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The game has been monetized all along, in one way or another. The fact that people are offended or surprised by this seems a bit odd to me. There will always be things you can't have without paying. As a consumer, my job is to decide a) if I can afford it, and b) if it appeals to me. If I don’t buy something, I'm not entitled to it for free.

No one is offended or surprised by the monetization of the game. As many have already stated, THEY ARE SPENDERS. The problem is the hyper-monetization, and it's taking a toll on a lot of players. Everytime we turn around, there's a new $$500-$1,000+ spending event for a 7* champ. This has increased significantly over the past couple of years, and it wasn't because of players demands, it's because Kabam created Battlegrounds. By doing so this created a strategy to continuosly push new champs/defenders/counters cycle and the big spending events to get them.

Day 5065? 5200? since Kamala Khan was added as a 7 star. I can't keep track of the days anymore. No one can. Ever since the game was changed to add her, well, the game has changed. In just one "Kabam," the world was lost forever. Some of of us predicted the decision would have fallout, but I don't think any of us truly knew just how quick the world would descend into madness.

It's been far too long to say the exact amount of time it came to happen, but it was in less than a year. Seven star Kamala Khan's arrival in the contest was followed by almost all of the world's cash flowing to Netmarble through Kabam's webstore. A brand new seven star for only $11.99 USD was just too good of a deal.

With almost all of the world's wealth in the hands of Netmarble, they formed a monopoly on almost all industries, becoming true "Shop Titans." They used their wealth, far greater than any country's wealth (of course excluding their country of origin, South Korea), to form a real-life Contest of Champions. World leaders were pitted together to determine who would receive the necessary funds to stop the relentless famine in their countries. I hardly remember the outcome (though I remember Zelenskyy did well), but that wasn't what mattered. North Korea decided that the perfect opportunity to strike was during the Contest. With all world leaders in one place, within their missile range.

Destruction, however, was mutually assured. Practically all countries were wiped out from nuclear war, save those in the depths of the African continent and the South Pacific. Now there's under a million of us left. We've had to form Alliances regardless of country to stay alive, with deaths still piling up due to Alliance Wars. The continents are now just Battlegrounds.

And all of it is because MCOC added 7 Star Kamala Khan.

Part 2:

The choice Netmarble made to "give everyone doom" through their nuclear attacks was devastating. Possibly the worst thing to ever happen. Even afterwards, their chosen warriors still hunt us Alliances down in Alliance Quests. Even as a small group of players, they use their weapons VERY effectively. There is not much time left in these Arenas that are the islands of the Pacific.

Despite all of this, hope remains. There is a way to stop this Apocalypse. We can prove that this Apocalypse Is A Dud. When modern society turned to rubble, we had to rebuild. And through rebuilding, society became more efficient than ever before. Admittedly we are only at an early stage of physical defense, however. We have stronger Bases Coming Soon. Yet with energy and time diverted away from defense and inefficient food sources, we have gained a much more powerful tool. Our scientists have allowed control of time.

Yes, in an instant you could travel to any time before this nuclear Winter of Woe. To do so of course takes tremendous amounts of energy, but we have methods to get that energy using the laws of Edison. With pooled energy we can send a person to exist in a past or future time for about a minute per year of energy storage. Could this be the solution to stopping the Onslaught of Netmarble troops?

Some scientists suggested Pausing time instead would be much less energy costly, and a better solution than travel to the past. But associates in South America vetoed the Pausing idea. Rather than this, I was chosen to exit the wartorn present and go back in time for only a few minutes, in order to send these messages.

The only thing you can do is not add 7* Kamala Khan. The world will be a better place.