Originally Posted by
sand
Oh, hush! My Four-Leaf won 5000 gold, and since it was a 5-hour breed that I got on the first try, I spent no gold getting it to epic. Zero. Furthermore, I've never purchased gold.
I spent my winnings on additional nests, a Kissing Dragons sculpture to celebrate my Mistmoth & Fairy who bred 2 Diamonds that same week, a large amethyst so I could craft Amethyst dragon, a Mask egg (heck yeah!) and a truckload of fruit for my level-9 Mythic whose habitat left me too broke to buy the last mega-feedings it needed to reach epic. That plus a bunch of speed-ups for Amethyst, Mask, Mythic and any other dragons that stood in our way. LOL
The contests are fun if you don't take them (or the game) too seriously. As for winning, it's a long shot, but you've gotta be in it to win it, and you've gotta believe.
I'm Sand. My ID is SAND, and my island is Aetherlands (no resident Aether dragon). Come visit!