I dislike many of the things you listed as well ..... those trying to get every penny they can might be costing themselves dollars down the road. A game needs new players to survive, new players don't want to get stomped by pro players constantly.

I don't like locking tournaments to card levels as I veiw tournaments (Novice to Champion) as different levels of the game. If someone attains Champion level cards then to me they unlocked the full game and should get to play the full game in all its variants from Novice to Champion. I do think something needs to be done to offer tournaments that are for Newbies and Newbies only.

I dislike bots just as much as anyone else. For me, Splinterlands without bots and without multi-accounts is the way to go.

Thanks for the well thoughtout comment.