New Games

the platform introduced a lot of new games..

there are many games within Big Win, and they use a betting system in it..

Slime Swarm, Zap-a-Zom, Capy Bistro, Yummy Town, Animal Garden, and Ocean King all have their independent launch icons..

all are time-consuming though..

but i find Slime Swarm entertaining, because i am fond of tower defense games..

i haven't done any skin upgrade yet, but upgrading and combining items is interesting..

i don't play it that much because it consumes a lot of battery, so i only play whenever i need to schedule the charging of my smartphone very early in the morning...

as for Fashion..

so it was converted from Laz Like before..

and just recently, it has been converted again, into LazMall this time..

from watching random videos, to browsing fashion-related products, to browsing a wider variety of merchandise..

it is now more beneficial for the platform because they are featuring everything that can be found and bought there...

Daily Rewards

it is a merging game featuring animals..

like LazMall, it offers daily rewards just like what its name says..

the player's level is determined by the highest level of animal that he has..

and an important thing is that, it is not time-consuming...

as you can see in the image above, i managed to reach the 200,000 Game Notes requirement at Level 59..

Game Notes is the in-game currency which can be traded in exchange for actual LazRewards..

it is earned by completing daily tasks..

the target amount is high for the higher level prizes..

but you may still collect LazRewards on a daily basis using a task prize which offers a random amount; Php 0.20 is the lowest that i have encountered, while Php 1.20 is the maximum..

the amount to beat is Php 0.30, because that is the value which is directly proportional to the required 300 Game Notes..

meaning anything above Php 0.30 is already considered a good trade..

Tip: don't hesitate to collect that random prize every day, since it only costs a small amount of Game Notes..

a median of Php 0.60 means that a player can collect around Php 18 in 30 days...

then here are some tips for a no-purchase gameplay..

the Merge 30 Times task may be somewhat challenging (it was difficult after Level 15 during the early version of the game), so there's no need to merge all mergeable animals before the day ends..

if a player is already done with the Merge 30 Times task, then he can just save any remaining mergeable animals to be used for the following day..

before, it was not advisable to spend all available Feed or pet food to summon other animals before the day ends, but ever since the game's latest version (what it is this early October), it has been more practical to perform an animal summon every time that it is possible..

just remember to have a schedule on when you will routinely open the game to collect pet food, in order to avoid reaching the maximum capacity, which will halt the automatic production of pet food..

the game can only stock the Feed produced when offline for a maximum of 4 hours...

for the daily tasks, the reward animals' level is proportional to the highest animal level that you have..

but the proportion is not fixed throughout the game..

aside from those, the player can also get reward animals with varying levels from other in-game missions..

the only thing to remember is that, logically reward animals will have a lower level compared to the highest level that you have..

so this game already had multiple changes ever since it was launched..

suddenly, leveling up became very fast upon reaching Level 30..

it was actually just a 1-day journey from Level 30 to 40..

they had a repetition for the animal models starting from Level 45, but they eventually changed it and provided new animal models..

starting from Level 50, the reward animals' level has a difference of 8 compared to the highest level that i have..

starting from Level 53, the difference became 9..

then starting from Level 59, the difference became 10...

as for reward animals from purchasing tasks..?

there are a variety of them within the game..

i actually tried performing such, in the different portions of the game, for 6 times..

all for cash on delivery (COD) transactions..

but sadly, none of those gave the promised rewards..

i'm not sure if being COD is the issue, or if the player is required to do advanced payment transactions..?

COD works for LazLand based on my previous experience there, so i don't know why they wouldn't allow it for Daily Rewards...

this early October, i already managed to claim my Php 200 LazRewards for reaching Level 30..

it was tricky, because i had to schedule claiming that prize at 12:00 AM..

i tried doing it on different time slots, but none of them worked..

so i just followed the game instructions which says that the prizes restock at 00:00..

based on my estimate for getting around 1,500 Game Notes daily, it may take 133 days (more than 4 months) in order to collect 200,000 Game Notes once again...

here's the status of my LazRewards after redeeming my latest reward...

