far. Have you won him yet, the Imperial Knight? I see him becoming the meta Life splinter tank once everyone gets him leveled up enough to have the self-healing ability.

My son and wife don’t feel like playing @Splinterlands at the moment so I’m using the @SplinterRents bot to play their accounts for them and I’m very happy with the results. They are both getting great new cards. I set the bot to play every 61 minutes unless a Daily Quest is running out of time then I’ll sometimes have the cards battling every ten minutes. I’m earning chests in the Diamond League so I’m of course getting good cards, but so are my wife and son at the Bronze and Silver leagues now. As an OG @Splinterlands player whose been battling since 2018, I can say that things have never been better than now for this wonderful game.

I love that we can rent cards out, but some of the cheap ones aren’t worth the trouble so I’ve been staking up on my @SBTOfficial tokens because they are an SPS, VOUCHER, and DEC faucet. Other than ~~Shiba Inu~~ tokens, which don’t do anything but look all cute in my wallet, I think that SBT is the first coin I’ve ever staked one million of before. My goal is to stake three million three hundred and thirty-three thousand and thirty-three (3,333,333) SBT tokens and never touch them again once they’re staked. This would make me an SBT whale and should also bring a tiny bit of stability to the coin since it’s new and small, but a good one I see having more potential in the future. The SBT community is helpful in Discord if you want to chat with us more over there.

I know now that I need to double up the amount of SPS currently staked so I can get a more powerful promo card next time. Did you get the new one? There isn’t much time left. He’s already helped me win a few battles!

I thought I had a good strategy of putting out my exploding rats first so they can do front and blast damage then hurt all enemies by one when it dies with the redemption ability then smash through their line with my ants, but their Imperial Knight was too powerful of a wall and a good tank.

Even though I lost this battle it took 8 rounds for the enemy to finish off my ants. See? I told you they were die-hard. I should have used a stronger tank, but the ants seem to always win in the Little League ruleset that only allows for cards 4 mana or less to be played.

My enemy earned one full SPS for this battle.

I love that we only get knocked back two leagues instead of three now when the season resets. I don’t think I’ve ever made it this high up into the Diamond League halfway through the season before this. I’m actually starting to think I could dip my toes into the Champion League once again.

Thanks for reading about this lost battle but lesson learned in @Splinterlands today. I’ll see you on the battlefield. I’ll be the one using the Dragon splinter from the Mandalorians guild. May the secret of Pretoria be with you all.

Check out my battle:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_08bc3aea77ec4249b1017ff8a9cada64&ref=jeremiahcustis

This week’s SPLINTERLANDS BATTLE MAGE SECRETS Challenge!:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/battlemagesecrets-3-21-2023

Check out some amazing art by the Splinterlands community:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/splinterlands-art-contest-week-233

CRYPTO-SHOTS: KilliNG DRoNeS and EarNiNg DOOM

How are all of you fellow HiVe GaMeRs doing? Today I’d like to share with you the only game I’ve enjoyed on HiVe so far other than @SplinterLands, Crypto-Shots. It feels like we’re about to leave this long-ass bear market and see some crypto gains this year. Then again this could be the worst year ever for crypto. You can never know. What I do know is that some of the coins I’ve been holding on hive-engine have gone from being worth a few hundred dollars in 2021 to only a few dollars today, so I’m hoping the opposite is true in the future, and have been scooping up as many cheap coins as I can. It’s fun looking at all the random shit-coins available on hive-engine and sometimes you’ll come across interesting projects like Crypto-Shots here.

Crypto-Shots is both free-to-play and play-to-earn. If you go to https://play.crypto-shots.com/ You can jump right into the game and try it out for free and without messing around with any blockchain logins, but you won’t earn anything. It’s a great feature that more games should have. Imagine if @Splinterlands let you play-for-free, but you got access to EVERY card in the game. Of course, you couldn’t make it play-to-earn, but it would show how fun the game can be for new players.

You can even get Crypto-Shots to play on your phone. I can never figure out how to get HiVe Keychain to work on my phone so I just play on my PC which is over ten years old but can play the game just fine in Firefox.

