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Come on, guys, this utpia idea is really bad.. Why do we need a fictional country?

What if they call it Mark Cuban's Invite Only Private Island for Elite Basketball Managers and Players?

It's a name. Just pretend that the citizens of whatever country they decide to use to represent it on the map got all idealistic and decided to call their country that - just like we don't get in a tizzy that what we in the US refer to as "Germany" is Deutschland or what we call Holland or the Netherlands or that wacky place the Dutch call home is "Nederland".

In the event that more than 1,024 teams sign up for the 2nd team, would the next users go into DV? I'm not sure if more than 1,000 users is an optimistic number or not. 1:29 users across the BB universe? I suppose if you start allowing users to sign up for their 2nd team well in advance of the start of the next season, you'll have a better idea of the number of users that plan to have a 2nd team.

As the second team is only after purchase of extra money, I am pretty sure it will be less than 1000 managers signing up for this.

I am happy that the discussion lead to "real countries" being untouchable for second teams, but as I am paying for supporter already for years now, I don´t feel the need to pay additionally for getting a second team.

How many Czech teams will there be in Utopia division I? ;-)

I hope for 12 and rest 4 will be rotating from the rest of the world

I agree, make the "utopian" league invisible for the rest of BB.

How will the promotion work the first few seasons?

Will the top 4+ (depending on participants) from each League make it in? Or will there be some other factor?

Last edited by lawrenman at 3/4/2014 11:15:48 AM

I like the 2nd team.

I know coding and the fixed platform of basic program structure are very hard to modify quickly and CORRECTLY so I applaud your quick reaction and implementation of a 2nd team into the existing framework of Buzzer Beater.

That said I only have two major suggestions.

1. Please reconsider merging Utopian players with existing world players. Among many other factors, the lack of an initial large transfer market in Utopia would encourage player development. Keep Utopia players in he Utopia world.

2. Please consider implementing a draft which is not based on league standing. Much like the NBA is considering, every team would get 1st round pick once every 16 seasons - since 16 team leagues. Etc for 2nd, 3rd round and so on. It would limit tanking.

Since all teams get equal access to players, group drafts by the pick different managers have - 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc go into one draft pool instead of pooling all managers together in their division. Also, merge all human managers together in the draft pools and bots would draft in their own pools.

As i mentioned already, even with arguments going further than "fun"...sometimes it´s great to read what´s already posted, to avoid redundancy *-:)
No offense, just some impressions from some of ur last posts :)