A question for ChatGPT: Why should someone play Splinterlands

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Hello everyone, about half a year ago I asked ChatGPT about Splinterlands. As their AI model is constantly changing (atleast that's what I think) as it keeps feeding itself with more information, I thought let's ask ChatGPT again what it thinks of Splinterlands. So I'll ask exact the same questions and will analyse what has changed according to ChatGPT. I hope you'll enjoy this experiement as much as I'll do!

Stekene

What is ChatGPT?

ChatGPT

ChatGPT is a language model developed by OpenAI. It's based on the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) architecture, specifically GPT-3.5 in this case. GPT-3.5 is one of the iterations of the GPT series, which are models designed to understand and generate human-like text based on the input they receive.
The "Chat" in ChatGPT signifies its primary intended use case: facilitating natural language conversation. It's designed to generate coherent and contextually relevant responses in a conversational format. ChatGPT can be used for a wide range of applications, including answering questions, providing explanations, offering suggestions, and engaging in interactive dialogues.
GPT-3.5, like its predecessors, is trained on a massive amount of text data and uses a transformer neural network architecture to process and generate text. It employs attention mechanisms to understand the relationships between words and generate meaningful sequences of text.
Overall, ChatGPT represents OpenAI's efforts to develop advanced natural language processing models that can understand and generate human-like text, making it a versatile tool for various language-related tasks.

Apparently chatGPT got to know itself better as last time. Than he only answered a rather short alinea, where as now te explanation is already way more detailed. I guess he learnt something. It already makes me wonder how his opinion about Splinterlands would be changed and if yes in what direction. Does he knows more about the game? Is his information more correct? As I remember that last time there were some small errors in its text about Splinterlands. So let's go!

Stekene

Hey

ChatGPT

Hello! How can I assist you today?

Even on this simple 'sentence' of 'Hey', he responded differently, not in terms of meaning but he chose a different verb. Which makes me really wonder about what he'll say about Splinterlands. So I ask again the same question about: Why should someone play Splinterlands?:

Stekene

Could you write a lengthy text why someone should play splinterlands?

ChatGPT

Certainly! Splinterlands is an incredibly engaging and unique digital trading card game that offers players a captivating and strategic gaming experience. With its combination of collectible card mechanics, blockchain technology, and competitive gameplay, Splinterlands presents a multitude of reasons why someone should consider playing it:

1. Diverse Gameplay: Splinterlands offers a rich variety of strategies and tactics, allowing players to explore different playstyles and adapt their strategies to match their preferred approach. Each of the game's seven unique factions, known as "splinters," comes with its own strengths, weaknesses, and mechanics, creating a deep and dynamic gameplay experience.
2. Strategy and Skill: Success in Splinterlands is not solely dependent on luck but heavily influenced by skillful decision-making. Players must carefully select their card combinations, position them strategically on the battlefield, and anticipate their opponent's moves. This strategic depth keeps the gameplay engaging and rewards thoughtful planning.
3. Collectible Card Mechanics: With hundreds of distinct and beautifully designed cards available, collecting and upgrading your card collection becomes an exciting part of the gameplay. Players can trade, buy, and sell cards on the in-game market, creating a sense of ownership and investment in their digital assets.
4. Play-to-Earn Economy: One of the standout features of Splinterlands is its play-to-earn model. Through gameplay, players can earn in-game rewards such as cards, potions, and the game's native cryptocurrency, Dark Energy Crystals (DEC). These rewards can be traded or used to enhance your gaming experience, creating a direct correlation between time spent playing and potential earnings.
5. Competitive Leagues and Tournaments: Splinterlands offers various competitive leagues and tournaments that cater to players of different skill levels. Whether you're a casual player or a seasoned pro, you'll find opportunities to test your skills and compete against others for rewards, recognition, and a spot on the global leaderboards.
6. Blockchain Integration: Splinterlands leverages blockchain technology to ensure transparency, security, and true ownership of in-game assets. Cards are stored on the blockchain, making them tamper-proof and easily tradable. This integration adds a layer of innovation to the gaming experience and introduces players to the world of decentralized technology.
7. Active Community: The Splinterlands community is vibrant and welcoming. Engage in discussions, share strategies, and learn from other players on various platforms, including social media, forums, and Discord. The community-driven nature of the game enhances the overall experience and creates lasting connections.
8. Regular Updates: The development team behind Splinterlands is committed to continuously improving the game. New features, cards, tournaments, and gameplay mechanics are regularly introduced, keeping the experience fresh and exciting for both new and existing players.
9. Cross-Platform Accessibility: Splinterlands can be played on various platforms, including web browsers and mobile devices, allowing you to enjoy the game wherever you are. This accessibility ensures that you can dive into the world of Splinterlands without any barriers.
10. Creative and Immersive Lore: The game's lore and world-building provide an immersive backdrop to the battles you engage in. Each splinter has its own unique lore, giving depth and context to the cards and characters you encounter.

