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187666.1
Date: 6/18/2011 11:51:46 PM
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At what level of enthusiasm is it more beneficial to take it easy vs. playing normal? I was at 6 enthusiasm this past game using the TIE attitude against a brand new team and I got my booty kicked in the second half. Right now my team is at 8 enthusiasm and I have a televised game coming up against my rival (one of the worse teams in my league), so I was wondering which strategy would be more favorable? I understand the majority of the GE in terms of tactics, with the exception of this aspect.

From: Bauss

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187666.2 in reply to 187666.1
Date: 6/19/2011 12:05:27 AM
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when you say strategy, im going to assume you are talking about game effort level.

'Take it easy' will raise your enthusiasm levels every time you use it while 'Normal' will not raise or lower it. At the same time, Normal is a stronger effort level than take it easy so for that single game you will play "harder" than if you "TIE." Generally, when you 1) face a competitive team and 2) you are uncertain if you will win and 3) you WANT to win the game, Go Normal. If you are sure you will win or just want to increase your enthusiasm, go TIE. so in the case that you are playing the worst team in your team, it probably won't hurt to TIE and raise your ENT for future games.

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187666.3 in reply to 187666.2
Date: 6/19/2011 12:23:30 AM
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Cool. I always assumed the enthusiasm would drop if I played with "Normal" enthusiasm in place of using the "Take it easy" one. I read somewhere though that using "Take it easy" with 8-9 enthusiasm is about equal to using "Normal" with the base 5 enthusiasm. Can anyone confirm or deny whether or not this is true?

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187666.4 in reply to 187666.3
Date: 6/19/2011 12:28:27 AM
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it is hard to say.


Enthusiasm increases your teams effectiveness at defense and rebounding. Effort increases your team's effectiveness scoring the basketball. So people say that the two things even out at around 8 enthusiasm, but it isn't a really measurable thing.

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187666.5 in reply to 187666.3
Date: 6/19/2011 12:28:52 AM
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Yea. playing Normal wont make it drop on its own but since it doesnt increase it, by the time the next game comes around, your ENT level would have been lowered due to the time passed.

Personally, from experience, around 7 TIE = 5 Normal. im fairly certain that 9 TIE is better than 5 Normal.

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187666.6 in reply to 187666.5
Date: 6/28/2011 5:55:46 AM
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7 TIE = 5 Normal

yes agreed
but enthusiasm always tends to come back to 5....so if someone has an ent of 9 and he uses normal then the enthusiasm still falls back to 8 or 7 till the next game depending on the sublevel of enthusiasm...

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187666.7 in reply to 187666.6
Date: 6/28/2011 6:26:48 AM
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7 TIE = 5 Normal

I don't agree with this statement. Neither do many of the people I've talked to. From what I've noticed, most people agree that 8 or 9 TIE is closer to 5 Normal, however that's mostly speculation, as the players don't have access to the algorithms used here.
Believe whatever you chose, however without any evidence, I don't recommend you state your opinion as fact.

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187666.8 in reply to 187666.7
Date: 6/28/2011 8:12:30 AM
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for me, i said from experience. i compared the ratings while holding almost everything else constant.

5 Normal (http://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/32880879/boxscore.aspx)

7-8 TIE (http://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/32880895/boxscore.aspx)

- played the same players on my team
- 7-8 TIE had slightly better ratings

From: strilfe

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187666.9 in reply to 187666.7
Date: 6/28/2011 8:56:10 AM
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I don't think that any tie, even the higher is the same as any normal. If it were so, everyone'd be playing tie to have a normal, let's say 9.

it's a different aproach, I believe that when you play relaxed (that's the name in spanish) you have less risk of injury, in some cases comit more fouls or allow more points, but you take care of your players. I don't think that a parallel can't be done, even with the lower enthusiasm you'll have a litle edge in same points when playing normal, but in the long term is the benefit. especially when the playoffs arrive, wich is a huge boost for your team.

Good luck to all from Argentina!!

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Date: 6/28/2011 9:47:55 AM
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i doubt the influence on injury and fouling(maybe through less possesion through rebounds).

And the reason why you don't play everything TIE, is that a normal have much less cost and lot of benefit then playing crunch time in a "normal" strategy. eEnthusiam management is imho crucial in this game, and this includes also to know when to play normal instead of a tie.