Back to Farming

first, here's some update regarding Star Wars..

since i have LazRewards, i decided to check if they have some of my target figures in their shopping platform..

surprisingly they have the units that i have been eyeing before from eBay..

but they increased in price over the years..

Darth Revan from the 30th Anniversary Collection increased from Php 4,500 to 5,500..

Darth Nihilus from a Sith bundle had a massive increase from Php 3,700 to 6,000..

i also found a pack of 4 of Scarif Stormtroopers..

and their combined prices reach Php 16,200 plus..

though i'm considering hunting for a new version of Darth Revan, one with a more accurate helmet, might be cheaper as well...

now, moving on to my actual subject..

what i'm certain is, change is a constant thing within the platform...

Laz Like has been converted into Fashion..

so there's no more task involving video content, instead they aligned it with fashion products, thus making it more useful for the shopping platform..

Style Star currently no longer offers LazRewards..

i tried completing a 10-day mission before, just to check if the material prize can be traded into LazRewards or Coins..

but to my surprise, it's possible to end up not getting anything at all once the material product runs out...

GoGo Match made an adjustment so that stages which are already completed with 3 Stars are no longer playable..

because of that, it's very hard to fulfill missions now in GoGo Match since they usually require repetitive tasks...

Merge Boss

here's my tip on how to easily get high level (preferably Level 10) products in the game..

so usually there are 5 customers at a given time..

all you need to do is to complete minor orders and stock up on the Level 10 orders, until all remaining orders are of the highest level..

after that, you can finally utilize the MagicBox in order to easily draw Level 10 products, that is at random but is still based on all the existing orders..

that's an easy way to get 3 Level 10 products, and the MagicBox resets on a daily basis...

Lazland

they changed the rice plant into a tree..

and they also provided some improvements in the animations..

for this game, i usually just perform the easy missions in order to earn bonus water..

i never depend on the regeneration of the watering can, except for the first 2 regenerations of the day which are faster compared to the usual regeneration rate..

there's a minigame where the player can catch water using his watering can, but that's time-consuming for me to play...

one of the best usage for Coins within the entire platform is to exchange them with water..

you sacrifice some Coins daily, but you eventually earn LazRewards from Lazland in the process...

unlike in the rice plant version, the progress is easier to monitor now since they represented each stage with a puzzle piece..

there are 9 pieces, so that means the player needs to fill the progress bar 9 times..

the first 7 puzzle pieces are easy to collect, while the last 2 involve a very tedious process..

it takes me about 50 plus days in order to complete the game and claim the reward..

that is without getting bonus water from fulfilling orders and from playing the minigame...

LazRewards: December Status

hello..

i just want to share the final status of my LazRewards before 2024 ends..

an interesting change is that LazLand is already offering LazRewards as well, at least during the last time that i claimed a prize there..

that's Php 60 cash equivalent in exchange for the former Php 60 discount voucher which goes with an expiration date..

but it is still faster to earn from Style Star as compared to LazLand...

from my last balance of Php 640.17 based on my last post..

i managed to raise it to Php 1,352.27 by mid December..

i'm impressed that i managed to earn more than Php 700 in 2 months from simple gaming...

then here's a sample of my most recent purchase..

we needed a hardware tool for our house, so i decided to buy it for my mother..

as you can see, i was able to use Php 307.76 worth of LazRewards..

plus Php 300 for the flash voucher, the shipping discount, and the amount shouldered by Coins..

that's almost Php 640 worth of tool, but i brought the amount down to just Php 44...

then i managed to climb up again back to Php 1,240.11 until today, December 31, 2024..

that's almost Php 200 of earnings in just 11 days..

overall, i was already able to utilize Php 1,578.47 worth of LazRewards since December 12, 2023, that is based on the record..

meaning, i already earned a total of Php 2,818.58 of that cash equivalent since last year...

