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

[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.

[Sandalhat]

Gemmers are like the bankers in the real world. They play with money and gain a legal yet unfair benifit over the working class.

Oh my <insert preferred term for divine being>!

[pinser]

Oh my <insert preferred term for divine being>!

I think you mean:

[UnitySharp]

True, the use or avoidance of gems alone does not imply anything about skill.

Interesting take on the gemming vs non-gemming perspective, and I think you articulated the problem with games that allow in-app-purchase extremely well here.

That's why I love Starcraft, it is so frigging fair and all about skills But I don't hate supercell as I hate other developers who allow in-app-purchases, because supercell makes the purchases very expensive, thus minimizing (or limiting) the handicapping.

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.

[Alexchok]

The gemmer spends maybe an hour a day on the game, the non gemmer spends 8. How does that make the non gemmer more skilled?

Hmm lemme see...when a 2800 trophy Gemmer spends an hour on the game each day but fights 6 times during that one hour, by gemming all pekka or all dragon armies.

Compared with a 2800 trophy non-gemmer who spens 8 hours playing but only fights 4-5 times cos he spends alot of time waiting for his army's production.

All things being equal, and assuming that more fights = more experience = more skills...then you have your answer!! ta-da!

[Pingfao]

That's why I love Starcraft, it is so frigging fair and all about skills But I don't hate supercell as I hate other developers who allow in-app-purchases, because supercell makes the purchases very expensive, thus minimizing (or limiting) the handicapping.

Don't even get me started on how OP Toss Air is in HOTS!!!

[UnitySharp]

Hey, that's not even out yet, we don't know yet lol

Don't even get me started on how OP Toss Air is in HOTS!!!

[Pingfao]

Hey, that's not even out yet, we don't know yet lol

I have the beta

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[pinser]

I have the beta

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So that's why you haven't been on COC that much
Helping ping derail this thread

[UnitySharp]

oh you little....
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I have the beta

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