Well I do hope everything goes well. I wrote an article a couple of days ago on this topic which I have been polishing and plan to post it some time today. I for one have voted in favor of the proposal receiving funding and have encouraged others to do the same.

There has been a great deal of discussion in the discord, but it has died down some in order to not alienate potential new players of Splinterlands thanks to @clayboyn's leadership and moderation of said discussions.

When all is said and done, HIVE is good for Splinterlands (and any other blockchain based game for that matter) and Splinterlands is good for HIVE. I state the obvious.