"FIND A MATCH"

Hi, Comrade Commanders,

Don't you find a little "strange" that, when you want to attack, you click on a button that says ... "Find a Match"?

It reminds me of the word "matchmaker" and it seems as if you were looking for a lover, when, in fact, you're going to make ... WAR, ahahah.

Is this simply one bad choice (of wording) from the game's Authors?

No, it is not!

It's something that should make you think about the "internal formulas" on which the game is structured, and make yourself simple questions like ... how does "the computer" choose my opponents (both in attack and defense)?

Or, even better, does "the computer" evaluate my performance?

The answer is quite simple: yes, the game evaluates your performance (your base, your strength and your weaknesses) and, based on that, it selects your possible opponents in battle!

When you are a rookie in this game, you'll never be facing "adult" players and vice versa. The game wouldn't be any fun at all if there was no "evaluation" and "matchmaking", don't you agree?

Now that you know that your performance is being evaluated, don't you think it is about time you wonder about the criteria based on which that evaluation is made?

And when you do that, how can you escape the idea that your HQ level is one of the fundamental elements in that evaluation? 

I have, often, written (in our Squad's chatroom) that if you look at SWC as a "race to HQ10", you should consider it a marathon, not a sprint!

And we all know what happens to those who start a marathon at sprinting speed ... exactly, they'll never cross the finish line. And you'll be no exception!

What does the game's practice show?

How many "high HQ's" have you seen languish in some kind of medal bleeding? Fading out until they abandon the game?

I would love if some of those Comrades - those who have learned this reality the hard way - would leave some comments in this blog, so that youngsters wouldn't have to close their accounts and restart the game from scratch. Please, Comrades, the few minutes that it will take you to write down your experience, will save MONTHS to the more curious newcomers.

So, if you started playing SWC recently and you are very curious about "what happens when I upgrade my HQ" ... please, think twice, because you will be stepping towards the abyss!

It is a perfect example of ... curiosity killed the cat!

What can I tell you about my own game experience?

Well, I evaluate my performance as a very good one: I've reached 9k medals while still HQ7 and I can remember all the details of the last (rare, very rare) battles I did not win.

How does "the game" evaluate my performance?

It started "matching" me with HQ9's when I was, still, HQ6 (I posted several of those battles)!

I don't remember the last time I was "matched" with less than HQ9's and I already was matched to a few HQ10!!!

And this while still HQ7 (please remember that I just turned HQ8 ... 2 days ago).

Challenging?

Yes, very much!

How do I deal with it?

I think about it, learn and ... adapt!

Two things I can guarantee you: not only I am not cheater (I despise them), but, also, I never spent a single cent on this game.

You can buy your way up in SWC, but if you do ... you have already lost!

Have fun.

KOTALBU