u/EveningNext5413

"Just be thankful it's free" is exactly how mobile games die.

"Just be thankful it's free" is exactly how mobile games die.

I’ve seen some people posting that we should "stop the witch hunt" and "just be thankful the game is F2P friendly because events are free." This corporate mindset is exactly how games get ruined.

First of all, saying "it has nothing to do with monetization" is completely blind. One player literally posted today that they spent real money to prepare resources for this advertised event, only to find out they were silently thrown into the 3% excluded control group. That is straight-up anti-consumer scamming.

Secondly, saying "Reddit posts won't change anything" is historically wrong. Did everyone forget the Gold Pass overhaul? Supercell tried to gut it, the community rioted on Reddit, tanked the app ratings, and forced management to completely revert the change and make the pass even better. Vocal backlash is the ONLY thing that works against greedy spreadsheet managers.

Missing out on a massive progression boost while watching 97% of the community pass you by isn't "overblown drama." It distorts the economy and punishes dedicated daily players for being randomly unlucky.

Stop telling people to be grateful for a broken system. If we don’t call them out now, tomorrow your Home Village Hammer Jam will be an A/B test too. Hold them accountable.

Go sign the community petition to demand real change and leadership re-evaluation: https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/save-clash-of-clans-demand-real-community-focus

u/EveningNext5413 — 5 days ago

The corporate pattern of Sabrina Carmona: From the Gold Pass disaster to A/B testing scams.

Anyone else noticed the timing of that "convenient" episode of Inside The Builder's Hut with Sabrina? They spent the entire video safe-phrasing questions and constantly repeating the word "globally" just to bait us with global chat nostalgia. This is text-book damage control. They want us to argue about a hypothetical feature while they silently run psychological experiments on 3% of the player base.

Let's look at her track record since she took over:

1. The Gold Pass Rework: Remember when they crippled the pass value by delaying the 20% builder boost from 6 to 9 days, introducing the "Prospector" on day 21 which yields a pathetic 2 starry ore per day (amounting to a miserable 18-20 ore total). The community had to literally riot and tank their ratings to make them fix it and make it better. Now, instead of learning, they are trying a new way to screw us.

  1. Record-Breaking Bugs: Every single update under her management feels like the game code is turning into spaghetti. We are getting game-breaking bugs almost every week now.

  2. The A/B Testing Nightmare: They are literally locking out 3% of dedicated and paying players from a massive progression event, completely ruining the game's economy and data integrity for a spreadsheet metric.

Don't let a cheap "global chat" tease blind you. They are testing how much anti-consumer behavior we can tolerate before we stop spending. This isn't just about the Builder Base event anymore; it's about the direction of the entire game. Stop defending this garbage.

GET OUT SABRINA.

u/EveningNext5413 — 6 days ago

A/B testing progressive events is idiotic. The data is poisoned.

The fact that a progression-based event like Hammer Jam isn't available to everyone is absolutely idiotic. L Supercell. Who tf even asked for your A/B events?

If Supercell is doing this to collect data, their data is already poisoned. A control group only works if players don’t know they are missing out. Right now, the 3% who didn't get the event aren't just playing "normal Clash of Clans." They are playing while watching their clanmates, friends, Reddit, and YouTube blast through upgrades, farm efficiently, and progress faster.

This doesn't measure how people play without an event; it measures how demotivated and punished players feel for being randomly unlucky. A/B testing should be strictly reserved for UI changes, not for economy and player progress.

If you are going to force this garbage system on us, you MUST give group B a proper compensation afterwards. Right now, it just feels like a massive slap in the face to dedicated daily players.

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u/EveningNext5413 — 6 days ago