# The Good

I have been making some data plots and ratios related to land position of Splinterlands players. The first two posts were very popular. There are [here](https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@azircon/land-efficiency-ratios), and [here](https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@azircon/following-up-on-lpe-the-jedo-version). The second one I call _The Jedo Version_, simply because how @thejedo climbed up the ladder. I have some good news for people. Many have read my posts and stepped up and optimized their land games almost immediately (that includes me!). So many of us have climbed up this particular ladder and we have displaced jedo! No worries, knowing him, I have full confidence that he will catch up soon enough!

Alright, this is just an arbitrary sort, suggested by @vugtis. It is a look of land owners who are generating more than 500 DEC/hr.

https://i.imghippo.com/files/ql9669UQs.png

The table corresponding to this simple chart is below:

The chart is sorted as per the DEC/hr ranking that is generated on May 29,2025.

| DEC Rank | Player             | Plot Rank | Active Plot Count | Total DEC | LPE_ratio | LPE_rank |
|----------|--------------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|----------|
| 1        | vugtis             | 1         | 4512              | 18,876    | 4.18      | 176      |
| 2        | michealb           | 15        | 459               | 4,982     | 10.86     | 46       |
| 3        | jarvie             | 2         | 1409              | 4,024     | 2.86      | 278      |
| 4        | fighter4-freedom   | 25        | 272               | 3,499     | 12.86     | 31       |
| 5        | cryptoeater        | 50        | 134               | 3,079     | 22.98     | 12       |
| 6        | cryptomancer       | 3         | 1138              | 2,700     | 2.37      | 344      |
| 7        | spswhale           | 13        | 481               | 2,692     | 5.60      | 115      |
| 8        | goldmatters        | 62        | 112               | 2,502     | 22.34     | 13       |
| 9        | kesryn             | 132       | 63                | 1,694     | 26.90     | 6        |
| 10       | brybro27           | 23        | 320               | 1,684     | 5.26      | 131      |
| 11       | yabapmatt          | 52        | 131               | 1,650     | 12.59     | 34       |
| 12       | maisiewss          | 111       | 74                | 1,425     | 19.26     | 18       |
| 13       | tufkat             | 125       | 69                | 1,296     | 18.79     | 20       |
| 14       | promote.helper     | 8         | 896               | 1,212     | 1.35      | 541      |
| 15       | abrockman          | 145       | 57                | 1,123     | 19.70     | 17       |
| 16       | neoxian            | 84        | 99                | 1,095     | 11.07     | 43       |
| 17       | emakulator         | 19        | 368               | 1,081     | 2.94      | 264      |
| 18       | queenofmonsters    | 4         | 1104              | 1,074     | 0.97      | 657      |
| 19       | nai.collection     | 16        | 401               | 1,052     | 2.62      | 306      |
| 20       | fatjimmy           | 26        | 258               | 1,044     | 4.04      | 189      |
| 21       | marianaemilia      | 101       | 84                | 992       | 11.81     | 40       |
| 22       | jeffopenscards     | 22        | 327               | 985       | 3.01      | 257      |
| 23       | splinterpartner    | 6         | 1008              | 949       | 0.94      | 665      |
| 24       | dagny-taggart      | 37        | 194               | 911       | 4.69      | 150      |
| 25       | humblyhonest       | 7         | 963               | 894       | 0.93      | 668      |
| 26       | frozeland          | 130       | 64                | 817       | 12.77     | 32       |
| 27       | cyguy              | 270       | 26                | 798       | 30.69     | 2        |
| 28       | fantasycrypto      | 21        | 334               | 780       | 2.34      | 348      |
| 29       | johancr            | 88        | 97                | 771       | 7.95      | 77       |
| 30       | vcdragon           | 34        | 205               | 740       | 3.61      | 213      |
| 31       | hanv               | 55        | 128               | 737       | 5.76      | 112      |
| 32       | blewitt            | 29        | 227               | 722       | 3.18      | 248      |
| 33       | azircon            | 12        | 563               | 719       | 1.28      | 560      |
| 34       | bubke              | 18        | 395               | 701       | 1.77      | 433      |
| 35       | hive-engine        | 17        | 400               | 687       | 1.72      | 442      |
| 36       | jesterago          | 11        | 564               | 645       | 1.14      | 597      |
| 37       | gamecredits.org    | 49        | 136               | 626       | 4.61      | 155      |
| 38       | setec-astronomy    | 43        | 170               | 621       | 3.65      | 211      |
| 39       | tameshon           | 44        | 167               | 616       | 3.69      | 208      |
| 40       | mattclarke         | 197       | 39                | 592       | 15.17     | 25       |
| 41       | cjturtlelands      | 33        | 210               | 584       | 2.78      | 286      |
| 42       | masterthematrix    | 65        | 109               | 580       | 5.32      | 124      |
| 43       | imperij4427        | 89        | 96                | 575       | 5.99      | 105      |
| 44       | sci-populi         | 32        | 216               | 568       | 2.63      | 304      |
| 45       | steelman           | 24        | 299               | 563       | 1.88      | 418      |
| 46       | zalomir            | 230       | 32                | 554       | 17.32     | 21       |
| 47       | photohunt          | 41        | 175               | 554       | 3.16      | 249      |
| 48       | redundancy4040     | 9         | 795               | 551       | 0.69      | 788      |
| 49       | beescards          | 31        | 217               | 545       | 2.51      | 321      |
| 50       | schachoberhessen   | 325       | 20                | 534       | 26.72     | 7        |
| 51       | bengiles           | 40        | 178               | 516       | 2.90      | 270      |
| 52       | notaboutme         | 140       | 60                | 502       | 8.37      | 73       |




