It seems like Quality, Attendance and Tactics mean Nothing in this Game

[Berlitz]

Just got trolled on two champions league games against a team 22% weaker. I was absolutely disgusted. The opponent didn't bother showing up, I had all bonuses on max and it felt like nothing I did mattered. I set my team to defensive in the first 10' and got scored on counter. It was absolutely rubbish. The worst thing is that the defeat was predictable. I hadn't lost a single game all season until these two games.

My question is, given that quality doesn't matter and the game sometimes simply decides that you will lose, why bother?

[funker]

Just got trolled on two champions league games against a team 22% weaker. I was absolutely disgusted. The opponent didn't bother showing up, I had all bonuses on max and it felt like nothing I did mattered. I set my team to defensive in the first 10' and got scored on counter. It was absolutely rubbish. The worst thing is that the defeat was predictable. I hadn't lost a single game all season until these two games.

My question is, given that quality doesn't matter and the game sometimes simply decides that you will lose, why bother?

i keep saying the same thing in here for some months now, but they don't care... the game is programmed to troll you, no matter how big the quality difference is, so why should i bother looking to change the time for the match, or play with reserves, or watch from another account... these kind of tricks might be the only thing to do in the future to win an important match. and excuse me, if you stay and continue playing this game only to find ways to win a match, you're broken more than the game itself...

[Lucian1986]

i keep saying the same thing in here for some months now, but they don't care... the game is programmed to troll you, no matter how big the quality difference is, so why should i bother looking to change the time for the match, or play with reserves, or watch from another account... these kind of tricks might be the only thing to do in the future to win an important match. and excuse me, if you stay and continue playing this game only to find ways to win a match, you're broken more than the game itself...

Indeed. Unfortunately, I agree with Funker that the game is programmed to troll you. The only true way to get around the troll is to buy the players the game provides and ensure that your quality is 50% stronger, not because you will not get trolled, but because your chances of a troll are lower. I am not sure those other tricks work. People who buy players at the beginning of the season and don't attend games and rarely train players have a little less of a chance of winning but it isn't significant (i.e., these players usually win the League and progress to the quarter or semi finals. Sometimes, they troll others and get to the final. I do think that the only way to enjoy the game is to not care or spend too much time on it because it is a waste of time. I used to play with a group of friends but now, we don't really play anymore. 2 friends don't bother watching the ads, preferring instead to just build a new team each season and check on it every week. My best friend and I, we watch a couple of videos in the morning and then check in before games, whereas before, we religious changed tactics, improved players gathered green packs, etc.... The game pretty much is killing itself. I suspect that most of their traffic on the game is players with multiple accounts.