Indeed, I have been experimenting with Splinterlands and it does seem unlikely one can get ahead starting from scratch nowadays.

Have you looked into the #Galactic-Milieu? An analysis and overview like this for the #Galactic-Milieu would be nice, and maybe you can even give some good input on the question of how best to "price" the #CoffeeMUD part of the Milieu, something we haven't been getting a lot of feedback on but which could have a large impact on the economics...

-MarkM-