Is it just me or is this Tron / Steem Monsters promotion a little sketchy?

in #steemmonsters5 years ago

The more I read about this upcoming event that promotes Steem Monsters to the Tron community the more I'm left scratching my head.

You see there are a few big RED FLAGS for me.

FOMO

Yeah, this is the first read flag, because people are already scrambling to figure out how they can buy more Steem Monsters Cards through this promotion. Including creating groups to improve the buying power after it was suggested buying more with the one SEED or TRX address will result in more promo cards.

Oh and there are limited sales as I've suggested before.

And there is a history of FOMO around the last set of Promo cards that included the Shin-Lo.

Nobody wants to miss out. Again!

Buying with SEED

This one is strange in that getting SEED appears to be very hard and therefore would be easy to pump, at least more readily than TRX. So will the added benefits of getting SEED for 'x' more out way the benefits of just buying into this promotion with TRX?

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Apparently, you'll get more 'promos' but nothing will be confirmed until 24 hrs before the announcement. Adding more FOMO around this promotion.

(The SEED Whales are in a WIN-WIN position here)

What are the Cards?

Yeah, this is the biggest red flag, IMHO. 4 promo cards that could literally be anything Steem Monsters INC want them to be.

So going all in could result in getting a bag of nothing. Or if the FOMO is true they could be the best cards in the game.

Of course, Promo Cards should never be overpowered and more like cosmetic collectibles, but that hasn't stopped them breaking the 'meta' in the past.

Conclusion

Now I realize nothing I say here will change the events of the day and i certainly don't want to be that person.

But, if this is truly an event to get more people on-board, wouldn't it make more sense to let them (Tron community) be the ones that get the bulk of the promo cards, and not to make them so overpowered they break the 'meta' again?

Then it it becomes a WIN-WIN for everyone.

Promo cards shouldn't be so powerful that if you 'miss out' getting them, you're forced to buy at higher market prices, just to stay competitive in the 'meta game'.

But rather, they should simply be cards that collectors want to complete their collections.

Let's hope the Steem Monsters INC, do the right thing and announce the card details before this launch (this time). Rather than be the ones that really profit, from knowing the true value of these cards before the release.

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Interesting. I haven't really followed the TRON promotion, so I can't say I know a lot about it, but I do wonder if it wouldn't be more beneficial to get the appeal to base level players with a non crypto background right first.

That's exactly what I was thinking. Finding new player is great, but I suspect they just find the same reason to leave as a bulk of the players have.

Exactly. Player retention has to be key. There needs to be a viable pathway to progression without having to be cashed up. Sure, being cashed up can get you there faster, but the 13 year old that just discovers the game will get bored if he or she can't progress. If they can slowly advance, then when they get some funds (birthday money etc) they are more likely to invest.

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