The next season has started, scores have been reset and season reward cards have been distributed. I'm not sure I will keep this experment going, though...

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Time To Jump Ship?
The reason I'm considering to stop the experiment is not that I don't like it. Yes, it can be frustrating at times, but I love to come up with creative ways to earn some extra money and build my deck.
It's obvious that I'm not the only one who thinks the time might have come to jump ship before it goes down. I've talked to loads of people who are selling their cards, now they still have a little value, and it only takes a quick look at the marketplace to see there are plenty of them.
I've written a post about my doubts on the blog of one of my Steemmonsters alt accounts. Head over there to find out more.
🎁 [30 SM-CARD GIVEAWAY] Serious Steemmonsters Doubts! I Feel Like A Fool 😕
And I'm not the only one. I just found out that my buddy suffered from the same sentiments. A couple of hours ago, he wrote the post:
It's a difficult decision to make. My friends is right when he says that a couple of small changes (like adding rewards per league, or rewarding the top 500 players with a small incentive) could change the tide.
Unfortunately, is not in charge. Lol, things would definitely look different if he was...
Shameless Plug
There is still time to join 's
Single Splinter Tournaments
The tournament for the Bronze league will start today at 10 am EST/ 3 pm GMT - Register Here
The Top25 players will each receive 1 steem as a reward for their cooperation.
There is also a Gold League tournament scheduled later. To be more exact: at 10 pm EST / 3am GMT. - Register Here
In this tournament, the top 14 players will be rewarded with 2 Steem each.
All players who don't receive a reward will receive a lottery ticket for the '2nd Chance Lottery' I will be hosting on Sunday from my main account.
You can find out more in the post I wrote about it on my main account
Indecisive
I'm still indecisive about what to do. Yesterday, I've put all my gold foil cards up for sale.
I'm still hoping Matt and aggroed will come to their senses and make the changes the game needs so badly if it wants to survive.
You would think that after all the negative feedback they have been receiving since the previous season ended, they would have published a post by now. But no, they are too busy testing the automated tournaments on the test server to care about their player's base. If you're not a top 50 player, they don't care anyway.
Meanwhile, dozens of people are leaving Steemmonsters, hoping that the new Drugwars game will live up to its promises that it can be played for free.
I'm going to give it a few days to see what will happen, and which message will be sent from the Steemmonsters founders - if there will be any message at all - before I decide what to do.
I'll leave you with a very depressing image of the Steemmonsters Markt Cap stats of this morning:
Meanwhile, why don't you join Drugwars with me? If you use my affiliate link to sign up, and Steemmonsters makes a 360, and I'll end up staying in the game, it will be another great way to fund the building of my deck.
They seem to have trouble with the signup process every once in a while. If you run into an error, please don't simply refresh, but try pasting my affiliate link in your browser's address bar a bit later. Be patient.
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