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Originally Posted by Kushiel
@Samueltbaum, the great thing about PT is that you can play however that you want. So, you can place all the restrictions that you like upon yourself.
If you stop and think a bit about the damage that tanking does to a league, you will begin to understand why it is illegal to lose on purpose. You would not like to play my team or hundreds like it in Rookie League. You would never make any PP against a top Diamond League team in the Rookie league while you would be absolutely slaughtered every game. I am not talking about teams with Live Perfects, but teams with the best cards. If one of these teams was in your league, they could buy another top player at the end of the week from the PP.
Now watching streams on Twitch can teach you how to play the game in a competitive manner. It can teach you what cards are actually worth playing as you learn the nuances of the game. While you are learning, you get the chance to win a few packs. These packs will not make you a 1927 Yankee juggernaut. They will help you build your team without spending dollars. And believe me you will be playing against players that have spent megabucks. So, enjoy the streams, earn a few packs, and have fun.. Or don't watch them. It is up to you in this sand box.
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Thanks for the post.
I keep repeating this since I want to make sure all understand that I don't do any of it, and at the same time have nothing against teams that do.. Its a very competitive game, and I enjoy the competiveness, and want no rules to be changed.
My whole discussion topic that this point is simply what is one rule break viewed as evil, and another rule break praised and encouraged. They are both rule breaks that manipulate the game.
I agree a player can play however they want, but if a team tanks and gets caught they are ridiculed or potentially kicked out of the game. That doesn't seem like the game or community would let someone play how they want. Along with this, watching twitch is a great asset, but again has nothing to do with actually playing the game, outside from it gives players packs that they can use to manipulate the game and the market.
Again... I am not talking about a Diamond team tanking to get to rookie ball.... I'm talking about a stone team of 70's and 80's rating that wants to build up their stats to create a team that can succeed against stone league. Again analogy that a AA team is vied as evil for them sending a player back down to A, because that player isn't strong enough for AA, but destroys A.
I have thought about why tanking is against the rules, and understand why the rule is in place. But again, why is this viewed worse than gaining perks from an outside source, or even pay to play? Twitch, is likely an amazing asset, but has absolutely nothing to do with the standard gameplay, even pay to play has nothing to do with standard gameplay. Tanking, twitch, pay to play are all ways that a player doesn't want to do the grind to help them succeed by the standard gameplay. All of them are manipulation of the standard game play. Again, I have no issues with any of them but don't do any of them. Perfect team is a great game!
Twitch may not make a team a juggernaut overnight, depending on what cards they get. On outside source grants players cards to help cards that could help improve their team, or sell to gain extra PP, or us cards to help complete missions. Great avenue to succeed, but its an outside source that manipulates the game in favor of the player who do it.
To close out.... My main point is why are both rule breaks viewed very differently?
Thanks for the post