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season 43, a sense of déjà vu

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294781.66 in reply to 294781.65
Date: 8/31/2018 6:19:47 PM
CC Mavs
III.6
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Second Team:
D-Town Cowboys
It's hard for me to tell a team to give up especially when you seem to have a lot of fight in you.

1st - Easier to make money in D3 or D4? My opinion you make money the same way in either divisions you just make more money as you increase in division i.e. Merchandise, TV, and $ to charge per seat.

2nd - Pay for a player? Tricky, You pay as low as you can to get the best value player. Go back and look at the transfers for teams to get an idea of what they paid.

3rd - How does one make a profit? I am kinda like Joe D, I might buy a player low, train then sell high. But, I spend most of my money on players and trainers to make a profit. Lake or Round 2 seemed to have endless cash I would defer to them.

BTW, you have to win to make money at the arena - no fan wants to buy tickets to see a team lose all the time. Don't disregard your fan survey.

Help this helps.

From: Goat

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Date: 9/1/2018 9:40:37 PM
Snow Blizzards
IV.9
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3636
I tried a new strategy tonight and got WHOOPED! LOL.....I had never used outside isolation....wanted to see how my team would do with it.....needless to say, I won't do that again. I figured I wasn't gonna beat Deronimo at his place so experiment a little.

From: Hokied

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Date: 9/1/2018 9:46:26 PM
Deronimo
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Isolations have only gotten me crushed, but thanks lol.

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Date: 9/1/2018 10:03:17 PM
CC Mavs
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Second Team:
D-Town Cowboys
RED was crushed this week

From: homercat

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Date: 9/1/2018 11:37:09 PM
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Spiders - one other financial item you should check on - staff salaries. They go up each week for each staff member, and if you forget to check on them every once in a while, you may be spending a lot more money than you need to.
Case in point, my kitties at the beginning of this season. I had bought all new staff about two seasons ago, and was losing money at the start of this season. Realize the guy that I had picked up at $14k a week (or whatever it was) had now basically doubled his salary. Fired the lot of them, bought new guys (of same ability level, but lower salaries) saving myself approx $30k a week.

Check to see if you are spending more than you need to.

Last edited by homercat at 9/1/2018 11:38:42 PM

From: Goat

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Date: 9/2/2018 12:20:54 AM
Snow Blizzards
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Ya, I figured it might occur in a bad way. I wanted to see what effect it would have on my players since I've never actually played that tactic.....man, that was brutal! LOL

From: Kronin

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Date: 9/2/2018 7:47:05 AM
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Thanks everyone for the help (and for the song). It's obvious what I have to do, now that relegation is unavoidable. Go back to d4, and become a money making machine, then worry about the X's and O's when I have the bank to do it. I guess what this means is that I won the championship in my division last season with a team that had no business winning it. I'll be honest. I have issues with the game engine, and this season almost convinced me to walk away. But, like I said, I'll explore the financial strategy aspect of the game, and give it one more chance.

From: SThoma33

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Date: 9/2/2018 10:18:19 AM
Caerbannog Bunnies
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Do not be so hard on yourself. Your team probably had every right to win last season. The thing to remember is, D3 is filled with teams who previously won their D4 leagues. This is my third trip to D3 and it is the first time that I have had any success. The first time I came to D3, I was certain that D3 would only be a temporary stopping point on my inevitable rise to D2. As it turned out, I had a woefully unprepared roster, a poor understanding of finances, and an underwhelming arena.

When I came to D3 a second time, I knew it would be short-lived so I used the time to develop my players and grab a high potential trainee. The point is, if you look at this promotion to D3 as a scouting trip, learn what you need, and prepare, you will have a better chance of sticking around the next time you rise this high.

You seem to have a firm foundation now on which to build, thanks to the lessons you learned yourself and the advice you got from others. I am sure that you will return to the D3 ranks in no time. Relegation is no reason to lose hope. Just keep at it and you will do fine. Keep trimming that roster of unnecessary fat and you will be well on your way. Best of luck to ya.

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Date: 9/2/2018 10:40:05 AM
Greensboro Generals
IV.9
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The bunnies hit the nail on the head.


Though I would like to ad an addendum about staying up. I have always stayed up, 12 seasons here and seasons 20-28 in d3.9 and it has been because I have always used a blueprint with a certain burgundy and gold hue to it.

https://youtu.be/lx0oNOL1kww

And yes I know its Almost a hour long. But c'mon man frosty does the narration and those who are students of sports history will find this a fulfilling viewing experience.

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Date: 9/4/2018 7:15:13 PM
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Thanks for the advice and the link. I watched the whole movie, not because I needed inspiration for rebuilding this team, but because it's about one of my all time favorite sports teams. "Little Joe" and "The Diesel" are two of my favorite athletes. Still, they do need to change their name, but I'll spare you that rant for now. Anyhow, I will take what I've learned about D3 and bring it with me to D4. I'll rebuild, and I will be back when I am ready, unless I promote by accident or find even more issues with this game. Speaking of that, I'm still trying to wrap my head around how you people all have only about 12 guys on your team. I know, that's what the NBA does, but I'm pretty sure that players in the NBA are capable or starting more than 2 out of every 3 games. Also, there is the problem of training players. If you want to train a player correctly, you have to start him at 2 or 3 different positions during the season. How do you get around both of these problems and still have enough starters to win?

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