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Jesus. He asked for tips in the PLAYOFFS. Hence, I said play Normal, as in Playoffs Normal until the fnals.

No need to get aggressive. He may be asking about playoffs but you were clearly talking about the regular season when you are talking about "until the finals". There is no "Playoff normal" until the finals. Playoff normal is only available DURING the finals.

If you are talking about until the finals, surely you mean TIE.

I admit I didn't scout his team so I'll take your word regarding tatics. Again, it depends on matchups. Whats to say his opponents don't buy super players a week before the finals...

If you get Deathmaple in the finals I would also advise going with a 3-2, other tactics depend on matchups. Really need to build enthusiasm in all your other matches in preperation for the finals. For roster suggestions I'd have to know what you have for finances. And you should promote with a 21-1 record:)

I was wondering how that was going to turn out. Good stuff! You'll definitely want to bank enthusiasm pretty much straight through the finals, since nobody on your side of the league should be able to give you any challenge.

I would definitely consider lowering your price on courtside seats at least a little. Our arenas are pretty eerily similar (though I'm in construction again), except I've got a lot more courtside and I overpriced those a bit too much also. I can say that at $105, I've been mostly around 110-130 this season, and given our similar league positions and team ages, I figure that should be the same. Maybe if you go to $110 or so, that'll get you around that magic 99% full number.

I can't really suggest anything as far as teambuilding goes. My league is such that I really don't need to invest anything in players yet to promote, so I'm just chucking money into my arena almost every couple of weeks. I still don't think I'll get near that 10k figure mentioned earlier in the thread, and I'll probably be hurting my first season in IV, but if your goal in this game is to promote up to higher leagues in the long term, investing money into the club's foundation is likely better than buying players who won't be useful when you get to the higher leagues. Granted, a balanced approach is probably best, especially if you didn't walk into a league with a welcome mat for promotion.

Your main rival is selling 3 out of his 8 players. Watch out. It's a bit too early to give you tips. Teams may still improve until the POs start.

It's is shocking to me that a top league player isn't aware of the playoffs rules. Then again it is Australia.


For particularly important games, including league playoff games, relegation games, and the late rounds of the national tournament, your players will be too excited to "take it easy". In these games, the only options available are Playoff Normal, in which your team receives the enthusiasm effects of a regular Take It Easy but the effort level of a regular Normal, and Playoff Crunch Time, in which your team receives the enthusiasm effects of a regular Normal but the effort level of a regular Crunch Time.

From the Game Manual.

Somebody needs a hug.

Monkey, he's talking about the playoff finals, not the entire playoffs. The first two playoff rounds are not the finals yet.

No need to flame someone. Take a chill pill.

It is simply a misunderstanding on what you intended.

When you said finals, I thought it meant the whole playoffs in general. Its a fair assumption to make given how short the whole playoff process is

Having said that, you really need to calm down, relax and take a chill pill :)

I know what he meant now. Like I said in the other post, its a misunderstanding on the interpretation and I will happily admit I misinterpreted it. However, it doesn't give him the right to flame and abuse other users on the forums. Rather than explaining his point of view to clarify any misunderstanding, he has decided to make it a personal attack on me.



Last edited by Monkeybiz at 6/15/2011 11:33:37 AM

I don't understand why my offensive flow is low, my starting and backup pg as well as my sg have proficient passing. I am still training it, but mainly based on my rookie prospect.

Thanks for all the help guys! Sorry it caused such a debate.