Lazada Games: Changes

before i discuss our main topic..

here's an example of a Lazada event which is obviously impossible to complete if the player is not ready to do a purchase, something that i have mentioned before..

unlike in other events, there is no consolation prize in this example..

so if the player is not prepared to complete all 9 tasks, then it's better for him to not grind at all...

Merge Boss

visually, there is the expansion of the shopping center, it now has a second level..

and in terms of the game system itself, they just introduced some new methods for acquiring items more easily...

GoGo Match

instead of just the traditional Lazada Coins, they introduced their own in-game currency..

that currency can be used to buy additional turns or moves in order for the player to complete a stage..

although in my opinion, it's still more practical to utilize the Coins in manipulating the puzzle..

why..?

because that can guarantee a 3-Star finish...

Style Star

well, they totally changed the game's format...

here's my cyberpunk costume from the old version...

and then here's my Christmas outfit for the updated version...

what is the bad news..?

unfortunately, the game became time-consuming, unlike before where it's possible to play it without even looking at the screen..

what is the good news..?

currently, it provides lots of LazRewards...

there are 4 types of tasks..

the easist is the rental service, which only lasts after a few clicks..

then there's the acne-cleaning and the facial service, both of which require more control of the player's smartphone..

but the best among the 4 is the styling service..

why..?

because the reward is fixed for the first 3 mentioned tasks, and also proportional to the Energy consumed; that is 1 Star for every 2 Energy..

while the reward for the styling service can reach up to 10 Stars; that is 1 Star for every 1.2 Energy..

the Stars on the other hand is the requirement in claiming the prize, the player is actually offered different options that comes with a deadline..

in my case, i always choose the Php 16 LazReward because the goal of reaching 1000 Stars is achievable within 2 days...

as of the moment, the variation of styling requests are limited, so familiarization is the key in getting 10 Stars all the time..

fulfilling each request is guided by 3 factors; the symbol(s), the emoji, and the numerical rating..

the symbol or symbols provide a hint on which item from a particular costume category can be used to fulfill a certain request..

but it can be tricky sometimes because there are requests which do not necessarily follow the symbols..

in such case, the player will have to try out all items from each costume category, and just see which one will yield the highest rating..

sometimes you only have to choose the actual matching costumes despite of their symbols, or even if they do not have any symbol at all.. 

the numerical rating helps in determining the best combination of costume, although reaching the highest value is not very necessary..

if the color of the number turns green, then that signifies that the value increased as compared to a previously selected item..

but the best indicator is the emoji, because it shows the satisfaction level of the customer..

it'll instantly tell the player if he's styling is already good enough to get 10 Stars..

there are 3 levels of satisfaction; unsatisfied (which is a red-faced emoji), neutral (a smiling face), and satisfied (a happy face with hearts)..

in my case, i don't always go for the highest score, once i hit that happy face i just go with whatever really looks good on my model...

here are my rewards from my first 6 days in playing the new version of Style Star..

that's Php 80 in 5 consecutive days, the first game day wasn't officially counted since it didn't last for 24 hours...

after only 3 months, i already reached Php 1,091.79 LazRewards (as of the time of the last screenshot)..

that's from Php 400 plus from early July 2024.. 

but it went down to Php 640.17 because i spent a total of Php 451.62 for the months of September and October...

LazRewards: Fast Ways to Earn

probably the fastest way to get discount on Lazada right now is by using the Daily Flash Voucher..

the only requirement is for you to grab the voucher during the scheduled time of release..

you just need to set an alarm and you're all set..

but the amount of discount is fixed, as well as the amount of minimum spend, and the voucher is not always applicable for any item within the platform..

TIP: it's better to use if you already have a target item to buy, and if you are sure if the store is legitimate or the item is authentic...

LazRewards is another option to avail of discounts within Lazada..

it can be accumulated through a lot of ways..

and so far, since its most recent launch, it seems to have no expiration..

but like the Daily Flash Voucher, LazRewards is not always applicable for every item...

Laz Like

or the video menu for Lazada, so far, is the easiest place to get LazRewards..

i think the possible amount of claimable reward there starts at Php 130..

the total redeemable value is determined at the earnings section..

