I think I know what's going on

[ponzu]

So, Nordeus is punishing me for something I did. But for what?

How do I know I have been blackballed? I had a strong start: something like 20 wins, 2 losses, 2 draws. I was on top of the league by 8 points and making my way through the cups.

Then everything changed overnight. I am winless in six official games: 2 losses, 4 draws. I squandered the league lead and got knocked out of both cups. The guy who knocked me out of the cup plays in my league and is in the 10th place; I had beat him 3:0 on his ground in the league play before my so called cold streak began.

I lose to the teams whom I used to beat and whom I outclass. I just barely tied the team in the last place, which I outclass by 8 points. Before the match, I made sure to check how he did in the previous round. The 3rd place guy (same Q as me) spanked him 6:1. I copied the winning formation just in case. I played at home. 0:0 at the half. He scored early in the second. I changed formation to 4-5-1V and went hard attacking. I scored one goal. Then my MC grabbed two YCs at 84 and 89 minute and it was all over. This is pretty much when I knew.

There is only one explanation: I stopped spending tokens on players. Don't need to, don't want to.

They went Pavlovian on me. They want to see if I push the right button in response to the electric shock (or whatever Mr. Pavlov did to the dogs). They want to see me go on a buying spree and spend down some tokens. Somehow, in the end it's always about the tokens.

Tell me I am paranoid. Or tell me if you can see the correlation between your own cold streaks and reduced token spending.

I don't want any new players. Can I just rename someone or reschedule some matches?