... it would dilute programming resources devoted to the basketball sim, diverting them to something irrelevant to the b'ball sim. The basketball sim seriously needs their full attention.
Maybe your right that it would dilute programming resources, but keeping people interested is not irrelevant.
You know why lots of people shop at wallmart. It's not just because of the low prices. It's because you can buy a can of soup and a tire for your truck at the same time. It's the variety of things that you can buy.
Variety gives people more options and it makes things more interesting.
Seriously, that would in no way help managers somehow learn a game that they couldn't grasp even without all the distractions you propose. It is bad enough that BB hasn't yet been able to corral all the day trading that is so disruptive to the b'ball sim; don't add to the disruption. I think managers who cannot figure out the game need more clear instruction and game documentation, not distractions.
Do you really think that would be that big of a distraction?
I can log on and do everything i need to do in less than 20 minutes a day.
There is not much to this game.
The basic of this game are very easy to learn.
Understanding game documentation only takes you so far in this game.
The experience of making mistakes and understanding what those mistakes are is far more important.
So maybe people need something else to entice them so they stay not quit and learn from their mistakes.
I think the changes they made has stopped quite a bit of day trading (there never going stop all of it), but i also think it has affected normal trading.