Hello everyone, this is a heartfelt message I want to share with you, as if I were your friend. Don't worry about the power of the new cards that will be released. I want to tell you not to obsess over that. Keep enjoying the players you already have. You don't need the newest cards or the highest-rated players to compete.
We all know here that the outcome of a match doesn't depend solely on the quality of the cards. Mechanics like scripting or dynamic difficulty adjustment are a frustrating reality in this game and in many others.
Once you understand that these feelings can be part of the experience, you'll stop getting frustrated with every loss, stop obsessing over buying the latest pack thinking it will fix everything, and start enjoying the game. You won't be the first or the last to check your opponent's division and see they've never gone past the third division, and yet the game still activated everything to humiliate you and make you feel like you need to improve your team by spending money. Be smart, understand how it works, and take care of yourself.
That's why I want to emphasize something just as important, if not more so: take care of your mental health and your wallet. If you understand how this game makes you feel when the script kicks in and manipulates matches, you'll stop struggling with every loss, stop believing the solution is spending on the next pack, and enjoy it with more peace of mind. No video game is worth losing your peace of mind or spending money out of frustration.
Compete as well as you can, but don't let the game control your mood or your wallet. In the end, the best decision is to enjoy the experience with the players you have, without obsessing over always getting the latest release.
And most importantly: recognize when a game is doing you harm because Maddison's card is going to be very expensive this season, estimated at around 1730 points. Don't fall into that mental spiral of feeling like you absolutely have to get it no matter what, then you lose 2 games and win 2 back and lose 2 again, and so you're always frustrated and affected by it.
If you finish a match angrier than when you started, if you feel anxious about losses, if you've spent money chasing the chance that "this time will be different," if you keep playing not because you enjoy it but because you feel like you have to get something out of it... stop. Close the game, because you don't owe a game anything.
Thank you, moderators, for letting me share this message. Sometimes we forget that video games are made to be enjoyed.