The 8 key reasons I left Splinterlands

[@kcchilling8303]

I hope you'll come back some day! I am sticking around since 2021!

[@nfoguides]

I am not ruling out that possibility! I keep listening in to content creators and watching discord announcements.. time will tell

[@TalesfromtheCryptMancer]

Preach brother! 💯 Must watch content for all Spilnterlands players. Sad to see you exit the game but glad to see that you are doing something else you enjoy. If the game rallies, you can always re-enter and it may play out actually better from a dollars and cents perspective in that scenario, should it unfold

[@nfoguides]

Thanks, I hope some of my rAnt rang true for you as well.

[@alepalace]

I hope you have a lot of success in your new career and you are a great person. I loved your lives. Good luck and long life. 💪

[@nfoguides]

Thanks! I will be starting up more Live shows soon. they will just not be on Splinterlands. Probably Games and other items I am into. I hope to keep seeing you around!

[@thora1birch]

I did the same thing right after Soul Bound reward cards came out... Sold my assets and bought mining equipment and several other things, I never had doubt doing that but now seeing your video it's reassuring even more and more. However please do not vanish from social media I'd love for you to keep making content :D happy for you you did the right thing ;)

[@nfoguides]

@@thora1birch awesome, what kind of mining equipment did you pick up? I am happy with my choice. And no worries. I plan to keep doing content on my channel around many things. If you check out some of my other content I go over my salad ai workloads rigs. Right now that's a fun hobby!

[@angelacs8594]

Thank you for all you have done to assist Splinterlands players over the years. And Thank you for your video. I'm not even going in to claim my land stuff each week, even when I remember. I give it about another 9-12 months for the game experience to reach the point where we'll begin to see significant numbers of new players joining and sticking. Maybe 2- 2 1/2 years for land to reach anywhere that makes sense. I still enjoy brawling so will continue that in the meantime. Hope to see you back when things settle down. Love your new man cave!!!

[@nfoguides]

Glad you like the man cave! its been soo nice to have for a All Things Computer nerd like myself! I agree with you on the land being 2-3 years out. i said 2 years in the video. but i do feel it could be 3.... and that was just to long for me to leave my assets where they were.

[@fatjimmy8097]

Wow. I always appreciate what you did for years, and thank you for it. I also appreciate you making this video. #8 blows my mind, we have been BEGGING for things like this for years, and the fact that you even offered your code and were refused is just... so wrong on so many levels. I also appreciate your 'positive' ending... I know many of us are just waiting for that light bulb to turn on. Thanks again!!!

[@nfoguides]

thanks Jimmy! I do hope Splinterlands gets another bull run and that i will be kicking myself for not keeping some of my assets in the game.

[@AfterSound]

Best of luck my friend, wish you all the best.

[@nfoguides]

Thank you! You too!

[@billyjay]

I also agree with most of what youve presented here. You added a lot to my enjoyment of the game with your tools, and always had a good vision for what the game could/should be. Sorry to see you cash out😢

[@nfoguides]

Glad you enjoyed Barons Toolbox. Hope Splinterlands does good by you! I still see a ton of potential in the game. I just couldn't wait anymore...

[@cryptobeaver5949]

Sad to hear you left. I have been using Baron's Toolbox quite often, it is very useful to us land owners. Agree with you that land being delayed was a bummer but with a smaller dev team they can do so such at any given time. I do hope they get the land production buildings release before the end of 2024 as this would improve land ownership quite a bit leading to the real deal which is land 2.0.

[@nfoguides]

@@cryptobeaver5949 glad to hear the land manager is holding up and still the best thing since sliced bread!!! Imo

[@riftsummoner]

Personally I feel you. I actually foresaw all of this because of my education and background in game design. I am also a CEO and founder of my own project. So, I understand exactly what the team was doing. So, I was able to prepare and move my assets accordingly so I want get burn but profit from it $. So, I know as I profit so much others will lose. But your statements are felt around majority of the player base especially those that have left. I am sticking around though because I know its going to get better and the SPL team has learn from there mistakes hopefully. I do disagree about one thing do about item and spell cards. Their mechanics are coded different from tactics. Tactics are only allowed in Summoners period so its like a fix set. Item and spell cards sound to me like things you can bring into multiple battles kind of like a lux vega theme where anything goes except little league. Items sound like an enchantment like in magic the gathering like equipping a card with a buff while spell cards sound like instances where you cost them while the battle was ongoing to change the outcome of the game. So eventually I look at it like the game wont be a pure auto battler in the future hence battles 2.0

[@MrSeheiah]

agree

[@nfoguides]

Good point on the item and spell cards. I guess i am seeing today tactics is just summoners. but it will be another 2 years before items and spells come out. in that 2 years. 2 more sets of cards will come out. and I am making the ASSUMPTION that they will keep enhancing tactics to the point it will start looking identical to Items and Spells. I still feel it stole the thunder from Item and Spell cards by introducing it. I acknowledge though people find the gameplay more exciting now.

