We could just say it was gambling if we choose shitcoins but we are choosing the leading altcoins and that is a different story. Well, can't hold on to people who only just choose BTC but for me, choosing a few altcoins is a good idea. I kept doing this for several years and I was in profit meaning, that altcoins are not as worthless as you may think, it is just a matter of choosing the right one and managing skills. But if you can't take it, then must stay on Bitcoin.
You see currently in this era, investors don't even give a fuck about top altcoins anymore what they do now is follow after trend, so long as other have testified about the coin. And the worse part is, they don't even do their own research anymore. Other are lots of shitcoins out there so being careful is not enough to protect yourself from falling victims to those scam projects. Besides the two projects you called earlier seems to me that they are just following after the price of Bitcoin. So why give them attention if you can get those two price movement from just one coin?