It Just Means More in Splinterlands... SEC Team Branded Skins
In Time for College Football Season... How About SEC Team Branded Skins
Many schools will put their logo on everything. From Alabama Crimson Tide branded caskets to a Georgia Bulldogs coffee blend, if there is an audience and a remote amount of demand - a licensing deal can be made. So why not Splinterlands? It may be too much work to create 14 (or eventually 16 - including Texas and Oklahoma) different cards based on mascots or personalities at each of the schools, but skins do not have to interfere with the game mechanics and enhance the value of the cards.
So let's go through the SEC schools and the best card for each to create a custom skin.
Alabama Crimson Tide: Tide Biter
Shouldn't it be obvious here? Tide Biter makes perfect sense with the Alabama Crimson Tide. It would require a complete recreation of Tide Biter as artwork, but Tide Biter with Big Al (the Elephant Mascot) with a sign that says "Roll Tide Roll" would work.
Arkansas Razorbacks: Kobold Miner
What looks like a Hog in Splinterlands? Kobold Miner. Call the Hawgs with the hardest working miner in Splinterlands. In Arkansas there are diamond mines and at Crater of Diamonds State Park anyone can dig and search for diamonds.
Woo Pig, indeed. "Big Red", the anthropomorphic Arkansas Razorback mascot mining for diamonds would be a neat skin.
Auburn Tigers: Luminous Eagle
Those completely unfamiliar with Auburn would wonder why Luminous Eagle is the pick here. The rally cry and greeting for those of the Auburn Family is "War Eagle". It's a way of saying "Hi", but they do prefer to say "Hey".
Auburn is confusing like that. Plainsmen, War Eagles, Tigers. That's Auburn for you. Then there's the whole "WEGL, WEGL, War Damn Eagle, kick 'em in the butt, BIG BLUE, hey!" thing, which can create confusion with Kentucky. They don't own their fight song ("War Eagle") and rip off Georgia's rally song ("Glory, Glory"). A rally song and fight song are two different things.
Enough ragging on Auburn, a skin of War Eagle VIII (Aurea) flying through Toomer's Corner covered in toilet paper. Those who are not familiar with Auburn, there's a lot here to unpack. This is not going to popular outside of the United States, but it would sell out, FAST.
Florida Gators: Swamp Thing
The Florida Gators play in "The Swamp", why not Swamp Thing? A Splinterlands monster or summoner that is a Gator does not exist yet and this is a card that makes sense.
It will be a skin that would become Orange and Blue and feature Albert the Gator.
The other suggestion would be to just have Swamp Thing in cut-off Jean Shorts doing the Gator Chomp. You make the call!
Georgia Bulldogs: Venari Bonesmith
There is no Bulldog, let alone an English Bulldog, that happens to be a monster or summoner in Splinterlands. To just use Cerberus and create a three headed version of Uga would be horrific, no one is going to sign on for that.
The closest choice would be Venari Bonesmith. Hairy Dawg with a bone in a chemistry lab.
Kentucky Wildcats: Dark Ha'on
Harklaw is the Oscar Tshiebwe of Splinterlands monsters, but this does not have lasting power. However, Dark Ha'on makes the most sense because it gets all the attention during College Basketball season and the Dark Ha'on has the taunt ability. Plus, Dark Ha'on is a big cat that happens to be able to fly.
Dark Ha'on becomes "Big Blue Nati'on"??
LSU Tigers: Kralus
This one is a no brainer. There are also no Splinterlands monsters or summoners that are corndogs.
Mississippi State Bulldogs: Pirate Captain
Swing your sword. This is an easy choice thanks to the Swashbuckler Head Coach of the Mississippi State Football Team, Mike Leach. Put Mike Leach on the card. Seriously, put him on the card. Mike Leach as a Splinterlands Pirate Captain would make this card run off the market so fast just so they can be skinned with Mike Leach on them.
Missouri Tigers: Feral Spirit
This one was not hard. Minotaur Warrior and Djinn Muirat were considerations as tributes to the ANTlers in the Mizzou Student Section and the card skins would have been tributes to them, but Feral Spirit was too easy to choose.
Ole Miss Rebels: Sabre Shark
Need we say more? Okay, maybe this.
South Carolina Gamecocks: Furious Chicken
Furious Chicken was boring, but putting a South Carolina skin with Cocky the Gamecock waving a towel is a massive upgrade.
How does the person in the Cocky mascot suit do it during Noon kickoffs at Williams-Brice Stadium? It's extremely hot and humid in Columbia, South Carolina.
Tennessee Volunteers: Radiated Scorcher
There are no bottles of mustard or golf balls, which makes this challenging. The card has to be super orange and the skin has to find a way to play Rocky Top on a loop. You know you have been to Knoxville if you have heard the reggae and dance mix version of Rocky Top.
Ever heard Rocky Top on steel drums? Now you have.
The choice of Radiated Scorcher is due to the nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory. They have nuclear science and neutron science programs there.
Texas A&M Aggies: Ferexia General
Military ties make Ferexia General an obvious choice for Texas A&M. Put the Corps of Cadets on a card or Yell Leaders on a card and there's something here.
Texas A&M Corps of Cadets source
Vanderbilt Commodores: Two Gun Pete
Anchor Down with Two Gun Pete. It just makes tons of sense here. Another good choice would be Kelya Frendul.
That's it. Let's make it happen. Sorry to make you listen to Rocky Top, promise it won't happen again.