it wasnt that hard after a while you pretty much had a godly was back then then you just had to ev and done
now you gotta chainbreed grind battle tower and grind shards
anyway the difference between being in a tournament of 32 and 64 people is something too
if you win a tournament of 64 people you would feel much better about winning then a 32 one
when you win a 64 one you have more bragging rights and everyone loves bragging
bragging > shiny