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Welcome back to FML radio's third episode! The Good ole Days. Everyone's heard old people talk about them. Apparently when asked what the best thing about being 104 was, the oldest woman in the world said "No peer pressure".

Now, some may consider my team to be old as the Flash Mashers have been around since Season 11 and recently celebrated their sixth aniversary.

However, nothing can really compare to a team that has been around from the very Genesis of BuzzerBeater. Many of us only know a BuzzerBeater where all players have "potential", where GDP exists, and every crack of the GE has been explored. One team remembers more, and here to talk about it is a manager who doesn't really have many peers in the world of BuzzerBeater -

Demon Hoosiers!

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Chek: Tell us a bit about yourself.

DH: I'm 37. I claim Indiana and North Carolina as home states. I went to law school at Wake Forest. The combination of the two built the name.

Chek: Your club, Demon Hoosiers, played its first league game on April 22th, 2007 against the storied King Drive Ballers, making your team a few weeks shy of being nine years old. How did you get on the BuzzerBeater train that early and what’s kept you going so long?

DH: I played Hattrick quite a bit, and IIRC, someone involved with developing this game posted in a Hattrick forum looking for people to beta. I have had quite a few seasons where I didn't pay much attention, but then I'll have a few seasons that I do. Happily now I'm on the latter. I still remember beating KDB in the playoffs that season and thinking I'd been a bit sneaky.

Chek: When you started the game, what did a quality player look like and how did they differ from players in the game today?

DH: Initially, there wasn't even a transfer list. The players we had were the ones we had. I think we could fire them though. I remember KDB and I entered a bidding war for a player, Isaksen, early on...maybe season 2 or 3. I lost. At that point, I would guess it was one of the most expensive transfers in the history of the game. He was a 7 at every skill. A very good positional player might have had some 10s or 11s. Isaksen played a long time for KDB. At one point there was a period of double speed training, and that's really when teams were able to take shape.

Chek: You won the NBBA playoffs in Season 2 using exclusively Inside Oriented offenses and a 3-2 zone. Has IS and high OD always been a recipe for success?

DH: Probably so. I think that comparatively I played more other tactics than most of the other teams through at least the first ten-ish seasons. Early on, my preference for inside offense was a function of the players I started the game with. I concentrated my training on rebounding mostly. Early on, one or two skilled players were much more common than now. 2/3 defense was viable back then too - it was all about keeping the ball. Where I played outside D was, I'm guessing, just because I thought my inside players were better than my outside.

Chek: Are you secretly BB-Charles?

DH: If I were, I certainly wouldn't claim it. Surely if he were secretly me, he would.

Chek: How is BB different now from its first few seasons? When do you think it was at it’s best?

DH: The game is always at its best when I'm winning. For me though, the first several seasons were very fun. I think the early adopters of the game had a sort of bond as we were all figuring out things for the first time. Really, none of us had much of an idea what we were doing. We all chatted quite a bit, including on the in game chat function. I believe I started the practice of calling a seasonal thread the "smack" thread, and I talked quite bit of it. I think the game was at its best before the day traders fundamentally altered the transfer market.

Chek: What is your blood type?

DH: Magma



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Chek: Some teams believe it is impossible for them to reach the NBBA because they did not start early enough. What would you say to them?

DH: First: So the f*** what? In most games you'll ever play, you're not going to beat the internet. Second: It doesn't seem correct. I think a very good new player could do it in 8 or 10, but it would require being good at the transfer market (which I think is boring). If anything, it's more possible now than it was in the past.

Chek: Are you a cat person or a dog person? Keep in mind hrudey may read this thread.

DH: I'm pretty much loyal to the dog I had growing up, and it's just so rare that I see dogs that at all compare. I had a very well trained bird dog as a companion that I had from 2nd - 12th grade. The process of growing up with a dog like that and getting her to intuitively take silent commands is something most people won't ever understand. Other people's yappy little shits are taco meat. Cats are mezmerizing to watch, especially if you have a really lethal one. But let's not pretend that conditioning a wild animal to hang out at your house is the same thing as having a pet. Pudgy indoor cats definitely suck, but so do the people who like them. But outdoor cats are an invasive species doing incalculable damage, and we'd be best off if they were treated as such.


Chek: If you could implement one change in BB, whether in the game or in the users, what would it be?

DH: BB has been trying to limit the damage done by the teams in small countries that are able to amass huge fortunes because of their lack of competition. I think it is hard to overstate the damage those teams do the game as a whole at all sorts of levels.

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Big thank you to Demon Hoosiers! I for one wish that I had been able to find this game ten seasons before I did and get to witness the BuzzerBeater Big Bang. The BBBB if you will.

Anyway, rate like and subscribe etc. etc. Also tell me if you have an idea for the next interview. Thanks for tuning in!

This is dope, I'm really enjoying this series

Very cool!! I really enjoyed learning about where his team name came from...Good stuff Chekreyes, keep up the great work!!

A tremendous edition

This is my favorite episode thus far.
Really interesting to get the perspective from the ancient BB days.

2nd favorite episode! Hrudey's was my least favorite

I hate cats, my neighborhood is a breeding ground for wild stray cats. However, there was one cat I liked: growing up, my neighbor had a fat cat named Captain Hook. I loved that fat cat





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Your series is a hit! Nice job with the interviews.

Were I still in II.4, FML radio would be in contention for a prestigious Hruddey L'ward: (251906.274)

growing up, my neighbor had a fat cat named Captain Hook. I loved that fat cat

Reminds me a little of this song:

(https://youtu.be/0V1pangstKg?t=11s)

He is a cat but he's very very fat
He is not just a standard cat
He is a cat but he's still very fat

That song was played on a loop for Cap'n Hook, aka 'The Fat Cat.' He would meow to it. He loved that song more than anything (other than eating or sleeping).

Cats are the most useless animals in the world, aloof and distant and they wreak havoc with my sinuses.

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