[@75stean]

Hi there sorry to hear you left. But I can understand your point of view and agree with a lot you say. Was thinking to trow my old mining rig back up, so will take a look at your videos on the topic. Thanks for the video, wish you all the best

[@nfoguides]

Crypto mining still isn't profitable. However if your like me and have a Solar Array that gives you free Electric.. there is always a profit! If you dust it off and turn it back on would love to know what your setup is/was

[@poofaypoosay]

Loving that room axler... so sick!!

[@nfoguides]

Crypto Man Caves... its the future! Glad you like it!

[@ducecrypto5618]

I'd feel badly if I was fully invested in land as well. Sorry that was your experience, as you have provided solid feedback for the team. I find the ranked battle play to be more fun than ever, with growing complexity, so that itch is getting scratched daily.

[@nfoguides]

Glad to hear that the ranked play is feeling better and more fun!!! I do hope Splinterlands finds it's second wind soon for you and everyone still in the game

[@paultrx]

I still use Baron's Toolbox in game and to check land on the site.

[@nfoguides]

Awesome! I am glad to hear you still use it. My land display is hands down 1000% better then what Splinterlands offers in the game. And i don't think i am bragging when i say that.

[@costanzabets]

Great video, I could give 10+ more reasons. I haven't fully left yet as I just keep my assets assuming the game never gets fixed and they go to zero. While I also still enjoy following the community and what's going on in the ecosystem, mentally I'm nearly fully out of the actual game and just run the archmage bot in wild. I'm still hoping they start to understand everything that is fundamentally wrong and act in a way to actually fix it.

[@nfoguides]

hahah Yes i also had a lot more i could have listed. but those i left off because i could live with those. even though i didn't like ...x...y...or z.. :)

[@Eexus]

Great video! I think you presented some very valid reasons to leave. I agree with MOST of them. I would say that your complaints around the Soulbound card unlocks is a bit skewed tho. As you stated “Rewards” Cards earned in the game are free incentives to earn valuable GAMEPLAY cards. It was never intended for reward cards to be sellable. No one has to unlock them. And the fact you mentioned that it was way overprinted is also a bit irrelevant from that perspective. As they are all locked and not easily tradeable it doesn’t matter how many were printed. They are, and still are intended as rewards to be earned and PLAYED in your accounts so the amount that is minted is in fact irrelevant. If the soulbound cards were easily made sellable (as you wanted)… then your comment around them would be accurate as a ton of them would flood the market and essentially be worthless. The fact that you have to pay a decent amount of money to unlock them encourages scarcity of readily available cards for others to buy… in turn making them more valuable.

[@Eexus]

Sidenote: I have also commented several times about the ease of on-boarding and UX. To bring on mainstream users we need a non-blockchain on-boarding process. Have you ever thought about creating your own game using the same assets? I’m a designer by trade so there may be something there. 😊 Sometimes if you can’t find what you’re looking for you have to make it yourself.

[@nfoguides]

Point noted. I guess when I started reward cards were free and tradable. When soulbound just started. They said they would be unlockable in the future. There wasn't a plan for this and I believe initially they did not mention anything about a cost being needed . So because I was here through the transition.. I have feelings of a rug pull... But you present a good perspective.

[@nfoguides]

Actually yes I had a game started. I was using all types of assets from Splinterlands. I stopped working on it when I decided to leave Splinterlands behind. To continue it I feel I have to do it with all new graphic assets. And I stink at graphics...;)

[@Mastershonuff]

Always thought your videos were cool. Sorry things didn’t work out like you hoped but glad you made a decision that that supports you more. Very cool set up!! I am disappointed as well but I do understand the need to shift gears in game. We need more players if we’re going to make it. I too have a bunch $$ in land but putting land first didn’t seem like it would keep the lights on in the long run. I’m still optimistic. Wish you the best! You’ll be missed

[@nfoguides]

I actually hope to see Land in splinterlands boom and make me regret not keeping some of what i once had :)

[@pladozero]

Glad you were able to buy some of the things you wanted from the game assets you held for so long even though it wasn’t where you wanted it. I wish you luck in your next ventures.

