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From: Jay_m
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Date: 9/24/2013 10:33:45 AM
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Would you please look at my attendance? I haven't changed prices since last year yet my attendance crashed by more than 3000. I lost the first game of the season but that was to the top ranked team in the country and I have made the playoffs every year.

From: Getho
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Date: 9/24/2013 12:34:07 PM
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Same here, i reduce the price on lower ties from last season by one and i lost 500 - 1000 fans on this seat.. I thought will benefit me the change but is killing me.

100k lost from the late state of last year.. I can't understand why..

Also last season i finish second on my conference and with 4 level pr i have only 3 balls on 3 consecutive refreshes..
I am pleased with the team's performance last season 3


Something seems wrong with the calculations on attendance..

Regards

Last edited by Getho at 9/24/2013 12:35:56 PM

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248873.4 in reply to 248873.3
Date: 9/24/2013 1:02:46 PM
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I am speaking for the last 4 games of last season.

In the beginning of S24 i was a new promoted so i had a bonus..

That's why i am comparing only the last games games when the bonus had stoped..

EDIT : only 7k bleachers i sold in the first division! Lost more than 4k fans from last year's average (later stage of the season). What to say.. :S

Last edited by Getho at 9/24/2013 1:34:30 PM

From: Knecht
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Date: 9/24/2013 2:57:17 PM
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I think it has something to do with the fan survey - losing your last playoff game will ruin the survey results (lost TV game, played bad in league game), so two categories collapse. It makes no sense to me otherwise...

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Date: 9/24/2013 3:14:33 PM
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I think it has something to do with the fan survey - losing your last playoff game will ruin the survey results (lost TV game, played bad in league game), so two categories collapse. It makes no sense to me otherwise...


It's not that necessarily because those fields reset. But often teams have had a decent Cup run, maybe a TV or rivalry win or both, and in the new season they probably have had none of those things yet. Early attendance is always down, early merchandise is always down, and then it starts to pick up.

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248873.7 in reply to 248873.3
Date: 9/24/2013 9:30:21 PM
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Both of you, is your attendance for that game really low compared to the first games of S24 ? Could very well be that.


My gate receipts were last this low (488 k) on 3/19/2013. Last season my receipt in the first game was 527k and the last game was 560k. I lost the first game of this season to my rival so that may be the reason my attendance dropped so much. I just felt that an 80k drop between the last game of the last season (non playoff) and the first game of this season was too much.

From: BB-Marin

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Date: 9/25/2013 8:15:10 AM
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It takes time to build up your attendance again. At the start of the season the fans cool down a bit since they don't know what to expect in the new season. There are also other factors but you should give it time and the attendance will normalize, especially with good results. Comparing last games of the season where you were in the playoffs with the first one of the new season can't really be fair, right? The playoff games should have more appeal.

From: Jay_m

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Date: 9/25/2013 9:17:38 PM
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Ok fine. It's just that it's the first time my revenue dropped below 520k since two seasons ago.

From: Getho

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248873.10 in reply to 248873.8
Date: 9/26/2013 2:49:38 PM
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Any explanation for my case Mr. Marin ?

I am pleased with the team's performance last season 2.5


I finish second in my conference last year.

My Arena costs me 7 millions to bring only 12k fans ?
I play in the top division of my country.

What is wrong here ?

Regards

From: BB-Marin

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248873.11 in reply to 248873.10
Date: 9/26/2013 7:22:11 PM
TrenseRI
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You finished second in conference (lost in the league semifinals), so overall you tied for third and fourth place overall. Your win/lose ratio over the season wasn't all that great (13/9).

All that being said, you are right in saying the value is too low. There has been a small imbalance in the code which calculates the last season performance for some teams (teams that qualified for the playoffs, but had none or only one playoff win). I've now fixed that and added a bit extra for the teams that were affected for the next two games, to balance out the possible lost income.

It was a honest mistake made during the preparations for this season, which was full of changes, so such small imbalances were easy to miss. I take full responsibility and hope my fix will be a fair solution for the problem.