Sorry but you don't get my point, probably I explained it not good enough, so let's compare with chess.
I told you that I am a chessplayer, but when I play a match with Magnus Carlsen I will sure loose this match cause of his ability and experience - The chance that I take a draw (not to speak from winning) is vanishingly small, so it is okay. I would have all chances against him and cause of my incapability I lost the game.
But now imagine (to compare with splinterlands) that he play with the Knights with bloodlust who transfer to a queen after they beat something at the chessboard but I play only with regular Knights.
Also if the result would be probably the same: I will loose the game, I would not like the second variant and if he ask me for a second match in the first case I would accept immediately but in the second case I would refuse.
Maybe you get now the point, it is not that I need to be competitive with others, if they are better, have better skills it is okay if they win, but not if they win cause they have the bloodlust-knight and I must play with the normal knight.