Welcome to Season 50: a Golden Anniversary!
After what amounted to just 24 hours of downtime on Monday, the BB team is proud to say that the server migration is successfully completed! Most of our users have already experienced, at least during some periods, just how much faster the new server is. Not to mention the fact that the first training for the season has been calculated at least 10 times faster than usual and that really makes us optimistic. Now, there’s still stuff to do, some aspects to fix (the ingame chat, most notably) and processes to optimize, but all in all we can surely be proud of a successful migration!
The usual million dollar question is still here: when will we have a BB app? It’s true, the development of the app has been put on hold lately, but that’s about to change now, as there are finally some really good foundations which can support it. Expect more news about the app in the next few months!
Some of our users have been very worried about the fact that some major browsers will no longer support Flash, making our match viewer inoperable! Of course, we will develop a suitable replacement on time (before the end of the year) and make sure one of the most important facets of BB are still available for your viewing pleasure.
There is talk about the inside oriented tactics still being overpowered due to various reasons. Yes, this too will be addressed before next offseason as inside oriented tactics should result in more blocks, loose balls and turnovers. It seems like the BB overall shooting percentages are trailing after what the numbers are in real life, so we might try to remedy that too. During development, the new game engine will be tested in scrimmages and private leagues' matches.
Most of our managers already noticed that BB has become much more active on our social media pages. This is due to our new chief communications officer, the newly promoted BB-Will! Will was, until recently, a US based GM called Trust The Process and has already proven to be a very good link between the community and the developers, on top of what he’s doing with the FB and Twitter pages. Welcome BB-Will!
On to the usual recap of the last last season's competitions. The BuzzerBeater’s Best has been won by a first time conqueror - south dragons from the Netherlands! Manager LA-Cowstreet beat manager 老梅 of team 普陀大鲨鱼 from China in a final of two halves: the first one was lead 46 - 40 by the Chinese team, only to be turned around in the second half ending 80 - 94 for the Dutch team. Interestingly, both teams have the same jersey designs. Go figure
Our awards for the B3 predictions contest have already been handed out: one year Supporter goes to Westri from Malaysia, followed by gianloco from Italy with tobio from the Philippines and Dr. Drow from Lietuva sharing third place. Congratulations to the lucky winners!
The season 49 U21 National Team Championship was won by Israel! Manager Alonso managed to magically overcome the fact that manager toshii from Poland anticipated his outside based offense with a 3-2 zone defense while missing the GDP offence focus and still prevailed in a extremely tightly contested game 81 - 83! Incredible! Or extremely lucky?
The next NT championship will be held in the basketball crazed nation of the Philippines!
We wish all of you a great season, no injuries and many, many wins!
Posted by: BB-Marin 6/6/2020 3:26:00 AM