RE: Quick DEC Giveaway and update on ME

Hi Stever82,

Thanks for posting the giveaway. As a new player that got some land in the public sale, I acknowledge that I am on the other side of the spectrum in this discussion. For what it is worth, I talked with some of the developers afterwards before they posted the video about expanding the lottery system down to tracts and groups of 10 plots. Perhaps they can also have a public sale with a limit of single plot of land. I am happy with their transparency throughout the situation and also, in many ways, agree with how they rolled out the land sale.
I'm not saying there wasn't issues. It blows that people--especially long-time players were not able to get land. But for the health of the game, it needs to grow. 25 second buyout will draw interest and funds into the game which is good for the longevity of it. Furthermore, if you subscribe to the greater fool economic theory, than it also supports buying land in the 2nd round as the demand is shown to be there and there will likely be a higher value on the land later. It also is a really cool game feature that I'm excited to explore.
The risk is too much land being held in the hands of too few players (whales) but it sounds like that risk is being actively managed. I acknowledge your feelings of hurt and perhaps even betrayal. These feelings suck. But a guaranteed slot in the second round of a tested commodity is not such a bad thing.
Honestly, I don't know if I will attempt to buy more land. My internal greed toad and hoarding hamster are fighting the budget balrog. I doubt they will win a second round as they were the under-"dogs?" in the first battle and ultimately got the budget balrog to concede for the first purchase.
But I can acknowledge that land is ultimately what brought me into Splinterlands and I plan to be an active player here a long time.

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