Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-20890655-20130930122133

A simple t3/4 player, who doesn't really care that much about allies, asks "How can I advance" on this forum.

The answer "Get allies!"

Now general majority of t1 players, as can easily be checked, have full ally lists and wouldn't just kick out a friend for a random player (justifiable and I agree with that). But then, if t1 players pay and seed (staying where they are, t1), t2 players get t1 seeds and advance toward t1/2 boundary (and if they pay, they might reach t1), t3 players mostly have the strength of their decks and the luck of their crits to carry them through. But they can't breach the barrier because all of the tier 1 players don't consistently feed to them as they do with tier 2 players.

So really, is the only way through to pay? There are bound to be a few lucky t3 players who breach the boundary for free, and some t2 players who get extreme bridge/medal luck or have played for a long time so they don't have to pay or get allies (but they should have allies by playing for that long) but what about the rest? 