Where exactly have I said it is in any way nefarious? It is a perfectly legitimate way to make money. Noone is forcing those players to make the purchase. And their lack of self control is only their problem.
You are not facing new players in the apprentice ranks, it’s all MMR based.
So the more you win, the better your opponents.
If you were only queuing into other players in those ranks, you’d never find games unless you wait 10+ minutes.
Nope, only their results. The methods are not assumed, but reported by people. Some here on forums, many more on other forums, and venting their frustration.
I post mine the moment you post yours. Don’t ask for something, unless you are prepared to deliver the same.
You don’t even understand the fundamentals on how the apprenticeships ranks work.
A true new player will not win many games and will never have his mmr high enough to face those meta decks.
But when you are a smurf and win all your games, your MMR naturally climbs pretty fast and you get matched against real players.
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Edit: editing your post AFTER I made my reponse? Someone likes low blows. Luckily, there is an ignore function. So long.
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It’s factually false. Because the new players will NEVER get to face those meta decks unless they win literally all their initial games and get to have their MMR just as high as those guys playing the meta decks.
In OP’s case, it’s obvious he is an experienced player who crushed all the newbies from the start and got to a point in which he queued into other experienced players who were not in apprenticeship ranks.
I don’t think we can conclude T5 is intentionally frustrating players based on the complaints we see. This group of dissatisfied players isn’t necessarily representative of the playerbase as a whole.
Sure, I can’t prove a negative; I cannot prove Blizzard is not intentionally frustrating new players. You did make the affirmation that Blizzard is in fact intentionally frustrating new players because you assume that’d be more profitable than not. Usually the burden of proof is on the one making these affirmative statements.
Everyone with at least half of a brain knows, that decisions like this are made by the corporate. Not by the devs. So the real question here is, why are you mentioning it? You don’t seem to lack the intelligence to know that. But than again, looks can be deceiving.
I didn’t ask you to prove the negative. Just prove they are actually caring for new players, and give them amazing experience.
The burden of proof is on the one trying to prove something. I don’t care whether you believe me or not. YOU are the one caring, since you are the one reacting to my post.
The devs are who design the game. They follow orders from higher up, I’d imagine, like by corporate.
That’s unnecessary.
I don’t think anyone at Blizzard, or at least not many employees, care about players past making money off of them.
I don’t think you’re trying to prove anything or you’d provide some sort of evidence. I am skeptical of your assertion.
Lastly, forgive me, but what am I caring about here?
Edit: Try and not read a negative tone or attitude here. I assure you that’s not my intention. I’d like to know the truth as much as anyone else. For the sake of being humble and honest, I will say your theory is possible. I don’t think it’s happening, but it’s definitely possible.
In all civility: likewise. Also, it is not exactly a theory. Just a hypothesis.
Way too many people nowadays make the mistake to mix those two.
Hehe. I know. Theory colloquially is used as meaning a hunch or an idea. A scientific theory is far different. I know this misusage pisses some people off. I was considering not using the word theory but didn’t expect to get called out on it. 
The Tin Foil Hate Brigade is out in force, today.
Could you clarify? I’m not sure what you mean. 
I see you responded to me, so I don’t know if you’re saying I’m part of a hate brigade?
I didn’t mean you; just some of the comments I’ve seen, today.
You have the patience of Job.
Edit: That’s why the comment was directed to you, because I salute you.
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My dude, think about it for just a moment.
Why would a new player NOT have a metadeck?
You do understand this isn’t an MMO, right? It’s not supposed to be a “grind into your deck experience”.
It’s a CCG. It’s a Collect your own cards and play with them, collecting here meaning buying. Buying cards is the expected way to get cards.
There’s no expectation anywhere that new players should have bad decks, especially with the internet being a thing.
Besides, if you’re an experienced player, your MMR probably shot up and you’re also facing the best players of your bracket. But I feel that’s not the case, since you’re losing.
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I was not losing I win almost every game just build a random mage deck with dragons and Kazakhstan finisher. Also, be whale purchased all beginner stuff in the shop so had a decent collection to start which cost around $20 or 30. I think keep this account since already at bronze now and the old account wild more cards. Just drop another 50 in a few weeks in standard cards.
Looks like we need to conduct an experiment with new account creation, where we force the win rates to different numbers and see what decks the different accounts get matchups with.
However, considering the OP said they had a good win rate after you posted this, it’s supporting your hypothesis.
source ? people like you keep claiming fustrating players make them spend money but no sources so far
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This is definitely a thing that happens. I have made multiple new accounts before to try decks to see if I wanted to invest resources in them, and usually not even half of Chicken League is new players using what’s available to them.
rofl it’s almost as if TCGs have never existed