Great post @simplymike and interesting comments.
I'm not enjoying Steem Monsters much anymore, to be honest, the use of bots makes it too frustrating.
I haven't tried any tournaments yet but looked at the one you talk about here as they said it was for novices. However, I couldn't see the point in signing up once I saw who I'd be playing against.
I'm still playing with Level 1 and 2 summoners and not all the legendaries. I had hoped that I could stay at the lower levels and enjoy myself but this is no longer the case.
I've heard that something is being done to counteract the bots. I just hope it doesn't make it harder again for those of us playing in the lower leagues.
I suppose it will take a long time to iron out all the bugs, although from what I understand from what people have said about other games, there's always something that needs to be sorted.
Maybe things will improve when tournaments are automated?
Summoners in novice tournaments are all limited to lvl1. We also just took out legendary from the following ones. I'd suggest you give it a try at the next one tomorrow!
Maybe we just play at different times of the day.I have a level 1 and a level 2 deck too, @gillianpearce, but I never have the feeling I'm playing against bots, to be honest. Once my level 1 goes from bronze to silver league, it is obvious more of my opponents play a higher level, and at one point, a deck has reached its max...
It is more the gold league that annoys me a little these last couple of days. It's more rule than exception that you get matched with complete level 1 decks when playing in Gold 2 and 1. Earlier today, I had 15 in a row. I do agree it mmakes it easy to complete the DQ's, but there's no fun in it.
I don't know what caused it, but my best guess is that people switched cards. It started when there were 9 days left on the tourney. I think a lot of people played their deck as high as possible, and then sent the cards to a new starter account, just in time to have couple of days left to bring the other account up as high as possible.
Maybe, maybe not, idk.
I do think you should grab your best deck (or maybe I should say: the most complete deck) and give those tourneys a shot. Get some action, instead of only doing the DQs. It gets brain-numbing after a while. At least in a tournament, you need to make your brain work: which splinter would be best? Which cards to choose?
I've lost quite a couple of tourneys in the first round, so you've got to be prepared for losing at the first game. Because it's not all up to you. You need a little luck with your opponent, with the manna, with the battle rule...
And losing sucks, but it's completely different from losing during a DQ. And the fact that there is interaction with the other players makes it fun too. Even when you lose. I mean, last week I was in the same tournament as... I'm pretty sure it was @bashadow. He got kicked out at one point, and I kept playing. And he stayed around in the tournament chat, cheering, motivating me.
To me, the difference between playing the normal leagues and playing tourneys is like the difference between playing a game on one of those classic football games on a table in a pub, and being out on a real football field.
I'll try to catch you on Discord tomorrow, I'm interested in those bot games, and in the decks you are playing :0)
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That's weird that you don't seem to be coming up against the bots @simplymike although it does seem to make a difference what time of day I'm playing.
I don't have a lot of choice when I play. I just try and play a few games in between other stuff. Yesterday, every time I tried, apart from one, I was up against higher level bots. I counted at one point and 5 games in 20 were bots 😱
I'm not sure why tournaments don't appeal much. Probably because it looks complicated and it's another thing to try and get my head around.
i will give it a go at some point though. I won't know unless I try. 😊
You and I started playing at the same time. The only difference is I decided to level my cards. Which brings me to my point of people with larger level summoners don't have an advantage over those with lower level summoners if the game is played at the novice level. I would argue the opposite is true as the person who played at the novice level the most will have the advantage and that is likely to be someone that only has novice level cards.
There will always be good players, and less good players, just like in other games, like chess for example.Okay, @rentmoney. I finally get what you mean. As I just replied to a comment above: it's not because you have the cards, that you can play them.
I'm curious to see what is going to happen now they have banned the legendary cards :0)
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I also think that people who level their cards will have a better selection even if they are downgraded to level 1s.
In fact in my alt account where I don't have epics I miss those more than the legendaries. I bet people playing in the top leagues who signed up for the novice tournament all played their epics.
I bet they do to. They would be silly not to play their strongest cards. Those with money or higher level decks having more variety to pick from is a valid point but I think my point is also very valid and holds true. Its the ones who are more custom to playing at level one that will have the advantage of playing in a level 1 tournament.