[@nfoguides]

thanks. I appreciate it!

[@whatthepick]

Facts baron facts they did cherrypick the best of land put it into the rebellion Killed reward cards and reward chests for real rewards put them soulbound then increased the unbinding cost Chasing squirrels i On a Positive note Barron nice room and illustration of the loss of the economy for taking too long to do anything you built a great service that was appreciated and is by the community but the devs don't. Better than holding it in endless grain stores ...

[@nfoguides]

Thanks! If people don't see tactics on cards as basically stealing all the future 'thunder' from land ... Glad you like the room. I hope it helps others out into visual context, just how much you may have tied up in the game doing nothing for yourself.

[@FBIAlex]

Ngl my mans was spittin on this one. 😂 Edit: 29:40 nice. W

[@nfoguides]

@@FBIAlex yeah, I felt alit of people needed the perspective of how much $ was in the game that when presented as physical assets. Realllllly shines a light into. .. is it worth it to have your $ in the game .. or could you be doing something else with your $ that just brings you happiness!

[@MrSeheiah]

It's a pity that you're leaving us, I liked you, you can always come back :)

[@nfoguides]

Thanks!, I am paying attention to the game. my reasons for leaving were my own. but i maintain that the game is fun to play. and hos a lot of potential. I am not ruling out jumping back in at some point !

[@dustinwebb7720]

I agree with most points. I still play the game. I did sub. Cheers !

[@nfoguides]

Thanks for subscribing!

[@chrisjay2336]

Soulbounds are trash - limiting a free market to spite bots was a bad idea Staking SPS for rewards was poorly thought out and caused the most loyal players to experience the most massive losses for holding Then charging them further to transfer/sell their own reward cards Poorly implemented sps node development Constant card inflation/ depreciation/power creep destroying value and scarcity of older cards Reward reworks x 5 just alienated players and promoted mass bot farms in bronze and silver for years instead of making diamond champion rewards actually worthwhile Rentals destroyed value of card ownership- rentals should return a large % of all winnings with that card back to the owner instead of a pricing model that drives rental values into the ground Modern Wild split was stupid with the limited player base and exorbitant pricing model for packs Could have easily just had more modern tournaments Now we have SPL bots creating match liquidity where a big complaint was bots make the game less fun regardless of who was the owner of the bot Pack pricing is ridiculous considering the many flaws, admitted zero marketing or even any idea of what it would take to make this game popular Pokemon packs are like $7 but u don’t need 400bcx of commons to play competitively yet no one knows this game and the gameplay is sub par in both graphics and development over 6 years

[@nfoguides]

Well said. I echo a lot of your feelings here. I was shocked when packs went from $2. To $4 with chaos legion release. I agree 💯 with you on the fact that the other TCG games don't need 400 bcx. So a higher pack cost isn't nearly that big of a deal for those games

[@chrisjay2336]

@@nfoguides they overpaid underperforming staff They allowed bots at the expense of having to run $300k + per month server costs Why was bulldog getting paid apparently $160k a year… for what? What actual marketing did Chatter do for 3 years apart from little pop up brave ads then just complain google/meta forbids advertising for crypto $4 packs was stupid and so were vouchers when we were specifically sold sps to be the access token for things so we all bought a good sized amount based on the whitepaper for our given league

[@nfoguides]

I wont comment on what people were getting paid mainly because i cant prove that is accurate information or rumors. However the server costs, my perspective is a bit different. I don't see that as a bot issue. If splinterlands ever takes off with that many real players, that issue would have arisen and needed to be solved either way. How this happened is there was a very small team and the servers were not designed for a bunch of players. So when the flood of players came in the only thing they could do was throw money at more servers until they could get it under control.

[@kontora1967]

I hope you keep making videos on your next adventures and maybe show more of your crypto mining in your cool room, that's so cool, wishing you all the best.

[@nfoguides]

Thanks, and I will be doing more with crypto mining!

[@blockchainprojects1043]

I am glad you put your money into something you enjoy.

[@nfoguides]

thanks. I do enjoy splinterlands , however I wanted a Crypto Man Cave. so.. ultimately it was time to make the man cave happen!

[@blockchaingame5864]

great video

[@nfoguides]

Thanks! Thanks for stopping by!

