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Hello Splinterlands community. How are you?
Today's post will be about trivia. If you are a curious person like me and like to investigate everything you will like this post.
The original idea for this post came from the curiosity to know why there is a profile called @Steemmonsters and why the curators are done by it.
I started in the game just a month ago and every day I get more envolved with this project.
And the search for the answer to my curiosity took me to another dimension, making me go back to the past and discover curiosities about the game.
The result of this I present here to you, but first I would like to thank @Carrieallen and @marianaemilia for being so thoughtful and responding with as much affection my questions.
The following information was mainly collected from posts published on official game profiles, in some I will leave the link to the original post.
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And let's start by answering what caused my immersion in the universe of splinterlands.
The original name of the game is Steem Monsters, in April 2019 the game was renamed Splinterlands. The game started on the Steem Blockchain platform and was later changed to a Hive blockchain platform, also changing the name of the game.
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The *Speellbook* was called the *Starter Set*, cost $5 (but another $5 was charged to create a Steem account) and had 15 starting cards, then passed it at the cost of $10 with 30 starting cards that could be traded (except for free Starter Sets accepted by promo codes).
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At the end of the year 2019 Splinterlands organized a big New Year's tournament and distributed 2M DEC in prizes. 710 players participated in the tournament which took over 3 hours and was divided into 10 rounds.
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The *reward* cards set to be earned in season 4 and had 10 starting cards. You can find more information about the 10 cards [here.](https://peakd.com/steemmonsters/@steemmonsters/new-reward-edition-cards)
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Splinterlands has a book. For its making, several contests were held where players submitted their stories, drawings and card ideas. You can find the complete book and how player-produced fanarts at [SplinterLore.](https://www.splinterlore.com/)
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@Carrieallen and @chrisroberts *The Masters of Lore* have joined the splinterlands team for showing off their incredible storytelling creativity. If the Lore exists, it's mostly thanks to these two. You can read more about their announcement as part of the team [here.](https://peakd.com/steemmonsters/@steemmonsters/introducing-the-lore-masters)
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Materials such as stickers, t-shirts, physical letters and copies of SpliterLore were made in the campaign to promote the Untamed edition. You can read more about a Kikstarter Untamed campaign [here.](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/526764488/splinterlands-untamed-a-blockchain-trading-card-game?)
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The deck of cards contained 59 cards, inicialy, from the alpha set printed with beta skin. Some *Foiled* (shiny) decks were also made around 100 copies of the SplinterLore book were distributed.
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6 *Summoners* were made in partnership with players as part of the Kickstarter campaign of the *Untamed* edition.
The **Mimosa Nightshade** character was made in partnership with player @doloknight, [learn more.](https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@splinterlands/first-untamed-legendary-summoner-revealed)
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The character **Yodin Zaku** was made in partnership with players @neoxian and @zaku, [learn more.](https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@splinterlands/second-untamed-legendary-summoner-revealed)
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The character **Chanseus The Great** was made in partnered with @ChanceTheGuy and @Dreamryder007, [learn more.](https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@splinterlands/third-untamed-legendary-summoner-revealed)
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The character **Lir Deepswimmer** was made in partnered with @NealMcSoadden, [learn more.](https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@splinterlands/fourth-untamed-legendary-summoner-revealed-and-upcoming-maintenance)
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The character **Scarred Llama Mage** was made in partnered with @newageinv, [learn more.](https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@splinterlands/fifth-untamed-legendary-summoner-revealed)
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The character **Byzantine Kitty** character was made in partnership with @byzantinist [learn more.](https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@steemmonsters/10th-untamed-airdrop-card-revealed)
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# Card and abiliity balancing
The *summoner* **Prince Julian** gave initialy -1HP debuff to enemies but this debuff was removed.
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**Fire Spitter** had the *redemption* ability which was also removed.
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**Serpentine Mystic** had the *Weaken* ability replaced by *Slow*.
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The **Fallen Specter** character was called *Unholy Spirit*. The name was changed as it represents an offense to some players of certain religions.
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The *Weaken* skill reduced the melee attack and health of opposing monsters, however the melee attack reduction part was removed.
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**Prince Rennyn** gave buffs of +2HP and +1 ranged attack, his buffs were changed to +1 ranged attack, +1 HP and +1 speed.
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The melee attack Debuff even decrease the attacks of characters that had 1 attack, leaving it at 0. This was changed in season 4.
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The ability *Halving* in your initial idea would halve the opponent's attack whenever the character that had this ability was hit and soon was changed to the ability we have today, where the opposing monster hit by a card that has this ability will have its attack reduced by half. The first time this ability appeared was in **Halfling Alchemist** character.
https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/edward.martin/23xAR7yM5G6E8h3znZnDz8PLYU3GkuUbQYZ4ocJA7682oVPk9CYCb4PZMQcNYUvy1B1bn.png
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A variety of cards also had small changes in health, mana and/or speed to stay more balanced, were several and as changes were small I don't put it here.
