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From: Knecht
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Date: 10/4/2016 4:37:35 AM
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Word of mouth is much better if the game is good(which BB was in 2010).

Besides more users, in what way was the game better in 2010 than it is now?


Back in the days you could actually compete and catch up pretty soon, nowadays your first few weeks look like this:

http://www.buzzerbeater.com/team/276470/schedule.aspx

No chance to buy decent prospects, no chance to add players with a long term perspective... If I start a game I want a carefree, fun experience, not a week long drag just to win my first game...

Größter Knecht aller Zeiten aka His Excellency aka President for Life aka Field Marshal Al Hadji aka Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas aka aka Conqueror of the Buzzerbeater Empire in Europe in General and Austria in Particular
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To: RiP
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Date: 10/4/2016 5:40:50 AM
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What Knect said.....
In 2010 it was (almost) up to the technological standard. It has become an oldtimer now.

The engine needs an overhaul, the gameviewer needs a HTML5 version, ... So much to do and adding customizable courts after like 10 years is no big deal really.

Messing up Utopia was a big mistake - where did this money go? 10k made with the first batch of users, could habe funded an App EASILY.

Also...the lack of options in 2010. There are better games on my iPhone now. The football app I am playing is basically the same thing as BB....train players, buy players....but one big difference...I CONTROL THE PLAYERS WHILE I AM PLAYING THE GAME.
No stupid text, no Xs or Os....real time, I control everything.

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280389.137 in reply to 280389.136
Date: 10/4/2016 6:25:53 AM
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Please don't agitate me on the trainee. The guy I got on my Utopia team is more or less hot garbage.

$ 7 million for the arena is a bargain, considerin how much players cost these days. The expansion is the least problem actually.

Größter Knecht aller Zeiten aka His Excellency aka President for Life aka Field Marshal Al Hadji aka Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas aka aka Conqueror of the Buzzerbeater Empire in Europe in General and Austria in Particular
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Date: 10/4/2016 1:04:51 PM
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Is that true? I mean, do you know of any apps out there that only cost $10k?
I'm asking both out of honest curiosity and based on some unrelated app development conversations I've had where they are many times more expensive.


It depends on the things you want an app to do, prices range from a few hundred bucks to 500k. I had interest in a pretty complex gaming app and got offers from freelancers ranging from 5-15k. Unfortunately a pretty similar game was released in the meanwhile, so my plans did not materialize.

An app that would allow us to set lineups and watch the games would be quite cheap I assume, but the problem would probably be the very outdated infrastructure we have in this game.

If you want to buy existing apps/games and get them redesigned:
https://flippa.com/apps
http://www.chupamobile.com/

Get somebody to code for you:
https://www.freelancer.com
https://www.upwork.com/

If the BBs WANT to do something, there are ways to get it done. I think wasting the ad money for an app, would have been much more successful.


Thanks for the perspective. As with most things, the details matter a lot. I think the app I was looking at developing was pretty complicated, as far as apps go.

A Buzzerbeater App would be nice, of course, or what about making the website itself mobile friendly?
Personally, I've never had an issue logging on and changing lineups, checking for Friday morning pops, watching games, and all that jazz. It is very small on the screen of course, so being a mobile friendly interface would make it easier on the eyes without having to zoom in all the time.

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