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284063.107 in reply to 284063.105
Date: 12/31/2016 1:12:57 PM
Totwart
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Furabolos
Yeah, but some users have asked for an intermediate solution, and that would complicate things a bit

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284063.108 in reply to 284063.106
Date: 12/31/2016 1:40:47 PM
Durham Wasps
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Sunderland Boilermakers
Considering what happened with the second team solution, I am very confident any poll result will be scrambled into something completely unrelated and useless thing.

Of course the BBs have said Utopia was/is a success. Though I suspect they mean in terms of revenue, not for what it did to the game.

Before any poll took place, and I see no likelihood of one, we'd need clearer details of what these changes mean. Does it mean more teams getting promotion bonuses and the consequent inflation, or does it mean promoted teams not getting a bonus, an equally absurd proposition.

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284063.110 in reply to 284063.109
Date: 12/31/2016 3:09:00 PM
Totwart
ACBB
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But people could want a change but not this change, and in fact you can see different opinions going in this directions.
- No, I want a change but not this one.
- Yes, a want a change but I would prefer another one
I don't think this is a clear yes/no option

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284063.111 in reply to 284063.109
Date: 12/31/2016 4:29:17 PM
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I don't think BB staff has more insight on consequences. Haven't had in ages.

Größter Knecht aller Zeiten aka His Excellency aka President for Life aka Field Marshal Al Hadji aka Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas aka aka Conqueror of the Buzzerbeater Empire in Europe in General and Austria in Particular
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284063.113 in reply to 284063.112
Date: 12/31/2016 8:52:13 PM
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Topic opening was very good (I gave ball on that) and soon we will get some facts when first third is over and fan boycott is real. I will have both teams impacted by this new nice boycott. I will reveal my financial facts in this thread, but only with one requirement:
- lets try to keep discussion in this thread somehow relevant to fan boycott, calculations facts and figures, thoughts what ever.

It would be much more enjoyable if we could open own topics for those which you feel important (polls, personal insults who said what, communication, BB development....what ever)....problem is not number of topics currently in Global forum.

Happy new year to you all!

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284063.114 in reply to 284063.113
Date: 12/31/2016 9:30:16 PM
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Yes yes, this is the kind of talent that in some people's mind should make a 0-7 team into a 1-6 team: (278359.175). Of course if you have no wins in 1 third of a season and more than the price of that player sitting in your bank, you will lose a minimum of 140% of gate receipts to a maximum of 275% (in D1 terms that's anywhere between $700k and $1.5 million lost gate receipts). If you lose all games in a season you will lose 520% to 615% before the effect goes away ($2.8 to $3.3 million)

Happy new year to you too. And Hameenlinna. And Vantaa. (have many friends living in both cities...). Cheers.

Last edited by Lemonshine at 12/31/2016 9:47:50 PM

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284063.116 in reply to 284063.115
Date: 1/2/2017 7:59:55 AM
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Just to add another dimension:

The fan survey become pretty absurd, when the boycott kicks in. I almost "qualified" for the penalty and my fan survey shows five balls in the "manager tries everything to make the team better" (or what it is called) categroy.

That does not make sense at all - so some kind of connection between fan survey and boycott would be better. Also some kind of "boycott-o-meter" would make sense, so we could see, how bad the team is in shape.

Größter Knecht aller Zeiten aka His Excellency aka President for Life aka Field Marshal Al Hadji aka Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas aka aka Conqueror of the Buzzerbeater Empire in Europe in General and Austria in Particular
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284063.117 in reply to 284063.116
Date: 1/3/2017 6:57:18 AM
Boulettes
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Les Boulettes Utopiennes
I'm currently tanking in Utopia and France. I do prefer training my draftees and do it on purpose. It's a choice, as last season after spending a lot of my draft points i did not get any good player from the draft.

After loosing brightly all games in the first third of the season now my income from a game match has gone down from $164k to $74k for a weekly benefits of $681 with 1488 subscribers. Next week i will not be able to pay the max scouting and the lvl5 staff salaries i currently pay, and will forget the lvl6 or lvl7 i intended to buy.

My BB subscription is renewed tomorrow, i payed last week, and will glady discuss for a refund of my money as i did not intended to be screwed by new rules or people telling me how to enjoy the game.

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