Steem Monsters Sunday!: The Fail of What was Last Season

The end of the latest season went by with a lack of excitement for me due to failing to reach the Champions Division. It was more my own fault as I remained busy for most of the season at work and was unable to dedicate more than the time needed to complete my Daily Quests. I was also unable to leverage the use of my new Legendary Summoners as I did not participate in any of the tournaments although they were useful when I had battles with higher than usual mana caps. Despite being disappointed about my results with the season, I was at least able to get high enough to continue accumulating more Reward Edition Cards.

This may not seem very exciting at all as the value of the Reward Edition cards have seemed to declines quite substantially given their lack of demand. In fact, other Steemians have proposed burning their cards by sending them to the Hive account@null account in order to decrease the supply in efforts to bring their value back. However, I think that the developers are well aware of this situation and are likely, as they have been in the past, to make adjustments to aligned them to a fair place in the game. They have the ability to adjust stats and abilities as well as the mana needed to play them which can alter their demand quickly if deployed. There are a couple of users out there that have actually taken the opportunity to buy more up in speculation that this could happen and profits from the increase.

Screenshot from Steem Monsters Website

The result of my season was finishing at Diamond Division II which rewarded me with 50 Reward Edition Cards. As I often say, getting something of use and/or value for playing a game I enjoy is better than getting nothing at all so I will not lament the results of the rewards. No special cards to report on but some more to accumulate for reaching higher levels for certain cards. Since the release of these Reward Edition cards started, I have been able to collect a good amount of them so most have been used to level them up. They now are the most powerful cards I have in my collection although some do no have a great place in the games meta these days. However, I expect this to change as developers seek to ensure the balance and value of the these cards.

As new Dapps continue to make their way onto the Steem blockchain, users continue to experiment with many and while some are having much success, we continue to see that Steem Monsters continues to have the attention of many. This will continue to be the case as it continues to be the Dapp with the most depth in the ecosystem. It has been the best example of a sustainable project that many seek to replicate. This will bring periods of time where users will tend to reduce their engagement in some Dapps and pay more attention to others. However, after time passes, users will often levitate to those that are more engaging. I believe that Steem Monsters will be that Dapp that remains sustainable and of interest to the community.

Screenshot from Steem Monsters Website

In the meantime, I continue to enjoy the battles every day and learning the strategies that many talented users have found to often be at the top of the leaderboards of both the seasons and tournaments. I have also started to enjoy more the fact of the many Steemians I am often seeing on the battlefield. I recently had the opportunity to battle a couple of time with the great Steemian Hive account@stackin and I took it seriously just to get this screenshot. I won’t mention the other times he beat me but it is all immutable on the blockchain so no need to bring that up! The fact is that this continues to be a great time to enjoy engagement in the ecosystem and the many alternatives we have to do so.

The community and its developers continue to work together on building a great place to play and grow our Steem accounts at the same time. Given the fact that they are incorporating feedback so well and are also reinvesting their earnings into their project, I know that the game will continue to foster growth and adoption as it develops. The roadmap continues to grow and provides the players and users of the ecosystem an ambitious future to follow with excitement. I look forward to being a part of it!