If you are playing the free-to-play trial you’ll be invincible for the first three rounds, but if you log in with HiVe or WaX you’ll take damage when the drones shoot you. I’ve only beaten level 0 on medium one time and it was super difficult so I don’t even dare try playing on hard because I know it will be impossible. You probably won’t even clear the first level on easy until you’ve memorized the map.

These are your enemies. The big drones take more ammunition to take out, but the smaller ones are harder to hit.

If the game runs slowly on your PC or phone you can turn off shadows to make it run more smoothly. If you press the ESC button you will enter the pause menu.

You have to have the gun both in your NFT inventory and find it in the game to use it. The starter pack gets you the pistol, grenade launcher, and shotgun. The shotgun works best but has limited ammunition.

The radar shows the drones in red at the top of the screen, but it doesn’t work in medium or hard mode.

I bought this gun on the HiVe NFT market, but since it’s level 2 and I’m still level 1 I can’t use it yet. I still don’t understand how to get to the next level in the game. In the Discord chat, they said I needed to stake 80 DOOM in the game. I did that, but I’m still stuck playing level 0.

I think I need to purchase a level 2 character like one of these sexy cyber girls, but they are expensive.

Crypto-Shots is still very alpha or beta at the moment, but I think it has a lot of potential. You’ll only earn about a penny for clearing the first round and you can only play about 22 minutes per day so don’t expect to get rich from this new play-to-earn game, but it is fun playing a Doom or Quake-like game again, especially on the HiVe blockchain.

WaX market:
https://wax.atomichub.io/market?collection_name=crypto4shots&order=desc&sort=created&symbol=WAX
play the game:
https://play.crypto-shots.com
whitepaper:
https://www.crypto-shots.com/whitepaper

AiM True with FLORRE

The first time Florre encountered the Chaos Legion was on her homeworld, Folia, in the Forest of Flames. The forest was a beautiful yet dangerous place. Its fire-scorched trees were burned and blackened. Their leaves smoldered with glowing embers. Pools of bubbling magma and mud pots could be lethal to any who stumbled into them or ventured too close.

RuneMancr Florre is not only one of the most beautiful cards, but a must-have-OP-Earth card in my opinion and I’ve been a Splinterlander since 2018. If I could have used her back in the Beta days it would’ve been constant victories. There are a lot of OP cards these days, but when the rules only allow archers or 🏹Aim-True🏹 like in my battle I’m sharing with you below where ranged attacks always hit their mark, RuneMancr Florre can not only make for a great tank or rear shield, she’ll most likely be the MVP of the battle. I’m glad to have opened her in one of my Riftwatchers packs because she can be a bit expensive. Since she doesn’t have any abilities I’ve been happy with her at level 1 for a long time now without thinking about combining the other copies I’ve opened preferring to rent them out for the season instead.

I’m glad we’ve moved to season rentals which can’t be canceled and are charging a DEC per rental, but it means any card not worth about $2 or more isn’t worth renting out because they’ll only earn just over the 1 DEC fee during the season so I sold all of those cheap rentals and got some SBT tokens from HiVe-EnGiNE and was happy to see that they reward SBT token holders with a little bit of DEC and VOUCHERS every day. I am staking about one million SBT tokens on hive engine and receive almost 7 DEC a day. I don’t think it earns as much as the SplinterRents service bot did, but that’s not an option anymore, and staking SBT is easier than using the bot because you don’t have to do anything other than stake SBT.

If you join the SBT Discord you can enter daily raffles. I’ve only been a holder for a few days, but I won a summoner card because there aren’t many people in the legendary chat yet. All you have to do is react to the daily Discord raffle bot in the chat and wait for the random spinner. There are very few people participating at the moment so your chances are good.

I was a bit worried when I saw my enemy selected URIEL THE PURIFIER as their tank because he can be hard to kill sometimes, but I was able to take him out in the first round. I lost my tank too, but at least he did some damage to URIEL THE PURIFIER in his shiny armor with his thorns.

They had a good strategy of healing both the front and rear of the line, but my ranged and sneak attacks were coming faster than they could heal.

My enemy would run out of hearts by the end of the third round. It only took a hit or two to take them out while my cards could’ve lasted another round or two.

Rewards will be changing to a simpler system than this current percentage system. I’m tired of arguing with my wife about why she shouldn’t drop my rate below 80% so I welcome the change to having an easy-to-understand daily power or gas limit. I love this game, but I doubt I ever play more than 30 battles a day. What about you? What’s your favorite ranged strategy?

