more skill and strategy than running the ballare you kidding ? the amount of skill and strategy in run plays would blow the cap off your head . People who want to see explosive offense are newbies . <| sep |> I ' m level 31 and play daily minimum an hour or two , usually in 15 minute spurs having it open at home can ' t reach any stops or gyms , only 1 gym in view and 2 stops , total 2 gyms and 5 stops in a mile radius from me 13 days a week I ' ll when I have the opportunity i do a marathon day where ill either drive to the next few cities over where there ' s more activity or go into town I live 20 minutes south of Boston which translates to over an hour using public transit and I ' ll play for about 512 hours . I would definitely consider myself in the top teir as for being an active player . However , my medal counts for both battle girl and Ace trainer are just shy of 200 . So I definitely disagree with the reason you listed for having both low . I love this game and invest a lot of time researching moves and types . I also know people that play just as much but don ' t battle because they ' re not competitive and not interested . I don ' t battle much for a few reasons . 1 I don ' t have many friends that play and its very difficult even planning an outing together . 2 Obviously lack of gyms close by me is an issue and the gyms that are there change multiple times daily since it ' s suburban but highly populated and to add , there ' s 2 schools , a library , sports fields , and a hockey rink all less than a mile from here . 3 Initial and strongest reason I didn ' t even touch gyms for the first few months because of the gps spoofers and cheaters dominating while I wasted my time , and it still bothers me at some points . I enjoy roaming around and having fun so trying to hold 10 gyms in my area causes me too much stress sometimes and not important to me Also , yes , I do spend money eggs game and it doesn ' t bother me at all . This is the first game I ' ve played since guitar hero in high school and because of where just live and being a mom , paying allows me to play like everyone else gets to as well . It really bugs me when people get disgusted when gou say you spend money . Thanks to us this game is still running and ad free . You ' re welcome lol