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From: malice
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Date: 9/16/2016 9:38:00 AM
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Ok, so I went up last season Utopia div 4 to div 3... after finishing 3rd in our Big 8 (apparently due to my W/L record). Wasn't expecting it that season, so hadn't prepared my arena - and thus, ended up in a strong div 3, and suffered. Finished 6th, demoted.

Now... my salary is actually less than 2 seasons ago, I'm strong in this league (currently #1 in my div - great 8)... yet my attendance is absolutely dismal. It's killing my team. Last week - conference #1 vs #2, a home game for me... and we had marginally over 50% attendance. As a result, my weekly earnings are in the red.

I mean, I get that I'll be penalised for demotion, but this is f***ing ridiculous. NT in my home country and having a lil' bit of fun with Utopia is pretty much the only thing keeping me here... but this has got me reconsidering, at least the latter part of that equation.

How many season ticket holders do you START with? Because I'm now down to just over 1k... I have an 11+k arena. But... really? 53% attendance?

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282203.2 in reply to 282203.1
Date: 9/16/2016 7:10:41 PM
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Your prices are too high for IV.

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282203.3 in reply to 282203.2
Date: 9/17/2016 6:25:02 AM
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They weren't 2 seasons ago... but I will lower 'em.

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From: Phyr

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282203.4 in reply to 282203.1
Date: 9/17/2016 2:05:28 PM
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Losing in the cup in the first week doesn't help either.

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To: Phyr
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282203.5 in reply to 282203.4
Date: 9/17/2016 9:30:38 PM
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Against a higher ranked opponent. Fans don't seem too upset by it in the Fan Survey (3.5 balls). It's been so long since I have used the fan survey, I should have used it first.
From what the Fan Survey says, fans are upset about LAST SEASON (when I promoted unexpectedly, finished 6th due to a 2 week injury that lasted 4) - I get 1 ball there... and now are a bit annoyed about the GM "not doing everything he can for the team" - 2 balls. Vicious circle that, fans not showing up to games forces me to dump salary (a little), and then I get penalised for trying to get back in the black.

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From: Phyr

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282203.6 in reply to 282203.5
Date: 9/17/2016 9:52:09 PM
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nothing you said has anything to do with the fact you lost in the first round of the cup.

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282203.7 in reply to 282203.6
Date: 9/18/2016 12:18:13 PM
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Other than games prior to that, or the fact that the fan survey doesn't marry with that... ? F*** no, nothing at all.
If fan response in the fan survey doesn't have any relation to fan attendance... pray tell, good sirrah, why is it there at all?

Last edited by malice at 9/18/2016 12:20:22 PM

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From: A-Dub

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282203.9 in reply to 282203.1
Date: 9/18/2016 6:00:16 PM
Upsyndrome
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From a user of a major BB-nation: Demotion's a bitch.

"You will lose." -Ivan Drago
From: malice

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282203.10 in reply to 282203.9
Date: 9/18/2016 7:27:21 PM
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And we wonder why numbers dwindle...

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