Talk:Merry XXX-Mas/@comment-37839624-20181223134907

'''So what will determine who wins the tournament? '''

Firstly there are 500 winners. Getting into the top 500 makes you a winner, because why would you want to be nr. 1 except for the very short fame of a name on the screen that nobody knows or will remember and the concequent boost of your ego. I admit it is tempting...)

Secondly the third week is going to decide. The first 2 weeks rankings are no indication at all in matters who will win. Even if you are top 50, there is a chance to fall out of the top 500 if you don't play. Right now it's relatively easy to get to the end of the 2nd week's ladder and with the 2 XXX-mas bonus cards you can easily get to chapter 40-48 depending on your starting deck power. So this means with the possible extra XXX-mas card next week 'everybody' will get to the end of the ladder. A relatively weak alt I have that was at position 1500 last week, easily progressed to top100 last night. Without paying I am currently at nr 17. But if I would go on a holiday and stop playing the 3rd week, I might fall out of the top 500.

What will decide is:

1. Are you going to play 3 weeks (you need the bonus cards of the first 2 weeks). Meaning if you actually celebrate Xmas without sitting behind the computer all day long or take a holiday, it's will be very difficult. So it is about the time you invest.

2. How many Duel slots do you have. In the first week this was a big factor, now it's less but an extra slot can still make a few hunderd points difference in 3 weeks time.

3. Are you spending your energy on snowflakes. If your deck is strong, right now you can get 50 snowflakes for 13 energy chapter 51 (10315 card power) or even 55 snowflakes for 14 energy chapter 54 (10731 cp). I didn't go beyond chapter 55 yet.

4. Are you investing hard cash? I am quite sure everybody above 73k is doing that. That is the entire top 10 right now.

5. Can you improve your cards? I was lucky to have a stack of Live Dildo's in my inventory. I'm saving 12 for next week. Get all X-mas Mythic up to level 19. For that I wasted all my 1000 rubies I started the tournament with, but didn't pay yet.

Remember getting in the top 500 is enough. Have fun and take a break ;)

Here is the current top 20: