Sooooooooo... I was on Steem every day way before Splinterlands came around... but I didn't get into it at all because I really had no spare money at all... it wasn't until I won a couple of cards a year later that I decided to buy the starter pack and begin playing. I resisted for such a long time because it always felt too late.
When Hive actually split from Steem, I was so mad at Steem that I powered everything down and bought Splinterlands cards instead - which in hindsight turned out to be a super good plan.
The falsehood of, its too late. I done the same thing with land. I took a 10 month break from everything online and end up missing the presale $10 land plots. Came back to $20 land plots being almost sold out. I didn't end up buying any and now some have sold for upwards of $250 USD. The, I'm too late mindset is a hard one to shake.
It really is... but you also can't put a price on a 10 month break. That's honestly amazing!
The good thing is that it seriously does feel like there are so many exciting things around the corner too.
Too many things to list out that will make the game even better. The developers are amazing at what they do and I feel fortunate to be witnessing it first hand.