[@ImmortalCreedGame]

I can actually agree with 99.9% of this video. I think we all had great hopes for the game but there is a lot of doubt about that in the last year or so. The soulbound card unlocking was a huge disappointment for me personally. I wonder if the game will ever be at a state again where it is possible to at least earn enough to keep playing. I feel like a lot of players are being priced out this last year. If you're looking for another game to get into just for fun and without a huge investment check out mine. (sorry to shill here, but we would love to have a player / developer like yourself in the game)

[@nfoguides]

Thanks. Much appreciated. I will take a look at your game ! Is it just you or is it a team effort?

[@discussingsplinterlands7728]

A few comments: 1. Overprinting grain is not the same as overprinting DEC. Because grain is just one of many resources we will need on land. Having tons of just one resource doesn't wreck the game at all. It will be insanely difficult for players to be self sufficient on land (by design). Having one of the resources in the bank already doesn't change that. 2. I get your point about tactics. But the way I see it, this is just a step towards item and spells, since the team could build out the tactics stage without having to put it on the shelf for a year. I am happy this part of item and spells is already developed. And I have no doubt that items and spells will become must have assets in the game. No matter if some summoners already have some tactics or not. 3. Your complaint about your land not making any profits is a bit ridiculous. You can mine SPS very efficiently. And you can sell grain as well. So I don't really know what you are talking about regarding this point. 4. About land being pushed out for NPE: I understand the frustration, since I am a land player too. But I think it's pretty obvious that the NPE is the thing that is holding the game back the most. NPE and successful onboarding of new players is the most important thing for the long term flourishing of the game. So, even though it sucks that land gets pushed out once again, I still consider it to be the right choice.

[@nfoguides]

1) I agree Grain is not DEC. but We have to recognize, grain was not meant to get printed 2 years before everything else for land comes into play. the market to sell grain will dry up with this overprinting. 2) Good point, i just really feel that in the next 2 years Tactics will morph more and take more and more away from item and spells. BUT. i am assuming this 3) I agree i did not acknowledge land making SPS. I would have to argue they only make it efficiently if you have Epic lands and above, stacked with some gold foil epics or legendary AND a Runi could help. for me that was only 2 plots out of 24.. and one of my epics had to be on grain so i didn't have to buy it. 4) Fair point, it just because a reason for me to leave because i didn't have time for daily play anymore (real life) so i was very much geared towards land play... that evaporated over 1 Christmas break. well the progress on it. thanks for the good feedback!

[@CpT1977]

Everyone trusted the guys behind land…

[@nfoguides]

I did not mention it in the video. but i think in a february town hall they also mentioned Farpetrad was no longer with the team. and he was the main developer of Land 1.5 ......

[@Brazenblake]

I am greatly consolidating into only needed cards to keep playing, mostly the souldbound stuff. Selling everything else off at a loss. Originally had 35 plots 4 rare totems and deck power over 800k. Only 2 plots left now and plan to keep only 1 plot. Everyone one in business should know that an entrepreneur is only good for the first 5 years or less in a start up, as competent management. IMO all the errors would have been avoided with a real life management team.

[@nfoguides]

I debated keeping some skin in the game ... But ultimately pulled everything out that would sell. Chaos legion I still have some of. And all the soul bound cards

[@whatthepick]

Bonus question 1 DEC = 110.878 GRAIN Thoughts :)

[@nfoguides]

grain being overprinted for the next 2 years. 1 DEC = 10643.000 grain.

[@shawnnft]

sad to see you go !

[@nfoguides]

Hey there Shawn! Glad you stopped on by! Miss live streaming to the group.

[@joffreyjones4213]

Your a Legend axler! I left to!

[@nfoguides]

Mind me asking where you moved your assets to? a new man cave like me? other web3 games? or just keeping it in digital wallets for now?

[@Mickvir]

Land does seem to be a sore point for a lot of people. Given that it requires a lot of investment to get it up and going and it has been on hold for ages I can not blame anyone for being upset. I do feel that there is a change in the air and it finally feels like the team are getting on top of things. If everything goes to plan and land gets released, would you ch one back or would it require something else ?

[@nfoguides]

There is a greater then 50% chance that if they had land working and getting love, I would come back. But i cant say for sure due to the time that will pass between now and then.

[@birdzbeeztreez4248]

I agree!!

[@nfoguides]

Hey Birds!!! How have you been? Hope Splinterlands is treating you well!

