Talk:"Ayakashi Cup"/@comment-14463806-20140703145028/@comment-14148670-20140703162920

There is no doubt that the whales contributed to raising the cutoff to such a high level. However, I do not believe that they are completely at fault. Before the rush started in the last 2 hours, the cutoff was pretty high and quite a number of players were already at lvl 114. Based on time available in 1st half, it should not have been possible to reach lvl 114 if players waited for their AS/DS to fully regenerate.

It seems that most players (both free and paying) used SWs like crazy to get themselves beyond lvl 100 so early during the 1st half that they not only contributed to raising the bar so high (which also forced the whales to come out in greater force to get into the 1st half), but also burned themselves out too early. If these players were patient throughout the 1st half and used their items only when necessary, not only would the cutoff be lower, but the free players would at least have more items in reserve to counter the effects of the whales. Assuming free player and whales have decks of the same/similar strength, the rate of killing any boss above lvl 100 is pretty much the same (clicking, skipping fight scene, and replenishing).

Therefore, I cannot agree that the whales are completely at fault. I know the feeling sucks but before blowing up on the whales, I think you should consider the other circumstances that led to this.