One of the bigger mover on this chart is me, the red bar, compared to just 3 days back.

### That old table from 3 days back

| DEC Rank | Player          | Active Plot Count | Total DEC/hr | LPE Ratio |
|----------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------|
| 31       | cyguy          | 26                | 807.00       | 31.04     |
| 42       | redundancy4040 | 780               | 633.05       | 0.81      |
| 142      | azircon        | 478               | 134.26       | 0.28      |

I was languishing at position 142, and now I am at 33, generating 719 DEC/hr, right next to my friend @blewitt! Trust me, that was a lot of mouse clicking and $5000 in cash :)



![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/azircon/23u5vePV4HhcABTeh3Jq6xPrPtA4NzHzBRLNXnuBjMbMiEuYyTg5bxPu18ibPk5XZa2ar.png)


# A bit of Analysis

Vugtis clearly is the leader on anything land, but just due to his super-massive position, it is nearly impossible for him to be very efficient. As a reminder to the reader, LPE is one of the efficiency ratio, defined as follows:

> Land Plot Efficiency (LPE) = (Total DEC Equivalent generated/hr) / (Number of active Plots)

> Land Card Efficiency (LCE) = (Total PP employed)/ (Total DEC Equivalent generated/hr)

_LCE can be regular or boosted_

Although Vugtis earns the highest amount of DEC/hr, currently at 18,876 DEC/hr, and runs 4512 active plots (rank 1 in Plots too obviously), he is certainly not the most efficient. His LPE is 4.18, and his rank is 176 among 2464 people who has active land plot. 

I chose redundancy4040 and cyguy as two end member spectrum with people that are generating a lot of DEC, but at a very different efficiency. I also compared myself in the mix, and I was down in the gutter. Running 478 plots and yet generating only 134 DEC/hr. Things are better now for me at 563 plots, 719 DEC/hr, LPE of 1.28. I am still very inefficient, ranking 560, but this is progress! I don't think I can improve my LPE ranking too much, but I can improve my DEC ranking further without much additional cost.         



![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/azircon/23u5vePV4HhcABTeh3Jq6xPrPtA4NzHzBRLNXnuBjMbMiEuYyTg5bxPu18ibPk5XZa2ar.png)

# The Bad

I have mentioned toward the end of the previous post that a lot of land owners generatie negative DEC. That means they have to spend DEC to run the plots. Now that may not be a bad thing for a short run. Even I had that for a little bit. However, it is not very smart to do it long term, because potentially you are destroying value for yourself (that is the worse case), or you may want to convince yourself by saying, you are generating future value for yourself.

There can be multiple ways to have negative DEC/hr. 

