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I was thinking, that in BB players don't have ''character'' or ''personality''. They are just ROBOTS who play three games per week.
Examples? A foreigner superstar has lost his first lineup place because of a young promising talent. Won't he react? If I were him I'd have complained. In BB that never happens. 2nd example: There are too many Centers in a team and the most talented of them is forced to play an SF role because nobody of the others can play this position. Won't he react? 3rd example:All the players of the team are Greeks* and a Chinesee guy has come as a transfer. Will they have that good chemistry with that player? I don't think so...

Suggestions? Each player could have a motivation status. The more he plays the better this status is. It can work as Game Shape, with minutes. There will be probably 5 levels (the first the better):Very Happy, Happy, Normal, Unhappy, Angry. The better the player's motivation, the better he reaches his top performance (combined with game shape).
Also, each team should have a chemistry status. The chemistry shows the good teamwork between players. If two players are from the same country they have better chemistry. Also if the are playing together for many seasons. So, let's say a team sells all their players and buy new ones. The first season the won't have so much chemistery. The second season the will be normal and the third season everybody will know the gameplay of the others so they will be the perfect team. The team chemistry status could be shown at the team overview. There can be probably be five levels (the first the better): Very Good, Good, Normal, Bad, Terrible.

I know this wants a lot of time to be completed but will elevate the game and make it more realistic. What do you think?


*I say Greeks because as you can see I am from Greece. I would suggest the chemistry of the Greeks with other countries player would be better because of the GREEK FILOXENIA but this would be unfair for the other countries.

Last edited by Ricky Davis at 9/9/2009 6:27:44 AM

I think this will not work, it's just another rating, while you say you want to add personality it's nothing more than another statistic which will be fun of course (I like all statistics), but it will not add something to the gameplay of BB. In fact it will be harder for new teams to merge into the existing BB-competitions so BB will not grow as fast as 'planned'.

But the thing is that the BB's and the users want BB to be more realistic. And I think this is one of the best ways to achieve it.

not all users want this game to be too realistic. then it wouldn't be a fun game anymore, but a frustrating attempt at running a basketball team

But, many of you (I am not trying to say ''you Kivan (NT-Scout)'') are trying to improve a lot of other aspects of the game such as match viewer, 2+1 per game, tactics, mismatches, player training and salary history, special atributtes, drafts... aren't all those examples efforts to make the game more realistic?

Last edited by Ricky Davis at 9/9/2009 8:43:22 AM

Not all suggestion goes towards realism, or realism alone. As an excample most of mine suggestions are based on the gaming experience and entertainment factor.

I understand, but player happiness can also depend on a player's house and current marital state and all the facilities of your team, so it's kinda hard.

Next to that I think that BB's mean with realistic that all the current features's percentages reflect the real percentages.

and all the facilities of your team

You are giving me excellent ideas!

Haha, I would love all this to, but I think if someone wants that, you'd have to buy a manager-game in a store somewhere, we have to remember that it's a internet game, mostly for players who can't spend hours a day playing it.
So simplicity is important,

But if you desgined a complex game, give me a call ;)

I'm not really able because of my age (15) but when I'll be a famous athlete I'll ask a company to design a game like this for you...