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 chose a track from a game that I played in the past.
Fighting Right On
I chose Fighting Right On as this week's track because it's been another busy week, and I am done with a deadline. So I am not as rushed for the week or so. I think this track fits how I felt during the rush on a deadline. I was just focused on getting things done, and I love this track when it played in the first part of Trials of the Sky 3rd Chapter. Specifically, this first plays during the boss fight during the prologue, and it was one of the reasons why I started looking forward to game when the protagonist changed from Estelle to Kevin. I love how this track makes me think of those action based tracks that I would get from Ys, and it gives you a different feeling compared to the rest of the usual battle themes in Trials (Kiseki). There are two versions of this track, but I think the original is by far better. I don't think the EVO version is bad, but it just seems lacking when compared to the original. I just don't like the arrangement as much.
I think about Kevin Graham when I listen to this track. There are a lot of things to say about him, but I didn't like him as much before I played the third chapter of Trials in the Sky. I just felt that his character wasn't developed enough, and he came off more as a mysterious person than anything else. It wasn't until this chapter that you learned more about him and his past. The image comes from the wiki for Kevin Graham.
Do you like any of these tracks? If so, why?
Giveaway
The giveaway item is a musician. It has 90 fans, 90 skill, 4 luck, and 2 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
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 182k STARBITS over the past week. I was more consistent throughout the week, and I had a few good days. It's more than last time, and I also managed to get the seasonal card from my pack openings.
Current Ranking
My rank went down by 2, but I did play a bit more compared to last week. It's more or less what I expect as people start getting the cards from the recent month and seasonal missions.
If you want to join Rising Star, feel free to use my referral link.
! [Rising Star 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.