[@FactCheckThisGuy]

Land across the crypto space was a fail. Seriously, every crypto project rolled out land at exorbitant costs. FOMO and greed are ugly

[@geeked-outbasketball765]

Good video. My main question: how are you profitable mining right now? Cheap energy? Mining alts? Something else? I've had to turn my BTC miners off because I'm losing money after the halving.

[@nfoguides]

Check out this video of mine: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4LKdYeVjdmga9U I installed a 52 panel solar array at my house. I did this for my house, not crypto mining. however it is designed to over produce electric. and it makes enough extra for me to have about 2 full 8 GPU card rigs running and still have a $0 electric bill. right now i have those off and am just running Salad AI workloads while i built out my Man Cave room. but plan to turn on 1 rig again hopefully by next weekend.

[@mychannelnotyours2356]

Great vid, brother! Gonna reach out to you soon to chat.

[@nfoguides]

Sounds great, you can find me here or in discord! I do miss chatting with the Splinterlands community!

[@AsmongoldvsArtosisclips]

Some of these 8 were redundant as you know. I think you have a point with team shifting focus away from land but i think holiday shifts in plan are not gonna be so drastic anymore due to many factors. The fact they ignored your software is not really a valid reason. I also disagree with the false claim that the problem was that soulbound cards were overprinted. That problem has nothing to do with soulbounds because they are still less printed than the pelacor ,venari era even though pelacor ,venari era lasted slightly shorter. And these that are printed now are not gonna be overprinted unless there is a big boom coming next year.

[@nfoguides]

@@AsmongoldvsArtosisclips my main point with my software is. I was thinking and working on game enhancements 2.5 years before they thought about it. They are 2.5 years late to the game. On yet another aspect of the game. It wasn't about them not liking my software. It was about them being ignorant about the game play for 2.5 years. As for redundancy. .. true. Just trying to show how for me most everything tied back to the aspect .. I feel they have already destroyed the future of land being.... Great. Thanks for the feedback!

[@AsmongoldvsArtosisclips]

@@nfoguides we shall see.hopefully youll be back just before it does get good.

[@EddiePogi-g7u]

The Soulbound Concept is trash; that's a ''reward card.'' Why do you need to pay to unlock those cards? LOL, that's not counted as a reward if you need to pay for it to unlock and sell it.

[@nfoguides]

I agree, if they allowed vouchers to unlock cards as well. then i could give them a small pass. since you earn vouchers for free. you would be able to unlock SOME of your reward cards for free in the long run with vouchers.

[@smashboombam8717]

curious how much your computers/gpus are making with Salad each day?

[@nfoguides]

I have 2 dedicated rigs and 2 daily computers that do salad when idle. the past few days i have ranged from $2 a day to $4.56 just this past 24 hours. basically i am making a lot more from Salad right now then crypto mining itself. part of that though is Salad uses a lot less power to do their workloads.

[@myfinancialjourney1]

The funny part is that $1500 you have left in the bank probably earns more on a yearly basis in interest alone than all of your SL assets did, by a long shot.

[@nfoguides]

Hahaha. You may be right. I do hope Splinterlands can find it's second wind

[@nfoguides]

When I referenced the amount I had in the game. That was way down of course from what it's value once was. I did not keep track. But I believe the cash I made on exit was still slightly higher then what I put in the game. This doesn't include $$ I took out of the game along the way.

[@kevinwinsborrow5545]

You could of easily changed to mine sps to use up grain to make profit

[@nfoguides]

I did have a couple on sps. But 18 of them I had to have on grain so I didn't have to purchase grain .

[@supernewuser]

What are you mining?

[@nfoguides]

@@supernewuser currently just salad ai workloads. I have 12 GPUs in a rig sitting idle. Once I clean them and move them into the room. I plan to try and do some spec mining and open to suggestions

[@SecretFlesh]

you're a programmer but doing it as leisure, baron toolbox is good, but i think if you create your own bot you will earn more. quitting is not the answer.

[@nfoguides]

But you see. there is the thing. I should not have to code my own bot... I actually avoided coding my own bot in the game ...

[@nikitazakharov5199]

😒😒😒

[@nickspiecker]

✌ Hars 2 say : STOP🖕 UR tool so the TEAM will find out what a MISS😭 UR 💯FREE💪tool will B. Thanks 👍for the 💯tools 💪 U made & continue UR ( CRITIC = OKAY 👍) Hopefully 🙏 U come back 2 SL someday👌

[@nfoguides]

Glad you like the tools! and yes . I am watching and hope to see a path back into more things Splinterlands in the future!