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Hi.
Buzzermanager has an inaccurate salary calculator.

Lower your ticket prices. You relegated. Folks aint happy with the Penguins.

I found a few 22-23 year olds with $100k+ salaries selling for anywhere from $720k-$2.2m.

1. If you use BuzzerManager then it will tell you the expected salary of your player the following season, so if you're training players it can avoid any salary shocks at the end of the season.

It depends on your player's listed position as to how much a skill affects their salary. BuzzerManager has a salary calculator you can play around with, for example you can take one of your current players and add 4 levels of rebounding to see what that does to his salary. There is this table so you can see the effect at a glance: (160760.16).

Bigs tend to have much bigger salaries than guards/wings.

2. I think you will see better attendances against human teams, and if you lower ticket prices as you plan then that should help.

3. The Transfer Price Estimator is not always a useful tool, even when it does provide a value. I'd suggest going to the transfer list, put in the criteria for players similar to your own, and see what others are selling for.

4. If you reduce salary you should be ok. You don't necessarily have to sell your homegrown player Atkinson if you'd like to keep him, he'll provide a merchandise boost being homegrown and as he's probably reached his potential cap he won't train much further (and thus won't increase in salary). You could sell some other high salary players, then buy some cheap young outside players to train and switch training to something suitable for them.

I'm sorry but it doesn't make sense.

no matter how you put it, you still get 11 weeks of attendance. if you have your home game in the first week or not, it's the same for everyone. Seasons are 12 weeks, you get 11 games at home + revenue in all those weeks.

Example calculation:
12 weeks
Salaries players: 200k
Salaries staff: 50k
Scouting / infrastrcture: 50k


Attendance: 200k
Tv contract: 100k
Merchandise: 50k


expendidatures: 12 * 300k = 3.6m
revenue: 11*200k + 12*150k = 2.2m + 1.8m = 4m
Total: +0.4m


Per week calculation for your season (cash reserves lets say 0 before season start)
Week 1: 150k - 300k = -150k => cash reserves: -150k
Week 2: 350k - 300k = 50k => cash reserves: -100k
Week 3: 350k - 300k = 50k => cash reserves: -50k
Week 4: 350k - 300k = 50k => cash reserves: 0
Week 5: 350k - 300k = 50k => cash reserves: 50k
Week 6: 350k - 300k = 50k => cash reserves: 100k
Week 7: 350k - 300k = 50k => cash reserves: 150k
Week 8: 150k - 300k = -150k => cash reserves: 0
week 9: 550k - 300k = 250k => cash reserves: 250k
Week 10: 350k - 300k = 50k => cash reserves: 300k
Week 11: 350k - 300k = 50k => cash reserves: 350k
Week 12: 350k - 300k = 50k => cash reserves: 400k

So you see, you will still get same amount regardless if you have home game in first week or not.

Now, if we all won't pay salaries in the first week, it will still make no difference in regards to other players. It will just mean that EVERYONE will get a bigger cash reserve at the end.

I'LL say this again, NOT ALL HOME GAMES ARE CREATED EQUAL!!

Let' see if I can explain this to you. I'm in the black the week before the update, The update happened and I'm forced to pay salaries which puts me -580K in the red. If I had a HG on Saturday, I would be about even but NO, I start on the road and have to sell my best player so I don't get a bankruptcy email this Monday. I could careless if I ended the season with a road game.(Which I finish at home when it doesn't matter) I needed a HG to start.
Like I said, IT IS NOT FAIR to start 50% of users with income the first week.
I made it to the final 8 of the BBM Tier 2 last season and I had a team which I thought could do damage in Tier 1. Not any more since I sold my best player.
And my solution is a good one. No NT games on the Monday so they can start the the offseason process after the finals games on Sunday night.

but that is the entire point of the game , right? to manage your finances and not be in the situation that you described.
One season you might get it right, one season you might not.

I could argue that by getting a game in the start I will make less money because I have a bad fan survey, as opposed to having one at the end of the season.

all in all, your solution is not a perfect one. if you won't get any money in the first week, you might not solve your balance till week 2 and still be in bankruptcy if for example the schedule will put two road games for you in second week.
as you noticed, in week 9 you will have two home games.

or you might end up at the all-star week in the same place and you will again be in bankruptcy.

So, no, I don't think that changing the game will make any difference but rather you should take more care with the finances.

Last edited by therin at 8/2/2022 10:30:15 AM

The game ends with a two game week, it should start with a 2 game week Is it that hard for you to see?
AGAIN, who cares about the All Star Break, the cup will be decided and the BBM will too(lose two games and it is over).

as you noticed in week 9 you will have two home games.

Week 9, I could care less.
I play this game in this order, CUP, BBM, League.

So, no, I don't think that changing the game will make any difference but rather you should take more care with the finances.

Say something new.

Again, it is about being FAIR!!
Day Trading to new users, NOT FAIR.......FIXED
Short rosters making a mockery of the game, NOT FAIR.....exhaustion implemented.........FIXED
Micronations having an edge in competition, NOT FAIR....merged leagues/FIXED
50% of users getting income the first week, NOT FAIR, needs to be fixed

I'll leave it at that as it seems that you are very stubborn in your views.

You have failed to present any arguments as to why it is unfair for other managers. All you said is that it was bad in your case as you went over the bankruptcy limit and you had to fire your team.
A game is not broken just because it doesn't fit your play-style / strategy.

Again, this is not your first season, so you should have prepared better if you wanted to make a cup, bbm run.
Navigating through the economics of an entire season and building a sustainable team for the next season is part of the game. ( i know, i repeat myself, but it seems the idea doesn't reach you so I try and try again )

Don't get me wrong, I'm not necessarily opposed to the idea of having a salary exemption for the first week of the season. I just think it would not help in any way but rather create more inflation as there will be extra money for everybody.


Last edited by therin at 8/2/2022 11:17:23 AM

Me too. I will leave you with this.....

Getting income for the first week shouldn't come down to LUCK. And that is what it is....LUCK!!

An algorithm flips a coin and chooses 50% of BB users. Winning a coin toss has nothing to do with strategy, it is LUCK!!