Yesterday, I revisited the important milestones in my Hive journey this 2023. It is a good practice to have an overview of what happened and to have a good start as the new year begins.

This time, what I want to review is the progress of my Splinterlands gaming account. By identifying accomplishments, I can set a new goal for 2024.

Biggest SPS Reward and Changes in my 2023 Goal

After playing the game for one year and seven months, I received the highest SPS reward on March 15, 2023. 679.5 SPS is not a small thing.

Three days later, I made an immediate goal to reach Gold I with 200,000 Collection Power (CP) and the 2023 goal to achieve the Champion League with 500,000 CP. However, new changes have been introduced and one of them is that Collection Power is no longer necessary to qualify for the higher league. The rating has been maintained but to qualify for 100% rewards in each league, a minimum number of SPS staking has been added. With my financial capability, there is no way I can keep my immediate goal to reach Gold I earning 100% rewards. That would require a big jump in my SPS staking.

And so with the changes in the game, I also changed my strategy in growing my account. Instead of reaching Gold I, I planned to accumulate 11,367 SPS to qualify for 100% rewards in the Silver I League. With only three days remaining in 2023, I think I could not achieve even this goal. Perhaps, it would take a month or two next year to grow my SPS staking from 9,196 to 11,367. Once I achieve this number, that's the time I will move to a higher SPS staking goal of 21,517 to qualify for 100% rewards in the Gold III League.

My Summoner Goal

Among many Summoners, I decided to focus on the Dragon Splinters Summoner, Quix the Devious. My 2023 goal was to reach a level 4 Quix the Devious. However, even with this goal, I failed to attain it. Nevertheless, though I failed to acquire eleven Level 1 Quix the Devious, at least, six hours earlier I was able to upgrade my Summoner to Level 3:

I paid a total of 24,666.05 $DEC or 23.97 USD to buy three level 1 Quix the Devious. I need five more to upgrade this Dragon Summoner to level 4. That will be a goal for the first half of 2024.

The Last Splinterlands Article I published

Except for the important Hive milestones I wrote, the last 500-word plus Splinterlands' article I published was more than seven months ago. That was May 03, 2023 when I published Five “Queens” that Lead Their Armies on the Battlefield!. Looking back, I think it was my involvement in the Zealy campaign that made me stop publishing Splinterlands content.

Two Gold Gladius Cards I Burned

My 2023 Splinterlands journey will not be complete if I don't mention the two Gold Gladius cards I burned.

The first one was Larissa Kerato. I burned it last November 30. I received 50,000 $DEC in return. This is the card with the highest CP that I received after playing the game for more than two years.

The next Gold card I burned was the Epic Quora Towershead. I burned it last December 24. The card is worth 10,000 $DEC.

What did I do with the 60,000 $DEC I received from the above two Gladius cards?

I used the above amount to boost my Chaos Legion cards to remain competitive on the battlefield in at least the Silver league. I used the remaining $DEC to grow my stakes in other Hive Engine tokens like $SPORTS, $CENT, and $SME.

My Goal for 2024

As already mentioned, the immediate Summoner goal is to reach a level 4 Quix the Devious. As for $SPS staking, the immediate target is 11,367; the midterm goal is 36,905, and; the long-term goal is 58,893.

And so that ends the story of my progress in Splinterlands this 2023 and my goal for next year.

Thanks for your time and attention!

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