Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-5211035-20130806074333/@comment-72.186.87.44-20130806161111

I have a budget that I stick to and that's about  $70 per event. For the approximately 30hours that I put into it, that's not even $2.50 per hour for a weeks worth of fun/frustration. You could pay the same thing for a round of golf which is only 3 hours of similar frustration. And yes, I use this as a big distraction because I work full time and then have a side business which requires me to have an outlet for distraction. Paying isn't a problem if you know what you're getting from it. With that said, I went through 2 space bridges to get on of the ME'd Ejects, and then I bough the chains for about $70ish dollars total. Right now, I have 8 ME'd Soundwaves, and the ME'd Eject and I'm in the top 100 for the first time. I started with a deck power in the 12k range and am now up to the 22k range. I've caught 5 Soundwaves with nets, and the rest I got with chains (3 free ones). I started with about 600 Energon and 30 battle cubes. I went up to 750ish energon and I expect to stop when I get down to about 400. Battle cubes wise, I'm in the 130's now. I figured out what would happen for this event when I finished the last level and I've never looked back. I'll be disappointed if I don't stay top 100 because I have to work the last 4 hours of the event, but if I do fall, I didn't spend more than I wanted to anyways. Just be content with what you're spending and you're alright. It's just like the saying "only bring as much money to the casino as you're willing to lose." Follow that and you'll never have problems. Yankeeseel