Good to know that Steemgar is back and that now it has a better reward system! It was weird rewarding with votes and the trail before!
Would be cool if you made a Steemgar coin on steem-engine and rewarded every player that bought a ticket, those coins could be using to buy skins and stuff that make you look cooler like agar does.
Yes, it was never intended to be a long term system. And the current one will continue to evolve as well.
Yes, that would be a great addition to the game. It is something I have to look into first as Steem-engine isn't that familiar to me. There are other plans as well for the token, if that route is the one that'll be taken. Hashing out the whole plan will take some time though.