Here is my weekly status and giveaway. I also talk about an OST track that I like. Please make sure to read the rules to qualify for the giveaway. I didn't have time to play Trails into Daybreak this week so I opted to talk about a track from a game that I played in the past.
Seize the Day
Seize the Day is an OST that plays in Tokyo Xanadu during the opening. This is the most memorable track in the game because the opening plays every time a chapter ends. Of course, you could just end up skipping the opening but I just watched it through anyway when I played this game. I included the opening video if you want to look at it and it also includes the English subtitles for what the lyrics are.Tokyo Xanadu is an interesting game and I can see where people see it as a mix of Ys and Kiseki. There are a lot of similarities and they even included Towa as a character in the game. The combat is more reminiscent of Ys but the overworld is very similar to the Cold Steel series in Kiseki. It was released around that time, and while I enjoyed the gameplay. It did feel a bit buggy so I still think Ys 8 was the better game in terms of gameplay. If you are playing this game, I suggest playing the Ex version of the game because it includes some extra scenes not in the original and this helps the story flow better. I think it was Falcom's way of trying out a new series in a more modern urban setting but I don't know if there will be a sequel or not.
This track reminds me the most about Tokyo Xanadu, specifically the main character. After all, the game is all about him and how he tackles the mysteries going on. He is thrown from his normal life and involved with the supernatural. There are a ton of different characters that he gets involved and I kind of laughed when they showed how he got his weapon because it reminds you of one of those super hero cutscenes. The source of the images is from the wiki page for Tokyo Xanadu.
Do you like any of these tracks? If so, why?
Giveaway
The giveaway item is a musician. It has 115 fans, 90 skill, 3 luck, and 3 IM. Musicians are good for everyone because they increase your stats and help you in the rankings.
Rules
In order to participate:
- Leave a comment with the name of the card
- Include your username in your comment
This time if you do not leave your username, I will not include you in the draw. I want to reward the people who follow the rules. This giveaway is weekly so there is one week's worth of time for you to enter.
Results of the Last Giveaway
The winner is 
Thank you to the rest of the valid participants who did not win but might be interested in the next giveaway: Other participants: 
Current Status
I gained 32k STARBITS over the past week and if you add in the millionaire mission, I got around 102k. It's not the ideal situation but at least it covers the cost of me getting packs every week. There were no epic or legendary cards this week from my pack openings.
Current Ranking
I played less compared to last week but my rank dropped this time around. I forgot to set a long mission at night once and work has been keeping me busy. I'll be trying to get my minutes up next week to do better.
If you want to join Rising Star, feel free to use my referral link.
Tips (source)
I think the tips are something every new player should know about. It will help people progress in the game and it hasn't really been shared since surya1adiga stopped his giveaways.
- Take music lessons when possible to raise skill and reduce ego.
- Having lesson specific instruments helps in receiving more skill from that lesson.
- Have pizza box to store any pizza received during mission to reuse later.
- Buy cold pizza slice if possible. This gives 1 refill every 24hours. Comes very handy when you are low on energy.
- If you have enough of cold pizza slice and pizza box, you will never run out of energy.
- If you have more fans than skill and you won't reduce the ego , you can use a storage trailer to store unnecessary cards. Or you can list the card in market for an unreasonably high price.
- Ego received for a particular mission increases every time you play it. The ego is reset to base level the next day. So, try to play different missions to control the ego gained.
Keep track of your achievements to unlock in game rewards- Buy storage trailer (only if necessary) to keep the cards that might have a negative effect. Like a card with high fan count resulting in ego.
- When earning skill points through music lessons, you can earn more points per lesson if you hold more of specific instrument cards. There seems to be base skill which is rewarded irrespective of the card count and then the skill increases depending on the number of the lesson specific card one has.
- Try taking up many smaller missions to fill up pizza boxes and have extra energy to play more rewarding missions. But you need to have pizza boxes for this to work.