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From: ThadMo
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Date: 2/11/2015 10:52:04 PM
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I have been on here awhile (roughly 2 years), and I was just wondering how common "farm teams" are in this game. I know the rules explicitly say 1 account per user, but as I was lookin around in some forums, I read some things that noted that it isn't too hard to find teams that just train players with no real purpose of advancing/promoting in their leagues. I have never looked for teams that do this, but the real purpose of this thread was just to get a discussion going between the purists, the paranoids, and the realists of the game.

From: E.B.W.

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Date: 2/12/2015 1:13:48 AM
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"farm teams" are not a problem in BB as long as there is no cheating and no multiple accounts being factored in. Many people train players specifically for the U21 NT in larger nations as NT involvement is much more prideful than an individual team progression and advancement. Many people also find training the most interesting and fun part of the game and when they become bored with other aspects of the game, they turn to training. That is why "farm teams" seem so prevalent in BB.

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From: ThadMo

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Date: 2/12/2015 6:34:32 PM
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This could be a grey area, but is it still against the rules or could anyone open up a second team to specifically train players?

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Date: 2/12/2015 6:41:49 PM
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If by "second team" you mean a Utopia team, I'm pretty sure there are some people who are specifically doing that.

If by "second team" you mean a second account, that is not allowed and will result in the person being banned.

From: Tom Bane

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Date: 2/13/2015 5:26:49 PM
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One thing I was told in the Trading thread that I opened is that Utopia players cannot be sold to your main team. So, even if you made a "farm" team in Utopia, you won't be able to buy any of your players for your main team, unless your Utopia team is a different account, which would be against the rules, of course.

From: E.B.W.

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Date: 2/13/2015 9:15:51 PM
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Farming for your own team is not perceived as a problem, as it can't happen or it will be viewed as cheating. The gray lining, in people using their Utopia squads to train U21 NT players, I believe. Some people don't like that you can purchase players from your main teams country in order to help out the U21 NT/NT.

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Date: 2/13/2015 11:12:35 PM
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Farm teams you mean like ahl or NBA d league I think the proper term is trying to make the easy cash that's what I'm going to do is train young players and sell them once they hit a certain age its a strategic plan since I know a few people whose been in division 4 for 3 years or more

Heading on the right path so far. Are you?
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Date: 2/14/2015 2:11:07 PM
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By farm teams, I meant user A has his super-team, training players as he does, trying to promote, etc. Then he has a second team training a player or two that he can transfer to his team when the time is right in order to beef his team up. That's what I meant by farm teams, but that is just my paranoia speaking. I know it is against the rules, but it's not a stretch to believe it happens.

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Date: 2/14/2015 3:05:37 PM
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It is impossible for a player to play on one of your teams and later be acquired by the other. The next time you list a player on the TL from either of your teams, log in to the other one and view that player. You will see that you are unable to bid on him because he is a member of your other team. And this will be true even if another team purchases him in the interim.

So you do not need to worry about it, as it cannot happen.

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Date: 2/14/2015 3:15:17 PM
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He's not talking about Utopia, he's talking about legitimate cheating by registering a second team and using that team to train. So like a D.III USA team creating a new team in D.V and training superstud players to meet the needs of his D.III team and to eventually sell to his main account. But yeah, you physically cannot buy a player from your Utopia team and vice versa.

From: Phyr

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Date: 2/14/2015 8:00:38 PM
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Even that is not really a big deal. If train a good player, you still have to be able to buy him with the second team and are going to have to compete with the market.