Quite some rewards in Week 11 including a Tier 3 Rare card from the Under 23 competition where I ended 7th out of 732 entries. aside from this, I also earned 1 Tier 5 Limited cards and 2 Rare + 2 Limited boxes.
Updated Reward Structure
There was a Essence Distribution Update as simply too much was given out as rewards. Instead of removing box rewards for In-season where the point is to win cash rewards and to lower them for Free2Play players, they just heavily reduced the amount that players are able to get.
This is an eternal spiral as lower rewards means that card values likely will go down which reduces the income from auctions which forces Sorare to lower rewards more. The only real remedy is for there to be hype around Sorare which would bring in a ton of new players. This, or some kind of bottom being reached by the core player base who don't care whatsoever about expecting to lose money playing this game. It does look like a bigger % of players will now be able to win a box though.
Regular Season Week 11 Rare Results
I had 2 Lineups that gave a reward including a nice top place in the Under 23 competition. That card recently went on the market for 27$+ for the in-season while the classic card is for sale for 8€ so I would sign to get 20$ for it.
Season 2024-2025 Rare Rewards
| Game Week | League | Points | Rank | Entries | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 11 | Under 23 | 380 | 7th | 732 | Tier 3 Card |
| Week 03 | Cap220 | 305 | 406th | 5014 | Tier 5 Rare |
| Week 03 | Cap240 | 278 | 2278th | 8727 | 15$ |
| Week 02 | Classic 4 | 341 | 6th | 392 | Tier 5 Rare |
| Week 02 | Cap240 | 326 | 612th | 6810 | 15$ |
| Week 01 | Cap240 | 292 | 1327th | 6335 | 15$ |
New Week Rare Lineups!
I have 6 Rare teams that potentially could be competitive and I actually bought 1 extra Under 23 defender as Reynolds who I have twice and Pletinxk are injured while Bayram is Suspended. Patris for under 4$ felt like the best value option as he's a sure starter in Stvv who really picked up a much better form and they have a home match as the favorite this week. Delanghe is not 100% sure to still be the 1st Cercle Goalkeeper as they bought an extra option as Warleson is out until the end of the year. So I put Shinton who plays against Kortrijk who so far haven't scored easy in my best team. This at the risk that they get 3+ goals against which often is the case for them.
As the main goalkeeper of Kortrijk got injured, Pirard who I had as a backup option now becomes a goalkeeper that potentially will start giving me 1 extra lineup to enter. With Maertens injured, I see a good chance for Schrijvers to actually start as he made his best performances and scores while Maertens was out last season. So I'm taking the chance even though it only shows 10% for him to start.
It looks like Kone also got injured for Charleroi which gives my backup Defourny a chance in the goal. So 2 cheap reserve goalkeepers who all of a sudden give an extra entry ticket. I fully go on the starting percentages to fill in my lineups and will from now on always wait until Thursday evening to submit them and make this post.
Limited Teams & Results
The Tier 5 reward Card and the 2 boxes I earned in limited somehow came from the Champion and Contender League where I just use players I earned as reward cards or players who used to play in Belgium which I haven't sold yet. The Tier 5 card I won is quite useless at the moment but who knows if it ever will come in handy.
Season 2024-2025 Limited Rewards
| Game Week | League | Points | Rank | Entries | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 11 | Classic Chapion | 346 | 153 | 5876 | Tier 5 Card |
| Week 10 | 100 Essence Mint | - | - | - | Tier 3 Card |
| Week 10 | Classic Challenger | 408 | 101st | 11179 | Tier 3 Card |
| Week 09 | Classic Challenger | 438 | 62th | 10796 | Tier 2 Card |
| Week 08 | Classic Challenger | 393 | 306th | 11507 | Tier 5 Card |
| Week 07 | Under 23 | 404 | 68th | 5947 | Tier 3 Card |
| Week 06 | Under23 | 453 | 2nd | 3615 | Tier 1 Card |
| Week 03 | Cap240 | 354 | 536th | 16258 | 2$ + Tier 3 |
| Week 01 | Classic Challenger | 355 | 80th | 1975 | Tier 5 |
| Week 01 | Cap240 | 270 | 4377th | 13150 | 2$ |
New Week Limited Lineups!
I changed all my lineups at the last moment which cost quite some time going for an Antwerp Stack filled up with Heynen instead of using Vandenbosch & Lammens in the Under 23 lineup. Risks need to be taken if you want to get rewards and I hope it works out as I was more confident in the first lineup if Janssen was the striker instead of Ambrose.
The choice to go with an Antwerp stack left me with a mediocre Under 23 team and I don't expect to win anything there or with other lineups I submitted unless I get crazy lucky.
Player Transfers & Reward Card
3 new cards were added while I sold 1 player with Delanghe who I picked up during the Warleson injury.
Patris: I expect him to always start and actually get ok scores are stvv is doing pretty well lately. 3.7€ was worth the risk for me knowing I really needed and extra Under 23 defender to complete my lineup.
Jacob Ramsey is a Tier 3 Rare card who is under 23 and player in the EPL and in Europe so he goes for good money. I hope to be able to sell him above 20$ this week.
Sagnan: is an unknown Tier 5 player worth 1€
I was probably a bit too quick on selling Delanghe again at a small profit as I was unaware that Warleson was confirmed out for a longer time. Delanghe hasn't impressed and Cercle also got another goalkeeper so there certainly is a chance that he soon will be on the bench again. I also don't mind the trade as I have another copy of him.
Season 2024-2025 Owned Collection Value
It's fairly easy to track your personal earnings on the Sorarebase.Football website. We seem to be at a point again where the rewards don't fully compensate for the drop in card values over time as more get printed and dumped on the market.
I am no longer putting outside funds into Sorare at this point and will track my total account value from here on out weekly.
| Date | Card Values | ETH Value | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19/06/2024 | 1205€ | 207€ | 1412€ |
| 10/07/2024 | 1479€ | 175€ | 1654€ |
| 25/07/2024 | 1826€ | 207€ | 2033€ |
| 31/07/2024 | 1971€ | 225€ | 2196€ |
| 07/08/2024 | 1928€ | 173€ | 2101€ |
| 14/08/2024 | 1780€ | 202€ | 1982€ |
| 21/08/2024 | 1580€ | 208€ | 1788€ |
| 28/08/2024 | 1395€ | 211€ | 1606€ |
| 04/09/2024 | 1299€ | 201€ | 1500€ |
| 18/09/2024 | 1061€ | 209€ | 1270€ |
| 25/09/2024 | 1076€ | 237€ | 1313€ |
| 02/10/2024 | 1056€ | 193€ | 1249€ |
| 09/10/2024 | 1101€ | 173€ | 1274€ |
| 24/10/2024 | 1081€ | 199€ | 1280€ |
From the looks of it, it will be hard to outearn the decrease in card values as more and more are being put up for sale on the market.
Conclusion
I'm still having a ton of fun with Sorare and I'm highly looking forward to the coming weekend. If I win something or manage to break even I'm already a happy player. Given the continued inflation, this is a game and not an investment.
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