Even, I a gemmer, Am Finding this a little too much...

Why does it matter who is at the top of the leaderboard, or how they got there?

I feel you, it sucks because SC is trying to make a lot of money by allowing in-app-purchases, but I hope they will change the model to low-monthly-fee or something, so that the playing field will be even for people who cannot afford to (or don't want to) gem so much. :(

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Originally Posted by Mavado

I like this game but I too find it ridiculous I am forced to spend money to be a top player. Sure when I played WoW I sucked at pvp and couldn't even get close to placing top in my server in arena, at least I felt like it was achievable. I just don't have the money to be a top player in CoC! As much as I love the game the feeling I get knowing I'll never be one of the best players because I'm forced to pay money makes it much harder for me to like it. Luckily I've only been playing for a few months so I haven't spent a year hoping for a hopeless goal.

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Originally Posted by UnitySharp

I feel you, it sucks because SC is trying to make a lot of money by allowing in-app-purchases, but I hope they will change the model to low-monthly-fee or something, so that the playing field will be even for people who cannot afford to (or don't want to) gem so much. :(

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Not likely to happen bro

I bet OP has never been laid. I mean seriously you spend that much on a game? Wow nerd alert.

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Originally Posted by mcgovery

I bet OP has never been laid. I mean seriously you spend that much on a game? Wow nerd alert.

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How is spending money on a game more nerdy than playing it 16 hours a day?

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Originally Posted by Hannibal

I think you guys are looking at this backwards. The use or avoidance of gems doesn't imply anything about skill.

This tension exists because gemmers buy in-game advancement which in most games is the marker of skill. The fact that gemmers carry these markers leads non-gemmers to resent the built-in assumption that the gemmers are "better players" because they carry these advanced progression markers.

Supercell makes a profit because they allow people to buy the markers of hard work. And if the people who don't buy them get resentful... Hey, that only fuels the competitive instinct that maybe turns some of them into gemmers also.

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Exactly! The people behind Supercell are geniuses!

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Originally Posted by UnitySharp

I feel you, it sucks because SC is trying to make a lot of money by allowing in-app-purchases, but I hope they will change the model to low-monthly-fee or something, so that the playing field will be even for people who cannot afford to (or don't want to) gem so much. :(

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This would be terrible! Making the game unplayable UNLESS you pay is a bad move. At the moment spending real money is a choice. Alter that, and its adios amigo.
And no, I won't put my mines outside etc etc if I leave. Work for it.

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Originally Posted by Illustris

The part where you outspend your budget, get frustrated, and start a thread like this.

"If you have to ask how much, you can't afford it"... True wealth does not need to flaunt PayPal balances in such a crass way, incessantly.

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I apologize for that, I didn't mean to brag in any way about It, I'm just saying, I wasn't making this just for me, But even for the legitimate players, By the time they get to just the maxed out items now, will be well over 1 year. I was just saying on how I think it's starting to become way more based around gemmers, such as myself, But, I'm farming now, which is bringing the fun back, not saying at all I have any intent on quitting, Just saying on how I find the rapid updates, and all of them being majorly expensive not only in game, but also if you want them in a reasonable time, out of pocket expenses. And, to the people that were asking How I spent that much and only at 2.4k trophies, I was a lot higher, close to 3k, but then, I started to lose fun for the game because it's pretty much atleast ONE GARUNTEED loss when you go on defense, so, to bring fun back, I started farming. I apologize if I sounded like I was bragging in any way.

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Originally Posted by mcgovery

I bet OP has never been laid. I mean seriously you spend that much on a game? Wow nerd alert.

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Please, Explain This, I check the game, once or twice a day, and that's in the morning, or middle/when I get home. And I had the money to spend, that paypal balance for games is supposed to last me, well, Until I die, truthfuly, I don't think that If I keep maxing things, that i'm going to have that money for too long.

The game economics are messed up. Maybe, just maybe this release will fix that?

I wish they made dark elixir and hero's without the ability to gem it. That would have made the game really interesting... but SuperCell went for the money and as this original poster has pointed out might have destroyed the game.

Hindsight is 20/20, so what does SuperCell do now? They could lower hero costs, (this would angry many of their "whales" and/or introduce something new to fix the game economics... we can hope.

Clash of Clans is or was a fun game...