Actually Curious about this (Gemming)

[SlackerKing]

First off i'm level 92, TH9, Max defenses (except for 1 x-bow, and 2 canons). 208 walls are level 9 (legos i believe some people call them) AQ is level 22 Barb King is level 18. Troops are maxed (currently upgrading witches to level2). Yet every time i get on global people call me a gemmer. I only have around 34 mill gold raided, 30 mill elixir, and 13 k DE.

Now i'm actually curious as to why i get all this hate when i get on global chat. Is everyone jealous of my base, me having money to spend, or what? Am i gemming correctly? Is there even a correct way to gem? Why do i get so much hatred for this method?

Thanks for any response.

[Cristian]

So youre a gemmer and you wonder why you are being called a gemmer. You have a bright future ahead.

[FisherPrice]

First off i'm level 92, TH9, Max defenses (except for 1 x-bow, and 2 canons). 208 walls are level 9 (legos i believe some people call them) AQ is level 22 Barb King is level 18. Troops are maxed (currently upgrading witches to level2). Yet every time i get on global people call me a gemmer. I only have around 34 mill gold raided, 30 mill elixir, and 13 k DE.

Now i'm actually curious as to why i get all this hate when i get on global chat. Is everyone jealous of my base, me having money to spend, or what? Am i gemming correctly? Is there even a correct way to gem? Why do i get so much hatred for this method?

Thanks for any response.

Do you troll often?

[sr55651]

1) you're gemming way too much if your loot stats are that low... there isn't anything wrong with gemming in moderation but you're overdoing it
2) how are you a max TH9 and lvl92?!

[Jubi]

No, they're not jealous. They are actually being derisive because it appears that instead of purchasing gems to assist your gameplay, you used them to skip over vast amounts of it. Therefore, the development your gameplaying skills have not kept pace with the speed of your base development.

Folks assume that someone who has paid their way to the top doesn't know what he's doing. It's the same in the real world as well; "gemmers" haven't "earned their chops" in the field, so it seems very likely that they are spectacularly incompetent at a high level, which makes them a liability that no clan playing at a high level can afford.

Only poor war clans are likely to let a statistically unskilled TH9 anywhere near their wars. You may have to lower your expectations for awhile in order to be given a chance to prove your worth, but right now you are being judged on the basis of your poor playing stats.

[FisherPrice]

If I wanted to troll this topic I would make up a heroic heist number greater than what a couple hours of unboosted raiding can bring in.

[SlackerKing]

So youre a gemmer and you wonder why you are being called a gemmer. You have a bright future ahead.

I not wondering why im being called a gemmer, i'm wondering why people care that i got to where i am by the means of how i did it?

[antimatter]

No, they're not jealous. They are actually being derisive because it appears that instead of purchasing gems to assist your gameplay, you used them to skip over vast amounts of it. Therefore, the development your gameplaying skills have not kept pace with the speed of your base development.

Folks assume that someone who has paid their way to the top doesn't know what he's doing. It's the same in the real world as well; "gemmers" haven't "earned their chops" in the field, so it seems very likely that they are spectacularly incompetent at a high level, which makes them a liability that no clan playing at a high level can afford.

Only poor war clans are likely to let a statistically unskilled TH9 anywhere near their wars. You may have to lower your expectations for awhile in order to be given a chance to prove your worth, but right now you are being judged on the basis of your poor playing stats.

This pretty much. No offense but good clans will kick some th 9 with maxed defenses but only 30 mil gg.. Skill wise, you can only grind up to th 4 or 3. (Assuming you grinded your way to th 4 and gemmed to th 9) but srsly dude, 30 mil gg at th 9? Are you sure your not reading it wrong??

[SlackerKing]

No, they're not jealous. They are actually being derisive because it appears that instead of purchasing gems to assist your gameplay, you used them to skip over vast amounts of it. Therefore, the development your gameplaying skills have not kept pace with the speed of your base development.

Folks assume that someone who has paid their way to the top doesn't know what he's doing. It's the same in the real world as well; "gemmers" haven't "earned their chops" in the field, so it seems very likely that they are spectacularly incompetent at a high level, which makes them a liability that no clan playing at a high level can afford.

Only poor war clans are likely to let a statistically unskilled TH9 anywhere near their wars. You may have to lower your expectations for awhile in order to be given a chance to prove your worth, but right now you are being judged on the basis of your poor playing stats.

I like to think that my attacking strats are used very well. My clan war stats are 585/1000 war stars and 48,251,874/100,000,000.......i always attack across the board (though i'm not currently in a clan). I understand how to "play" the game and i believe that i am fairly decent at it.

[dpclash]

I think people feel they are demonstrating skill by not paying to upgrade their bases, plus it requires a lot of patience. Seeing someone bypass these two often provokes some some hostility.
i know the hostility you encounter, because I also get it. I did modt of my clashing before the update which allowed counters to continue once acheivments have been reached, so my gg is lower than others with similar bases. The disdain from some people in global was quite surprising.
(I gemmed th9 build and xbow purchase as soon as they came out, and i think also archers 6 as soon as they were released, but apart from that, I've farmed all upgrades)