Well, this was a surprise.
I don't remember when I last played the Wild format on Splinterlands, but as I managed to finally (after burning about a million vouchers) get into Champion 1 in Modern yesterday, I had some energy built up to spare. So, I decided to give it a go. I was starting in Gold somewhere, and this is the first time I was playing since they changed the rules so that there are no level barriers, and I could play my cards at full strength, without handicaps.
Apparently, whenever I played last, I ended on a three game streak, which means my first win collected 40 points, and then my next win too.
And then the next twenty five after that, meaning that I collected 1080 points in a row, going from Gold into Champion 1 in a straight line without a loss. Because I was going up against far lesser cards, even with my terrible RNG luck, I was able to bully my way through and overpower whatever I came up against. There really wasn't much standing in my way until the last few rounds in Diamond 2, but even there, there wasn't much. Perhaps what I was most surprised at though is,
I don't have any Wild cards.
All of my Wild cards, are rented out or are on land. I have nothing. But, I didn't come up against too many Wild cards either, which surprised me. However, I am guessing the further I climb, the more I would see, as currently, I am still 2125 places behind the leader @star-shroud (who happens to be from Shield of Glory too), and 4030 points away.
100 more wins in a row, and I could catch him.
I am not even going to attempt it. However, since by tomorrow I will have a few more energy to spare before the two day count to the end of the season starts, I might try to get my ass up into Wild Champion 3, just in case I am able to have another crack at a similar run in coming seasons, and I can start from Diamond-ish.
Wild:
What is kind of cool is that I was able to get a "longest streak" in Wild, though I don't clearly remember what it was earlier - 22 I think. Whatever it is, it is much better than my Modern format streak record, which I got last season on one of my "good days" (I get two or three good days a season where RNG doesn't destroy me).
Modern:
The changes to the points system aren't ideal in my opinion, but it has been an interesting experiment to see what has changed, and how people have changed their behaviors. I am very unsure what the new rewards system is going to do to the way people play, because it somehow seems really complicated, where every action requires me to have to think about what is best in some way. Occasionally, it is nice to be able to just play, and not think too much, like the reward chests are at the moment. It might be better overall though, but as I haven't dived in deeply yet, I will likely just wait and see after the implementation.
At least in the coming season, I will start higher up the points ladder, as I will not play anymore in Modern so I can start from a Champion 1 restart position for the first time and be at 3800 points, instead of 3500. It likely won't matter though, as I will probably lose 300 points in a row, like I have so many other times. Gaining three hundred points for me is incredibly hard in Modern though, and it takes far, far too many games to climb. I have no idea how people are able to get so many wins, but I am in 40th and the leader in first position is 2000 points ahead of me, and has battled less than half as much.
Maybe I just suck that badly.
But at least, when I am feeling sorry for myself and licking my RNG wounds from the Modern side, I can head over to Wild as a reminder of what it is like to win consistently. As long as I don't climb too high and face stiffer competition, where there are the big decks and bots that know who to use them.
Taraz
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