Resteemed and upvoted... and my VP went down the drain because of the HF20 initial VP issues :P . At least I'm glad I can post (yesterday I couldn't even send comments).
Buying packs is out of the question for me, but out of curiosity, are you sure that using the affiliate link works if the person had logged into the Steem Monsters site before? I thought it only worked if the person used it when logging in for the first time...