Ok folks, that's make no bones about. I am a man-child and these STEEM MONSTER's have got me hooked. I tried crypto kitty's for ethereum and toyed with crypto puppies for Tron but they were much to complex for my simple mind. STEEM MONSTERS look to be the one for me for a few reasons. 1st, They are hosted on the STEEM blockchain, 2nd, virtual cards are way better than virtual animals and 3rd, all my friends on Steemit are getting into them and we can all blog and chat about them.
I bought my starter pack plus 5 booster packs 2 nights ago and have been hooked since. After reading up lots yesterday and getting a bunch of great advice from 
My complete common cards set. All level 1 & 2's for now, wait a few month's and we'll see what happens.
Tonight, i will most likely buy up the other 7 rare cards i need to complete the set and i might get an epic card are 2 to treat myself. In total i got 3 epic cards yesterday, i bought 2 and 
My thoughts about Steem Monsters for STEEM
Keep in mind, i have only known about Steem Monsters for around 60 hours so im still learning and might get a few things wrong. Look, the way i see it and many that read my posts know i like to keep things super simple. Simple like 2 words.
Well, maybe not that simple. The way i see it is like this. I remember way back at the start of December 2017 all the hype, news, youtube video's and steemit posts being done for Ethereum's crypto kitty's and then the same again happened with Tron's crypto puppies. Crypto puppies hype maybe not as much as crypto kitty's but they both went viral. While both were being pumped in the news and on youtube, the price the parent coins (ETH&TRX) had no big price changes so i predict that STEEM will not see any increase also when Steem Monsters going fully live. There are alot of advantages Steem Monsters has over the other 2 , lots and lots and lots.
- For a start, Steemit members can sign up in a few clicks, no verification checks :D. Steem Monsters has Steemit with 1.1 million members and around 500k being active. Kitty's and Puppies do not have anywhere near the some community behind them. They do have communities but nothing like Steemit in terms of supporting each other the way steemians do, the amount of people to be exposed, contests, give aways ect ect
- Steem Monsters are way more easy to buy. A few clicks and done, nice instant transaction direct from your Steemit wallet with no transaction fee. Almost to easy if you ask me..... Again, compared with kitty and puppies. There is no contest and they are black and white. Every single member on Steemit has a wallet compatible to buy these. Plus they offer credit/debit card to boot if you don't wonna use your precious hard earned STEEM, and with the price of STEEM so cheap right now, its not a bad option.
- Cards are much better than animals. They seem to be more grown up, i know they are Monster cards but i think the concept is easier to grasp over viral animals. Try explaining to your other half you spent $50 on a virtual kitty because it had a blue eye, haha. I think i can get away with spending $50 on a level 4 legend card when i compare them to pokemon cards more easy. Maybe this is not so much a plus but i personally feel better playing with cards over virtual animals
- If Steem Monsters has half the exposure in terms of media as kitty and puppies did, we are bound to get a flood of new members on Steemit which is never a bad thing. The fact that they will be introduced to Steemit through Steem Monsters gets them through the door and when they see what steemit really has to offer, they will be hooked.
- The whole thing is set up so simple. It really is very basic but everything works as it should. I like the 1 option $5 starter pack and $2 booster packs. Nice and simple, no having 20 different options to pick them. Only having the $2 booster packs evens out the playing field in terms of anyone can get the best cards as they only sell one pack for everyone. The website itself compared to the other 2 is again, night and day. With kitty and puppies, you almost need to spent 20 minutes learning how to use the websites but with Steem Monsters, it's all there infront of you.
For the reason's above i think Steem Monsters will do very well and i look forward to completing my set
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