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Rise of Tournaments
Season 4 saw the rise of tournament play along side of season play. It's lead to a fantastic start of sponsors coming along to help host tournaments. This gets them eyes and attention from our player base and it gets you money hidden in your cards and strategy. It's a great combo!
You can see the current list of tournaments Here!
Thanks to @berniesanders, @jarunik, @therealwolf, warriders.com, chib fighters, @hightouch, and a growing list of individuals, tokens, blockchains, games, and (d)apps that are pushing rewards up every day!

Season 4 Rewards
Season 4 rewards- We didn't announce anything as it wasn't clear what would be available at the time. We're still exploring what works best here, but for now you have 8 hours to win some beta booster packs!
- 1st = 100 Beta edition booster packs
- 2nd = 50 Beta edition booster packs
- 3rd = 25 Beta edition booster packs
- 4th-9th = 10 Beta edition booster packs
- 10th = 5 Beta edition booster packs

Season 5 Updates
We've pushed some changes today already that have already gone into effect.
- The winner/loser of battles will be hidden in the battle history table until the battle is viewed (or just click on battle details). This is good for people doing commentary on matches so they don't see who wins up-front.
- If you submit a team and your opponent surrenders or flees, it will now count toward your quest (if the team you chose matches the quest splinter of course)
- Gold cards will now show by default on team selection if they are higher level than the corresponding regular foil card
- Reward cards from quests or season end will now show 10 at a time. Once you reveal 10 then if you have more there will be a "next" button to reveal the next set. If for whatever reason you don't get to reveal the cards (computer crashes, accidentally refresh the page, get chased from your computer by a runaway rexxie) then when you next log in to the site it will show a message allowing you to reveal the rest.

Season 5 Balance Adjustments
None at this time. Some card tweaks are coming, but not for this season. We are waiting for more of the new Reward edition cards to reach higher levels and see more play before making any adjustments to those. Similarly, we're waiting on more data and numbers before putting in hard caps of the number of specific rewards edition cards. Each card will be limited, but we're not setting a number just yet.

