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If you posted here asking for help, then listen to chris902.
If you just posted to complain, then go ahead and retire. Lots of people here have offered advice, when none of us had to. I like to offer what limited help i can provide, when possible, because I really like this game and don't want to see people quit, but if you are just going to come back over and over with 'bawwww look at me (sarcasm)' then good riddance.

Agreed. A big part to these management games is money management. If you do not have the finances to backup your team then you will go bankrupt like what is happening to the OP

As I mentioned before, losing 40k a week will take you 12-13 weeks before you reach the -500k bankrupt threshold. It would have been a big red flag once you start making losses but to let it continue for 13 weeks is just plain mismanagement.

He has no one else to blame and to threaten to quit because of his own mistakes makes him look rather immature

BrianMathews got it right (if that is a real name?)

There are several options here to help get out bankruptcy. All of them will help. Any combination of things will work. Lower cost (fire trainers) or raise revenue (sell players). Just start the process and enjoy the game.

Nope. You must consider raises.

After 35 weeks, my trainer will cost approximately $31,000 weekly. I generally consider selling at closer to $40K weekly. Then the calculation is simple: Because trainers' salaries increase by a set percentage, the higher the trainer's salary, the more rapid the increase. Thus, my trainer at $16K will always cost a minimum of $34K per week less than a guy who makes $50K weekly. In other words, even if the difference in the up-front price is $500K, the $50K trainer costs you that much in weekly salary after just 15 weeks. Meanwhile, I can keep my trainer for 45 weeks and he still won't cost me $40K per week.

So it's far more cost-efficient to buy a cheap trainer for more money and just hold on to them forever. That also avoids any uncertainties in the auction process, and best of all, doesn't carve out as much money from your weekly revenue, allowing you to support more talent. It's true that you have to occasionally set aside money for a new trainer, but it's not all that burdensome to come up with $500K.

FYI, the formula to determine trainer salary increase is

F(v) = P(v) * (1 + i) ^n

where
F(v) = future value
P(v) = present value
i = rate of increase (for a superior trainer, 2% weekly or 0.02)
n = number of weeks

Is anybody else interested in helping this person? I see at least a couple of good suggestions here and what does he do? He does the absolute worst thing, he sells his staff knowing that there's a severance fee. I don't think he even enjoys this game. People who enjoy a game take time learning about how it works.

Selling staff was a loss he had to take. Staff wages were too high to support in the future so it was the best thing to do.

Not at that point. Staff don't get paid until Monday so what's the difference between now and Sunday night? Sell players first to see if he makes any money off of them. If he makes enough money to cover severance, then that's the time to get rid of them.

Plus there's training (Trainer) and a game (Doctor) coming up. Wouldn't you want to have your expensive staff for those before the economic update?

Last edited by kLepTo at 4/29/2010 12:27:50 AM