Check out my battle:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_2f71eafc67b545b8c9163c13077e7e32&ref=jeremiahcustis

SPLINTERLANDS BATTLE MAGE SECRETS Weekly Challenge:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/battlemagesecrets-aimtrue-3-8-2023

Splinterlands Art Contest Week 232:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/splinterlands-art-contest-week-232

Smashing ’em with my Dragons

The Twilight Basilisk is one of the fiercest predators that live in the sands surrounding the Draykh-Nahka city of Centrum. They are considered reptiles in the snake family, although some older residents of the Dragon Splinter think of them as Dragon relatives. Basilisks are the largest type of snake in the Splinterlands, but it only takes a small amount of their venom to kill a bronk.

Sometimes there is a weekly Splinterlands Battle Challenge that I feel will be difficult to share because it’s with a card that isn’t great or one that I don’t know how to use, but not this week because this week it’s all about the 🐉. I love the Twilight Basilisk because it uses only 4 mana and works as a great secondary tank because it has both the reach and stun abilities. It may not have that big of a bite or much life, but often times it doesn’t need it because if it can stun a stronger opponent it won’t be able to attack you. This is one of the few cards I was able to max out for free simply by playing the game.

This was a little league match where only cards with 4 mana or less were allowed so I wasn’t able to choose a strong tank. My enemy put out the 🌳Hill Giant🌳 which wasn’t a bad choice, but couldn’t do much when it was getting stunned every round by my 🐉Twilight Basilisk🐉. They also made the mistake of choosing mostly slow cards while I arranged my cards by fastest first when choosing my lineup. Getting in the first strike is an important factor in most fights both in the Splinterlands and in real life.

Even though my first card didn’t have any attacks, it had plenty of life and reflected magic attacks back to the enemy. It was clear I was going to smash this enemy by the second round.

I took out their entire lineup by the third round without losing a single card. This battle is a great example of why 🐉dragons🐉 are my strongest and favorite splinter.

Quix the Devious is the only summoner I’ve managed to max out because 🐉dragon🐉 summoners can be used with any splinter. I like him even more than Lux Vega because he often beats her. Nerfing the enemy’s speed and range attacks is why he’s such a winner. I believe this is going to be a highly desired card after the Chaos Legion cards go out of print. It will also be a card that people dread to see when they see he’s in the lineup. Who is your favorite summoner?

The Dhampir Infiltrator is another must-have 🐉dragon🐉 card that seems to win a lot because she 🔪sneak🔪 attacks the back twice with her double strike ability. If you don’t have this card then go to the market and pick her up now while she’s only a few cents and if you’re thinking of competing in the 🏆Gold🏆 or 💎Diamond💎 leagues, then you’ll need to max her out to survive.

Thanks for reading about my smashin’ 🐉dragon🐉 victory today. Now that the annoying ❌~~bots~~🤖 seem to have been shut down, I’m having a lot more fun in the Splinterlands. What about you? Have you noticed a better gaming experience recently too?

Check out my 🐉dragon🐉 battle:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_ce3775412cc2f5aa71199a4e0dba2f85&ref=jeremiahcustis

This week’s SPLINTERLANDS Battle Challenge:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/share-your-battle-weekly-challenge-dragons-february-23-2023

SPLINTERLANDS Art Contest Week 229:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/splinterlands-art-contest-week-229

Defeating GRUND for the weekly SPLINTERLANDS Battle Challenge

Grund has spent his entire life in the lowlands of Praetoria and has grown to love the land and its people. First introduced to the lore of battle as a hatchling, he has studied it ever since with enthusiasm. When he became a juvenile his hands found steel, an old rusting sword abandoned and forgotten in the swamp by some intrepid explorer. Before long it became an extension of himself as he applied all he had learnt, quickly mastering blade work. From then on, he became obsessed with the art of armed combat and he practised with any weapons he could get his hands on. Grund is well loved amongst the people of Praetoria and he is a staunch defender of them, his strong ideals of honor and justice infused within in from a young age. When he heard of the Chaos Legion invasion, Grund took up his hammers in anger and sought them out immediately.

