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...
Maybe we just play at different times of the day.
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. 😊