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It doesn't matter as anyone playing splinterlands is already on hive. For newbies it can be complex. So we better promote dapps and make it easy to understand for non techies.

But at the same time it refers to Wax blockchain multiple times 🤷‍♂️

That's because they are making a partnership with them. So it is announcement for Hive & is definitely good for hive ecosystem.

If you say so. I really hope you're right and it is not an escape from Hive

It never would be.
@splinterlands will be on hive always transacting here on base layer. It is just bridging and expanding to different markets. It helps in bringing users from there as well as game expansion.