Yes, the association games are something of a lottery now. Last two seasons we have been with 5 points of promotion to Diamond. Then suddenly this season we end relegated from Platinum to Gold. My captain has a theory that you can tell how your season will go after the first weekend of association games. If you get matched against a team where everyone is considerably higher ratings that your team, the rest of the weekends will be similar. I am starting to think this is true. In all 16 matches, I don't think I once played someone who had a lower rating than me.

I agree about the Frenzy thing that has been mentioned. People say it is pure luck but I don't think it is (unless I am born unlucky). I have never been beyond lvl 6 on that game (i won't waste tokens trying to continue). Mostly I end up with a red card between lvl 2 and 4 :-(