Great game and much fun to play!
I noticed a few very small details that could be improved in my opinion:
Of course it sounds illogical to choose the same summoner and splinter again after one actually wanted to change it, but under time pressure it sometimes happens to change ones opinion several times. Then it can be annyoing (so time consuming) if not every option is available immediately.
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I agree, when selecting our team we should be able to see our opponents last team, this will make our selection more competitive and fun.
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Okay I am going to try this out finally.
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Awesome. This will really help @trang and I with our @monstertalk series where we analyze games and guess the winners. Side note: if anyone has an awesome battle for us to cover, leave the link.
Huge! Now I may actually consider leveling up gold cards.
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This battle may be worth a look at, for the use the Vampire card. The Life Leech ability gets him up to 15 health before he gets to P1.
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Ooh would love to cover life leach. Did you forget to include the battle link?
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It would appear that I did - here you go
https://steemmonsters.com?battle=646cbb0e7863f605b01ece40369f9bc08753cebe&ref=sparkesy43
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Interesting to watch! :)
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What a battle! Thanks @sparkesy43 for the tip. We've analyzed this battle in a just released episode of Let's Talk Monsters, available at:
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Its really very good.
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Nothing but impressed with how you have handled everything so far. Gives me even greater confidence for the future of this great game.
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Awesome Season!!! Come join us for some fun tomorrow! 100 SBD Prize Pool! https://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/iFIJbfBLlZ
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Season 4 has been a blast! I’m only about 50 points shy of champion 1. I gotta get it before the new season starts. Gonna improve my overall ranking by the end of season 5.
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Good luck. I know you're a formidable competitor, but feel free to check out our tips in @monstertalk to see if they help you reach the most elite tier of the Champion league!
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Thanks for the suggestion. I can always use more help with my gameplay and building teams. Have a wonderful day @dhimmel 👋😁
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@steemmonsters I think you have also changed the scoring system - am I correct?
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I love the changes! Both of these things have been a minor annoyance for me, so it's great to see that this is a thing of the past. I'm more tempted to get more foil cards now that they are more easily usable (yes, I'm that lazy :P).
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The Gold Foil update is very good. Really liking that new feature.
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I don't have many golds but didn't have a clue about how to even try to load them, so have never played them. Lo and behold, very early this morning, one showed up when it was time to select a team. What???!!! GREAT change!
Thanks for all these wonderful Steemmonster updates. 2019 is already rocking. ;)
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This is what I love the best in the next coming seasons! Thank you
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Any chance you could add an option for us to toggle this? I kind of miss being able to easily see my win/loss streaks on the battle screen.
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Yes, kind of miss that too. Toggle idea is great but I'm a non-techie so no clue how hard it would be to code. Thanks for asking, @valth.
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Oh finally, that had always annoyed me quite a lot.
Now I will be able to complete my daily quests a lil tad bit easier and faster.
That's great!
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Yep, it's a great change. It sucks to be stuck on 4/5 and all your opponents are fleeing :P
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I know that feel u.u
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I love the change where Gold cards show on the same page! Saves me so much time. Thanks for implementing it. Season 4 rocked.
I can’t automated tourney tracking. Keep up the great work SM team.
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Can't wait!
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If you submit a team and your opponent surrenders or flees, it will now count toward your quest (if the team you chose matches the quest splinter of course)
WOOT! That gives hope to weaker splinter deck quests :)
Gold cards will now show by default on team selection if they are higher level than the corresponding regular foil card
Thanks it's really a lot more helpful to have them all on one tab you can see instead of needing to use the separate gold cards tab for gameplay and to avoid timer burn :)
If for whatever reason you don't get to reveal the cards (computer crashes, accidentally refresh the page, get chased from your computer by a runaway rexxie) then when you next log in to the site it will show a message allowing you to reveal the rest.
It has happened to me before with a bit of page lag making me wonder what I opened and only having a record by estimating the new cards I possessed in a series pre and post opening,
I enjoy the fun of clicking them one by one so this is a bonus
A little card record would be the ideal that stays visible for a day after opening new packs that said this is a big step towards tracking :)
Thanks again steemmonsters and you rock :)
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I just discovered Steemmonster, it seems super cool!
But there is no enemy to fight at the moment :(
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I set up a new account for my son and it took most of a day to find his first enemy to fight. Must have tried 30 or 40 times before he finally got an opponent. Maybe some automated opponents for brand new players is a good idea @steemmonsters?
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Great idea ! A little AI and maybe a tutorial :)
I finally found an opponent (but I lost haha)
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Yes a tutorial like you get on most phone app games would work wonders. Good luck with it, once you get a win and some points it flows much better.
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This is likely because most have moved up the 'leagues' and have too high of a ranking. I have proposed a solution, but dev team never commented.
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Really? I have never experienced any problems with finding opponents before.
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I've started a day before season III ended and also had problems for the first hour, until a few battles happened, a few wins and my rank went up.
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Ah, it might be a lot faster to get into battles once you get to the 100+ Rating. That makes sense. It's not a good thing tough, and it's terrible for the game if new people have to wait a long time to get matched during their first few games..
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I like this game and i am interested in your next post waiting new update for this game.
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#samemoon #greatworkguys
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Love the update and Thank You @steemmonsters for making everything so much FUN.........@steemmonsters
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I had a really amazing time in season 4! I look forward to what adventures and other changes we see in 5!
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season 4 rewards!
Those extra boosters pack are those for the top 10 of the diamond league?
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My question, and answer, exactly.
We don't need to bother about them :)
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No, for the Top 10 overall after the season.
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I TOTALLY LOVE THE UPDATES!!!!!!
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Great post, I really love that if someone flees or surrenders the Battle Field , it now counts towards the quest! Looking forward to more great things to come in the New Year with the tournaments ! 💁💕👍

See You all on the Battle Field, Good Luck Everyone!
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So how do we win those Beta packs? Is it only through tourneys?
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I would like to see a change implemented where if the timer elapses before you finish selecting your team, you go into battle with the monsters you have already selected rather than just flee.
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We need at least some of the beta cards as reward :) 1 to 5 ratio lets say ...
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Now I open my won pack ;-)
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you are great. How to participate in a tournament?
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Well, I have mixed feelings about reward cards. Some do have high mana and not appropriately high efficiency. So, to sell or to collect, this is the question ...
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Keep up the great work. What a new turn from automatic playing to what did he play before. 🙈 but less same opponents or just guess what they would play now. Great idea those tournaments.
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The daily quest prize cards are a travesty. Utterly useless.
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Still no card xp tho
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Oohh yeaaah love steemmonsters
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Thanks for giving us a cool game. I'm not normally a gamer, but I've been getting into it.
I think it would be cool to try and get players into the blogging side too. Maybe have a page showing relevant posts. People could be earning Steem to buy cards as well as socialising with other players.
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