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Some buffs and nerfs granted by summoners have a green or red circle around them. The green circle means that the ability will be granted to all friendly monsters. The red circle means that the skill's effect will be granted to all opposing monsters.
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**Cursed Slimeball** was desing by @yabapmatt son.
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The maximum and minimum mana limits of the modifications were gradually changing as new cards were released, in season 6, for example, the minimum mana was 15 and the maximum 32.
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When entering using the referral link, the new player and the referral account received cards and could even receive a Legendary Gold Foil - GFL this reward was deactivated in May 2021 (currently only the referral account receives credits in the proportion of 5% referring to to purchases made by the affiliate).
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These were just some of the main curiosities I found, there are certainly many more interesting things. Finding all this information just makes me want to go back in time to participate in this amazing project from the beginning.
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I'd like to congratulate @aggroed and @yabapmatt for their genius, if the project is growing and breaking records day after day it's mainly for the way you two drive ideas mainly by listening to the community. I'm sure the game will reach much higher heights and I'm happy to be a part of it, even if it's a little late.
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Did you like to know about these curiosities? [Here you can find a little more about Splinterlands history.](https://docs.splinterlands.com/timeline/history)
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Olá comunidade Splinterlands. Como vai?
O post de hoje será sobre curiosidades. Se você é uma pessoa curiosa como eu e gosta de investigar tudo irá gostar desse post.
A ideia original desse post surgiu da curiosidade em saber porque existe um perfil chamado @Steemmonsters e o porquê das curadorias são feitas por ele.
Comecei no jogo faz apenas um mês e cada dia fico mais envolvido com esse projeto.
E a busca pela resposta de minha curiosidade me levou para uma outra dimensão, fazendo-me voltar ao passado e descobrir inúmeras curiosidades sobre o jogo.
O resultado disso eu apresento aqui para vocês, mas antes gostaria de agradecer a @Carrieallen e a @marianaemilia por serem tão atenciosas e responderem com tanto carinho as minhas dúvidas.
As informações a seguir foram coletadas principalmente dos posts publicados nos perfis oficiais do jogo, em alguns eu deixarei o link para a postagem original.
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E vamos começar respondendo o que ocasionou a minha imersão no universo de splinterlands.
O nome original do jogo é Steem Monsters, em abril de 2019 o jogo passou a se chamar Splinterlands. O jogo começou na plataforma Steem Blockchain e posteriormente foi mudado para a plataforma blockchain do Hive mudando também o nome do jogo.
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O *Speellbook* se chamava *Starter Set* , inicialmente custava $5 (mas outros $5 eram cobrados para que uma conta da Steem fosse criada) e possuía 15 cartas iniciais, depois passou ao custo de $10 com 30 cartas iniciais que podiam ser comercializadas (exceto para Starter Sets gratuitos obtidos por códigos promocionais).
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No final do ano de 2019 o Splinterlands organizou um grande torneio de Ano Novo e distribuiu 2M de DEC em prêmios. 710 jogadores participaram do torneio que demorou mais de 3 horas e foi dividido em 10 rodadas.
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Os cards *Reward* começaram a ser obtidos na 4ª temporada e teve 10 cards iniciais. Você pode encontrar mais informações sobre os 10 cards [aqui.](https://peakd.com/steemmonsters/@steemmonsters/new-reward-edition-cards)
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O Splinterlands possui um livro. Para sua confecção foram realizados vários concursos onde os jogadores enviavam suas histórias, desenhos e ideias de cards. Você pode encontrar o livro completo e as fanarts produzidas pelos jogadores em [SplinterLore.](https://www.splinterlore.com/)
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@Carrieallen e @chrisroberts os *The Masters of Lore* juntaram-se à equipe de splinterlands por mostrarem sua incrível criatividade escrevendo histórias. Se o Lore existe é principalmente graças a esses dois. Você pode ler mais sobre o anúncio deles como parte da equipe [aqui.](https://peakd.com/steemmonsters/@steemmonsters/introducing-the-lore-masters)
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Na campanha de promoção da edição *Untamed* foram confeccionados materiais como adesivos, camisetas, cartas físicas e cópias impressas do SpliterLore você pode ler mais sobre a campanha Kikstarter Untamed [aqui.](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/526764488/splinterlands-untamed-a-blockchain-trading-card-game?)
