Steemmonsters Experiment - Starting From Scratch In Season 6 - Day 4

Just a short report on day 4 of the experiment in which I start playing Steemmonsters with only a starter deck. I want to experience first hand what it is like to join the game at the start of season 6.

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Just A Quickie

I don't have a lot of time to spare today, so this report of day 4 of my experiment won't be as long as the previous posts.

I'm starting to get the hang of playing at level 1 again. Of course, the new cards I bought from the money I earned by selling my very first reward card, the Gold Foil Wood Nymph had a lot to do with the fact that it took me only 6 battles to complete my daily quest.

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The first one was a draw, and the fourth one I got for free, because my opponent fled the battlefield.

Also, I was lucky that the game assigned me the Death splinter for my DQ, because it's my favorite splinter, and as a result also the one I know best.

Unfair

It becomes more clear to me every day that this experiment has no value at all. The fact that I know the cards and (half of) the rules by heart gives me a significant advantage. The fact that I could extend my starter deck with no less than 10 new cards after selling the gold foil reward card I earned, made it even worse.

Sometimes it is so obvious that I'm playing against real newcomers that I feel guilty for making their DQ harder than it is supposed to be.

Some of them don't have clue about what they're doing, just like we didn't know what we were doing in the beginning.
How else could you explain the following:

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Althoug it's a 22 mana battle, my opponent had set up a team that was worth only 11 mana (if I counted right). Maybe he just ran out of time. It happens to me pretty often during a tournament, so I know what it's like. Or maybe he just needs someone to help him to get started...

Good News And Bad News

The good news is that I reached Bronze 2 during yesterday's DQ.

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I expect things to go smoothly for a little while longer, but I assume that once I make it to bronze 3, it's going to be a lot harder to win my battles. But I'll just have to wait and see. A lot depends on the reward cards I win. The more valuable they are, the faster I can build my basic deck, and the better my chances will be.

Speaking of reward cards, ...
After getting two Creeping Oozes with a market value of 6 cents, I didn't think it could get any worse. but guess what: it can álways get worse.

This was yesterday's reward card:

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The Silvershield Archers belong to the Life splinter and they don't exactly excel in anything: 1 speed, 1 range, 1 health. To my level 1 deck, without Selenia Sky to boost its range attack, it's a pretty useless card.
And that reflects on the market price: the card is being sold for exactly 4 cents now.

I think I'm going to hold on to it for now, because the only cards I can buy for 4 cents (Animated Corpse, Silvershield Warrior and Giant Roc) I already have in my deck.

The bad news is that I although I thought I had hit rock bottom with this card, I haven't. Like I said: it can álways get worse. Cards like the Sea Genie, the Highland Archer, the Rusty Android and the Vampire are being sold for only 2 cents. Fingers crossed that I won't receive one of those after completing my next DQ.

RC

After publishing my previous post, I ran out of RC again, so I had to wait before I could play again.
It's actually a bit weird, because all I do with this account is play my DQ and publish a post every day.

I just went over to Steemd, and this is what I found again:

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25 SP should be more than enough to do what I'm doing with the account.

I did notice some outgoing votes that were definitely not made by me. It is something I will need to look into.

I also found this in the list of my authorized posting apps:

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I have never given permission to @minnowschool, I don't even know what it is, so I revoked access instantly.
Neither do I have a clue what the key that is shown underneath is for. I checked my other account, and it is showing a similar series of numbers.

I would be very grateful if someone could explain to me what that key stands for, and why it is there.

I definitely have to analyze what's going on with the account. There's no way that my RC can be this low again after playing 6 @steemmonster matches and writing this post. 25 SP should be doing the trick...

So I guess I better say goodbye for now and start to do some digging. I'll let you know what I've found out in my next update.

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