It does come down to things being on ones radar. Most missed opportunities are simply because we did not see them mentioned or when we did we did not see the potential. I keep reading there are hundreds of coins out there all trying to be the next bitcoin, but I only know the names of maybe 5, yet I see post talking about older coins that are now worth $100.00 or more, but like everything they get buried in the noise when they first come out or in the hype with to much noise all about how great it is or is going to be.
I tried several of the games out, even invested a little in Splinterlands, and yes I could have had a lot of good cards if I was willing to try and keep up with something I was no longer having fun in. I sold, made a small profit, and now this week am back re-trying the game out. So far just the free cards and the daily battle task. Will I decide to re-invest, not sure, it really is not that passive of an income stream, more of a passive aggressive investment where I need to do something everyday.
The daily beginner stuff is okay.
There are a lot of should haves, when one uses a crystal ball to look back. Should I ahve not sold my STEM, should I ahve bought Utopis, or held a little steem abck? lots of 20/20 vision looking back, the important thing is to not let the decisions to not do something you may or may not have any idea was out there, bother you.
Regrets are always going to be there, but there really is no turning the clock back or asking god for a do over, no matter how much we want to fix it.
So true.
I tried splinterlands before. Twice. Spent $100's of dollars, and with regular playing it might become thousands of dollars.
But didn't think it would blow up like that, so sold all the cards cheap.
I am trying a few battles daily now, with rented cards, and buying a few cheap ones.
If I am still interested/involved in the game after a few weeks, I might buy some more cards for the long term.
There is no turning back clock, but we can look back and make better decisions in the future. The benefit of missing the opportunities maybe🙂
I know many who did similar - some who had gone in very heavy at the start and then sold early too, just because they needed a little cash. I didn't even start.
Yepp, I bought when those heavy players were selling heavy.
Bought yodin zaku at 20$ I think. It is somewhere around $600-$700😅
Lol, I like the "passive-aggressive income stream" :D
It is right though, as the game requires activity - which makes sense considering the kind of game it is with an economy, The sense of "missing out" if not taking part can take some of the fun out of it for some people. I know one who I talk with and is heavily invested, who rented out all his cards because he wasn't having fun as he felt if he didn't play, he was losing and it was stressful.
Life is a series of mistakes and consequences - there is no actual getting it right, other than we don't see how wrong we got it.
At least by renting them out he gets a stress free income from it. I don't know if I will buy back in, I still find the waiting rather annoying and then after waiting almost 3 minutes the other person surrenders. Still when I got nothing better to do or I am waiting on something it can be a small profitable time passer.
lol😂