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The Rule is that there are no Rules!

Well, tell me why these changes to the rules are made without any warnings. Could you maybe explaine the reason for this?

For me it sounds like some VIP persons have heard about it for a season and for the others this came as a blizzard from clear sky!

Completely false.

I knew about it a few hours before the News was released, and I don't think anyone else outside of the BB team was informed pre-News.

It means quick decisions without any investigations or polls?

Does not sound very reliable, more like dictator kind of decision!

Why without any warnings!

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i think you are looking for something like that ;)

One extra tipp in such threads with possible BB participation, you could use the show post from user option to find their post.

This would have been a much better solution, and I would guess that BB* would agree on that too. However, this solution requires that you act in good time giving people time to adjust, as you will directly single out one group of managers and punnish them for playing the game according to the rules. Naturally they would be very upset with this kind of solution and it would prbably create a great controvercy.

That's exactly what they did with these changes. And yes, we're very upset. And yes, it did creat great controversy.

It means quick decisions without any investigations or polls?

Does not sound very reliable, more like dictator kind of decision!

Why without any warnings!

No one said there weren't "investigations", did they?

No, with these changes they started a controvercy, with "tax on arena solution" they would create a big controvercy . The reason is that the latter solution would target a specfic group more clearly, thus this group would have got realy upset, and it would open up for a lot of "fights" between managers with big and small arenas.

The chosen solution on the other hand creates a controvercy, but even if we are a few that are upset with it you must admit that it is still a pretty calm and balanced reaction we are seeing in the forum.

262 comments on the changes and probably less than 10 people agreed with them (don't know if it even got close to 5...). I think there's a pretty big controversy. Matter of interpretation.

As to your predictions about what would happen with the other alternative: could be, but if what you said is correct, that the bb's probably agree that taxing arenas would be a better alternative, but didn't do it because some people would feel bad about it, then I think it's a serious issue. BB's shouldn't be held from doing what they feel is correct because they're afraid of the reaction.

I don't think that's what happened though. I don't think BB's felt taxing arenas was a good idea but were afraid of consequences. I think BB's didn't think enough about their changes and several points have been made in this topic that were left without any perspective of solution (mid / small teams in D1 situation; small countries D1; etc).

Most of the people I saw complaining here (and I read the whole post from the start) agree that changes should be made, which I believe is the reason you're saying it's a pretty calm reaction. It's the nature and the lack of warning that pissed off most, but you can't ignore that there are GM's giving the "we're all doomed" speach, saying this is "Game Over" and some people agreeing. I even recieved a BB-Mail from a GM trying to talk me into some sort of rebellion against the changes.

Now, I've been in BB since season 2 and I had never seen any change create a reaction as big as this change has. I don't agree at all that this isn't a big controversy, I think BB's knew there would be a pretty big reaction, and I don't think they avoided taxing arenas because of possible reactions.

Moreover, I do think sometime in the future BB's will decide to tax arenas. But on this one we'll just have to wait and see.

Last edited by LA-André at 8/4/2008 2:04:18 AM

262 comments on the changes and probably less than 10 people agreed with them (don't know if it even got close to 5...). I think there's a pretty big controversy. Matter of interpretation.

sure. but the ones who agree to these changes do not post in the thread !!1

btw. I agree ;-)

I dont think it was good that BBs announced them so late, but charles explained why. charles also explained why they were necessary and he was absolutely right about it. So I believe this was not only a good move but also a necessary move by the BBs!!!

Can you say, how much fans come in your home game, will be increasing by % I think it would be usefull to know, and we build our arena now, not next season :)