It feels like it has been such an incredibly long time, but I finally made it back into the top tier of Champion league. I have no idea how these bastards above me are getting so high. I am in 36th position on the ladder currently and over 3300 points behind first position. That is a pretty insane spread - and it is 1200 points between first and second. That is 60 straight wins.
Hmm
Obviously, while I am both happy with the result and disappointed how far I am away from the top, it is also relative. If I was in the top 36 fastest sprinters in the world, I would be heading to the Paris Olympics and might make it into the quarter finals. But at the same time, compared to the eventual winner, I would still be well behind and unlikely to ever close the gap in my career. At that level, the difference of a tenth of a second, is an ocean apart.
3300+ points.
That is an ocean. To get there, I would have to win the next 165 games in a row. It just doesn't seem possible for me. It isn't like I haven't beat people and I even beat 
What the hell am I doing wrong?
Losing a lot.
I think that in the top 50 this season, I have the lowest win rate at 51%, which means I have to play many games, as you can see above. 700+ is a lot and it takes many vouchers in a season too. But, I am not sure why I bother trying to get up into the higher leagues, as I am not sure if there is a benefit for me to be in C1, compared to C2. Sure, I start higher at the start of the season, but I will likely drop back anyway, so what does it matter? Would it be better not to buy and spend the vouchers and just be content getting wherever I get with the 24 each day?
Obviously, my SPS earnings would decrease significantly if I did that, but it might be offset by me not having to pay for extra vouchers to try and climb. If I won 50% of my games and averaged 20 SPS (it is normally a bit more than that), I would still be getting 240 SPS a day, sans voucher costs. 120 vouchers is currently about $2.64 worth, and 240 SPS is about $2.08 worth. This means that with my current win rate of 51%, if I play 24+24 games, win 24 of them, I would get about 480 SPS worth 4.17 - which means I would be better off not buying vouchers and playing the extra. Of course, I normally get more SPS than that for a win, and as I climb I would get more again given the bonuses, so I likely come out a bit better off, but not much.
I probably average closer to 30 SPS a win.
Definitely not worth the time though! I enjoy playing however still, making it not too bad overall, and I can play a game or two throughout my day on my breaks at work, or in the evenings when I should be writing. But, perhaps I have a problem, because while I am not competitive in many things, I don't like to lag behind others when I "know" I could be higher up the rankings in something. It feels like I am not applying myself, but really, I don't get what I am doing wrong. Perhaps it is just that I can't play consistently enough, or perhaps I suck.
I know my RNG luck isn't great.
Oh well. I will just be happy I made it up into C1 this season, have a break for the next couple days, and then get back into the grind next season. It might be a long time between drinks before I get up here again, so I might as well savor it.
How's your season going?
Taraz
[ Gen1: Hive ]
