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When we had those ridiculously low prices on the transfer there were a lot of teams that just skipped training entirely and set training to game shape all season long.

...or freethrows.

I'm not posting as often as I used to because it's hard to post when The Man is using every post against me. Yo, Man, get off my back. Fight The Man! The Man must be destroyed! I will be The Man! Nevermind that last part, you never saw it.

Anyway, I agree that training is the best way to deal with market fluctuations. If you have a plan for training, you can afford to be patient and only spend when you need to.

I think I noticed the market go down when the overextension tax was implemented and there was a sudden drop in bigtime spending and I do think a number of managers must have gotten better training when training suddenly mattered again. But since then the market has adjusted, and the main factors pushing the market back up are mainly from a lower supply of players placed on the TL. Here's why I think this has happened:

- Because managers want to avoid the overextension tax, we are often hanging on to our trainees to keep up the training exemption side of the tax equation, especially for our higher trained salaries.

- The total number of managers has been decreasing, which means fewer players transfer listed by humans. (I don't get how the numbers are going down, I've been here since Season 4 and I still love this game. This IS the real world.)

- The farm teams seem to be much rarer than the old days.

I personally like it when training is the best option for having the best players because I get more attached to my players. I talk to my friend about them (okay, I don't really have a friend), I name my children after them, and I make bobblehead dolls that look like them. I don't get tattoos of my players, though, The Man has too many labels on me there's no room left. I hate The Man. I will be the greatest The Man ever one day. I didn't mean to type that, ignore that.

then I'm sorry, but you and also Perpete should refrain from posting.

Read the personal attacks from these 2 users, including calling or implying that others were stupid, while being also wrong in their statements (as you actually also pointed out in your post) and tell me how you'd describe those comments. You know why I was allowed to use that tone? Because it was in no way worse, in tone or the level of personal animosity, than Alec Burke or Perpete. If it's fair game for them it's fair game for everyone, especially since they were also incorrect in their remarks (paying players's salaries is a contribution to the game economy, affect upfront prices in the TL, it simply does not involve any cash transfer between managers).

I'm not sure how someone would even come up with something so smart.

The argument that there is inflation in real life does not really fit here because inflation in real life affects prices across the board. In the game only 1 part is inflated, but other expenses and more importantly revenues are fixed. The point was not particularly smart, because just looking at the numbers in the NBA revenues have grown much more than the players' salaries in the last 30 years. You brought up numbers conveniently forgetting others. Then if you want to argue that your point was actually smart, by all means explain to us with numbers how the NBA has seen an increase in salaries, while revenues and staff are still at mid 80s level.

Last edited by Lemonshine at 4/15/2015 4:29:50 AM

Good post, I wholeheartedly agree with your points.

The internet, and the world in general is full of morons who are most notably morons for the simple fact they are too stupid to realize how stupid they are. These idiots provide a foundation for frustration and confusion for the average person who is still, on the whole, pretty darn stupid.

I find this hilarious and sad. In my life, I've spoken with a lot of different people and sat (or stood) and listened to a lot of different conversations. So so so so so many people have this exact same thought of the rest of the world, but not themselves. Everyone is stupid... Except the person who's saying it.

I don't agree. I think that people lack humility, yes, and people are focused on being right, yes, but stupidity is not the reason for the flamewars. The reasons are simple: a lack of humility and Confirmation Bias (a concept everyone should look up).

I only make a comment because I feel that the "everyone else is stupid" argument is not just pointless, but detrimental to any kind of getting along, anywhere, and in any context.

I do like your points about Keyboard Warriors, though.

I'm curious, too. Are you trying to win by DTing?

Made me smile. Thanks

Something to ad to the intelligence thing... You compared it to height. I suggest that height is a great analogy but for a different reason, because each height is useful for a different purpose.

Just because someone is 7ft tall, doesn't mean he's better than someone who's 4ft (unless you play basketball, which is an incredibly "heightist" sport). Lots of people - I would venture to say most people - believe that they are more intelligent than the average. Talk to people, and listen, and this is easy to pick up. A lot of people go on to suggest that "most people are stupid" or below the average intelligence. I think there is a very easy explanation to this. We are all experts in our own fields of knowledge and also lack the humility that we are not in the fields of knowledge of others.

I see a lot of people who are very quick to identify that someone doesn't know the simplest things about a subject and, then, very quickly label them as stupid. A concreter does it to a shop assistant. A shop assistant does it to a cleaner. A cleaner does it to a concreter. What each person fails to realise is that the exact same thing can apply to them.

All this being said, I don't see a time soon when the humility will grow and people will generally acknowledge that they don't know some things.

Me included.

It is important to recognise those who do eat their humble pie, though. I hope people look out for those who do the good stuff