Talk:The Tournament of Lilies/@comment-76.11.71.146-20150831205605/@comment-216.165.95.72-20150831230821

Think of it like a tournament bracket like you see in sporting competitions: for there to be just ONE winner of a Cryptobotanical Rosette, there have to be:

1 Contest of Beauty (the "finals"), 2 Contest of Voices (the "semifinals"), 4 Contest of Mysteries (the "quarter-finals"), 8 Contest of Blood, 16 Contest of Cunning, and 32 Contest of Strength.

One person always wins each of those contests and moves up; the other person moves down and can compete at a lower level again. But by the nature of this bracket, there are more Contests of Strength going on than all of the others combined. Even if everyone is competing with a Level 19 plant every time, you have only a 1.5% chance of becoming the champion on your first try; it takes many attempts to be the winner even though there is one winner if the 63 contests above happen. Of course, it's possible that someone gets to Contest of Voices or Beauty and then just stops playing before finishing, but hopefully not...