TIP: never save up in order to target that one-time Php 150 prize..

you see, the closer a player gets to Php 150, the harder the task gets and the slower it becomes to accumulate LazRewards in exchange for Gold Bars..

the exchange rate of LazReward per Gold Bar becomes lower as you try to get closer to the Php 150 value, meaning you have to spend more Gold Bars just to get Php 1.00 of LazReward..

based on my own experience, it was around Php 2.50 in exchange for 20,000 Gold Bars when i was below the Php 140 mark..

then it became more than Php 1.00 only in exchange for 20,000 Gold Bars when i was already above the Php 140 mark..

but by maintaining a lower level of earnings, a player can always trade his Gold Bars for more LazRewards..

below Php 100 and above 70, i'm able to always exchange 20,000 Gold Bars for Php 5..

that's 25 centavos for every 1,000 Gold Bars...

so the right trick is to just claim any amount of reward that you are allowed to do so for each passing day, so your earnings will continuously be reduced..

and just accomplish the easy missions which only last for a few seconds or minutes, so you can keep accumulating Gold Bars which you will strategically trade for LazRewards whenever you are at a desirable trading point..

that way, you can keep accumulating LazRewards on a daily basis...

Style Star

at first, i was not really paying attention to this game, since it's of the dress up genre..

but during an event early this year, i realized that it was the easiest game where i can earn more LazRewards..

as far as i know, it only has 4 types of tasks; an easy cash, a fan request, a puzzle, and a gift booster..

most of the tasks only lasts for a few seconds, while the longest lasts for about 2 minutes..

the good thing is, the player can easily trigger any of the remaining 3 easy tasks while the 2-minute task is in progress..

it's possible to utilize all the player's Energy within that 2-minute period, that's how easy this game is..

performing tasks is regulated by the default Energy limit, so you don't have to worry about having to play the game for the whole day..

TIP: just keep on collecting the free cash daily for future use...

GoGo Match

this on the other hand is the hardest among the 4 games that i'm playing at Lazada..

no need to be serious on this one if you do not have the luxury of time..

by the way, i'm no longer playing LazLand, because currently it doesn't provide anything for LazRewards..

i just left it at near completion, just in case i'll need the voucher from it..

well back to GoGo Match, it is the hardest in the sense that it requires thinking and no matter how good you are, it will still require more time to finish as compared to the other games..

although the puzzles can be easily manipulated using Lazada Coins, it is still time-consuming, especially when the player is asked to complete a lot of stages everyday..

TIP: just target what is possible to achieve during events, and keep on collecting the free power-ups daily...

Major TIP:

you don't have to always play the games, you can just complete missions whenever there's a Lazada event which provides LazRewards as prize..

always evaluate first what is feasible for you to attain during special events, because most of the bigger prizes are impossible to acquire if you do not wish to perform purchasing missions..

most of the time, you can already tell which prize(s) you can achieve until the last day of the event just by assessing the types of missions, whether they are daily or good for the entire duration of the event...

here's a sample of my earnings from the last less than 3 months..

you can use it to buy something in Lazada for free, and don't forget to use a free shipping voucher as well..

then you can sell that item for a 100% profit...

Useful Games: Lazada

okay, enough of the stressful games for now..

since all the bad hormones that i'm getting from Axie Infinity has already resulted to me having Hypertension... :(

no update for my Star Wars collection as well..

i tried searching through Lazada and Shopee recently, but the prices are outrageous..

that's 4 digits in Peso (Php) value..

i also can't find any of my targets...

and so for this particular post, i'll be featuring simple and yet very useful games..

kindly note that i only started playing them during this year (2023).. 

these are games which are included in the Lazada app, i'm not sure for other countries though..

playing such can provide rewards like discount vouchers or physical items, not to mention the Coins which also have some monetary value within Lazada...

