Here is my weekly status and giveaway. I am still running the seasonal mission as much as I can before it runs out on the 24th. My luck on instruments wasn't too bad but I still don't think I will get the blended cards. Unfortunately my timing on missions is still pretty bad as I tend to forget about Rising Star when things get busy.

## Giveaway
I decided to give out another musician this week because they are very useful for old and new players alike.
![2-19 hetty.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jfang003/EogLRVZsRhGT7Cz2b992NrLnCnoKBSZu7113eiepxGV8FcfwoCggMeQ5CPC8Jr6RzNp.png)
The giveaway item is R132 Hetty and it has 100 fans, 125 skill, 4 luck and 3 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 @amaillo.
![2-19 wheel.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jfang003/23yTctroBHqRXpypydUPkiXfP9KLVKpyDbCQJgTvBFq8FVUrgSWTkJiKnW6wMrKp7Pt5Z.png)
Thank you to the rest of the valid participants that did not win but might be interested in the next giveaway: @myeong, @mario02, @yeckingo1, @rayius, @belhaven14, @methodofmad, @netsrac, @hhayweaver, @ravenmus1c, @technocrypton, @pedrobrito2004, @imfarhad, @dubble, @handtalk5, @blitzzzz, @rentaw03, @txracer, @darmst5339, @rafasete, @dagum, @joalheal, @harpreetjanda, @indiebandguru, @elduderino420a, @dyson-the-booper, @chaosmagic23, @falcout, @servelle, @stekene, @luizeba, @lofone, @thaddeusprime, @stranger27, @moonthumb, @desertjoe, @phaeton, @maxgolden, @lipe100dedos, @ericburgoyne, @belzebuzi, @lozio71, @cherute, @pregosauce, @s3rg4, @zero-exp, @lordanquek, @supriya.gupta, @cpol, @tengolotodo, @successchar, @andy-plays, @middle-earthling, @filuris, @sm-pro, @subwaysurfer, @oxidil, @whickey, @saimaali, @spryquasar, @szmobacsi, @uggya, @maurye23, @preddor95, @thedoc07, @nysster, @killerwot, @alekseidupin, @josichiramirez, @new.things, @johnripper, @virtualinsanity

I transferred the Diamond Mic below
![2-19 transfer.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jfang003/23tvaHWG1xdgaHhChiSo7kUb7GyfLBLeYRsCqUddqtTyBmUdBpwpz2uxhvjxofjT9n2kG.png)

## Current Status
![status.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jfang003/23wBy2XxAcxid8SFMyQHrWaktps7siUYqJt32kcisfp5NNvVYhStH747U6L1iEV96BYGJ.png)
Like last week, my earnings in the week is around 163k. It looks like I can't earn 100k from missions during the week (outside the starbit millionaire) because of the seasonal mission (gives zero starbits). However it does give extra cards which also have some starbit value. I use to be able get it so I blame myself for not being more timely with missions.

![2-16 notable.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jfang003/23wCBzTorY6GQoC8RnxGaHtJZyamiCqxtTPSR4sbFdVdGg9QL52NJ2y2zvoJ4xFgULNAo.png)
There were no epic cards but I did get an extra copy of Juliet from my pack openings. I have nowhere close to enough to make a blended version so I will just keep it as a copy to trade in the future.

![violin.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jfang003/23xANwJLZFFSruKT2TW74LoECy5uJjUEYYoPPpeoWAVnGdqydRR78NNTB7wtkisDJ6gjF.png)
![acoustic.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jfang003/EowEgPUfruf2PCGwoQnUfrojZ2przNhHt4sgpcssBVwkVGMCsUXA3gVa9BuFZ5D89D1.png)
I didn't realize it, but it looks like I got 6 violins last week but no Acoustics. If I get 2 more violins, I can make a blended version of that card and I will probably skip the blended version of the acoustic.

### Current Stats
Using the discord bot, I got my stats.
![stats.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jfang003/23tbiXR9wz51EAMqmK7njbHG9LGmFJkZbDLbU4Bbw81vgbBC7kwWUo5FY4PDS47N1MEL4.png)

## Current Ranking
![ranking.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jfang003/Eo6C7mhSaFVwnc3j1QiWSVGYmja5ibrXqFwJCTctdZg4fdaY35sNw1jtRbxFaf9PWZW.png)
My ranking is a few spots up from last week but my minutes played is about the same. So I guess the players around my ranking were slacking off a bit and this allowed me to go up a bit.

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.