EasyEdward: From my point of view I saw CC Level 15 as the goal.
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The Peoples Club stays at right around 250 members all of whom have played in the last 30 days. When we were allowed just 10 free CC Tourneys they were all taken on a regular basis. It got to the point that sometimes a regularly scheduled tourney had to be delayed until a spot opened.
(rest snipped in agreement)
It's all perfectly good and o.k., but again, the olde 250's CCs are on exception in this system, and TPC is truly exceptional in many respects.
I'm sure that you'd gladly have accepted more tournament slots or XP boni or directors, none of them costing the company a dime but potentially leading to more gameplay and thus more revenue to their advantage. Alas, they chose to disappoint one of their most diligent customer groups from level to level, with a final punch smack in 247 faces.
Should be a good pointer for thousands of other CCs to see what they can expect from our hosts.
We've long passed Dante's Hell's Gate: "Abandon all hope ye who enter here!"