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.
Gens d'Armes
I chose Gens d'Armes track because it is such an amazing track, and it's one of my favorite tracks from Ys 8. It's like listening to pure rock, and I think that the arranged version of this track is one of the best arranged tracks in the entire Ys series. This track plays in Ys 8 when you are traveling up the Gendarme Mountain, which is right in the middle of the island you are stranded on. This track was such an amazing experience to listen to as you travel up that mountain and later find out what is on the other side of the mountain. There are two versions of this track, but I think the arranged version is by far the better one of the two. It just sounds amazing with the arrangement, and it's one of the best works by Jindo.
I think about Gendarme Mountain when I think of this track. Gendarme Mountain is a large mountain in the middle of the Seiren. Moving up that mountain was a great experience, and I think the bird boss was the first one that gave me a bit of trouble at the top. After you beat that, you find an amazing part of the island on the other side. I never thought that would be on the other side of the mountain. The image comes from the wiki for Gendarme Mountain.
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: hatdogsensei, 
Current Status
I didn't miss any millionaire missions, but things were hectic this week. I didn't do too many missions so I don't think I'll add up the starbits as I think I earned less than 100k this week. I didn't get anything great from my pack openings this week.
Current Ranking
My rank is downa few ranks from last week. I did play more than last week but it wasn't enough to push me up.
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.