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From: shikago

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200205.123 in reply to 200205.121
Date: 11/20/2011 5:36:17 PM
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Has any NBBA team ever broken $1M in salary for the starting 5? Looks like Rocket Science is there...

weird move... he already had the 6th highest payroll without that $370k guy & still has an 0-5 record at the moment. maybe he decided to just buy a spot in the NBBA next season? -_-
(just speculation of course)

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200205.125 in reply to 200205.124
Date: 11/21/2011 8:27:25 AM
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sinibaldi is indeed quite interesting.

I had to buy him. Skillwise, my new SG and C don't match very well. I think Sinibaldi is a much more complementary.

I'll probably end up selling everyone soon to tank the season.

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200205.126 in reply to 200205.125
Date: 11/21/2011 10:10:09 AM
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sinibaldi is indeed quite interesting.

I had to buy him. Skillwise, my new SG and C don't match very well. I think Sinibaldi is a much more complementary.

I'll probably end up selling everyone soon to tank the season.


But in the meantime you feel like eating away your cash balance? If thats the case I'll happily take some cash off your hands.

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200205.127 in reply to 200205.126
Date: 11/21/2011 12:02:03 PM
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yes, I play the game for fun, and it is not much fun just tanking. Besides, I might never get back to the NBBA again, so might as well enjoy the ride while I am here - my reserves were stockpiled with the intention of buying enjoyment. So long as it is virtual money. You are right though, in that if this was real money, I would make completely different decisions. :)

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200205.128 in reply to 200205.127
Date: 11/21/2011 1:39:36 PM
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but how is it "fun" basically doubling the salary of half the teams' starters? it's to the point where even if you won out the rest of the season, it's a non-accomplishment. & anything less is a complete failure.

i mean someone could sign up for a new BuzzerBeater account, login once a month for a few years (stockpiling their reserves), then buy the "enjoyment" of 5 $50k starters in div 5... would you honestly find that scenario "fun" too? No offense, but when one's only "tactic" is spending a boatload of $ more than everyone else, it's incredibly lame.

aside from not being a fan of the whole buying wins thing, doing so is essentially screwing over a bunch of teams. you'd clearly auto-relegate, even with the 6th highest payroll. so now, you force a non-deserving team into 8th. congratulations? and you force even tougher teams into the 6th & 7th slots, meaning the other conference gets screwed in relegation matchups. congratulations again?

anyway just my opinion.
(& yes, before it comes up, i could easily spend the same amount. probably even more. guessing many other teams could too...)

From: shikago

To: Coco
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200205.130 in reply to 200205.129
Date: 11/21/2011 2:33:46 PM
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idk, just don't get the point of it. ok so you burn through your money, now what?

but also was curious about something else...

really bad example, but hypothetically say there was no long-term financial consequence. magically the Lake Merritt Arrows have a team of 12 $500k players. but for some reason no other team has a player making over $10k. would you personally find that fun? if not, what type of balance would make it fun? a team of only $100k players? $50k players? close to even with the other teams? like i said, just curious.

From: Rambo

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Date: 11/21/2011 3:05:13 PM
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It'd be worth it to me to burn through my cash if it meant I could win a championship, no matter how outmatched my opponents were. There have been only 9 champions (league and cup) in USA history and I'd like to someday join that exclusive club. The methods of achieving it doesn't matter much to me. This game is as much about economic strategy as it is tactical strategy.

That said, I have a hard time believing he can afford it all season so it sounds like a poor choice right now but hey, he's in the NBBA and I'm not.

From: brian

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Date: 11/21/2011 3:13:49 PM
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would you personally find that fun?


I fully expect to find that fun, hypothetically, of course.

"Well, no ones gonna top that." - http://tinyurl.com/noigttt
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200205.133 in reply to 200205.130
Date: 11/21/2011 3:24:13 PM
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Coco - I am glad you get my motivation. Many apologies about how events turned out, given our upcoming game.

Shikago: your "bad" example speaks to the same scenario you list above. However, I do not get much enjoyment from a high payroll beating out scrums, but that is not the situation here. Those are most obvious in the lower leagues, but in the NBBA, you will hardly see that kind of disparity. I do enjoy putting up a competitive game, which I feel this acquisition will help out with.

Also, I personally subscribe to Coco's sentiments that the higher payroll does not necessarily win, with my emphasis that this is especially true in the NBBA. It's how the skillsets mesh, not about how the salaries add up. Silverback's team is a great example of how a manageable payroll can be a perrenial contender.

In terms of skillsets meshing, I had to add more rebounding to my team. I gave up on rebounding on my way up here (tradeoffs to manage pays), and the only way I could add is to buy from the market. I also overinvested in inside offense, and my other inside player has improved to the point where I do not need such a overpowering presence inside on just one player. In fact, while this worked well in DII, this strategy fails considerably here are most teams have at least 1 monster defender capable of 1-on-1 coverage. The acquisition has much longer implications, with some short-term gains of being able to enjoy competitive games this week.

On the relegation, given the great disparity in income, I don't think many new DII teams can survive here in the NBBA, and to be honest, promotion is also a little of a lottery in that there are more good DII teams than spaces to promote. Based on this assumption, if I get to stay here with some of these moves, that is great. If not, I am sure to enjoy my time here, because it may not be again. Not making a move would constitute completely giving up, and what fun is there in that?


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