Could be worth contacting some of the managers mentioned in
https://www.buzzerbeater.com/community/forum/read.aspx?thr... and see if they are still mentoring.
I am not experienced enough to even begin to think I know everything but here is some basic stuff:
1) Go to Bubbles BuzzerBeater's YouTube channel at
https://www.youtube.com/@BubblesBuzzerBeater/videos. The four videos to start with are probably:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAY0KhWipbA which is designed to be an absolute beginners guide with concepts like Game Day Preparation (done right, this can really give you an edge), Arena Expansion, and priority staff to hire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN_0E74KkqY is a basic training guide, so for instance what training trains what skills, and a reminder that after a certain amount of minutes a player does not get more training (but may get better game-shape). Speaking of which...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBEBxKieOxo is specifically about gameshape and how to maximize it. Video is a bit longer and thus more technical, but the jist is that if you can get every player you have any real plans for as near to 60-65 mins of gametime a week then the game shape will improve fast, the further away from that the less quick gameshape will improve, and less than 40 or more than 80 minutes in a week for a player makes it quite likely it starts dropping.
Last video is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FDp9sRiZCc explaining TSP, DMI, and listed player positions, in particular how they may all be misunderstood and how to make them useful anyway.
2) The weeks are training update to training update so Friday to Friday. This week is an odd week as it is the allstar break so there are only two opportunities to get training minutes. BBM (& National tournament) games DO NOT count for those, but your players do get experience and injuries will be in-game only and not long-term so usually worth putting out your best line-ups for them. If this is your 1st calendar week, your gameshape will be protected from declining as a one off but that ends the 2nd week so be aware! After that, unless you are running a smaller 10-11 man roster then you will likely need to arrange a scrimmage each week to best manage the training minutes for their gameshape or even get enough minutes for the fringe players to train efficiently!
3) Work out if you are intending to be playing to win now or plan for the long-term and when you decide stick to the plan! But even if you intend to be competitive from the get-go invest early and often in growing the arena, there is a salary floor that you will have to pay even if your wage bill is lower than it after the end of your 2nd season, and it also rises quite quickly every promotion you get!
4) There are bits of bonus statistical data that you can get by using
https://www.buzzer-manager.com/. To set-up, go into preferences in the menu then "create/change access key", use a different password for this than your main BuzzerBeater account, then log-in at buzzermanager with your Buzzerbeater name but the extra different password that you have just created in "create/change access key". It is seemingly unmaintained but it is free and 95% of it still works.
5) I mentioned this in passing earlier but Game Day Preparation can really help you. A bot team will always play Base Offence so you'd put balanced focus and normal pace. If you catch a non-bot team playing the same tactics every game then what the focus and pace of each tactic is can be found in the tactics section of the game manual.
6) Don't forget attitude at the bottom of the league match game tactics. Again best thing to do is read the tactics section of the game manual for how it works. Handling that well can also really help you out!
That should put you on the right path until the grizzled veteran cavalry arrives with the real tricks of the trade!
Last edited by StrategicHamlets at 2/9/2025 8:13:32 AM