I don’t participate in the weekly Splinterlands Art Contest often, but I created my own Earth character I called, Croc Archer, which was inspired by Grund a few months ago. I lost my job during the pandemic because I refused to get the jab so I took the Veteran’s Affairs up on their offer of getting job retraining and chose an online Photoshop course. My goal was to become an NFT artist. I’ve put some of my art up at OpenSea, but I’ve yet to get any offers. I hate using the ~~ETH~~ blockchain so I didn’t list anything and just hoped someone would come along with an offer. Maybe the market is flooded or maybe my art just sucks, but at least I gave it a shot. I like the idea of always getting a percentage of future sales so I will sell my art for one cent if anyone offers that. I put the resale percentage at 7% because it seemed like a healthy number without being too greedy. Maybe I’d do better using the Hive NFT marketplace. I always use any HBD I earn for getting more cards so I haven’t saved up enough BEE tokens to get verified yet, but I’ll give it a try soon. Can I put the same art on Hive that I minted on OpenSea? It’s my art so I don’t see why not, but maybe it’s against the rules.

Grund is a powerful melee card because it has the double strike ability, but he’s definitely a niche card. I only use him when melee can attack from any position or in high-mana matches with a taunt card. I couldn’t win with Grund to save my life in the past couple of days so I chose to show a battle where I defeated him instead. This battle shows why he’s not the best choice for a tank card because I was able to take him and most of my enemy’s cards out by the second round. Life was the strongest splinter back in the day and has become the weakest in modern matches, but it still has its moments.

Thanks for reading about my Grund battle. What do you think about Grund?
Check out my 🐊GRUND🐊 battle:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_da0ab3062ef75e140a6bf7ed4e658320&ref=jeremiahcustis
This week’s SPLINTERLANDS Art Contest:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/splinterlands-art-contest-week-227
This week’s SPLINTERLANDS Battle Challenge:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/share-your-battle-weekly-challenge-grund

Nerissa -vs- Nerissa

Nerissa is a proud warrior of the water. Armed with her enchanted trident, she defends the seas, the rivers, and the lakes. She is well known across coastal villages, and they often call on her for help. She has slain great sea beasts that would otherwise kill everyone in their path. She has rescued sailors from hurricanes and even warned villages of incoming tsunamis to save lives. Her bravery and brilliance in battle have led to her being called Nerissa the Hurricane.

When the Chaos Legion was released I spent a lot looking to get every Legendary card and maxing all the cheap common cards, but I should have paid more attention to the Epic cards like Nerissa Tridawn because they tend to be the winners. Nerissa Tridawn is my wife’s favorite card, but I only use her when I’m magic-spamming high mana matches. She doesn’t have any special abilities, but she has a strong magic attack and a decent amount of heart life. I would love to MAX her, but I think it would be better to spend money on leveling up more common, rare, or summoner cards. I’ll try to get her to at least level 4 before the prices go up too much. We had a nice long bear market where we could pick up cards for cheap, but it seems like the bear is about to leave the cave and turn into a bull. I would be happy with another year of the bear, but that would be bad for everyone.

My enemy and I both chose Nerissa Tridawn, but I put the whale out front and chose a healer while my enemy went for a more ranged attack strategy. I rarely go into battle without a healer. There are times when you should go full-on attack mode, but I’ve found that the healer is usually the most important card. I love the water healer because she also repairs armor.

I would have lost this battle if it weren’t for a few lucky misses. It seems like I never get lucky when it comes to getting misses, but I was today. I’m going to really miss using my self-healing eye monster once Untamed gets phased out of the Modern ranked battles, but I’m sure something better will come along.

How is your Riftwatchers collection going? I prefer to buy individual cards rather than opening packs, but sometimes you get lucky plus you get more chances for airdrops if you purchase packs from the shop, so I’ve been buying about a pack a week. I would’ve bought more if I could’ve used Paypal instead of only SPS. Now that staked SPS will be needed to get into higher leagues and will help to get more promo cards I’m not willing to spend it. I did get lucky today and opened two Gold Foil cards.

Thanks for reading about my Nerissa Tridawn -vs- Nerissa Tridawn battle today. She’s a great card even at level one.