- Running too many plots with Research and not have enough raw materials
- Running too many plots for Aura Lab, but value of the potions are less than raw materials
- Running too many plots for SPS, where your raw material cost is higher than the value of SPS you generate

Whichever, thing that you are doing, if you are generating negative DEC/hr, your LDE is negative, and you will plot in the negative quadrant!

https://i.imghippo.com/files/jIo6025rA.png

Did I say LDE? Land DEC Efficiency Ratio! :)

> Land DEC Efficiency (LDE) = (total_dec_stake_in_use)/(DEC/hr*24)

In other words, I have the data for staked DEC of every user. It will be easier with an example:

I stake 26,486,015 DEC to earn 719.41 DEC/hr -> or 719.41*24 = 17,265.84 DEC/day

My LDE = 26,486,015 / 17,265.84 = 1534.01

In other words, I am keeping 1534 DEC staked to earn 1 DEC/day. Here high LDE is not good. Efficient people will have lower LDE. Let us look at a few familiar names.

| DEC Rank | Player          | Boosted PP   | Active Plot Count | Total DEC Stake In Use | LDE Ratio | Total DEC | LCE Ratio Boosted | LPE Ratio | LPE Rank |
|----------|------------------|--------------|--------------------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------------|-----------|----------|
| 1        | vugtis           | 119,569,125  | 4512               | 217,985,919             | 481.19    | 18875.60  | 6334.59            | 4.18      | 176      |
| 8        | goldmatters      | 15,557,222   | 112                | 1,520,451               | 25.32     | 2502.30   | 6217.17            | 22.34     | 13       |
| 9        | kesryn           | 10,939,238   | 63                 | 1,016,119               | 24.99     | 1694.43   | 6455.99            | 26.90     | 6        |
| 27       | cyguy            | 5,377,491    | 26                 | 100,125                 | 5.23      | 798.03    | 6738.49            | 30.69     | 2        |
| 33       | azircon          | 10,187,255   | 563                | 26,486,015              | 1534.01   | 719.41    | 14160.52           | 1.28      | 560      |
| 48       | redundancy4040   | 11,351,529   | 795                | 31,785,682              | 2404.24   | 550.86    | 20606.90           | 0.69      | 788      |

Now compare cyguy to vugtis; their LDEs are 5.23 and 481.19 respectively. 

To earn 1 DEC, cyguy requires only 5 DEC! This is remarkable!

To earn 1 DEC, vugtis requires 481 DEC. This is rather good compared to me, as I need 3X plus of that, but it is nothing compared to cyguy! I am going to guess that cyguy is running 24 Runis! :) That is the only way!

There you have it, if you earn negative, all your ratios are negative, and you plot on the negative quadrant in the plot above. 


![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/azircon/23u5vePV4HhcABTeh3Jq6xPrPtA4NzHzBRLNXnuBjMbMiEuYyTg5bxPu18ibPk5XZa2ar.png)

# The Ugly

There are lot of small land holders with a few plots, sometimes only 1 or 2. It is okay to be negative in that case. I mean it will be great if everyone is positive but a player with 10 plots running a small negative DEC earning doesn't bother me at all. However, the ugly bit is, the owners in the table below owns a region total if we add all the plots, and has a lot of cards and DEC. Yet, they are mismanaging their plots in a big way. 

| DEC Rank | Player           | Boosted PP | Active Plot Count | Total DEC Stake In Use | LDE Ratio | Total DEC | LCE Ratio Boosted | LPE Ratio |
|----------|------------------|------------|--------------------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------------|-----------|
| 2464     | cryp71x          | 6,297,744  | 757                | 7,888,565               | -553      | -594      | -10595             | -0.79     |
| 2450     | wa-cha           | 938,286    | 100                | 4,541,661               | -1694     | -112      | -8401              | -1.12     |
| 2460     | bitcoinsig       | 4,641,015  | 123                | 3,868,009               | -660      | -244      | -19010             | -1.98     |
| 2398     | yggspl           | 1,576,503  | 71                 | 3,520,000               | -4544     | -32       | -48839             | -0.45     |
| 2455     | icecreamtony     | 1,387,566  | 71                 | 3,197,031               | -824      | -162      | -8580              | -2.28     |
| 2462     | kauffdiggity     | 1,867,845  | 104                | 2,836,201               | -288      | -411      | -4548              | -3.95     |
| 1671     | mightyrocklee    | 543,395    | 74                 | 2,466,595               | -133499   | -1        | -705842            | -0.01     |
| 2434     | sevenlegspider   | 2,227,877  | 74                 | 2,315,921               | -1714     | -56       | -39566             | -0.76     |

I see an opportunity here. Folks with some money and people who are interested in this game should consider buying these assets off their hands. It will be good for them, and it will be good for you!

Hope this helps! :)


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