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 that I like.
Ai no Uta
I chose Ai no Uta (Love Poem in English) as this week's track because I managed to finish a few of my deadlines, and I was reminded of this track. This track plays during Trials of Cold Steel IV during the credits of the normal ending (where you didn't do all of the events and quests for the true ending). As much as I like Radiant Hope that plays during the credits of the true ending, I can't forget this track. It was so sad to see Rean sacrifice himself to save everyone. It hits even harder when you play through Trials into Reverie, when you see the result of the bad ending and how the people in the true ending respond to the events. There is also an English Cover of the track, but I suggest listening to it, but not looking at the scenes there because it shows the true ending's credits. Personally, I like the cover's version more because I can understand what the track says.
I think about Ishmelga Rean when I listen to this track. Above is an image from Trials into Reverie where both endings from Cold Steel IV play a part in the story. Ishmelga Rean is Rean in an alternate universe that sacrificed himself at the top, and the Rean from the true ending that was able to stop Ishmelga. Seeing them talk to each other at the end of Reverie made me tear up a bit because the way that Rean lived in the bad ending was terrible. It was a neverending war between Rean and Ishmelga. The image comes from the wiki for Ishmelga Rean.
Do you like any of these tracks? If so, why?
Giveaway
The giveaway item is a musician. It has 135 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 89k STARBITS over the past week. I missed one millionaire mission, but I think I did slightly better this week. I didn't have any negative profit days, and I did get an epic card from my pack openings.
Current Ranking
My rank is down a few ranks. Not much to say here since I played about the same as last week, but I did notice that my total points are down slightly. I forgot to open my packs until today, so it might have affected the stats slightly.
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.