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1) training -

2) player market -

3) time -

1) I agree, training is an illogical mess. That's not news to anyone. People with official ties to BB (or who might be perceived that way) have to defend it, though.

2) Agree here, too. Super inflated prices for players suitable for mid-level teams for sure. BB-Marin says it has to be that way so managers who train up some young players get richly paid for their training. (No, training is just too slow and expensive. Fix training first and you could then fix inflation.)

2) Time. Well, everybody is different.

I've been here since Season 18, and here is my take:

1) Training has actually become easier in the last season with the out of position training option. It comes at a cost to efficiency, but still, you can do it if you wish. I haven't noticed a training slowdown in the past 13 seasons.

2) Players are indeed spendy, but that is good if you are selling. Seems that once a team gets a couple rounds of buying and selling in this new market, things should balance out for them. One day, player prices may drop again, and that will be good for people who are buying. Not sure what we could do (or should do, for that matter) about the market price on players increasing. The market is a market, and players are selling for that much because folks are willing to pay that much.

3) I've always been content with the pace of this game.

The inflation/fluctuation of prices is getting worse and worse over time.

This is precisely due to the fees and lack of autobid.

While we agree the inflation is bad, your post shows no understanding of inflation. It is the same here as anywhere, too much cash chasing too little goods. That is a universal concept, a universal definition of inflation, and it has absolutely nothing to do with either auto-bid nor fees, your pet projects. Well, actually it does have to do with fees tangentially, because higher fees would help remove some of the excess cash chasing too few players, but I don't think that was your argument; I think your argument is backwards of that. My suggestion is not to focus on the excess cash as much as the lack of supply of players at the mid-levels, but that is discussed elsewhere.

This is how YOU wanted it and have argued profusely to keep it this way.

Frankly, you clearly have no earthly clue what I want considering how wrongly you try to put words in my mouth. If you left the personalities out of the discussion and instead focussed on the ideas, you would do better in the forums, but I realize that is asking a leopard to change its spots.

My theory on the market:

Lack of newer managers means that a higher percentage of BB players are longer term managers and are in the position where they are after top players and top prospects, hence higher competition for those players.

The game has become (percentage-wise top heavy) with managers who are after a smaller pool of players (naturally decreasing pool because of lower overall manager numbers)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johntharvey/2011/05/14/money-growth-does-not-cause-inflation/

I'm not sure why someone who
Is admittedly not interested in the market
Against playing a market
Has no training or experience with markets
Has no training in economics
Obviously doesn'T know much of anything about economics
probably sucks at math...

Insists he knows what is going on.

OH well...I just passed the 1million mark on sales. Take away initial investments and fees, then cost of training (I trained most hte players I sold a little) I'm still pulling in about 80% on the benefit of understanding the market. or 800k. That is more than I could have earned in promo-bonuses if you do the math.....

With regard to the article you cited, "Money Growth Does Not Cause Inflation!" I agree. I didn't say it did. If you thought differently, I'm not surprised.
With regard to the mythical straw man you so carefully postulated so you could put him down, it is more evidence that you don't listen and don't have the foggiest clue who I am or what my background is.
With regard to your day-trading, try it with real money in a real market and see how you do. Give it a year or two and report back.

Edited for two things: (1) Your article's inapplicability to BB helped clarify a problem in nomenclature that has caught us both. We are not talking about inflation, a dynamic process. We are talking about players being overpriced, too expensive for their value as players in the basketball sim, a static condition.
(2) You can stuff your ad hominem attacks where the sun don't shine, something I am sure you have been told often.

BTW,

You and many others can shout till you are blue in the face that people should just bid their true amount early...

Another example of how you don't listen, just make things up. I never said that and don't think that.

I started to try to correct all the other fallacies in your posts, but there are too many, it would hijack the thread. I don't think many people pay any attention to them anyway.

Last edited by Mike Franks at 3/3/2015 11:12:56 PM