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Maybe it did make you quit that game but you have to think of the economics. If 10 free players quit the game because of that supporter feature and 1 free player became a supporter because of that feature then the game is probably more profitable overall anyway.

I like the basic principle here that free and supporter players are exactly equal on the court and supporters get not even a tiny advantage in terms of winning or losing (unlike some games where you can't win if you don't pay) but that supporters get a lot more asthetic features that make the game more enjoyable.

It is funny, perhaps it is a cultural thing. In the Australian top league the ABBL 11 of the 16 teams are supporters, as well as most of division II. I was looking at the Taiwan top division for some graphics to decorate my Buzzerbeater Wiki and even though it is a similar sized country (650 in Oz, 450 in Taiwan) and fairly affluent there was a total of 1 supporter in their top league and I think only 1 or 2 more in all of second division.

It is funny, perhaps it is a cultural thing. In the Australian top league the ABBL 11 of the 16 teams are supporters, as well as most of division II. I was looking at the Taiwan top division for some graphics to decorate my Buzzerbeater Wiki and even though it is a similar sized country (650 in Oz, 450 in Taiwan) and fairly affluent there was a total of 1 supporter in their top league and I think only 1 or 2 more in all of second division.

GDP is definitely no cultural thing.

Well Australia is 13th in GDP and Taiwan is 24th according to the IMF so it isn't a massive difference. 25 is Norway and 26 is Austria - I am sure you consider that a nice place to live.

PS: If instead of GDP you want GDP per-capita then Australia moves up to number 10, Austria moves up to number 11 but Taiwan also moves up to number 20, just above UK 21, Finalnd 22, France 23 and Japan 24.

I don't think it is GDP, I think it is a cultural thing.