Got my reality check, ready for yours? SC's inadvertent backfire

[serenitycotc2]

I did the same as the OP and I can't believe it,......I have spent £300 on this game over the last 2 years. In my financial circumstances that is totally irresponsible. If someone had asked what I had spent I would have guessed £50, certainly no more. It just shows how the game used to suck you in and how it kept giving you the next target to achieve. After the update however, progress is so slow, and the gameplay so boring, that I have no need to gem anything. Thank goodness for the update eh, and for this post.

Someone, somewhere needs to do research into 'in app purchases" as a warning to the public on the psych impact and the addiction. There must be lots of kids out there who have thrown their allowance into this sort of game.....poor little sods.

It is unreal how simple and easy it was to get sucked in. It's just funny looking back to see how successful it was / still is.

And yes I agree with all posts in here, it was fun, it was justified, it's a form of entertainment I accepted, I like it so I don't mind. It was just interesting to take a step back and see what'd I'd done to myself haha

I'm sure if I added up what I've spent on coffee in the same time frame I'd puke. Difference is I didn't have the option to "wait it out" and get a coffee for free. Lots of players don't and haven't gemmed and Still get the same enjoyment from this game.

Here's an interesting article on how you get lured in and the mind tricks used. A fellow clasher sent this to me after checking their purchase history.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph...b_6076502.html

If you want to talk mind tricks here's a fun one.
You're now breathing manually.

[Earthmomma]

Here's an interesting article on how you get lured in and the mind tricks used.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph...b_6076502.html

If you want to talk mind tricks here's a fun one.
You're now breathing manually.

GREAT share, thanks! I think for me, the 'reciprocity' one is my main motivator, but all of them apply to me to one degree or another.

And now, you're breathing manually too, just like me.

[coneheadcasper]

Can u check on a I-phone?

You can't, you have to go on iTunes.

[zork219]

Lol. Just checked my google wallet purchase history 1000+ USD in 2 years. I was quite sure, that i 've spent about 650$. Nice find OP. I stopped buying gems after upgrade to TH10.

[armus]

I agree with op. I did the math once and swore is never look again. Maybe I'll wait a bit longer before i buy more again. It's time to stop and this update is as good a reason as any.

[JJCarlos69]

There's a lot to be said about the update but we can all agree the use of gems (and desired want for us to buy more) is a big part of it.

This is not a negative thread

I'll admit, I'm a gem buyer. Rather, I was. I'd buy a pack and use them to free up a builder if I get enough loot for a new upgrade and get him going. War time I'd gem a troop for a request so they could attack asap and not have to come back in an hour for the golem or pekka. I never bought resources, would only expedite an upgrade, boost raid, or gem a troop to donate. Once the update came out I quickly noticed that boost raiding was a thing of the past, the armies needed for the bases and trophy league I was in only allowed several attacks which wasn't worth it. The loot going bone dry slowed my collection and my upgrading so no need to use gems there either. I also was forced into a more casual play mode (slow build armies, long hero regen time) so I wasn't on a lot to help donate to clan mates either.

So then came the reality check.
I thought it'd be interesting to see just how much I have sunk into this game. Needless to say when I went to my google play purchase history and added up just how much I've bought it was baffling. (Bday money, gifts, xmas, and cash of my own) I had always justified it as using my coffee money for the week to buy the gems so no big deal, but the total was eye opening. When I asked several other clan mates to do the same they had the same eye opening experience as I did lol.

The backfire
Now that the ugly truth is out we all came to the same conclusion that buying gems was done with. No more sinking money into the game. This isn't a negative rant or threat, just a rude awakening. Had we seen a game on the app store with the price that we paid we never would have bought it. SC had a good thing going when we were happily spending and along for the ride and not thinking twice. Now a lot of players have had the time and drive to really look into things and I think they are coming to the same understanding. Just how much we've given to the game.

Anyone else had a similar experience? Don't get me wrong, I'm not quitting or giving up that the game will get fixed (fingers crossed) I'm actually relieved the update did what it did. Snapped my clan mates and I out of our blissful gem buying fog.

TL : DR - Update made myself and fellow clan mates recount what we've invested in the game. Thinking it wasn't much we checked our purchase history for fun to see how close we were and got a rude awakening and just how much we had spent over time. Have you checked your history recently?

Very well said

[Harrisman24]

Aha man I've spent enough ( under 1k though, thankfully ). But, this game has been a great source of entertainment for the past 3 years, so in my eyes was money well spent.

If it wasn't, then why buy gems?

[1stMammal2wearPants]

$50 dollars doesn't sound like much from what i am reading others spending, so you have my condolences there. But for me the big hang up was my time spent on the game.

I had no problem loading up 5 dollars a month to cover my boosting costs to help speed progress up a bit.

I learned to enjoy the game the "way it wasn't intended" but loved it just like most everyone else and thus justified hours upon hours progressing my base, chatting with friends and scouting war enemies.

And now, 3 years later, they say "You have to play this way." is completely absurd and one of the worst moves a Business can make.

Now they add more layers that are unnecessary. Yup, say buh bye. This is creating a vacuum of entertainment need that a few mobile games are already cashing in on...cough cough Dominations.

[mossolini]

Aha man I've spent enough ( under 1k though, thankfully ). But, this game has been a great source of entertainment for the past 3 years, so in my eyes was money well spent.

If it wasn't, then why buy gems?

what you spend is relative to your net-worth or income.

i have spent probably 1500. i dont want to check and get the correct amount lol..

but the article is very true, people blindly and happily spent money on a game they enjoyed.

now its totally different... aside from being maxxed (just about) i dont plan on spending anymore money on a game that doesnt care about the people who gave them money in the first place.

[youwire]

I stopped spending once I found out they manipulate the availability of the dead bases. It was right after clan war implementation and I was TH7.

Total $15 spent for four accounts over 2 years...