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260006.182 in reply to 260006.175
Date: 9/2/2014 10:17:50 PM
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The mcflabbies knew in order to win they were going to have to throw in the kitchen sink.

Luckily lethargy was too lethargic to believe they could win

At this point I need to get lucky to capture HCA throughout the playoffs. I'd probably do better overall to concentrate on getting a couple more cup wins. Which I already am kinda stuck with since I lost one of my starters for the next few weeks.

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260006.183 in reply to 260006.182
Date: 9/2/2014 10:41:03 PM
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The mcflabbies knew in order to win they were going to have to throw in the kitchen sink.

Luckily lethargy was too lethargic to believe they could win

At this point I need to get lucky to capture HCA throughout the playoffs. I'd probably do better overall to concentrate on getting a couple more cup wins. Which I already am kinda stuck with since I lost one of my starters for the next few weeks.


Sorry about Gilliam. That was unintentional, but my players feel terrible about it anyways.
You threw the kitchen sink at me, too! Arg!
It was too much for my team to handle. I thought we had a chance there until the 4th quarter when you took a commanding lead. The last seven games of this season are going to be brutal.

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260006.184 in reply to 260006.179
Date: 9/3/2014 1:34:43 AM
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i have to agree this game is losing me as well
the training is slow and looking at the trend of this league
it seems like all u need is 1 season of saving (easily from promotional season)
then you can buy a couple FA and be a #1 seed
i am speaking on behalf of my own experience and perhaps MC Fatties just for example
the strategy is pretty simple, fill up the team with supreme OD on the guards and just pound the ball inside
then you get 1/2 of the league semi tanking/training maybe
the draft still lags behind the talent level required to play in the league
i dont think 19 yr old with strong kills will do it
i think Div IV back in the days was the best exp for me
everyone had similar players at least salary wise
economics were similar as well
the draftees can contribute right from beginning
now is basically just a money game for the most part
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260006.185 in reply to 260006.184
Date: 9/3/2014 5:56:10 AM
Diorite Pistons
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I think the drafts in level 2 and NBBA should be different than lower leagues. The players should be better or at least have higher potential for training purposes. I agree, I had the most fun in lower leagues where you could start a good draftee, or at least play him while training. You could win with a run and gun team in lower leagues too. I think they tried to capture that new team feeling with Utopia.

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260006.186 in reply to 260006.185
Date: 9/3/2014 7:09:45 AM
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I think the drafts in level 2 and NBBA should be different than lower leagues. The players should be better or at least have higher potential for training purposes. I agree, I had the most fun in lower leagues where you could start a good draftee, or at least play him while training. You could win with a run and gun team in lower leagues too. I think they tried to capture that new team feeling with Utopia.


I will agree on some of the points. The inside game is definitely overpowered vs. the outside game here, and it's definitely easier to assemble a strong LI clone than create a team for other tactics. But Silverbacks is the example that proves it can be done - they won the NBBA and the tournament running motion. That's one of the reasons why I've been relatively disappointed with GDP - my hope initially was to see how far I could go with a team almost always running Princeton, but the GDP on top of the 3-2 zone just makes that impossible.

I think the draft should be independent of league level, but definitely should include some older players with much higher skill levels - things like 15-20k salary range guys with decent skill distributions, but capped (and probably at age 23). It would be a nice alternative for teams that aren't finishing low enough to look for a highly valuable 18yo in the draft and couldn't train one if a decent one fell to them. I haven't done anything other than randomly arrange players in my draft list for a while - every time I've promoted I figured that was the end of my run and I'd be drafting high, and it hasn't happened yet.

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260006.187 in reply to 260006.186
Date: 9/3/2014 11:48:27 AM
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Give me a workable player 16-20k range that can play some backup and cup games would be ideal
Everything cost so much on the FA
Bc so few ppl r doing training
Even div IV nowadays r filled up with 20-30k vets

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260006.188 in reply to 260006.187
Date: 9/3/2014 11:51:49 AM
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Training is a bit complicated for new players. I've seen a lot of great trainee stolen from me while I was sleeping and then posted on market again after several weeks without much progress

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260006.189 in reply to 260006.181
Date: 9/3/2014 11:52:21 AM
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"Success" might be exaggerating

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260006.190 in reply to 260006.186
Date: 9/3/2014 11:52:53 AM
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Shouldn't merchandise $$$ be correlated with # of all stars
Kobe sells in his prime regardless of lakers record
I am sitting here with 3 all stars and leading scores
With below min merchandise money

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260006.191 in reply to 260006.190
Date: 9/3/2014 1:27:55 PM
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Shouldn't merchandise $$$ be correlated with # of all stars
Kobe sells in his prime regardless of lakers record
I am sitting here with 3 all stars and leading scores
With below min merchandise money


It seems to be more correlated with how long you've had your players, and if they're domestic, and what their salary is, and how many minutes they've played. I know I've always had well above average merchandise but my roster is entirely American and seven of my ten man primary roster have been on the team nine or more seasons (with a couple of them being draftees).

My personal opinion is that the BB philosophy was set up to encourage more balance as opposed to the monoskill monsters that were the rage in Hattrick at the time (as Charles was quite active there before starting this up). Not only in the engine itself, but maybe merchandising as well - your stars will always sell a certain number of jerseys but the mid-tier and lower players might sell a nice amount too if your fans know and love them. Of course, my fans know and hate some of my players, like Menard, who looks like someone left a dead ferret atop a blanched turd, but I suppose they like to burn his jerseys and I, for one, won't turn down a sale for that!

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260006.192 in reply to 260006.191
Date: 9/3/2014 7:34:51 PM
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I had all of them for 5-10 seasons
:/
I know I am mainly cross training
But hey come on fans
We r still 3rd seed!

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