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240493.1
Date: 4/12/2013 3:17:09 PM
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It's my first full season and I'm wondering what's the key to promotion? I'm not sure whether to focus my funding on arena expansion or player acquisition. I have three players with over 10,000 salary, but I don't know where to go from there. Should training be focused on an individual or is it better to switch around who is being trained each week? Thanks for the help!

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240493.2 in reply to 240493.1
Date: 4/12/2013 3:45:43 PM
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You don't need to promote yet it's massacre up there trust me. Just spend some money on scouting because bots don't know jack, draft a prospect train him up and then you can promote (don't forget to put some key pieces around your trainee). Focus on a group of young trainees but I would not recommend group training because it increases the chance of your old guys getting skill drops. Focus on your arena 3 players over ten thousand salary is enough to go undefeated in a league with very few active managers (1-2). Just work on getting a trainee or a superstar. Arena leads to money and money is good.

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240493.3 in reply to 240493.1
Date: 4/12/2013 4:41:33 PM
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Just manage minutes to keep good game shape and TIE to conserve enthusiasm and you'll rise to the top quickly and promote. In the meantime, spend on your arena so you can support bigger salaries. Then staying in D.IV isn't hard if you're maintaining GS and only spending enthusiasm when necessary.

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240493.4 in reply to 240493.1
Date: 4/12/2013 4:53:40 PM
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First and foremost, learn about managing game shape and enthusiasm. Manage those 2 things better than anyone else and you will win more games and eventually promote with a far less expensive roster than your opponents.

I can't stress enough the importance of reading the game manual a couple of times and continue referring back to it whenever you're in doubt. 95% of the answers are in there and most BB users haven't taken the time to learn them.

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240493.5 in reply to 240493.1
Date: 4/12/2013 5:34:47 PM
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First of all, well done on drafting an MVP. You should center your training around him. I would keep your 22yr old MVP as well because its always good to have a non-capped player to train. Since you have 6 decent trainees I would suggest one on one forwards. This is all-around a good place to start training as you get a lot of pops in decent overall skills. Find the excel spreadsheet that deals with training and download it to figure out what works best to train.

Looks like you have a challenge from Syracuse Celtics. I would probably not worry about winning the title this year. You will probably advance to Div 4 anyway if you make the title game. Just make sure you fund your arena. You will be better off in the long-run than the Celtics as you build your arena. 3 $10,000 players are enough to lead you into the playoffs (plus it keeps your salary's around 60,000 which is decent for Div5). If you don't get out of Div5 its not too bad. You can get two more seasons of good draftees.

If you can build your arena to around 17 box, 300 court, 1500 lower, and 10,000 bleacher you will have one of the biggest arena's coming out of Div5. If you don't get out of Div5 this season, you will probably win the title next season and have a really good stadium for earning the extra cash you get from promotion (raising prices considerably after you win the title). So either way if you get to Div4 this season or next you will earn good cash by building your arena. Then you can worry about getting better/more expensive players.

Also about coaches, advanced is enough for your trainer. Probably basic for the other two is OK. I'd go no more than advanced on the other two.



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240493.6 in reply to 240493.1
Date: 4/12/2013 8:41:54 PM
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Maintaining high game shape and enthousiasm. Don't play your key players for too many minutes in a week (try to stay under 70), or they'll get out of shape and perform less. You need to scout your opponents to decide wether you should start your key player (if you're not sure if you can win), or play him as a backup if you know you'll win anyway. This way you can keep their minutes at an ideal level for game shape. Same goes for enthousiasm; see if you have an easy matchup, if you do play Take it Easy to bring up enthousiasm and performance, and if you have a tough matchup play normal. You can also use Crunch time if you really need it to win a game before you return for a home game, but you need to check your schedule to see if you have tough matchup the next week. If you don't have tough matchups, you can use Crunch time because you won't need high enthousiasm in the games after, and you can build it back up by playing take it easy in your easy matchups.

To know if your matchup is tough or not, check your opponents roster and see what kind of players he has (high salary is usually a better player), and their game shape. If he has game shapes below respectable, he's not doing a good job and his players will perform worse than their salary might indicate. You can check his previous matches to see if he uses a strategy all the time, so you can adjust your strategy to it (for example, use a 3-2 zone against motion and run and gun schemes).

If you manage to do this all, you can outplay your opponents without having to invest heavily into expensive players. You can invest about all your money on your arena. I would advise to be careful with spending too much money on scouting and buying trainees, because scouting and training can be difficult to master, and if you can't properly train your players, investing a lot of money in them can be a waste. I'd try with some cheap young players and see if you can train them properly before buying high potential expensive players.

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240493.7 in reply to 240493.1
Date: 4/13/2013 11:33:29 AM
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I've been playing since S20 and have been stuck in the lowest active league of my club's country. A look at all the leagues in the division above me point that my current team would become a punching bag if I ever make it up. Every season a rich club with players many times better at every position gets relegated into my league, and then move back up. And at least a few other teams in my league have been playing since S3. I'm dirt poor, spend anything I earn on arena, and pay some coin to maintain a team that wouldn't make me quit the game. What's the point playing a game for months/years with scrubs getting kicked around just to farm money/tanking?

So...

I make a point religiously slowly build up an arena I'm sure will be useful some day

And with the tiny money I earn I pay a level 4 trainer so I at least have something to look forward to every week (pops!!!) and not just beating scrub teams... and later thrashed by the team that got relegated here. I know sooner or later my trainees will be good enough to play in the league above me.. and so before then I'll bide my time nurturing them... and figure out a way to surround them with a better cast once we make it out.

Signed,

the guy who's plotting world domination

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240493.8 in reply to 240493.7
Date: 4/13/2013 3:33:21 PM
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You and I both ;)

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240493.9 in reply to 240493.5
Date: 4/19/2013 12:21:57 AM
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Thanks so much for the advice! To be honest I hadn't been focusing on game shape and enthusiasm as much as I should have. These tips are great and I really appreciate it!

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240493.10 in reply to 240493.1
Date: 4/19/2013 8:55:06 AM
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It's my first full season and I'm wondering what's the key to promotion? I'm not sure whether to focus my funding on arena expansion or player acquisition. I have three players with over 10,000 salary, but I don't know where to go from there. Should training be focused on an individual or is it better to switch around who is being trained each week? Thanks for the help!

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240493.11 in reply to 240493.6
Date: 4/22/2013 1:49:15 AM
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That's a good plan. always remember skill's pay the bills. Money can take you to those levels but if don t know how use the skills. you'll be right back down like so many others .

Also sounds like your watching me lmao