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From: Coco

To: Coco
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320234.57 in reply to 320234.56
Date: 10/3/2023 10:04:48 PM
Black Light
NBBA
Overall Posts Rated:
111111
Second Team:
Capitol Hill Arrows
Another topic: I learned last season that something I had always considered a total nuisance --- the All Star Game --- is actually hugely consequential.

Last season for the first time I saw the merch effect of having a player on the All Star Team (the previous season I had no all stars, despite being second in the conf, and before that the merch breakdown wasn't so clear). So let me guess starters:

Big 8

Sargent (backed by Pappalardo)
Poch
Gattoni (Chavez)
See Long
Kolesnik

Great 8

Bonilla
Jansen
Sebidos
Quanfu
Pruett

From: Gaillimh

To: Coco
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Date: 10/3/2023 10:41:12 PM
Johns Creek Wave
III.4
Overall Posts Rated:
6464
Second Team:
Holly Springs Haggis
One of my pet peeves is teams going bot midseason

I've played other games where they waited until the offseason to clean up bot teams. It may not have a huge effect here, but I have seen times when PD mattered in the standings. Teams that play him from now on will rout him. I'm not sure it's enough for the 4-6 teams on the blue side to make a huge jump. Still, it isn't right when some teams play a full squad and others play scrubs.

Another pet peeve of mine shows up in Doc's players. I took a look to see if there were any players I could scam off the TL. His best player already has a 500K bid - which is fair. But several other players have big stats and low stamina. When I see players that have 100+ TSP and Inept or Awful stamina, it just makes me shake my head. Good players get wasted because managers won't train stamina.

And you can mark your calendar if you want, but it won't matter even if I win that game. PD is too much to overcome. Tomorrow's BBM game is a lot more significant than that.

Last edited by Gaillimh at 10/3/2023 10:42:13 PM

From: Yuck

To: Coco
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Date: 10/3/2023 11:11:43 PM
Cassville Yuck
II.3
Overall Posts Rated:
553553
Second Team:
Yuckville Cass
Yeah I don’t know if I get a starter or not. My roster build isn’t really conducive to placing all stars. I don’t typically score a lot. I play my bench big minutes limiting stats for individual players.

@JCW - I was excited that I was playing a bot and O’Neill might actually get 48 minutes (he didn’t) but I never considered the fairness. If I could do it over I would have shaved some points and fielded a B lineup. That’s tough to do also though because you have to balance minutes for your stars. Don’t want to field an injury in a scrimmage because you passed on minutes on a Tuesday. I wish the roster stayed until the end of the season. I wish the tactics were randomized as well.

Anyway, good luck fellas. Looking forward to October 21st.

From: Coco

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Date: 10/3/2023 11:19:01 PM
Black Light
NBBA
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111111
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Capitol Hill Arrows
Completely agree on the unfairness of mid-season bot-ification. At the very least, if they aren't gonna wait until the end of the season, it would be fairer to wait until the end of one of the three chunks of the season (first intra conference, interconference, second intra conference).

From: Gaillimh

To: Yuck
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Date: 10/4/2023 1:06:14 AM
Johns Creek Wave
III.4
Overall Posts Rated:
6464
Second Team:
Holly Springs Haggis
Not blaming you in the least. Even if he went bot 2 weeks later, the result would still be the same. A +124 game just amplifies it. The honest truth is that I was never going to catch you on PD. It would take some catastrophic injuries for me to beat you. So the ending is already foretold.

My point is that there are some situations where teams are very closely matched and this type of thing happens. That's when it really sucks.

FWIW, if anyone wants the "secret sauce", Cassville Yuck has the top 4 Blocks leaders in the league. As a team, we are in 2nd place and he almost doubles my blocks per game.

So for all you kids out there, train shot blocking.

From: Yuck

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Date: 10/4/2023 2:27:09 PM
Cassville Yuck
II.3
Overall Posts Rated:
553553
Second Team:
Yuckville Cass
The real secret sauce is the salary of my bigs.

From: Nikebones

To: Coco
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320234.63 in reply to 320234.56
Date: 10/6/2023 8:02:52 PM
Globo Gym
III.11
Overall Posts Rated:
44
Second Team:
Average Joes Gymnasium
Duane Jansen playing just like Houston Harden, #1 in the USA in FTs this season lol

From: Coco
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Date: 10/8/2023 9:43:40 PM
Black Light
NBBA
Overall Posts Rated:
111111
Second Team:
Capitol Hill Arrows
Took my kids yo NYC for the long weekend (I don't get it off, but the schools in DC do). So you get a shorter than usual recap: the Big 8 trounces the Great 8 one more time, with only my team and Dominate grabbing wins.

Shootout of the day: Hoosier @ Blacksheep. Blacksheep manages to be (a) double guessed (b) nonetheless go on to hit .713 from 3 on neutral offense and (c) nonetheless lose.

Monster shot blocker babe Kenneth Brown goes down for a quick injury.

Bonilla's lead as top scorer gets slimmer.


From: Coco

To: Coco
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Date: 10/10/2023 7:40:06 AM
Black Light
NBBA
Overall Posts Rated:
111111
Second Team:
Capitol Hill Arrows
Well let's evaluate my prediction.

Big 8

Sargent (backed by Pappalardo). ==> Actually: Pappalardo backed by Jiabang
Poch ==> Actually: Sargent backed by Pock
Gattoni (Chavez) => actually: Chavez backed by Buffington
See Long ==> actually: Barroso backed by See Long
Kolesnik ==> actually: Kolesni backed by Renenyik

Decent showing for my predictions in the big 8. I had Sargent at PG and guessed a bunch of backups.

Great 8

Bonilla ==> Actually Skopek backed by Bonilla
Jansen ==> Jansen baby! He had his team solicit the voters.
Sebidos ==> Sebidos indeed
Quanfu ==> I was hoping to get one AS, but all I got was a backup. Avarell Jones starts.
Pruett ==> Pruett indeed, backed by the guy I just sold (so I won't benefit from his merch bonus )

This was a pretty good prediction.

Bummed I did not get 1 starter in. And man, Motorcity gets two! Offensive stats will always beat contribution to team success in this all star voting model.


From: Yuck

To: Coco
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Date: 10/10/2023 12:13:32 PM
Cassville Yuck
II.3
Overall Posts Rated:
553553
Second Team:
Yuckville Cass
Yeah stats rule the day when it comes to all stars. Shocked I got the representation I did. My team is a little more defensive oriented than most. Not a lot of stats to go around and my starters don’t play real heavy minutes.

From: Coco

To: Yuck
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Date: 10/10/2023 2:53:28 PM
Black Light
NBBA
Overall Posts Rated:
111111
Second Team:
Capitol Hill Arrows
I think the key is that you are dominating the league. In general, the rule is big scorers/rebounders, but IF there is a dominating team then that takes priority. As the results here show 13-0 is enough for dominating, but my 11-2 is not.

I just realized also that my guy Grodowski came in third behind the guy I just sold, so he might actually get the backup C spot, which will be nice for merch.

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