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i hope shikago is ok

marin is punishing me for khenry's "sins" :(

i'm effectively done with BB i guess!

Whawhawhat


Enquiring minds want to know....or at least d3 bottom feeders do. Are you bailing because Marin put the kabash on how you hoard old players like a little old lady hoards old sears and roebuck catalogs ? Its OK man they are going to go live on a nice farm where they will never have to worry about skill drops ever again.

Arizona Desert Storm is celebrating the appointment of Jason Stevens to the Cymru National Team.

I guess curiosity got the best of the Cymru NT coach :-)

i look at the new rules concerning tanking and they look rather difficult -- winning three games with a team that has been purposefully dismantled and reconfigured and additionally hovers at or around the league salary floor is, to my way of thinking, a big challenge and quite a big change without warning (as far as i can tell).

i don't know how you go about achieving the various goals, training, winning an occasional game, making some money.

not an easy problem to solve --

all this is prompted by your and Jason's recent purchases, which is a lot of money for older players. good luck in figuring out how to proceed!

I've acquired a very specific skills over a long career, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.

I don't think what I am doing will count as tanking. I doubt I will even relegate. The hard part is just rebuilding a team from a deleted transfer list in a short amount of time. It usually leads to me overspending on players like Wynn because there aren't many others for me to choose from.

ok, i get it. i misunderstood your moving Bowens, Bello, Spurlock, and Reedy. i hadn't noticed Spoonmore was 26, or perhaps if i had, i thought it was as a foundation of the next incarnation of the Mashers.

so now it's you and $7 million versus the TL, with the clock ticking!

and you're right -- rebuilding your team on the fly is quite a feat!

i look at the new rules concerning tanking and they look rather difficult -- winning three games with a team that has been purposefully dismantled and reconfigured and additionally hovers at or around the league salary floor is, to my way of thinking, a big challenge and quite a big change without warning (as far as i can tell).

I am not a fan of the changes at all...Rarely am I though. It seems nearly every change BB makes, either takes more money from us or forces us to adjust a strategy we have been implementing for a while. While I think it was ridiculous what Khenry did adding 1400+ players and should not be allowed...it's also ridiculous to create a rule that completely blows up what a guy like Shikago has been working on for like 15 seasons, and not causing any harm whatsoever.

I had already blown up half of my team when the News announcement came out. Had I known the PSF was going to go up and the new rule on victories in each trimester...I would have just kept my team until it aged, go for a few more Silver trophies and hope for a lucky Gold. Instead, right in the middle of a rebuild strategy the rules changed. :-(

So I did have to spend a little more than I would have liked...but I think I have put together a team (still need one more player) that can complete deep into the Cup (unless I get a bad draw) and win a handful of home games, and maybe even avoid relegation, all while staying under the PSF.

I had my sights set on landing NT big man Lindley...I gave up nearly $1.5 million before BigShots gave up, and about $3 million before he ultimately sold for. Unbelievable he would sell for $6 mil +.

We often talk about the amount of users in this game (a dwindling number)....but I think of more concern is the TL. The majority of the TL are players 34+...and anyone in their 20's who is decent goes for a kings ransom. I suspect some of the upcoming draft changes are because they are finally realizing if we do not get an influx of trainable players in a few seasons there are only going to be crap players left and this game will go downhill fast.

To me, there are several easy changes that can change the game for the better. The draft needs to not only to have better and more quality rookies to choose from, but the system needs to be overhauled to make it an event. We live in a fantasy sports mentality world right now, where the draft is the highlight of the season. BB is missing the boat on that.

Too many things in this game have money going out, but very few ways money comes in. Especially in D1 (Big countries only) where the idea of a promotion bonus is a thing of the past. It makes little sense to me that we have to use the exact same currency to acquire players from the TL, and participate in the draft in a meaningful way. More often than not teams have to choose one or the other.

Staff members...Their salaries increase 2% per week, but their abilities never do??? Why is it if I buy a L4 trainer that I pay $17k a week and his salary balloons to $30K+ over time, he doesn't get any better? In real life, you get paid more today than you did yesterday because you are more valuable, or more productive. These staff members should automatically "promote" to the next Level up when their salary increases past a certain point, or past x % of what you originally signed them for.

Those are just a few ideas, and i'll get off my soap box now...but with each passing season I find myself getting more frustrated with this game, rather than enjoying its improvements.




Last edited by Jason at 12/16/2016 6:05:06 PM

i like your point about taking changes seeming to have a theme of restricting our options. i know that any system that is created will be gamed (that is why god created lawyers), but i much preferred the days of more or less presenting the game and then let it evolve, come what may. maybe we missed the boat at a large audience by not focusing on an app, i don't know, but i joined the game when it was peaking at 50,000 (i remember 70,000 for an instant), and i very much enjoyed myself -- now i don't see a future for my team, and without changes, i'm afraid for BB as well.