Check out my battle:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_b91735d8a0dab60739b024cb50a4b989&ref=jeremiahcustis

This week’s SPLINTERLANDS Battle Challenge:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/share-your-battle-weekly-challenge-nerissatridawn

SHELLZ 0RB drop on OpenSea

What is Shellz Orb?

Shellz Orb is a brand set in a post-apocalyptic world. We are born through NFTs to expand into all facets of Web3 and media. Since the sellout of our presale on Aug 10, 2022, in just 150 minutes, we’ve entered into a partnership with the Neese Brothers, co-executive producers of the #1 Netflix series Umbrella Academy. This allows us to expand in the entertainment industry via a new animated TV show. The partnership also has the potential to produce Shellz Orb comic books. As a member of Shellz Orb, you get to vote in the OrbStach DAO, funded by 25% of royalties & created to empower community members interested in expanding and utilizing their Shellz Orb IP. THE ORB is building for the future, guided by community, team, partnerships, and opportunities. Will you walk with us?

How did Turtles inherit the Earth?

The turtles had always been the most prepared for this kind of calamity. Their shells provided them with natural armor that shielded their bodies from the blast and radiation, while their slow-moving nature allowed them to outwit any predators who might try to take advantage of the chaos, but now they were something more than just survivors; they had become sentient beings capable of thought, feeling, and understanding. They began to form societies amongst themselves – constructing cities in places like NYC. The planet melted. Society collapsed. Cities cracked in half. People turned into collapsed guts. Animal and marine life cooked in place. Icons of earth turned into blistered shadows. But one animal was more prepared for the cosmic cook than the rest. With the asteroid came a nuclear blast clumped with a radiation burst that splattered out over the earth like a toxic event. What we didn’t know then but will learn now is that the asteroid was made with something cosmically special and would change life on earth forever. The resin and energy trapped deep inside this celestial bomb were about to become the fuel for everything. Turtle brains are some of the most evolved and untouched. When the blast wave swept across the earth and over all beings, the turtles, and their reptilian brains were zapped with the paddles of orb radiation. In tandem, the floating orb resin dust soaked through every pore, infiltrating the deepest DNA of their evolved selves as well. Then it began. Sentience came. And with that – a soul unlocked that had always been deep inside its animal form. So, while the last few humans scurried deep into the air pockets of the earth below, desperate to maintain their race, the turtles thrived as they evolved above. The world — in its ruin– had a new lead species rise from it like a reptilian phoenix.

The Shellz have formed four factions based on their location and their cultural and technological influences: the Nara Faction, the Scavenger Faction, the Cyber Faction, and the Ethereals. The Nara Faction is influenced by the principles of Dokkodo and values honor and respect. They prefer traditional martial arts and primitive weaponry. The Scavenger Faction is based on trade and is known for scavenging the land for metal scraps and resources left behind by human civilization. The Cyber Faction is the most technologically advanced and has been able to harness the advanced weaponry and systems left behind in Cyber City. The Ethereal Shellz is infused with Orb Energy and serves as a reminder of Orb Energy’s presence on the planet. These orbs are highly sought after by collectors due to their rarity, beauty, and connection to the mysterious world of the Shellz.

Shellz Orb Lore

Who are the artists?

Meet the talented artists behind Shellz Orb, the highest quality, hand-drawn art project ever minted to ETH. 2500 traits and 300Gb of PNGs. Each artist plays a crucial role in maintaining the brand’s high standards for quality and attention to detail. From lead designer Voyager, who is “Adobe 25 under 25” awarded and worked for the popular games “I” and “Magic the Gathering,” to lead animator and world designer Andy J, who has experience with another NFT project called “Rifters,” the team is full of skilled and dedicated individuals. Illustrators and graphic artists Rikki Velez, Pink Pixest, and Izzie bring their artistic talents to the project, while Dasha handles web design and Jack Ford provides audio design. Cinematographer Dexter Wandel rounds out the team with experience working on projects for HBO and Estee Lauder. We invite you to explore their works and get to know the artists behind Shellz Orb.

