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I find comfort in playing Splinterlands more these days since the FTX fiscal.  It seems there is always some bad news that is worse than the day before on FTX, but if I just play many battles in Splinterlands I tend to forget that cryptocurrency right now is in a major down turn.

When I first started using Hive blog which then was Steemit I did not consistently blog.  Then came Splinterlands and although I remain not consistent in blogging I was consistently playing and staying active with the game.  Now rolling to near its four full year mark the game has grown so much.

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Although gaming activity has fallen from its peak the activities are still much higher than when the game was introduced in 2018.  Its remarkable how far the project has gone and with that it has given me a lot of hope that bright future is ahead for it and crypto in general.

<h2>My Daily Focus</h2>

At silver league I am able to obtain enough focus points to earn around 13 - 14 reward chests daily.  Today I ended up with 13.

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Best pull was the gold foil common.  Guess I should post my daily earnings more often than maybe each day I actually earn something decent LOL.

<h2>New Battle Formation Setups</h2>

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An update in the game that I noticed was the formation setup.  It appears now when you are in formation setup and changed your summoner the initial monsters lineup remain intact unless you move toward a different splinter.  The update helps players trying to get a formation in play without having to every time start from scratch if they change their mind on summoner.

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With a little more than two days remaining in the season I finally got above top 100 in silver league.  It remains to be seen if I can actually get into top 40 to earn end of season DEC.  It would be nice if I can but will have to see.

Finally on the front of DEC and SPS it appears price of the token is trending down causing prices of cards to move quite a bit, at least to the prices of cards I am interested in.

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Although for DEC considering where it was even just a month ago I would say the recent drop is more of a consolidation in price.  That is not the same as what the whole cryptocurrency market appears to be going through.

There has been discussions going around that Splinterlands themselves were the major buyers of DEC causing for the recent price rise. Whether true or not the developers are investing hard earned money back into the game, which I say is a really good thing.  In the long run if DEC can get back to peg and hold it will boost asset prices and provide the confidence to its investors and players a like that this game is worth investing and playing.  Time will tell if it happens and you know which side I am rooting for.

Until next time thanks for reading!!!

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<h3>If You have yet to take part in playing this great game called Splinterlands please click on my <a href="https://steemmonsters.com?ref=mawit07">referral link</a>.  It is free but in order to earn real assets such as cards and token you would have to invest in a starter deck or purchase game cards.  Join the <a href="https://discord.gg/ZPdUpszf">discord</a> to learn more.  Good luck!</h3>

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