How? Well, I guess buying shards and opening them.

Well yes obviously ...  with about 45 mins to go now:

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BTw I have no expectation of ever winning a tournament in a fusion but how does Plarium expect anyone near being a normal player - even a spender (which I'm not) - to have any chance of obtaining the extra fragments from winning tournaments? 

It's totally misleading saying you can and just a farce 😃

a) Plarium bot infiltrated in groups to inflate competition between players

b) Unlimited gem hacking

c) Someone who really doesn't know what to do with his money

Funny, but i think any of these three reasons are equally possible. There are cheaters in every game, there are dishonest game runners, and there are filthy rich people who should buy themselves a life instead. You pick :P