You can thank @desertjoe for this post. I was going to suggest he makes the post, But he doesn't do blogs.

This is the comment in the Risingstar server.

Now initially thought, Who the F is Ed? Then I thought we all need to run more missions. Maybe we should ask Jux for more hours in the day.

Well that's the background to the post. It will probably make no sense unless I give it context.

@risingstargame.

This game is feckin brilliant. It is also still developing. Unlike other games. Just adding more and more of the same thing over and over. Rising Star, expands on game play. It took me almost 5 years to give the game any kind of genuine support.

Back in the day. I tried to say somethings to the game. Things I seen might be an issue later. For the most part I was not understood, I caused some drama, Haha. With those doubts in mind I still played. Always thinking tomorrow could be the day. Jux found alternative methods to combat things I had seen might happen. He also did the combat in ways I doubt I would have thought of.

Give that man his dues, he has smarts.

Now I did keep buying packs. Recycling STARBITS (one of the game tokens) I purchased packs almost daily, building for something but not knowing what.

Just before the end of last year I made an account dedicated to supporting Rising Star. From what has been done, from what was a fragile start. The game solidified its foundations and began building strong structure. In my opinion.

@wagginston Helped out with support for the game second token STARPRO.

Something still seemed like it was missing. We got @gamesupport to fill part of that missing few pieces.

Rising Star background for context.

I won't explain the whole game. Just the intro to the game. If you have not yet played Rising Star, this is the only game I would encourage some on Hive to play. I think this game gives better value for time spent than other games.

The game grows around music. Around people like Ed Sheridan. He was once very similar to the artists here on the Hive chain. Real life artists with their unique music here on the chain and available in NFT format.

There is a wide range of music covering all genre. Although no classical that I heard. Is there much room for new classical style music?

How it is played.

https://www.risingstargame.com
Registration is easy to follow, you can log in with your Hive-Keychain.

You begin with 10 fans. Don't get too excited that. That's probably your mom dad grandparents Brother sister your teacher neighbour you cut the grass for. The game assumes you know 10 people that will feel sorry for you and become your groupies.

So you have 10 fans and a tin whistle. Your waiting outside the church gates for your girlfriend. Playing your tin whistle to pass the time. Then people start dropping pennies in your Red solo Cup.

Just to clarify. Toby is not on Rising Star yet. But we are working on that.

Your first Mission

Hide inside the church gate if you see the popo coming.

Click start and your mission begins. Each mission has to be repeated several times to progress to the next. The first area is easy enough to open. The second takes a bit longer. To open all areas fast you will need to invest something to the game more than time. No investment is still very playable. Contact @rscardclub for strategies.

You can see all of the music at https://nftm.art/buy/star

Select STARBITS or HIVE as currency and scroll to near the end of the page. The last section is transport. Just above is all of the music available right now. Yes with the game token or with HIVE.

The best way to support Hive artists is to buy their music.

There is a bit of strategy needed within the game. People choose what suits them best. Though not much time is needed. You do need to click once and a while. The game gets really interesting in game play once you open area 3 and 4.

Well that's the background to the game and how I came across the comical, to those who play Rising Star. Was through desertjoe and his bringing us the pun of Ed Sheridan

This is the link from the image up top.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/10/police-in-india-stop-ed-sheerans-impromptu-street-concert

It is a news report in text but the link also has a video of the event.

So what do you draw from the comparison. Between the game start and Ed's fame?

If you are busking and the popo move ye on. It is a compliment. You are just Ed Sheridan good and the local artists complained to the police.