Shellz Orb:
https://opensea.io/collection/shellzorb/drop
PhotoPea:
https://www.photopea.com/
Writier:
https://writier.io

LeGionNAiRE ALvaR

The Chaos Legionnaires are ruthless warriors and the Chaos Legion’s elite fighting force. Alvar Veralyn was conscripted into their ranks at a young age after his family was slain and his world conquered by the Chaos Legion. The harsh conditioning that all conscripts receive nearly broke the child, but in the end, his old, easy way of life was subsumed by the desire for battle and conquest. Alvar dedicated himself to his training, intent on reshaping his mind and his body until he had no equal on the battlefield. Eventually, he rose to the rank of General and now stands as leader of the Chaos Legionnaires. Alvar is a most imposing sight on the battlefield. His armor is imbued to withstand the strongest of magical attacks, and even the mightiest of foes is no match for his massive, two-handed sword, which some say was forged in the Realm of Nightmare. He lives for battle, wading through his enemies and striking them down as he seeks out the strongest among them to engage in single combat. He enjoys nothing more than watching the life fade from his opponent’s eyes. His conquests are legendary even among the Legionnaires, and he earned the title of Godkiller after the Battle of Dargnilat, during which he single-handedly defeated one of the Old Gods.

The 🤖 LeGionNAiRE ALvaR 🤖 is a card that I bought right when the Chaos Legion came out and can count on one hand the times I’ve used it. I don’t think it’s a bad card, I just have many other tanks that I’d rather use. I’ve only purchased a single card putting mine at level one, but even at the first level it comes with an impressive shield. Giant Killer is an ability I’ve yet to fully understand, but I love how Demoralize weakens an enemy’s melee attacks.

My enemy and I both chose strong water cards, but different legendary neutral tanks. To be honest I just chose the CoEuRL LuRKeR because it’s new and it looks cool. I also thought that I could taunt the attacks its way and deal zero blast damage because the Tide Biter doesn’t get hurt by that. It was a fun battle that I was happy to lose because I finally got to see how to use the
LeGionNAiRE ALvaR effectively.

The new reward cards look super dope. I can’t wait until they’re a few years old and almost impossible to get and they are a sign of true OG Splintergaming. I’m still getting used to the current rulesets, but now there are three rules, and three new rules. Awesome! I’m loving it. These are the kind of changes that just make the game more fun for us real human players and will screw up the bots for a while as well. I just love the animation style. It looks like something from my 90s comic book childhood memories. I really loved the comic, Spawn, and hope the IP joins us. I feel that we’ve all had plenty of time to MAX the current reward cards and need some new meta to the mix.

Check out my exciting LeGionNAiRE ALvaR battle:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_447caefe081f5edd7489d48f2f9ed199&ref=jeremiahcustis

This week’s SPLINTERLANDS Battle Challange:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/share-your-battle-weekly-challenge-legionnairealvar

Announcing the New Chaos Legion Reward Cards:
https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@splinterlands/announcing-the-new-chaos-legion-reward-cards

Djinn Inferni for the Diamond Win

Djinn Inferni is the eldest of the ancient wardens of fire, spirits of flame that dwell in the deepest rivers of stone. Second only to Lord Janai himself, he is prideful and cunning, but fiercely loyal to his master. With the opening of the rift and the betrayal of Djinn Muriat he has taken up a blood oath of vengeance against the chaos exercitus, rising to the surface to lay waste to the enemies of stone and fire.

The Djinn Inferni is one of the game’s cover models, so you know it’s a powerful card. This is one of the few cards I still have lingering at level one, but even at its lowest level, it is a powerful card that can kill giants or anyone with 10 or more mana because it does double damage against them. I would love to MAX this guy out, but it’s a bit too pricey for me. I’ve MAXed my Dragon summoner and the key cheap cards, but all of my other summoners are at level 6 which is good enough to coast through the Gold League and attempt to swim to the deep end of the Diamond League. I used to have a favorite splinter and would have one maxed and one completely neglected, but I’ve found spreading everything out evenly is best.

My battle was the last one to earn 5 diamond chests before the time ran out. It had the thorn and fury ability for the ruleset so I wanted to rely on mostly magic attacks. Still, I love putting those Exploding Rats out front because they can soften up the tank, do some damage to the secondary with the blast, and hurt every enemy by one health point when it dies when it uses the redemption ability. It was a pretty unfair match because my enemy had all level-one cards. The only splinter available was Fire so this must be the splinter they neglected. I think it’s OK to neglect one or two splinters, but you’ll be sorry when you end up having to use them. I was quite surprised to see someone with all level-one cards in the Diamond League.

