Some amusing stuff in this thread
Probably the brightest group of people in CC considering the majority are very successful in real life. Out scoring second place by a stupid amount is how these events are won but only a bright person would be able to work that out.
An energy modifier that will save you gold in future events but its not even about the prizes, it's about being number 1.
Once you've had money for a long time something a newly rich person would enjoy probably wouldn't appeal as much to someone who has already done it numerous times.
Everyone spends money to entertain themselves whether that amount be big or small. At the end of the day it's all about the enjoyment you get from spending your money and if a player gets lots of enjoyment from spending their money on CC then fair play. I'm sure if you listed all the things you've spent money on to entertain yourself we could find something better.
It sounds like you're saying you wouldn't enjoy CC if you had lots of money to spend on it.
Like i said it's all about spending your money on something you get entertainment from, everyone's entertainment if different and costly.