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Well i'm certainly not going to argue with the Parrot!!

Then closing point on the HCA/Enthusiasm is that if the difference is as close as 5% in an even match up 100-100 points this would favour the home team 105-95? That for me is a pretty big difference to turn about. I can hold my hands up and say it wouldve been unlikely for my team to have overcome a visit to Torooo or KDB and certain others in weeks 1-4 of the cup and even though you have displayed the difference as a very small percentage, in 50/50 match-ups its going to be the deciding factor more often than not, hence why I favour neutral court throughout the tournament.

But there is an element of luck that is contained within cup runs & I guess over time the luck of the HCA draw will even out. That is fine for teams that consistently qualify for the BB3 but for countries where your ticket to enter is much tougher and not clear cut, a 1st round away draw isn't just reward for the efforts put in.

I have to agree with Josef's comments about your skill on the transfer market. It is clear that you are a business man, and I imagine a very good one. I have no skill in that area, and I think the difference in success between our teams reflects this explicitly. We began about the same time and are in similar situations, country-wise. Hats off to you for the victory and hats off to BC Hostivar for getting to the title game. You both earned it.

Congratulations for your deserved title!

I believe this might be an interesting moment to know what the community think about HCA/enthusiasm in B3.

Here, I think the theme is wheter we want a more "realistic" competition or a more fair competiton. In the sense that there is a tradeoff between being "realistic" and fair.

- It is more "realistic" to have most of games played with HCA factor because, well, in the real world is pretty common. And, it is also more "realistic" to play final rounds in neutral arenas because in some real competitions it happens that way.

-Similar thing ocurrs with enthusiasm. The argument about the 1 point related to east/west location is something that needs to be somehow fixed.
Again, while it is true that small country teams can TIE with no problem and big contry teams con not, it is part of the "reality" of the competition to simulate somehow, I guess, some psychological effects related to it. Sadly, this in the practice depends a lot of something that none of us have control: The country we lived.

So, while many of the features present in B3 are "realistic" they are not fair at all. Maybe we want this "realism" over a more fair competiton where the better teams can compete. Maybe we prefer a fair competition where you can measured with other good managers without being, in some situations, frustrated by the luck of the draw or the league where someone else plays.

What is your preference?

Last edited by Zero, the Magi. at 11/13/2009 8:09:14 AM