I didn’t get anything good, but one chest had over 2,000 merits inside which I was happy to see because that’s just enough to open a Gladius pack. I wonder how many players are stacking up those merits but can’t use them because they haven’t joined a guild with a level 2 store. If you are not already in or own a guild then I highly recommend it because it gives the game a sense of community and teamwork. I want to do as best I can in every brawl battle because my whole team will get more rewards if we all do well. Don’t sign up for a brawl and then not show up because that will make everyone in your team angry. If you are interested in joining my guild then look for the Mandalorians. We have about 5 slots open and are in real need of some Gold foil players.

It seems like I earn enough merits every other brawl to open Gladius packs. I think it’s really cool that the only way to open these cards is from gameplay. It doesn’t matter how much cash you have, you can only earn merits and Gladius cards if you actually play the game. I haven’t maxed out any Gladius cards yet, but I doubt very many people have. Thanks for reading about my battle today. Are you looking forward to earning the new soul-bound reward cards?

Check out my battle:
https://splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_985d49b1c28ecaa0eed1dc84112c5c20&ref=jeremiahcustis

This week’s SPLINTERLANDS Battle Challenge:
https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/share-your-battle-weekly-challenge-djinninferni

SpiDeR-TaNkS on GALA

Spider Tanks is a PVP Brawler designed and developed by award-winning Netherlands-based GAMEDIA. Players choose between a number of Tank Bodies and Weapons in the garage, then battle it out in one of the many Spider Tanks arena maps. Spider Tanks is free to play, but also incorporates a variety of play-to-earn mechanics, centering around skill-based competition, resource collection, and a player-driven upgrade cycle. Whether you want to play with a small group of close friends or test your skill in high-stakes competition, Spider Tanks will be the worldwide play-to-earn E-sport for you. Purchase fully tradable Weapons, Tanks, and Bodies in the Spider Tanks store for advantages to the upgrade cycle, rarity head starts, and more.

Whenever I go to DappRadar and look for games other than my favorite #Play2Earn OG Splinterlands, I always walk away disappointed. I recently saw someone on #HiveGaming mentioned GALA and Spider-Tanks so I gave it a try. I’ve got to be honest. It’s not the easiest thing to get into. Not every gamer is going to easily connect their Discord or MetaMask wallet. They need to make it something you do way later down the road because it’s going to be a barrier for many to even start. I prefer using Linux, but I couldn’t get any of GALA’s games to work on it so I had to install the games on my Windows computer. It seems like I had to wait a long time to load a game that looks like it came from a PlayStation 2 or a PSP. I couldn’t get the PVP play2earn game mode to work so I just tried out the shooting range. The game looks and plays smoothly enough. You have to move your little tank around and then use the mouse to direct the shot. Everything is moving around so you have to lead your shots. It feels like a Starcraft clone just with tanks, but I could see how this could be fun with friends.

I don’t know if I will ever be coming back to this game. The only reason I chose it is because it was one of the few games that would work right now. I really doubt my wife will have the patience to wait for this game to load or will ever want to play it again. I also don’t know how the economics or the tokenomics will work with GALA. I’m just going to look for games that are free to play and that can run on my computer and if any are awesome then I may look into buying some stuff, but for now, I just want games that are free with the possibility to play and earn.

GALA will have many interesting games in the future. I’m a huge Battlestar Galactica fan so I’ll be looking forward to that one. It looks like they took inspiration from Steam, Sony, Nintendo, or Microsoft on how they present their game lineup, but I wouldn’t expect any triple-A titles soon. It’s going to be interesting to see how old-school players like Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft handle NFTs and digital currencies inside future games. I personally look forward to the day when GTA can both be fun and rewarding financially. For now, I’m just going to keep my attention on Splinterlands because it’s the game I understand best and it’s the only one I can get my wife to play too. Thanks for reading about my first try using the GALA system and one of their first games, Spider-Tanks today. Right now everything at GALA is very Alpha or Beta stage, but they’ll be worth keeping an eye on.

Spider-Tanks:
https://app.gala.games/games/spider-tanks

GALA:
https://app.gala.games/

Top Blockchain Games:
https://dappradar.com/rankings/category/games