In conclusion, Splinterlands offers a captivating blend of strategy, collectibility, play-to-earn mechanics, and blockchain technology that sets it apart from traditional trading card games. With its diverse gameplay, strategic depth, and engaging community, Splinterlands provides an experience that's both rewarding and entertaining for players of all kinds.

The first thing that I remark is that nowadays ChatGPT is structuring its answers way better. Last time it was plain text, with some alineas. Now it's using some bullets and marking the main aspect in bold. This gives a better overview and makes it way easier to read.

A second aspect is that the answer is more lengthy. Ofcourse quantity doesn't always equate to more quality but as he is using more arguements why someone should play Splinterlands, I think that it will be a better response this time. So let's see in detail!

My analysis of ChatGPT's answer

• An aspect the previous and the current explanation lacks in my eyes is the mention of Hive. Yes they state that it uses blockchain technology which is mentioned a couple of times. But I think it would be nice if Hive would be mentioned as well.
• I kind of agree with the diverse Gameplay, maybe it's because I play in Bronze where only 1 rule is applied which is different in the other leagues. As in bronze, it's often the 'op cards' who you're fighting against again and again. Yes Llama, Kron, Quora, etc I look at you guys. I hope to soon be able to play in silver, so will see how matches are there.
• Splinterlands is definitely about strategy and skill. People really have to think about which monsters should be used and in which order. Also the leveling is important and in a certain way you have to utilize your resources in a most efficient way as I guess that most people don't have infinite money to invest in Splinterlands. You have to choose which cards you buy or land or tokens etc.
• We play with cards which we could collect. True, as it's a trading card game, we like to collect the most rare and powerfull cards. The aspect of leveling up cards is an important factor as well in my opinion though ChatGPT doesn't mention it.
• Play-to-earn is definitely an argument why some people play Splinterlands. Although personnaly I think that the game must be fun in the first place. I started to play for the play2earn aspect but to be sustainable, I think Splinterlands should stay fun to play. Yes, banning bots out of Modern is in my opinion a step in the good direction in regards to this theme. Only the dec rewards are a bit outdated, I guess ChatGPT doesn't read the townhall summaries.
• If you want to play very competitive, this is definitely possible. What I like about this aspect is that it's even possible for people who don't own the best cards. As you have a leaderboard with rewards for the top places in each tier. The same is valid for tournaments, every now and then, there are tournaments with novice or bronze rules which makes being competitive available for people without maxed cardsets as well.
• As already mentioned, I miss the HIVE blockchain here. Although it's not a mistake ofcourse of just mentioning blockchain, although it could be more complete.
• The community aspect is very true. Here again, I think that Hive plays an important role in it. Ofcourse you can build a community in discord / reddit etc. but the fact that people are blogging about Splinterlands, sharing it outside of Hive, connecting to eachother etc. is in my opinion very important. What I miss here are guilds. Again, it's not a mistake but would be a nice addition to mention, you can fight together with your friends against other groups of people.
• Regular updates are indeed happening. Another addition could have been to mention that people could make proposals themselves and the community will vote for or against them. These proposals could influence the updates made by the Splinterlands team.
• I'm a perfect example of someone who plays Splinterlands both on mobile as on a desktop.
• The previous time, the lore wasn't mentioned and I didn't think about it neither. I'm not really a lore person, but I think it could be of immersive value for others. So yes ChatGPT, you're right, it's a good argument!

Conclusion

In my opinion ChatGPT got to know Splinterlands way better as half a year ago. He knows more arguments why someone should play Splinterlands. There's only one mistake in the answer, as ChatGPT mentions dec rewards for battling, where as it are SPS tokens as rewards, besides the cards (and the merits).

Furthermore there are some additions I think of which could have been mentioned and weren't present in the list of arguments of ChatGPT but these are ofcourse not mistakes, rather my personal opinion.

Disclaimer

I wrote the post myself except for the paragraphs which are the answers of ChatGPT. I don't support the use of ChatGPT to write your full article. But in my opinion this article is a nice experiment to see what ChatGPT thinks about Splinterlands and especially to compare it to its knowledge of six months ago.

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How did I begin to play Splinterlands?

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It all began in December 2021, I was a bit bored and was looking for a new game to play on my laptop. After googling a bit, I saw the term play2earn in my google results. I didn't know it at that time but it seemed awesome, earning money while playing games instead of spending money on those games. Soon I learned that play2earn means that you can indeed earn some money to play the games. How does it work? While playing those games, you can earn NFT's of those games. These NFT's can be traded and sold for cryptocurrencies which could be swapped for fiat if you would like to. That's how I started.

Do you want to try out Splinterlands aswell?
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