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Acknowledgment: I didn't write this - Vicelicious (52768) did for Malaysia. But with a few tweaks - and his permission - I'm using it for Japan too.

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Our community

First of all, welcome to BB Nippon!

I bet you’re wondering what the first and most important thing to do is? Let me answer that for you! Drop a message here, to introduce yourselves! This game’s a lot more fun if you participate in the community. Use the forum - ask questions if you have them. There's also the off-site forum, where we can discuss community, the National U21 team, and the National team (in privacy). Here's a link to that: (http://nippon-bb.forumjap.com/)

Getting Started
I’m pretty sure everything’s a little confusing for you right now. It was for all of us when we started too!

I suggest that you start reading the FAQ first: (http://www.buzzerbeater.com/community/forum/read.aspx?thr...) - It will answer a lot of the questions you might have.
And perhaps the Game Manual:

Additionally, when you're done checking out those, consider these two important things...
Enthusiasm - (http://www.buzzerbeater.com/community/forum/read.aspx?thr...)
Game Shape - (http://www.buzzerbeater.com/community/forum/read.aspx?thr...)
These are the two most basic things that you’ll need to know to manage your team!

Your team
Look at your roster and check for this:

1. Trainees
Firstly, look for possible trainees you might have. Ideally there should be 18 or 19 years old. If you’re lucky, you’ll have a trainee that is 18 or 19 years old with at least 3k in salary, and decent potential.

2. Your players
You start with 18 players. That’s more than you need. I suggest you trim your roster down to about 11-13 players. Fire the rest, they’ll just be leeching salary and causing unnecessary expense. How do you decide this?
a) Get rid of those with the lowest salaries. Unless they are 18 or 19 years old.
b) Keep at LEAST 1 – 2 players for each position. So that’s two players that can play PG, 2 for SG and so forth.
c) If you can’t decide between players who have the same skills and salary, fire the older one.

3. Get a trainer
Buy yourself a level 4 trainer. That’s an ADVANCED trainer. Do NOT buy a trainer that has a salary more than 15k. You do NOT need that. You should be looking to spend a max of 25 – 50k on an ADVANCED trainer.

4. Start two position training
Because you have limited money, chances are you’ll not have much cash to buy a super player. That’s fine! It’s your first season! Do NOT spend more than 50k on a trainee! Try to get about 4 decent trainees. Get the 5th one when you have the cash.
Age - make sure your trainees are 18-20 years old.
There are two ways to go on this...
1 - You can train GUARDS. They’re worth a lot more when you resell them on the market.
To find a nice guard trainee for your new team look for these criteria:
a) Height 190 and below – the shorter the better! They’ll train faster
b) Salary about 3k at minimal
c) Skills at MINUMUM. The higher the better obviously
JS – 5 JR -5, OD 6, PS 6
These are your PRIMARY SKILLS.
the most important...
d) Aim for potential of at least ALLSTAR. Any thing higher than ALLSTAR and meets the above requirements that doesn't break your bank is cool (50k or less). If you're not sure, higher is better, within a reasonable price range.


Last edited by malice at 08/01/2011 23:25:12

2 - Train Bigs. The National program (at U21 level too) has need of good bigs.
Look for the following criteria:
a) Height at 208 cm minimum (taller the better - they train faster).
b) Salary about 3k at minimal
c) Skills at MINUMUM. The higher the better obviously
Rb - 6; IS - 5, ID - 6 (if you're looking to train a PF, JS - 5)
These are your PRIMARY SKILLS.
d) At least ALLSTAR potential (as with Guards).
If looking towards making national representation, a Japanese Big with potential of at least ALLSTAR. The reason that this is different than to guards is that if you want the possibility of making a National Team, then the candidate will need to be Allstar, or preferably better. Again tho': do not break the balance on this.

The reason I suggest you train two position is because:
a) You get more players faster and your squad grows stronger faster
b) Your trainees will have low potential. They’ll cap very soon, so its ok to take your time training them.
c) You can sell of the trainees later on to make some money to upgrade your trainee to one with better starting skills or potential. Or even buy some nice starters for your team.
d) Managing minutes when you’re new and unfamiliar with your team can be tricky. Two position training makes it easier to get 48+ minutes for all your trainees.

5. Your Arena
You’ll need to start building on your arena. If possible always try to build small projects with your extra cash.
Trust me, the arena is your lifeline for revenue.
Look towards building bleachers first, and add Lower/courtside/luxury boxes every now and then.
If it is always full, you need to start building more seats! If you’re unsure of prices, or how many to build, just look at the other teams in your division for guidance. Or ask someone!

Good luck...