Hey dude! I was legit thinking about you this week... wondering how you'd been and what you've been up to... so great to see you in my feed again.
I don't have many maxed Beta cards so I've been really struggling against all these maxed Untamed cards coming for me.
Last season I managed to finish within 1 point of my ranking from the season before... so in answer to your question, neither.
We're still in Oregon in the US, and while we've had no lockdowns, we honestly feel like we've been in lockdown since March 2020. I haven't been into the office since then and while everyone I know has been vaccinated since last April, the deaths here have been hardcore and it seems like everyone around us has lost someone they know. Our friends and family are all in Aus so we've kept up to date... and yeah, I dunno... we've had complete freedom and I just not sure it's better. Anyone who gets sick or injured for any other reason is really struggling to get help. Not sure if this is helpful for context or not. Hope you're well.
Hey bro, it's been a while for sure. I'd love to catch up over a beer but well, you can't even drink a beer in public without wearing a mask over in Melbs. haha. (stupid rules made by stupid people)
Of course, it you're a coffee drinker, no probs, no mask required. Sip away.
Anyway glad to hear you're still over there and haven't actually died. (I guess that's a real thought these days)
Funny thing, was I actually had a ticket booked to visit USA and literal 2 weeks before I was scheduled to leave they shut the country down. And it's been like that for the last 18 months now. I can't even visit my family in QLD. Freedom and liberty is a real problem here right now. (But they tell us it's for our own good)
I just like choice and think I'm smart enough to make the right decisions given enough information.
And I get the point about death and stuff. It's real for sure, and plenty of anti-vaxers have a reality check coming as we open up in the next few months. But they have choice too, just don't hold me back because of it.
Anyway, I'm back in the Splinterlands, wondering 'wen' shit is gonna get released. I see nothing really changes around here, just a lot more people haha.
Alpha and Beta cards just aren't competitive in a broad range of formats like they use to be. Me personally I'm waiting for Chaos Legions before working on an exit plan.
Maybe we can actually meet one day and you can show me some of those legit Ninja moves ;)
(Me. I'm just putting on the Covid Kilos, while I try to imagine what a normal life would be like again)
GLHF
Hahahaha, those pandemic pounds are definitely holding my ninja moves back. I'm still working on it... but it's tough.
I'm waiting for Chaos Legion to be released too... not so much as an exit plan but as a way to get competitive again without spending thousands of dollars. I guess we'll have to wait and see how competitive the new cards are... but you'd have to imagine that the current prices of cards would drop as people spend their cash on the new ones.
Totally hear you about choice... just don't forget that you're absolutely above average intelligence... so chances are make waaaaaay smarter decisions than the vast majority of the country, so yeah, the hardcore rules are less for you and more for the dumbest of Aussies. Sounds super intense though, did you feel the earthquake? I've still never experienced one, even though everyone says the US west coast is seriously overdue for a massive one.
Oh, yeah the Earthquake was a little surprise in the day. I kinda didn't even realize what it was although I just walked out the lift literally 5 seconds before it happened so my experience might have been a whole lot different had it happened moments before.
(Fun Fact: I did get trapped in a lift one time with a group of pissed work colleagues and the anxiety it creates is intense. Besides the fact we all needed to break the seal. haha)
Now if you can get in on the CL Pre-Sale I'd say that's the best opportunity to make a bit of quick cash especially if they're offering limited promo cards again. Otherwise I feel CL will drag on and prices will head south for sometime to come. So don't rush in to buy the average cards.
They are offering limited promo cards for packs bought during pre-sale. Cha-ching!