@merurial9 19 October 2023 more from that month

Road to Runi - Update 10 | Splinterlands #314 A lot is going on in the splinterlands world and it is great to have that level of excitement permeating again in the community. This week’s **Town Square** provided more insight into the **Rebellion set pre-sale** and Yabbapmatt talking about the game's long-term future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4UxfQKt7q8 https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/rebellion-pre-sale

**Source** https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/rebellion-pre-sale With the **Rebellion set pre-sale** now live and 500000 packs up for sale, it was always interesting to see how the pre-sale will perform considering the current **crypto** **bear market** conditions. At the current time of writing, just over half of the packs have been sold, which is astounding. We need to put things into perspective here – the sentiment around the game has been low for the past few months and with delays to the **Land 1.5 release**, **splinterlands staff layoffs and a management shake-up**, I didn’t expect much. However, after 1 day of the pre-sale being live and 50% already sold, I would take that as an enormous success. I fully expect things to slow down a little, and then increase as the sale close comes to an end and people start pushing and shoving to climb the ranks of the **leaderboard**.  https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/rebellion-pre-sale https://leofinance.io/@leoglossary/cryptocurrency https://leofinance.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-bear-market https://splinterlands.gitbook.io/the-secret-of-praetoria/ https://peakd.com/splinterlands/@splinterlands/staff-reductions-and-restructuring-announcement https://next.splinterlands.com/shop/packs/leaderboard Yabbapmatt provided more insight into the SPS flywheel, and it is heavily dependent on DEC reaching a $1 peg value (per 1k DEC). Yabbapmatt also touched on the importance Land will play in the long-term **burning** of cards. Players will be encouraged to combine cards to maximize the effective use of cards staked to Land. https://leofinance.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-burning This past week in splinterlands is what gives me a glimmer of hope for the future of the game. If the **Rebellion set pre-sale** goes well (already a success in my eyes, but ideally if all the packs are sold out), the **Land 1.5 release** is released before the end of the year, the Rebellion set goes on general sale on 5th Dec 2023 and the splinterlands team manages to survive its 6-month runway ($250k per month), then the game should be in a good space and more importantly, sustainable place for the long-term. https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/rebellion-pre-sale https://splinterlands.gitbook.io/the-secret-of-praetoria/ **Runi Fund**

**Source** https://www.splintercards.com/index.html With **Rebellion pre-sale** now live, DEC continues its climb back to peg with another 10% week-on-week increase. DEC is now just $0.05 away from reaching its $1 **peg** (per 1k DEC), things are looking a lot healthier. https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/rebellion-pre-sale https://leofinance.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-peg

From a Runi fund perspective, we added another 11k DEC to the fund and with the price increases to DEC, the overall fund is sitting at just under $340. The increase in the funds can be attributed partly due to another season-end close on splinterlands in which some Chaos Legion packs were sold, selling HBD (for DEC) received from publishing content on hive, but mostly due to the price rise in DEC. **Runi Market**

**Source** https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0xd900381f15ca67be1895a3626df210e33c8d7590/1252 For the past few weeks, the Runi **NFTs** have been trending down and another new floor price being has been set. With all the fanfare and excitement being directed towards the **Rebellion set pre-sale**, it’s not a surprise that a new floor price of 0.32 **ETH** ($496.88) is being set. https://leofinance.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-non-fungible-token-nft https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/rebellion-pre-sale https://leofinance.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-eth

**Source** https://www.cryptoslam.io/runicore-v1?headerPeriod=7d&tab=activity The sales activity for Runis in the past week decreased by more than 67%. The sales range fluctuated between 0.319 **ETH** ($496.19) and 0.38 **ETH** ($598.18). You can view it as players rather diverting funds towards the **Rebellion set pre-sale** or being caught up in the hype and **FOMO of the fake Bitcoin ETF approval** – it’s always difficult to explain when it's difficult to pinpoint factual evidence that causes market movements. https://leofinance.io/@leoglossary/leoglossary-eth https://peakd.com/hive-13323/@splinterlands/rebellion-pre-sale https://blockworks.co/news/bitcoin-etf-report-price-jump

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