i certainly didn't climb up by getting 1 or 2 trophies and i'm sure a hell of a lot of people playing don't either.
you can only upgrade so much before you have to go to mp battles to get more resources.
You cant help it if you happen to win a lotta trophies at first then end up in a too high for your camp level, Should we really be punished for playing what is the funniest part of coc, and which is half of what coc is about. Why should we be forced to lose battles to lower our trophies to a more "acceptable" level. I agree it shouldn't be completely about level but it should play a big part in it. My defenses are upgraded to the highest i can with my town hall level, But i'm now getting matches with far too high opponents meaning 80% of the time i'm dead before i even take a 1/4 of their resources to save up to upgrade,or they are taken by people with level 4 giants, n archers n dragons n healers and whatever else, so i go down a bit in trophies but then i get a few clans that are good for me, and i defeat them and go straight back up! i'm not going to make my self lose battles to stay at the acceptable level.What sort of game is that? And what happens if i did, then upgraded some more, then went into mp battles again i'd end up in the exact same boat! beat the first few maybe, then back to square 1 with the 55+ level up people! SC has left us with 3 options really
1.lose a few battles every now and again to stay at an acceptable level
2.Buy s*** loads of gems
3.Don't battle everyday or you'll have to refer to option number 1.
I think i will just stick to their game hay day

much less stress