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.
Aoki Shizuku
I chose Aoki Shizuku as this week's track because I wanted a good, relaxing track to listen to. This was my favorite title menu music in Trails of Azure. It also played during one of the scenes in Azure during the later chapters. It's too bad this doesn't appear until later in the game, but it makes sense. It's only after everything bad hit the group, and I feel that is the track that shows what KeA was aiming for when she follows the villains with their goal. After all, it gave her a chance to heal her friend's condition. The SSS does end up following KeA and solving the issue later in the game, but I just like this track. There are two versions, the original and the EVO. I prefer the original more than the EVO, but both of them are very similar.
I think about Shizuku MacLaine when I listen to this track. It also includes KeA to an extent, but I feel there are better tracks that remind me of KeA. However, this is the only one that reminds me of her. She is the daughter of a strong Bracer, that joins the villians for Shizuku's sake. When you first meet her, you find that she is blind and is in the hospital frequently. After one of the events in Azure, and where this track plays, you find that she is healed to be a normal person. The image above is one from Trials of Reverie where she is slightly older from when she was in Zero/Azure, and she is no longer blind. The image comes from the wiki for Shizuku MacLaine.
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
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 156k STARBITS over the past week. I didn't play as much this week, but I did get an epic card from my pack openings.
Current Ranking
My rank went up by 5, but I did play a bit less compared to last week. I am not sure why it shifted so much, but I don't mind.
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.