You don ' t understand how people can have different priorities than you ? It ' s literally the same as spending money on any recreational activity . You spend money to occupy your time . Hardly a foreign concept , especially since we ' re probably all typing these replies on machines like phones or computers ranging from 100 dollars to several thousand . <| sep |> Offseason comp is there so that people can still play games using the competitive rules set . They purposely removed the experience gain to ensure that only people who actually cared to say practice would join it . Since everyone else will just play quickplay were you gain experience . The fact that you feel there is literally zero incentive to play it is exactly the reason why it is in the current state , so that people like you do not play it leaving it for the serious competitive crowd who care more about practicing in a competitive setting than they do about their account level .