Rising Star Weekly Giveaway #156 and Don't be Defeated by a Friend

Here is my weekly status and giveaway. As usual, I am just doing some missions at night because I am busy during the day. I was able to do some missions during the day during the week but not as often as I would like. It's been quite busy as I start getting back to work. Please make sure to read the rules to qualify for the giveaway.

Don't be Defeated by a Friend!

Don't be Defeated by a Friend! is a battle OST that plays in Trials of Cold Steel when you face off against your classmates for an exam. The conditions to get maximum AP was annoying but I still like the fights because of this track. You are just fighting against friends but you feel like you also want to win the match.

This track reminds me the most about your party member Machias Regnitz. He starts off as a stuck-up brat but character development later makes him into a more relatable character. He did get on my nerves when I first played Trails of Cold Steel and outside of acceleration, I didn't use him much at all. Then again, I think he is the only party member to use a shotgun though. I mainly link him to this track because of how many times he caused drama during the practical exams. The image is from the wiki page for Machias Regnitz.

This is my preferred version of the track. The mix of the violin and the guitar is amazing and I feel that there are no flaws at all. It's too bad that this track was only part of the Super Arrange Version soundtrack and never made it into any of the Kiseki (Trails) Games.

Do you like any of these tracks? If so, why?

Giveaway

The giveaway item is an instrument under the Production music lessons. With 50 more luck, you have a chance of getting more drunk fans and it benefits you if you run Production lessons. Even if you don't run Production lessons, it can help you in the rankings or you can sell it away to someone who wants it for something you need.

Rules

In order to participate:

• Leave a comment with the name of the card
• Include your username in your comment

This time if you do not leave your username, I will not include you in the draw. I want to reward the people who follow the rules. This giveaway is weekly so there is one week's worth of time for you to enter.

Results of the Last Giveaway

The winner is @daethical.

Thank you to the rest of the valid participants who did not win but might be interested in the next giveaway: Other participants: @middle-earthling, @rtonline, @subidu, @steemmillionaire, @vaynard86, @henruc, @ladymisa

Current Status

I didn't get much done between last week and this week. I got two epic cards this week from the 12 packs that I opened.

Current Ranking

I did rank down by quite a few spots because I played less than last week. I was just out of range of the ranking rewards this time around.

If you want to join Rising star, feel free to use my referral link.

Tips (source)

I think the tips are something every new player should know about. It will help people progress in the game and it hasn't really been shared since surya1adiga stopped his giveaways.

1. Take music lessons when possible to raise skill and reduce ego.
2. Having lesson specific instruments helps in receiving more skill from that lesson.
3. Have pizza box to store any pizza received during mission to reuse later.
4. Buy cold pizza slice if possible. This gives 1 refill every 24hours. Comes very handy when you are low on energy.
5. If you have enough of cold pizza slice and pizza box, you will never run out of energy.
6. If you have more fans than skill and you won't reduce the ego , you can use a storage trailer to store unnecessary cards. Or you can list the card in market for an unreasonably high price.
7. Ego received for a particular mission increases every time you play it. The ego is reset to base level the next day. So, try to play different missions to control the ego gained.
8. Keep track of your achievements to unlock in game rewards
9. Buy storage trailer (only if necessary) to keep the cards that might have a negative effect. Like a card with high fan count resulting in ego.
10. When earning skill points through music lessons, you can earn more points per lesson if you hold more of specific instrument cards. There seems to be base skill which is rewarded irrespective of the card count and then the skill increases depending on the number of the lesson specific card one has.
11. Try taking up many smaller missions to fill up pizza boxes and have extra energy to play more rewarding missions. But you need to have pizza boxes for this to work.

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