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Im suspecting that there could be a dozen or more teams competing in this seasons B3 competition, that currently have more expensive rosters than this.

Since this may be the last season in which you can play with 7 even salaried players, I believe many teams will be pushing to win. When they remove blank lineups, team structure will have to change dramatically. We'll see who finds the best formula. I'm guessing teams will have 10 players ideally, maybe 70-30 salary split between starters and backups?

Which brings me to thinking that players in 20-50k salary range will be in great demand. Profit opportunity?

Which brings me to thinking that players in 20-50k salary range will be in great demand. Profit opportunity?

Your right of course but how much cheaper can 200K plus players get and how much more expensive can SFs get?

There is also big countries with B3 winner.

Yes China, Espana, Italia, Polska, Deutschland, Argentina and Turkiye are all quite large countries who have had a team win the B3 tournament.

Not that Australia could be considered large based on participants numbers in this game, but the best that an Aussie team has ever done was in season 23 when the great Whitebeard made the final 8 before being beaten by the eventual winner Dionysus

Is the presence of home court advantage more pronounced in B3 games than what it is in normal league games?

Not that I'm aware of.

Prior to my first game in B3 , Koops who is our Aussie GM and an experienced B3 Manager warned me that HCA was very strong in B3.

I was wondering if this was built in to make the game more life like.

You would imagine in real life that not having to travel to another country and play in front of foreigners supporting the other team would be harder than just travelling interstate.

i.e. the trip interstate is shorter and more of your fans would make the trip interstate than what you would to another country

HCA is the same for USA D4 team (commercial plane and buses) and Switzerland D1 (private jet and all comfort).

Switzerland is closer to the Ukraine and Gaza, so whilst the jet might be more comfortable the players might be a tad more nervous

How are the past winners performing?

2 wins

Los Dragones (Argentina) PD +132 Roster $866 K
ESV Laim (Deutschland) PD +66 Roster $967 K
Nitra Corgons (Slovensko) PD +38 Roster $702 K

1 win & 1 loss

BC Hostivar (Ceska Rep) PD + 56 Roster $681 K
Mloty Stargard (Polska) PD +23 Roster $910 K
I love Tehran (Iran) PD -1 Roster $979 K
BC Dingo (Turkiye) PD -25 Roster $413 K

2 losses

Sant Mateu (Espana) PD -28 Roster 288 K
Venomous Scorpions (Iran) PD -54 Roster 200 K
Pirulos (Espana) PD -59 Roster $347 K
Dionysus (China) PD -120 Roster $217 K
-=Defenders=- (Moldova PD -121 Roster $320 K


Added up by calculator, there has to be an easier more accurate way
Win Loss results at this stage in B3 have as much to do with the luck of the draw as they do a teams ability

Just had a look at the draw of Koopasaurus.

Koops is currently the top ranked Aussie team and is also the Aussie GM, he has a really soft round robin draw.

He is currently aiming for his 3rd Tournament win in a row in Australia and if he doesnt sell down he will win all his round robin games and have a high enough points difference to ensure that he will rank in the top 3 for the beginning of the knock out stages in B3.

Currently with a $850 K roster he has a history of buying up when it matters.

Historically to make the final 32 you need to win a minimum of 7 of the 8 round robin games, although in some seasons 2 or 3 teams have got into the final 32 with only 6 wins and in season 26, 3 teams with 7 wins missed out on making the knock out stage.

This historical fact means that past winners "I love Tehran" & "Mloty Stargard" who have each lost a game despite having 900K plus rosters, will have to win each of their last 6 round robin games to have a chance of making the knockout stage

Last edited by Sid Vicious at 7/27/2014 5:08:56 AM

Mloty were 1 point away from dropping out of the BBB. Won after overtime