jazzywizard:What is the purpose of some of these club owners pushing and pushing for members to earn cc points? What does it do for the cc and the owners if they reach the top point club. Sure the club moves up the ladder and earns some benefits, but what does it do for the owner/directors...is it an ego trip or do they get something out of it?
Some see it as a sport, some detect their destination in being on top.
Concerning the CC levels, it starts with rational desires, member no., tournament no., putter pal and %% benefits. Some want to receive these benefits ASAP regardless if they really need them or not.
Then, ambition chimes in - if there is a tree, they want to climb it regardless of dangers and prospective views. I've read statements like "we are small and low now, but we will be on top at some time!" But, what is "on top"? Two disputable leaderboards.
One, only visible to a minority of players - in CCs -, is a weekly race where the result is purged in the split second when is final (at midnight Sunday).
The other is only indirect, showing the CCs by level but in no particular order. Today, it's Georgian before TPC (in XPs) but two others are shown on top (in levels), dependant on the "looking for members" tick box. They race on regardless, despite of the fact that there haven't been any benefits since L17 and the next level is set to "unreachable". At least, the owners are named on the latter leaderboard - good for the ego.
Add those Clashes and their eye-catcher, a Golden Calf. IMHO, there's not a single reasonable prize in this competition, but the colour and the price tag and the alleged characteristics push aside any caution, despite of the fact that only one player in one CC will receive it.
Concerning motivation and reputation of players, read the "one million XP points" thread in parallel. It shows that any effort towards the community is sacrosanct, regardless of the effect. The members spend credit amounts "for the CC" which they'd never spend for themselves or fellow players.
In the "good olde times", there was much less involved in CC development, on the material side. A CC of 250 places cost 500 cr one-time expenditure. Today, the grind for levels, combined with the Clashes, fills the coffers. The resultant numbers add yet another variable to the CC leaderboards.
There, competition assessments are used to judge on social communities though none of them would indicate how "good" a CC is. Nevertheless, it appears human that we fall for them. Contest sells...
To me, it's more important to see my members enjoying the game, sometimes being successful. The only benefit that I get is some cheers from them, e.g. in the New Year's greets.