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O baralho de cartas continha 59 cartas, inicialmente, do conjunto alfa impressos com skin beta. Também foram confeccionados alguns baralhos Foiled brilhante e cerca de 100 cópias do livro SplinterLore foram distribuídas.
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6 *Summoners* foram confeccionados em parceria com jogadores como parte da campanha Kickstarter da edição *Untamed*.
A personagem **Mimosa Nightshade** foi feita em parceria com o jogador @doloknight, [saiba mais.](https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@splinterlands/first-untamed-legendary-summoner-revealed)
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O personagem **Yodin Zaku** foi feito em parceria com os jogadores @neoxian e @zaku, [saiba mais.](https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@splinterlands/second-untamed-legendary-summoner-revealed)
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O personagem **Chanseus The Great** foi feito em parceria com @ChanceTheGuy e @Dreamryder007, [saiba mais.](https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@splinterlands/third-untamed-legendary-summoner-revealed)
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O personagem **Lir Deepswimmer** foi feito em parceria com @NealMcSoadden, [saiba mais.](https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@splinterlands/fourth-untamed-legendary-summoner-revealed-and-upcoming-maintenance)
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O personagem **Scarred Llama Mage** foi feito em parceria com @newageinv, [saiba mais.](https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@splinterlands/fifth-untamed-legendary-summoner-revealed)
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A personagem **Byzantine Kitty** foi feita em parceria com @byzantinist, [saiba mais.](https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@steemmonsters/10th-untamed-airdrop-card-revealed)
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# Balanceamento de cartas e habilidades
O *summoner* **Prince Julian** inicialmente dava debuff de -1HP nos inimigos mas esse debuff foi removido.
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**Fire Spitter** inicialmente tinha a habilidade de *Redemption* que também foi removida.
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**Serpentine Mystic** teve a habilidade *Weaken* substituída por *Slow*.
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O personagem **Fallen Specter** originalmente se chamava *Unholy Spirit*. O nome foi alterado por representar uma ofensa para jogadores de certas religiões.
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A habilidade *Weaken* inicialmente reduzia o ataque corpo a corpo e a vida dos monstros adversários, porém a parte de redução do ataque corpo a corpo foi removida.
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**Prince Rennyn** inicialmente dava buff de +2HP e +1 de ataque à distância, seus buffs foram modificados para +1 de ataque à distância, +1 de HP e +1 de velocidade.
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O Debuff de ataque corpo a corpo reduzia até mesmo os ataques dos personagens que possuíam 1 de ataque, deixando-o com 0. Isso foi alterado na season 4.
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A habilidade *Halving* em sua ideia inicial reduziria pela metade o ataque adversário sempre que o personagem que possuía essa habilidade fosse atingido e logo foi mudada para a habilidade que temos hoje, onde o monstro adversário atingido por uma carta que possua essa habilidade terá seu ataque reduzido pela metade. A primeira vez que essa habilidade apareceu foi no personagem **Halfling Alchemist**.
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Uma variedade de cartas também tiveram pequenas alterações na saúde, mana e/ou velocidade para que as batalhas ficassem mais equilibradas, como foram várias e as mudanças foram pequenas eu não as coloquei aqui.
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Alguns buffs e nerfs conceditos por summoners possuem um círculo verde ou vermelho em volta. O círculo verde significa que a habilidade será concedita a todos os monstros aliados. O círculo vermelho significa que o efeito da habilidade será concedida a todos os monstros adversários.
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O **Cursed Slimeball** foi desenhado pelo filho de @yabapmatt.
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O limite máximo e mínimo de mana das batalhas foram mudando gradativamente conforme novos cards eram lançados, na 6ª temporada, por exemplo, o mana mínimo era 15 e o máximo 32..
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Ao entrar utilizando o link de referência o jogador novo e a conta de referência recebiam cartas podendo receber até mesmo uma Gold Foil Legendary – GFL essa recompensa foi desativada em maio de 2021 (atualmente só a conta de referência recebe créditos na proporção de 5% referente a compras feitas pelo filiado).
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Essas foram só algumas das principais curiosidades que encontrei, com certeza existem muito mais coisas interessantes. Encontrar todas essas informações só me faz querer voltar ao tempo para participar desse incrível projeto desde o início.
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Eu gostaria de parabenizar @aggroed e @yabapmatt pela genialidade, se o projeto está crescendo e quebrando recordes dia após dia é principalmente pela forma como vocês dois conduzem as ideias principalmente ouvindo a comunidade. Tenho certeza que o jogo alcançará patamares muito maiores e sou feliz por fazer parte disso, mesmo que um pouco tarde.
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Gostou de saber sobre essas curiosidades? [Aqui você pode encontrar um pouco mais sobre a história de Splinterlands. ](https://docs.splinterlands.com/timeline/history)
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