Lazland

the goal is to just water the Palay field..

the game provides water by default, but the player can also earn additional water by performing various tasks..

i like it because it is not a time-consuming game..

i only check it 3 times a day; morning, afternoon, and in the evening..

and all the daily tasks combined won't even last for 1 hour to accomplish...

the usual reward is 1 kilogram of rice..

but in case your location is outside their delivery area, then there's no need to worry..

it's possible to exchange the reward item with a discount voucher..

before writing this blog post, i already earned 2 Php 60 worth of vouchers..

both were utilized in purchasing products from Lazada which we really need...

Merge Boss

in this game, the player is asked to fulfill various customers' orders..

item generators produce materials or lower level items that can be merged together in order to come up with items of higher level..

the item generators themselves can be merged in order to produce better or higher level item generators..

that way, the player can create the target products that each customer is asking for...

this game is a bit time-consuming because of the Energy regeneration mechanics..

1 Energy is generated every 2 minutes, so that's 30 Energy after an hour..

because of that, i check the game every 2 hours during daytime...

the Lazada Coins are the usual rewards that can be earned from this game..

1 Coin is equivalent to Php 1.00..

they can be used as an alternative payment within Lazada, but don't expect the system to allow you to utilize too many Coins per each purchase...

aside from the Coins, occasionally Merge Boss or Lazada comes up with events where the player can earn discount vouchers and other prizes..

such events are only available for a limited time period..

so far, i have already participated in 3 events, and i'm currently participating in the 4th one..

i already forgot what i acquired from 2 of those events..

but for the one that recently concluded, i was able to get as much as Php 200 discount voucher..

it was timely, because we needed to buy a specialized filter for our water dispenser back then...

and so, i must say that this is a better way of spending your free time..

instead of playing unfair, stressful, time-consuming, scam games..

you may not be earning money, but discount vouchers are still helpful in purchasing products that you really need from various shops within Lazada...

Axie Infinity: The Economic Freedom Scam

Economic Freedom..?

that was what the developers were boasting about on social media during the time when good Axies would cost around USD 500 or even more..

playing and earning at the same time, while making use of a great number of regular SLP reward as their bait..

but for the victims from the 2nd half of 2021, it didn't last very long before the developers revealed their hit-and-run plan...

back in 2022, they started to move to a new game, which is Axie Infinity: Origins..

the graphics and gameplay may have improved, but NEVER their treatment for the scam victims..

it was just a downhill ride for a lot of Axie investors ever since the developers' betrayal in terms of manipulating the daily rewards..

and now, they are using their AXS as the new bait for unsuspecting victims...

but before i proceed with this terrible story, here are some changes for me within the game:

here's my previous team when we were already in Axie Infinity: Origins...

this is my sixth Axie..

yes, i was stupid enough to buy some new ones..

i thought they could help me get my hands on some rewards as the number of active players diminished as each day goes by..

but NO, as it happens, the developers just also make the spread of the rewards in their leaderboard become more unfair..

as in giving no chance for the scam victims to retrieve what they have lost back in 2021...

this is my seventh Axie..

it's useless to explain their role or what they are good at in battle..

why is that so..?

because the developers just keep on changing a lot of card skills...

and so let's proceed with this evil story..

here's an enumeration of a lot of other unfair schemes in Axie Infinity: Origins:

• FREE Axies - they are different from the Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Axies, their purpose is to try to attract new players so they can get a feel of the game, hoping they can convince those new players to actually buy Axies so the developers can earn from the commission

• Defective Cards - they always make an excuse that some cards may be defective because the game is still under development, but some cards never got fixed at all, and that's basically impossible since they are fond of continuously changing a lot of card descriptions, i even have a card back then which can make me automatically lose a match every time it gets broken 

• Turn Based - during the earlier stages of Origins, players can already get an advantage just by choosing the more preferable turn

• Bonus Energy - during the earlier stages of Origins, the players with more cards that provide bonus Energy are usually at an advantage, but to make things worse, some Axies are even gifted with the skill to replicate such bonus Energy cards without any penalty

