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Not that it matters, but how about for a bit of fun we have a poll to assess what peoples attitude is to the over extension tax and how it will affect the game.

Poll:  I believe the Game Change (Over extension tax) will;

Improve the game definitely.

Improve the game definitely.

I'm with you bro

That makes 15 of us.

Last edited by Myles at 12/30/2013 9:12:36 PM

That makes 15 of us.

...or 3 of you with 19 accounts, in which case you'd be the minority!

I saw the link on the other forum. I invite you to link this poll also in the threads that will pop up to complain about the change and see if that affects the results.

After all, this is just a beauty contest, nothing new has been added to the gameplay, it will favour some users and be detrimental to others, some will like it and some won't.

I simply don't care: it does not affect the majority of the users and I think the time could have have been better spent to actually improve some aspect of the gameplay as proposed for several seasons (I've been reading the forums too much I suppose).

Hence my negative vote, not for the change itself which is neutral for 80% of the users and probably more, but for prioritising it over changes everyone would benefit from.


Last edited by Lemonshine at 12/30/2013 10:41:01 PM

I saw the link on the other forum. I invite you to link this poll also in the threads that will pop up to complain about the change and see if that affects the results.

I will try and do so, but also, please feel free to do this yourself.

The more people who vote the better.

Seems to me that for every one who hates change or doesnt like this change and has a whinge on a thread about the over-extension tax, there is at least 5 other people trying to rationally explain the benefits of the change to the game.

The better Managers will be doing some deep thinking about the implications of the change and change their strategies to suit and some might even profit with some trades during the markets short term over reaction, and they will inevitably rise to the top in a few seasons time

Hence my negative vote, not for the change itself which is neutral for 80% of the users and probably more, but for prioritising it over changes everyone would benefit from.

In bigger picture, there has been long time much discussion related to training; is it reasonable at all to focus on training or would it be much more beneficial to use cheapest coach, train game shape, free throws etc. and just buy players. You could also have very limited amount of players, no need to get 48 minutes for a specific position, maybe use old cheap veterans. Only cost of coach is about the same than theoretical selling price increase, due to training, for your players per season.

Now this new feature would make life much harder for teams who are not training at all. And I think it is good for the game, training is more valued than earlier and above strategy will not captivate whole BB ;)

It's clear that most of teams, probably 80% as you said, are making small profit every week, because they are not in competitive league, or they are not fully fighting for a victory for this season. So this change doesn't impact for those teams this season....but I think this new feature is some kind of insurance for all teams, when they are putting "all-in", they know that if some other team is trying to "buy" victory, it will be much more expensive than earlier.

Thats why I cheer up for the latest changes!

Now this new feature would make life much harder for teams who are not training at all. And I think it is good for the game, training is more valued than earlier and above strategy will not captivate whole BB ;)

You know what I realized that for me it's more fun buy old already trained players and train them GS and win games instead of spend tons of money on buying trainees and trainers and when spend even more and paying salaries for trainers.

Luckily, you can still use your approach. Just, you won't get any exemption on the overextension tax.

You know what I realized that for me it's more fun buy old already trained players and train them GS and win games instead of spend tons of money on buying trainees and trainers and when spend even more and paying salaries for trainers.

I agree, it's very valid strategy. It should be quite easy to remain in league, not probably easy to win anymore. Other teams can save 50% of tax costs due to own trainees. Top teams are currently paying 100-250k extra salaries compared to average income level....of course top teams will make bigger arena and merchandise incomes.

Thanks for the poll. I tried to go through the help thread and find something of substance regarding the impact of purchased players and their decline/increase in salary. Any chance we can get a thread on this tax ine the "read this" or "game rules" or "important threads" thread?