Actually Curious about this (Gemming) ?

The question: First off i'm level 92, TH9, Max defenses (except for 1 x-bow, and 2 canons). 208 walls are level 9 (legos i believe some people call them) AQ is level 22 Barb King is level 18. Troops are maxed (currently upgrading witches to level2). Yet every time i get on global people call me a gemmer. I only have around 34 mill gold raided, 30 mill elixir, and 13 k DE.

    Now i'm actually curious as to why i get all this hate when i get on global chat. Is everyone jealous of my base, me having money to spend, or what? Am i gemming correctly? Is there even a correct way to gem? Why do i get so much hatred for this method?

Answer: No, they're not jealous. They are actually being derisive because it appears that instead of purchasing gems to assist your gameplay, you used them to skip over vast amounts of it. Therefore, the development your gameplaying skills have not kept pace with the speed of your base development.

Folks assume that someone who has paid their way to the top doesn't know what he's doing. It's the same in the real world as well; "gemmers" haven't "earned their chops" in the field, so it seems very likely that they are spectacularly incompetent at a high level, which makes them a liability that no clan playing at a high level can afford.

Only poor war clans are likely to let a statistically unskilled TH9 anywhere near their wars. You may have to lower your expectations for awhile in order to be given a chance to prove your worth, but right now you are being judged on the basis of your poor playing stats.

I think people feel they are demonstrating skill by not paying to upgrade their bases, plus it requires a lot of patience. Seeing someone bypass these two often provokes some some hostility.