The title of your thread: soft heart doesn't pay, kind of got me.
It does pay, but it depends on what your motives are. If you take a bunch of low laffers/low gaggers in just to show them what's inside or just because you felt sorry for them, well...were you expecting to win? If you weren't expecting to win then you went in hopefully with no regrets...you showed them the ropes, hopefully they were a little bit wiser as to what challenge faced them. If you were expecting to win and took them in for a challenge, then I'm sorry you were disappointed. And hopefully it made you a little more wiser in the process. Either way, I don't see it as a total loss.
You tried your best & that's what matters.
__________________
Your Friendly Toontowncentral.com Moderator Signatures by Pearl
My doctor gave me pills to help with my memory, but I keep forgetting to take them. 
WHO ARE YOU? WHY DO YOU KEEP BUGGIN' ME!?
WAIT...WHO AM I?