My return to Splinterlands and reaching Champion League.

Hi again everyone!

Recently I sort of returned to the whole crypto scene after a long break. So I am still getting up to date with the latest updates and changes and what not. There´s a lot of homework ahead for me if I want to not feel completely lost 😅.

While digging on Discord I stumbled upon Splinterlands and I started playing instantly.

I had bought some Alpha packs when the game JUST came out and also bought some cards on the market to try and lvl up some common cards that I really liked.
I played a bit back then but not a lot to be honest. Now, about 2 years later I came back to find a few new editions and a lively community.

So as in everything else, I have lots of things to learn from the new cards, new abilities and so on. For example, theres DEC (Dark Energy Crystals) now which is their official in-game currency that is used to buy all kinds of items.

I found lots of new tools to track pretty much everything. There´s a Discord bot that showed me how many packs I have bought. This was something that I wanted to know since I couldn´t remember what my investment was.

This gave me a rough idea of the ROI of my investment. I bought 74 packs, which adds up to $148. I also remember buying some common cards to level up but that was not a lot, I would say that I may have spent another $50-$100 in that. So according to this Bot and based on market value my initial $200-$250 are now worth $740 that means about 300 ROI, pretty good!.

So I started playing and boy was I instantly hooked. I grinded all my the way up to Diamond League in one day. And by the third day playing I reached Champion. I ruined my Capture Rate % but oh well... I was ok seeing my DEC rewards drop as far as I could keep playing like a maniac.

After playing a lot and improving my game a bit (I would like to think I did 😅) I finally reached the Champions League earning myself 80 loot chests to be opened at the end of the season.

And to my surprise, as soon as I got to the Champion League I had a nice winning streak of 8 consecutive battles! Things started the best way possible but not for long since after that I lost in a row 🤦‍♂️

And finally... this is my favorite card from my collection:

So... this is just me hyped about this game. I think the cards value should keep rising and therefore I intend to hold them while trying to earn some passive return with daily quests and Season rewards. Is the game addictive? Yes! Is the community alive and helpful? Hell yeah.

See you all at the battlefield!