To me, Splinterlands saved the value I had in Steem and increased it. My Splinterlands account is now more valuable than my Steem account in January 2017. I haven't played in a long time (I have a much better player than myself for my cards and we make 50/50) but just started again with a second account because it will be sooooooooo valuable to do so once SPS comes out. What we earn now will be a joke compared to what is about to come.