I know I'm going to get a lot of shit for being brutally honest here but I couldn't care less. I'm sick and tired of the cult-like following not speaking up on pressing issues because of fears of repercussions so I'm going to do it myself.
Without furder due let's get into the meat and potatoes of why Splinterlands is a failed project for unfortunate people that still play it and why it's a massive WIN for both aggi and jaba.
With a heavy heart, after hodling a decent Splinterlands collection ever since their first presale more than 3 years ago I'm making the decision to liquidate every single card I have.
Why?
Oh, I'm so glad that you are asking anon because I've been holding this in for a long time.
Time to vent.
While there were some things in the game that annoyed me for a long time, none of them were enough to make me rage quit but what I've found out yesterday has been enough to tip me over the edge.
This is just unacceptable imho and at this point, I've had it with this shit!
Here's the list of things that made me decide to quit and lastly the main reason I'm quitting:
- The game mechanics still hasn't improved since the release
Although it was said in the beginning that they will develop the game so that players can decide who to attack/heal, the gameplay is left unchanged after more than 3 years which is a decade in crypto. It's still the boring kind of game which you just skip through the match as there is literally nothing for you to do after placing your fighters in the right order.
- Imho Splinterlands sadly turned out to be just a money-grab, enriching aggi and jaba for years while providing very little in return
I stopped counting after first few new pack releases but they banked at least 5 mil dollars just from selling packs yet they haven't done shit to improve the game other than some minor visual improvements, implementing tournaments, a shitty mobile app and a few new money-grabs like land, guild and governance token sales.
They were even greedy enough to create few fundraising campaigns through kickstarter and another platform which I forgot the name of. Anyway, they got a couple hundred thousand dollars from each of the campaigns and in return they did absolutely nothing to improve the game.
It's still the same as it was when they first released it minus some small visual improvements, addition of guilds and additional features which also further enrich you know who.
This is beyond unacceptable.
- Random Hive Keychan bugs
Result in having to re-arrange my team every other game. It's annoying as all hell and makes the whole experience of "playing" the game even more unbearable.
- The game is riddled with bots
There are probably more bots playing this game than real people. Wonder who controls the bots? Also wonder who has a massive collection of both cards and in-game currency from doing so?
This should be an easy one fellas.
If you can't answer these two simple and obvious questions correctly then you are ngmi in crypto.
- Play to Earn with Splinterlands is weak af
The rewards just aren't good enough to be worth spending time playing unless you re earning 10 dollars a month from your day job. I've been playing some other P2E blockchain games lately and I must say that they are:
A) a lot more fun to play and
B) pay A LOT MORE
C) look a lot better
D) have much more active development
Combined, all of this wasn't enough to get me to sell out of something I've been holding onto for such a long time, believing that one day they will deliver on the promise of making the gameplay better but what I'm about to tell you now tipped me over the edge.
The most recent money-grab aggi tried to spin for splinterlands is a governance token.
This wouldn't be an issue on it's own as I'm already used to his scumbaggery by now but what really pissed me off about this is the fact that it isn't even a Hive-based token.
Instead, they decided to launch the governance token on Binance Shit Chain probably thinking there is more money in that market than on Hive.
Smart move if you want to milk more money.
Shitty move if you want to keep your loyal following.
Thankfully for him, judging by reading the comments on the announcement post, people didn't even notice or think much of the fact that it's on BSC rather than on Hive but it really pisses me off how he's trying to milk this shit for all he can.
For this reason, I'm out!
I'm selling my entire collection.
If there is anyone interested in buying it, be sure to DM me.
I'm selling in bulk and in bulk only so you can either take the entire collection or none of it.
Because I'm only selling in bulk I'm giving a massive 500 bucks discount to the buyer!
I plan to take the proceeds and invest the full amount into other blockchain games like Axie Infinity and Lost Relics. Although I'm not a financial advisor, I'd suggest others consider doing the same as it seems that Splinterlands is not going to lift off the ground.
Why?
Because Aggi wants all of the monies for himself while investing as little as possible into developing the game into what it was supposed to be from the get-go.