The first Steemmonsters season coming to an end... //My experience so far

Ever since i invested some of my "hard earned" cash into steem monsters ive been pretty interested in everything that happens in regards to the game.
Now, you could say thats to be expected because i did invest some money into the cards, but i have already sold almost every card i was intending to sell and the game still holds my interest strongly. :D

It took me a while before deciding to spend 200$ on "some" online game.
I do have some liquid STEEM but im far from a rich account. What changed my mind was the @fundition crowdsourcing campaign SM started there. I keep some of my STEEM liquid because im always looking for investment opportunities and as much as SM might be s a gamble i just couldnt let it pass by. It was just a damn good deal.

I was hoping to get at least 50% of my investment back from selling the cards i got from the pack, keep what i need for future play, and then just sell the promo cards since they will be too expensive for my wallet to level up.

The pack openings went better then i expected and i have a solid base now to move forward, and essentially will make more STEEM from investing in an online game then i made my whole time here on STEEMIT..

Crazy stuff.. haha.

Thats what i mean when i say we need to expand our economy here and create as many investment opportunities as we can. This for sure was a gamble, but dammit, did it pay off. :D
No risk, no reward, eh? :D

For the first season i was late a few days since i was waiting on the packs to come so i can build my deck. Regardless of my own impatience, with all the things Aggroed and Yabapmatt had to do with battles being launched, its quite amazing that they sent the packs just a few days later.

First starting playing, it went ok, i slowly moved up the ladder and its really not until you get beat by a lower "card experience" deck do you find that you need adjustments.
There have been a few cookie cutter builds popping up and especially the Death splinter had a large advantage over everyone else (up to 2000 Rating which is the furthest i reached.). The double debuff was just devastating.

Didnt take me long to realize that, if levels equal, differences in deck potential between decks change in regard to how leveled up your cards are. Maybe its intentional, maybe its a balance issue but regardless, it added a little more nuance to the game.

So what i did was get rid of most of my valuable death splinter cards (because i found that splinter annoying :D) and went for the second best deal i could find.. And it worked pretty well. VS same level decks i didnt lose many fights.

And now it turns out my deck is getting nerfed after the season ends!!! I WANT TO TELL SOMETHING TO THE DEVS! IF YOU EVER GO FORWARD WITH THIS CHANGE, IM GONNA....!!

Nah, theyre right, :D some of the cards were a bit OP at lower levels of the ladder. haha.
Good catch though.

They came out with an update a few days back as well. Most of the concerns i had were solved, except one that i feel needs a more drastic solution. But we will see over time what happens.

So far i have to say it was an incredibly positive experience. Will the game succeed even further, or fail after time, i cant say. I was a bit bearish before they came out with the update announcement but that changed of course.

What i am sure of, is that this game already brought me more value, in a monetary sense and in many others, then anything else on the STEEM blockchain so far.

And what ever happens that will not change.