• Boar Requirement - this is like the 800 MMR (Matchmaking Rating) anti-earning rule back in V2, players can't earn any SLP unless they reach such stage

• Reduction of SLP Reward - it's actually further reduction of the SLP reward, before the end of V2 i was still earning USD 2 for every 15 days, but during the earlier stages of Origins, it takes me a month just to get the number of SLP with that estimated value

• Beneficial to Few - Origins was only beneficial to those investors who have already earned their return on investment (ROI) before the collapse of SLP and then that of the entire cryptocurrency market in the 2nd half of 2021, it was also beneficial to new players since during Origins it was cheaper to purchase Axies in order to come up with a team that can better climb the leaderboard, unlike in the case of scam victims who already lost so much back in 2021, so much that only the higher positions in the leaderboard can help them recover their lost money

• Class Skills and Purity Imbalance - back during the Origins' days when Class still matters, a few Classes were clearly given an advantage because they were provided with a lot of strong skills, skills whose effects are not even available for other Classes, while Beasts and Birds can remain pure while possessing such strong skills, other Classes only had the choice to remain pure with their mediocre skills or sacrifice Potential Points so they can also make use of the Beasts and Birds' powerful cards

• Beasts' FREE Cleanse and Rage - one of best assets of the Beasts Class during the time when there were powerful disabling cards, and it comes for FREE

• Disabling Cards - back in V2, cards that have disabling abilities were only allowed to disable certain parts of an Axie's body or based on the reach of the attack (melee or ranged), that way the Axie won't be completely useless in battle, but in the earlier stages of Origins, instead of just targeting select body parts or reach type, they allowed disabling cards to target either attack or shield cards as a whole leaving the opponent with very small chance to fight back 

• Deck and Draw Rigging - in my case, there were a lot of times when i would repeatedly draw a set of cards which i can't even use together, or times when in multiple turns i would just draw Revenge and Curse cards, that kind of bad luck while my enemies just find it easy to draw their main cards

• Fake Market Activities - showing market activities is one of their schemes to make it look like players can still earn outside the leaderboard, but what's very suspicious about their marketplace is that powerful Runes are still being sold at high prices during off-season when there is no more reward at stake and they can't even Disenchant those to get any useful item, rare Axies and Lands are also still being traded at very high costs

• Energy Burst - it didn't solve the problem about the Energy imbalance since V2 because anyone who gets the Energy Burst permanently gains the bonus Energy for the succeeding turns, so the first to activate it will mostly likely get the advantage in the match

• Funds Concentrated for the Elite - whether tournaments, social media contests, or the leaderboards, we have noticed that the value of prizes are always so much bigger for their elite players (guild players, influencers, acquaintances), they are only generous to a select few, even the rewards for their social media contests are just mostly being given to players that they know, and they are doing that as if it is impossible to distribute the prize pool to more players in order to help the others recover some of the money that they have lost for believing in the game

• Increasing RON Fees - although the transaction fees nowadays in terms of RON can be considered small, the truth is a lot of players lost more money as compared to whatever they are saving during the age of RON transactions, and seeing how such fees doubled or more than doubled in value in a short period of time is disturbing

• Lending Land to Influencers - their NFT Lands costs a lot of money, and in order to try to attract other players to buy their Lands, they are lending some to their influencers so they can showcase in their streams and social media pages the possible uses of such assets

• Burning Assets - this is something that they could have done before, but they are leaving the decision to burn assets to the players, the fact is their company can do the sacrifice to purchase assets for burning purposes in order to help the victims from 2021, but instead they are just focusing most their of fundings for their elite community as if they are only ones who have helped the company earn a lot before

these are just some of the added reasons why the game can never be fair for all..

reasons why the scam victims can never recover the money that they have lost in buying Axies in 2021, especially the weak ones..

reasons why the game is continuously going down..

and reasons why people, most people, should never trust such gaming and cryptocurrency company...

here's a related post about the violent changes in Axie Infinity:

https://jedisandsiths.blogspot.com/2022/08/axie-infinity-violent-changes.html