I also agree with this. Most of the people playing for enough time to get say 100,000 gold (enough for a new map in suggested platinum exchange) are probably providing other services (advertising to friends, feedback on the boards, etc) to the developers/community anyways.
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I know I have invested well over 30 dollars in this game (all the maps for myself, my bother, and a couple random maps for friends, a re-rack for stats, emoticons, and a recent purchase of 75 platinum.) That being said, not everyone can invest that kind of money. This may be a way to smooth over the unfair advantage some players have by being able to literally buy there way through the game.
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