State Fair ain't Fair (Either)

The cheaters stood out in the old County Fair, but in the State Fair they come with bells and whistles. As long as you are competing against cheaters you have absolutely Zero chance of winning the trophy.

This is how it works. Each week you compete against a random set of people, not your neighbors. "Based on Medal/Trophy tier, County Fair points and player level." According to Zynga.

Great! Now you can get away from the cheaters that have been annoying you in the County Fair, right? Wrong.

Once you have competed against the random people, (odds are that some are cheaters), you are weighed against your neighbors. Yepp, the same old cheaters. To get the League Trophy you have to beat them too. Impossible of course. Now the cheaters have the best spots in the neighbors bar and will get the most visits.

Brilliant Zynga! That's exactly what we need, people helping the cheaters instead of those who struggle to play within the rules.

I competed against the strangers, two have over 1.3 million points. Yes, you read that right, million. Using prized shovels x10, certificates, speed grow and a lot of time I landed on 3rd place with 279649 points.

My conclusion is that it will cost too much money to compete with the cheaters. It's simply not worth it. Now there's only two choices left. Forget about the State Fair all together or join the cheaters.

EDIT 14 JUNE 2015:
Zynga claims that they have listened to the critique and that they are making changes that will make the game more fair. What changes they are making is unknown to me at this point and it still remains to see if the game becomes any fairer. I did get one ruby shovel when they made the announcement. One shovel for 24 hours to make up for weeks of struggle. I'm not impressed.