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291704.76 in reply to 291704.74
Date: 4/4/2018 3:46:46 PM
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I note what you say about primaries. I think it's more about respecting the game design, that it supports multiple ways to win. If you are trying to reproduce winning path A, that's a tall order when the pathfinder is still around killing it like Vecx does. It's more about finding paths b, c, d and so on. And knowing exactly what kind of production you are paying your salary dollars for against what level of opponent.

Last edited by Elmacca at 4/4/2018 3:47:43 PM

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Date: 4/4/2018 4:04:43 PM
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Well, lately it has been either the team with the highest (or one of the highest) salaries (you) or the one with the highest TSP (Vecx). There is no problem with that and of course you could do both at the same time http://www.buzzerbeater.com/team/146725/players.aspx.

The first game of these season's finals was always about forcing Vecx's players into 90+ minutes rather than showing how I'm thinking of dealing his setup featuring multiple SFs and the PG to C defensive switch. It worked out fine. Now I need a little luck on Friday, trusting that they really reduced the effectiveness of Game Shape training. It may still be not enough, but we'll see.

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291704.78 in reply to 291704.77
Date: 4/5/2018 10:55:24 AM
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I guess 700k+ doesn't feel high to me, it's considerably less than I've carried before when I was trying to go deep in B3.
700k to me represents paying a premium for certain primaries over pure wage efficiency - my Utopia team is far more 'efficient' for instance but I expect to get smashed in Heaven next year (should I win one more game and get there, anyway) because at some point you have to pick n choose how you go beyond that.

It's fun watching you work anyway, hope your plan comes together.

Last edited by Elmacca at 4/5/2018 10:56:23 AM

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291704.79 in reply to 291704.78
Date: 4/5/2018 4:22:05 PM
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only one way to find out

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291704.80 in reply to 291704.79
Date: 4/6/2018 7:12:27 AM
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Of course :)

But wow, even at 9/10 ST Purovic going from 775k DMI to 1058k is pretty good. I'm surprised you didn't play Orec in the scrimmage and left him on 48 minutes.

Well, better GS update for me, maybe this time I have a chance! Maybe

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291704.81 in reply to 291704.80
Date: 4/6/2018 9:27:24 AM
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In some sense I'm rooting for you as it would be nice to see a red winner and much better for the ebbl to see more balance (no offence to any team intended). I don't know what it is about the blue side, but it seems overly dominant and has been for a long long time.

You definitely have more GS on the DMI, but I've run the whole season with lower dmi than most, it looks like my salaries are going to be around the 450k mark next season... Lol!

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Date: 4/6/2018 10:17:01 AM
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I don't know I think the red side teams never really committed to winning it all: people haven't gone all in and often keep their feet in 2 shoes (training while trying to avoid relegation). I, for one, have always been training at least 2 guys and often young ones too. I think I may lose interest in the game and quit without training any player.

In any case yes DMI is not everything because it is more linked to salary than TSP (which I'm sure your guys have plenty of, except maybe for the PG who seems a poor man's peak Widerstrom), but it does point to lower GS levels and sublevels.

Gajewski and Ciming are my key guys in this matchup and they are in top GS, so I am more upbeat than the last couple of times I reached the finals, but there is really no shame in losing to any of the blue winners of the last 15 seasons.

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291704.83 in reply to 291704.82
Date: 4/6/2018 8:55:07 PM
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To be honest, I think a lot of recent seasons neither Vecx or I have been trying hard to win, we just do (not counting when I bought Schubert, that was trying to win). I've been training and Vecx seems to have been cruising on autopilot for about four or five seasons now caught between moving on from Inners or having one more roll if the dice, a La spurs and Tim Duncan's later years.

Last edited by Elmacca at 4/6/2018 8:57:04 PM

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291704.84 in reply to 291704.83
Date: 4/7/2018 7:28:51 AM
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I think thats fair comment.

I've been trying to rewire the team slowly, building a rolling platform instead of going for the 5 season domination like I did before. I am still 2 -3 seasons away from my plan coming together... We'll all know if it worked by this Christmas... If it looks like it wont work, my plan is to just train again. For me that means dedicated training as I like to produce for the NT and I can see the team I am trying to put together being capable of hopping between EBBL and D2 happily while training. I've also got a desire to win the tournament with a D2 team so I may try and do that down the road too for fun.

Still things to accomplish

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291704.85 in reply to 291704.84
Date: 4/7/2018 9:19:56 PM
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Congratulations on yet another title!

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291704.86 in reply to 291704.85
Date: 4/8/2018 8:20:48 AM
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Great team you have there mate! Looking forward to seeing how well they improve

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