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I dont post often but it’s nice to see some teams in the league sharing the same frustrations that I currently have. Just my 2 cents on a couple topics.

1. The Transfer List is ridiculous right now due to supply and demand. The supply of quality players that can impact a 2 league roster is low which is driving the price way up on all these players that are not about to deteriorate in skill level due to age. This leaves older higher skilled players available and even some of those are outrageously priced. Lets use my player Runkun who is currently listed on the TL. Sure he is a good player but if I were looking to sell him and replace him with similar quality (age and skill points) the price I have listed him at is what I would need to sell him at to replace him with a competitive 2 league PF.

BB is trying to use a Market approach while allowing sellers to dictate value of their players. This helps create more value for sellers due to buyers having little power which is evident by the current TL prices. If you want a quality player you are paying the sellers price. In order to limit the power of the seller, I think BB should use a true market approach and if you want to sell the player have minimum starting bids for like players. In order to do this successfully, BB would need to have a more realistic player comparison tool that evaluates the market for like skilled players on various skill sets and age and defines the minimum value for like players. If an owner decides to list him at that minimum price, then let the competition and bidding for the player begin. This approach would ensure that the seller at least would get minimum value and managers would think twice about throwing players up on the transfer list for ridiculous prices virtually risk free.

I also believe the TL is hurting by the commissions increasing for buys and sells. As a new team coming to the 2 league, my players may not be the quality I need. However, if I sell off players, then I am penalized for future sells (by higher commission) which can prevent people from listing players altogether or causing them to pass the commission on the buyers resulting in higher prices.

2. I completely agree with the draft being a waste of time. I haven’t scouted any draftee’s since the 4 league and I will not waste money scouting them. 1. there are few too quality draftees 2. the starting skill points of draftees will not make a difference at a 2 league level and 3. I agree that the starting skill points and training is so slow that each draftee is at least 3-4 season of training before allowing the draftee to be an impact player. Training draftees used to be my favorite part of the game in the lower leagues but I don’t think twice about it anymore and cut them or sell them right away. (Increasing the garbage players on the TL)

3. Home Court Advantage - HCA seems to be very powerful and unrealistic in this game. Sure, I haven’t been around long enough to know the ins and outs of the game engine and there are more tenured/knowledgable managers than me, but HCA seems to add 10-20 points across the board for each team whether they are a first place team or a last place team sometimes causing the better teams to lose games. (I understand upsets happen) In my opinion this is unrealistic. Take the Cavs and Hawks series for example, the Cavs didn’t give the Hawks 10-20 pts magically when they played in ATL. And using a Football example, the Texans home field advantage is not the same as Seattle’s. I feel BB should use the PR Manager feature to control the HCA. If teams want to spend more for a higher PR Manager then they should get a higher HCA. However, there should be tiers based on levels and if you have a last place team you should have the lower end of the tier for that level.

These are just a couple frustrations I am experiencing and its good to see I am not alone. Just wanted to share some of my thoughts since everyone was posting similar issues.

Add this to my list of grievances...

Just had a 33 year old double negative pop in outside defense from 18 to 16

Well looks like I am getting another 2nd pick in the draft
I am hoping 2 seasons of oD and passing the newbies can hold their ground as backups
Yeah it takes 4-5 seasons to create starters in this league

You're getting roasted with injuries...
And thankfully I get you next

I came up with a program to decode the hidden language within the BuzzerBeater Tactics page...here is what I found:

Strictly Follow Depth Chart (Unless the GE wants to piss you off)

Yep, Jase, that description is perfect. I have a hell of a time getting the desired 48 minutes with my Utopian team;-(

5 injuries in the league at the same time is too many...ever see 5 injuries on one team at the same time? Sheesh!! Their Doctor (if they have one at all) is not just a low level Doctor, but perhaps sabotaging their players!

(http://www.buzzerbeater.com/team/30751/players.aspx)

It's a good thing all these players stink, or I'd be miffed.

Anyone want to weigh in with playoff predictions? I'll go with Extra Crispy b/c of that defense, but I could see Arizona (I assume that new 146k player is eligible for the playoffs?) or maybe Milwaukee (w/ a possible easier matchup in conference finals) taking it too.

Yes, he is playoff eligible :-) I bought him just under 23 minutes before the deadline :-)

Milwaukee has a very good team, so I don't mean any disrespect to them, but this has pretty much been a two team race all season. The team I have now is light years better than the team that I beat Milwaukee with earlier in the season, and Extra Crispy beat Milwaukee on the road to prove they are too strong to lose at home....I just don't see any way that Milwaukee can overcome the HCA that Crispy or Arizona will have in a Finals series.

Extra Crispy is WAY better than their payroll would indicate. Their ratings are also deceiving as to how good they really are. For instance, Extra Crispy is one of the top 2 rebounding teams in the league, and yet their rebounding rating each game is not very impressive. Even when they destroy a team on the boards, the rating does not reflect it Their overall ratings never jump out as overly impressive, and yet they rarely had a game that was close as they destroyed the league in the Point Differential edge.

Their front court has been absolutely dominant all season, the motivating reason for me adding the big I just added. Prayerfully I get a good bump in his GS next Friday or it won't matter anyway. I think going into this week I gave my team about a 35% shot of pulling an upset road win in the Conference Finals verse Extra Crispy....I hope it's now up to 50% but I just don't know....in the end, I may have just blown a bunch of a money and set my franchise back a season....but to be this close to promotion; it was tough to not go for it.

That said, HCA in BB is so huge, I just don't know if i have enough to steal a win on the road...if I were forced to bet real money, I'd have to bet on Extra Crispy Promoting at this point...but i am hoping to pull off a big surprise.

On a side note, we hear all the cliche's in real life (about sports) about how important each game is, and not overlooking an opponent etc. I am kicking myself so bad for an early season loss to the Barbaric Yawps. In that game I outsmarted myselfand put in a scrub to to get some reserve minutes....For some inexplicable reason the GE subbed him in with a 1 minute left in the game in crunch time, and Barbaric hit back to back 3 pointers in his face erasing a 6 point lead with 36 seconds left, and the game went to OT where he continued to get torched and we lost. I was so mad when that happened, but it's a frustration that has lingered all season because we should have finished with just 1 loss, and HCA locked up, but instead faced with playing a great EC team at their home place!

Like they say, every game is important! You just never know when a loss is going to come back to haunt you!