Quote Originally Posted by IronSword View Post
it is rigged
Good observation; in fact, by this standard all games are rigged. If the key to happiness and enjoyment of a game is obtained by overcoming known obstacles to achieve a known goal, then it stands to reason a good game is something between giving it away, and can't get it. The more we understand "how" the game is rigged, the better we know what obstacles and what the goals are in the game; subsequently, the more we know what obstacles belong to what goal. Knowing this, we can then achieve the goal we desire and the game is enjoyable. So, like life, every game is "rigged" to provide the statistical opportunities which support both the players and the developers. This game is heavily rigged to encourage, but not require, the purchase of gems. The need for gems exists solely to benefit those who are impatient, don't want to learn the obstacles and goals, and seek only to obtain as much power as possible in the game -- and the developers. Clearly "power" is a primary factor in this game; but, understanding the dynamics of that power resides in understanding completely the goals to obtaining the "hidden" power in manipulating the aspects of the game which increase power, but not visibly so.

It's clear that the developers have included these "hidden" aspects of the game; and, they've hidden them withing the aspects of chance. By this I mean, chance has a dwindling power over those who come to know the intricate inner workings of the game that provide that apparent "hidden" power one observes when failing to beat someone with substantially lower power than you. Chance can still favor the power; but, this is a dwindling component to those who don't observe the "hidden" nature of power. As we learn the whims of the Gods, in this case the developers, chance once again reigns supreme and the game is in balance. As far as the game being "rigged" in the final and implied meaning in the word, that would require a treatise on computers, and the "inherent" errors that exist in creating a "true" random number. But, even then supposing that "truely" random numbers are being generated, just as in life, "Luck" is not always a lady, and sometimes she can throw temper tantrums for a lifetime just as the opposite of that is also true. Thus, this game as in life can appear to some to be truly "rigged"; and for you, that just may be true. But, to examine that we'd need to examine higher states of consciousness and dive into the realm of the supernatural, which by its nature is unable to be proved, or disproved, by scientific means. However, even Scientists will agree that your perceptions, and your attitude have everything to do with how you perceive and rig the game of life... or Tynon.