Here is my weekly status and giveaway. It was a fairly busy week for me so there were times I forgot to do my missions for a few hours. However the grind is always going to be there and I will still be focusing on growing my own account. It's been a while since the last time I checked how much I earned but I think I have found an easier way to do so and I plan on including my earnings again.

## Giveaway
I just picked a rare card that I got twice and never gave away in the past.
![1-22 Jaine.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jfang003/23y8mRX67XHB7qVJuasRZqPGH28RVjtpmz9b38qSAkga1D467PZkcL9Q3mWgu6hMU5wnW.png)
The giveaway item is R119 Janine and it has 50 fans, 150 skill, 2 luck and 2 income modifier. All musicians help quite a bit and it will definitely help the people starting unlock more missions. This musician also has more skills than fans so it will help if you have too much ego.

### Rules

In order to participate:

- Leave a **comment**
- Include your **username** in your comment

This time if you do not leave your username, I will not include you in the draw. I want to reward the people who follow the rules.

### Results of Last Giveaway

The winner is @harpreetjanda.
![spin result.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jfang003/23yJC1BDGp1u4ZutHCb3FqiUT2LtZygfVdwkEMMiccUr9kY9qy5tDWRsyL3skQXsCx8J6.png)
Thank you to the rest of the valid participants that did not win but might be interested in the next giveaway: @myeong, @hoosie, @mario02, @yeckingo1, @rayius, @belhaven14, @spryquasar, @amaillo, @netsrac, @hhayweaver, @ravenmus1c, @technocrypton, @silver-edge, @new.things, @lokywolf2295, @s3rg4, @pedrobrito2004, @imfarhad, @magooz, @dubble, @handtalk5, @blitzzzz, @rentaw03, @zacherybinx, @bboyady, @davidewallet, @txracer, @darmst5339, @moonthumb,  @bboyady, @rafasete, @phaeton, @bacon-dub, @zeclipse, @listik303, @dagum, @joalheal, @uggya, @jesmel26nala, @special1st, @maxgolden, @surien, @indiebandguru, @sm-pro, @libertycrypto27, @elduderino420a, @dalekma, @cybercrypt0, @michupa, @dyson-the-booper, @chaosmagic23, @hilbyguy, @yhix8ycqc, @siramadeus, @marvinix, @middle-earthling, @betaplay, @falcout, @servelle, @andrik

I transferred the Dan below.
![1-22 transfer.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jfang003/EoAZLA3Mvc2Tovw3fRwLD6rJ4TRr9Ns9ZyGDkjYtZ3WBiNhrrRPpA2YqCS91iVnRuoi.png)

## Current Status
![status.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jfang003/48PvoWcqq8UeQMdD9hxBfDvC49vvSR7F3vpaMvRAiNrxHcMSndLfabWDv3qwgrWMNf.png)
As I am only taking out starbits in 100k chunks, it has made managing how much I earned a lot easier. There is about 800 or so starbits from the overnight mission (took screenshot in morning). So I earned 213k starbits this week (140k from missions and 70k from starbit millionaire). There was no real good packs from my pack openings during the week so I left that out. At the same time, I did not buy any cards off the market. 

### Current Stats
Using the discord bot, I got my stats.
![stats.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jfang003/23tm7BmkH5mVuSti4vCBS8v1qu7DWNAiTFURDYEwkN7GsVvAhYoiAVLo1BBKzPjZ5L8eZ.png)

## Rankings
My rank is down from last week but the prize pool was increased. So at least I am not suffering from less rewards.
![ranking.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jfang003/23tRvj2ZdSE7SFZD3tH7Wbe7e5o4V2G4Z8igzaNmXC6kVUYJpjD1ntXy9t2ye8hUFHKEh.png)
I thought my time played was better but it looks like I am still missing out on a few hours a day where I could be doing something. I will try to do better next week.

If you want to join Rising star, feel free to use my [referral link](https://www.risingstargame.com?referrer=jfang003).

## Tips ([source](https://peakd.com/hive-175836/@surya1adiga/rising-star-weekly-status-and))
I think the tips are something every new player should know about. It will help people progress in the game and it hasn't really been shared since surya1adiga stopped his giveaways.
1. Take music lessons when possible to raise skill and reduce ego.
2. Having lesson specific instruments helps in receiving more skill from that lesson.
3. Have pizza box to store any pizza received during mission to reuse later.
4. Buy cold pizza slice if possible. This gives 1 refill every 24hours. Comes very handy when you are low on energy.
5. If you have enough of cold pizza slice and pizza box, you will never run out of energy.
6. If you have more fans than skill and you want reduce the ego , you can use a storage trailer to store unnecessary cards. Or you can list the card in market for an unreasonably high price.
7. Ego received for a particular mission increases every time you play it. The ego is reset to base level the next day. So, try to play different missions to control the ego gained.
8. ~~Keep track of your achievements to unlock in game rewards~~
9. Buy storage trailer (only if necessary) to keep the cards that might have a negative effect. Like a card with high fan count resulting in ego.
10. When earning skill points through music lessons, you can earn more points per lesson if you hold more of specific instrument cards. There seems to be base skill which is rewarded irrespective of the card count and then the skill increases depending on the number of the lesson specific card one has.
11. Try taking up many smaller missions to fill up pizza boxes and have extra energy to play more rewarding missions. But you need to have pizza boxes for this to work.