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Date: 12/19/2009 6:50:41 PM
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I have been thinking of things that we as a group can do to try and strengthen the Canadian community and want to get others involved. I am relatively new to BB (3 seasons) but have found some tremendous advice and assistance in the Canadian forums. Unfortunatly I am not sure this is the norm, many newer agents either don't check the forums or only lurk as they feel foolish posting.

The question I want to pose is: What can be done to help the Canadian community???

Our National teams and there managers put alot of time and effort into trying to compete, now I want to try and help them. With more involvement from Canadian managers the success of Canadian trainees will surely increase. Lets put some ideas together in hopes of helping Canadian teams and there managers continue to improve.

Acouple of my ideas:

* The mentor program- I know it is not a new idea, but this imo is by far the best bet. I have had great advice from several very strong BB managers and have been able to pass some of it along to some fellow competitors in my old Div III.

* Community activity- we need more people involved on the Canadian forums. It seems to be the same 10-15 posters all the time. How to get more people here is the tough question. Maybe a copy paste PM that welcomes people and gives them the link to the forum???

Anyone else want to see Canada's BB community grow and strengthen??


Edited cause my spelling is awful :)


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124084.2 in reply to 124084.1
Date: 12/19/2009 8:12:33 PM
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only lurk as they feel foolish posting.



I hope that's not why people don't post. I make foolish posts all the time, but that's how you learn the game!

Run of the Mill Canadian Manager
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Date: 12/19/2009 10:15:55 PM
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well. im fairly new and enjoying the game.
Half a season experience.

However what i've done in the past with other online games to help get activity in the community is to personally reach out to some people.
Childish? Maybe

However i learned that people will more likely play an online game if they have a freind playing with them/against.

I have decided that for this season i would send a BB mail to all the managers of my next match. SAying something simple like good luck or welcome to the league. It could lead to a conversation and a brand new more involved member of the canadian BB community.

From: simplycrazy

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124084.5 in reply to 124084.4
Date: 12/19/2009 10:28:39 PM
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thanks but i am very far away from having a player compete in any national team.

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Date: 12/19/2009 10:40:47 PM
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I have decided that for this season i would send a BB mail to all the managers of my next match. SAying something simple like good luck or welcome to the league. It could lead to a conversation and a brand new more involved member of the canadian BB community.



That is a great idea. Please feel free to point them to the main forums aswell. This is a great resource for training tips, tactical advice and a fun place to interact with other Canadian managers.

Cheers and good luck!

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Date: 12/19/2009 10:43:05 PM
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I hope that's not why people don't post. I make foolish posts all the time, but that's how you learn the game!


I agree, you post foolish stuff alot :P

But I think it is quite true. Some people are just more comfortable looking in. I for one read the forums for along time prior to getting involved.

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Date: 12/19/2009 10:45:09 PM
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thanks but i am very far away from having a player compete in any national team.



The NT is not only for people with players on it. It is a place to see BuzzerBeaters best builds and how they are used tactically. Other than that it is a place that has some real good people, who enjoy helping there fellow BB'ers.

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Date: 12/20/2009 1:16:37 PM
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Childish? Maybe


I don't think it is childish. I sometimes send trash talk to my opponents before games and I usually try to start up some discussions in the league forum. I personally would enjoy this kind of thing if ever we get to play. ;-)

As for joining the NT discussion, you just have to look at The_Mogul. As far as I know, he does not have a U21 or NT player, but he was very active on the NT forum last season. He is actually still really active on the U21 scene. On the other hand, if it is not your cup of tea, I understand. But it is a great way to learn about tactics and to see what works or what does not work in BB.

Run of the Mill Canadian Manager
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Date: 12/20/2009 1:47:03 PM
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But I think it is quite true. Some people are just more comfortable looking in. I for one read the forums for along time prior to getting involved.


Yeah i agree, i end up looking through a lot of the stuff in the forums, our Canadian forum in particular, and most of the time i do not post anything.
I do like to check out the NTs every once and a while just to see how they are doing and look at the tactics. It is a very good way to learn about the game as you hear expert advice from people like RiP and theoldchuckd ;) I learned a few things from it myself.

I am not sure what we could do to get some "advertising" for our NTs but we could post some sort of message to new users and maybe even add it to the Manager Tutorial to check your NT's status or at least their Roster. Just an Idea. Good luck, and i hope we can get some more Canadian managers interested which will in turn, make our Canadian teams and players better, as well as our NTs. Good stuff ;)
Jordanjr