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I was pretty close to doing the same thing. I announced an auto-tie before the schedule came out, then found out I was playing that very team at home in game one, with an easy cup match and thought I could steal a win. I decided against it, obviously. I don't think there is any team on my half that I can beat on the road, so I will most likely settle in 8th. I need to get lucky at home and hope to steal a few road games, possibly when teams make cup runs and throw a game against me. :) If I end up under-performing early, I will need the enthusiasm for the cup if I decide to throw the season....

Btw, i still love you TUG. You are awesome.

\\and you have my vote!

Congrats on the election victory.

I'd be interested to see what the vote count looked like.

Nevermind. 66 votes in a country of 3000+. Not even 100 people voted.

Last edited by darykjozef at 3/29/2010 2:27:25 AM

the failure by the bb's and gm's to even attempt to make the forums a worthwhile social place is disheartening. if anything, for reasons you've outlined elsewhere daryk, its conducive to NOT use the forums here. (instant logouts, not seeing when there are new posts, awkward menu etc)

as a result i dont think most people read the forums easily. i say it also contributes to the very high number of people who playf or a week then quit

i know why some of the things are they way they are, and i get the short term cost savings, i just think its a poor business model.

as an aside, it is why i will probably never win an election, because of the few people that do vote, i offended just about everyone in the juice-cabal, by having the temerity to point out that a top 3-4 userbase should really do better than the quarters, or round of 16 or worse.

interestingly though, i never stooped to their level. there were a fair # of things i could have been within my rights to say, but chose not to.


ps: congrats jelme... please dont suck as much as our last u21 coach. i dont think you will. you arent afraid to try things, you are open in your approach to learning the game, and you have my support for whatever you need.

Whoever one-balled your post brings really ought to show some sack and type out a reply.

(Incidentally, that brings up another flaw in the forums. "Rating" posts discourages discussion, IMO.)

edit:

Surely there are other things that could be done to redirect managers to the election threads or the voting page. Like a link on the News page where it could be seen, and not a brief mention of the election halfway down the page (not on my screen at all unless I page down) with no link.

There's likely other stuff that NT managers could do to try to make the forums more inviting, including, but not limited to: Try not to make 50%+ of the threads in the USA forum about the national squads; respond to a new user in the introduce yourself thread (those cats are all talking to themselves), bring up tactical discussion for club teams in our forum and lure our users out of Help and Global. I certainly learned a lot more about this game from the USA forum than I did from the latter two.

Last edited by darykjozef at 3/29/2010 10:33:50 AM

Whoever one-balled your post brings really ought to show some sack and type out a reply.

(Incidentally, that up another flaw in the forums. "Rating" posts discourages discussion, IMO.)

my 5 ball says I concur...

Oh, gross, you quoted before my edit. There's a word missing.

well i fiveball my friends that are reasonably intelligent at every opportunity, partly as insurance against the tools that might pick on them later.

your suggestions are all valid.

fundamentally, bb seems MUCH less sustainable than hattrick. the amount of staff bb pays vs hattrick is way out of whack. if hattrick has 15x the userbase, they should have at least 5-6x the full time paid staf. bb though has alot of people on their payroll, so they cut costs in other area, and raise revenue in shaky areas (i cant imagine playing as a non supporter the ads are so offensive on the eyes). they cut costs by skimping on servers hence the constant need to time people out, etc etc.


i dont feel like doing a full blown case study, but while bb is a good and enjoyable game, the community aspect, which leads to long time repeat supporter subscribers, is pretty off.

thats especially a shame because i genuinely liek charles, and he is an intelligent guy.

well i fiveball my friends that are reasonably intelligent at every opportunity, partly as insurance against the tools that might pick on them later.

your suggestions are all valid.

fundamentally, bb seems MUCH less sustainable than hattrick. the amount of staff bb pays vs hattrick is way out of whack. if hattrick has 15x the userbase, they should have at least 5-6x the full time paid staf. bb though has alot of people on their payroll, so they cut costs in other area, and raise revenue in shaky areas (i cant imagine playing as a non supporter the ads are so offensive on the eyes). they cut costs by skimping on servers hence the constant need to time people out, etc etc.


i dont feel like doing a full blown case study, but while bb is a good and enjoyable game, the community aspect, which leads to long time repeat supporter subscribers, is pretty off.

thats especially a shame because i genuinely liek charles, and he is an intelligent guy.

I can't argue with his CT in the first game of the season. He is at homeon tuesday and has a cup game. Plenty of time to make up the stagger.

He is 1-0 where I am 0-1 and I lose at home. Granted, had I kept the team I had, it might of been different, but I didn't.


Last edited by gdonovan at 3/29/2010 12:26:56 PM

Another double post. Your iPhone sucks, man.

Honestly, the ads aren't so bad anymore. Did you know that they make headphones with your favorite basketball team's logo on them? You can even get your favorite player's jersey number, too. And that Lexus is sharp.

Kidding aside, I vowed when my last supporter was running out that I wouldn't re-purchase supporter unless there were a few changes to the game, namely

1) Get rid of player potentials - (likely will never happen, but I despise this part of the game)

2) Fix the economy - (done, to a certain degree)

3) Fix SF training - (steps in the right direction, but nowhere near where it needs to be)

4) Speed up the site/fix timeouts - (the former rumored to be on the way)


I could probably bend on #1 if the other three were fixed to a degree that satisfied me (and #2 is pretty much there).