First of all, I have to thank everyone who voted and/or contributed to the discussion. We are learning as we go and from this initiative, we have already learnt a lot.
On the other hand, I have a couple of remarks. Seems like some users voted and posted their opinions before they even read the initial post. This is somewhat a disappointment, but I guess an expected one. We cannot force everyone to read each post, but reading the initial one should be a prerequisite for contribution.
Furthermore, some users seem to lose focus and try to push other unrelated suggestions or comments here, while others tend to be a little rude. I would like to politely ask everyone to keep on topic and keep their cool. This is a thread intended to improve the game, but we can only do it if we keep the discussion civil and efficient.
I cannot answer most of the questions raised here, nor is that the intention of the thread. It's intention is to provide us, the BBs, with some answers and it's doing that nicely. We now have a better picture about the possible flaws and solutions for the idea, even though the main question (should we develop it at all) is still far from getting a definite answer.
However, there are two prevailing alternate ideas that seem to dominate the discussion so I believe it's only fair to address them both:
1. Utopia league: While this would address some of the problems, it would also raise others, while not helping with some of the issues that the initial suggestion takes care of. It's a valid proposition and should be considered in the conclusion.
2. A new BB server: This really has nothing to do with the second team idea as suggested. This solution proposes a new BB universe, unrelated to BB as we know it, while we're trying to find ideas for this one. Therefore, this is also considered but only as a completely separate suggestion.
I should point out another thing: most people seem to see this idea as a way of "saving" BB, some desperate attempt to keep it afloat financially. This is just not true. While we would love to grow, both in user numbers and income, we are not going to close up shop anytime soon. On a contrary, I personally believe there are many years (not just BB seasons) ahead of us, regardless of the implementation of the 2nd team idea. We will continue to develop the game during that time, and you never know, we might even pull a couple of nice surprises which could turn things around for us. I'm an optimist and I think that the positive response to our work that surfaced in the community lately can translate into good times for BB in the future.
Why then do we insist on keeping the 2nd team idea a Supporter feature? Well, as redcped already stated: "People with investments in the game are much less likely to cheat, because they have something much more to lose if they get caught.". This is the key that keeps people from cheating: personal investments and responsibility, and that's why we initially decided that we need to make this a Supporter feature. Of course, we are not denying that the extra income wouldn't be a nice addition. This also means we'd even consider allowing users to buy this feature without the Supporter package (the details don't have to be decided right away, even though it would be cheaper than buying Supporter, of course).
There are other specifics we can change about the idea, as I stated in the initial post, so please, don't let any one of them sway you from voting one way or another, as your vote should represent the general support for the idea even though if you don't like all of the mentioned rules and restrictions. We can work on those, and this discussion is aimed at doing exactly that.
The response to the initiative is a very pleasant surprise, almost overwhelmingly so. Whatever the outcome, I believe the goal to get the community more involved in the developmental decision process has been a big success. Thank you all for reading and contributing!