Hello Hive and Splinterlands fans. I have been absent for quite some time and the splinterlands furnace hasn't burned a card in far too long...
I'm getting itchy, and since the card values are perpetually stagnating until the end of time or people stop wasting the 1dec to list cards, it's a great time to burn an all time favorite legendary from the vault.
One thing I can tell you though, for certain, is that card prices are trending towards values that corresponds with the cards respective burn value.... AKA - The cards absolute floor price.
Sell or burn, it technically doesn't matter.
I have been involved since shortly after the launch of the Steemmonsters game which later became Splinterlands, and I noticed even the beta cards are around the prices they were at about 5 years ago... Some cards are even lower than the initial release value... Its kinda sad.
I can buy this guy for $8.
I loved this card. It was one of the best cards when released and you couldn't get it for under $10.
During the 2019 pump? Or maybe it was 2020? 2018?
Whenever it was - I sold multiple of these guys for 200$ a piece.
It was a different time.
And now, at $8... I don't want it. Yes, a different time and a different game.
What happened?
Too many cash grabs??? <--- Wink, wink. Yeah probably...
I remember the hype with land, and that super fun Tower defense game that everyone forgot to develop and now its what... dead? Soulkeep - Yeah thats it.
I liked that game but WTF? The abandoned plans over the past 5 years...
Land? WTF?
Dedicated SPS chain? WTF?
Validator Nodes? Lisences for $5K!!!? WTF?
Remember - the people didn't give up on the game, the game gave up on the people.
It was a fun project...
So, Lets look at a legendary from the last editions of splinterlands cards that I actually gave a fuck about.
CHAOS LEGION>
I was so pumped when that new edition came out. I was definitely one of those shmucks that paid like $2k for a 100packs for the 10% pack bonus... Yeah I did that... then I did it again.
I remember being so excited to get this legendary.
The name IFRIT RISING - Pretty cool.
Lets burn it memory of the good times.
Funny thing is that burning it is basically selling it at current market price.
There are multiple for sale at 0.48$ - or 570DEC. Selling at 0.47$ and paying the fees is essentially the same as just directly receiving the 500 for burning....
I am disappointed in the current state of the splinterlands project.
- they made things too complicated
- too expensive
- the cards too diluted
- and its not really fun.
It's basically the exact same as when it started over 5years ago - just with more cards and more things to buy.
But - I do hope for better times. Thats why I keep staking and restaking and continue to invest peanuts into SPS.
I think SPS can have a future... Or maybe its a pipe dream that has lasted too long...
Regardless, I will keep faith the team will figure out something and this game will blow up into something worth talking about again.
In the meantime - I will randomly stop back and burn a card from time to time.
Take care Hive - Good luck. Keep on Keepin on.
