well well well.
here is the facts:
Daytrading makes profit. Ofcourse, otherwise it wouldn't even be there.
People who have more time than others can profit more from it, BUT it also takes effort, not just time.
I agree that in this stage (early stage in the history of a game) in BB the profit might be too big. But that is a difrent matter. For now, let me explain why we NEED daytrading.
I think it's easiest to start with saying: let's asume that fees, and taxes, makes it impossible to profit from daytrading.
- Teams would ONLY buy a player when the NEED one.
- Not many teams realy need players, they might be lured into buying one that is better than the ones they have, but you'll see later in this list the chances for that get slim without daytrading.
- because of this very few players will get sold, because only few teams will buy players.
- teams that want to sell a player will not likely get much money, or none at all, for their player, so they'll stick to him and play him rather than buy a new one and having to fire the other.
- because everyone will have a hard time selling their players, the price will drop to 1000$ for almost any player.
-if you have a good player that's worth a lot, you will not get a lot, because 10 other teams are offering the same kind of player for 1000$, because there's only 1 buyer interested in the player.
he fact is, if daytrading is stopped, the TL will have very little 'flow' People will get tired of putting up their players for sale, and it will become a near-dead place.
-teams who need a little extra money in order to survive will have no chance of doing so, they lose matches, they can't buy better players, because they don't have money, they can't sell their own, because nobody's buying, they have few spectators to view their pitty matches... what way will they be able to make money??
I realise that teams who put time and effort in daytrading profit from it, but they also make sure prices don't drop, and every team has a chance of getting money for their players.
Because of daytraders watching the TL closely every day, players will always get a minimum amount of money payed for them, because if the price is not high enough, an other daytrader will bid more. If they are not around, nobody will be there to raise the bid on a starplayer, since maybe only 1 team NEEDS him at that time...
In the end I think my conclusion is that the system used in hattrick (and I never thought I'd say it) is not so bad. With a transfer comparison managers are able to get a nice look at the value of a player. the player will always make a minimum amount of money for his team, and daytraders will not be able to gain VERY much because the rest knows he's not worth THAT much.
This way daytraders keep the marketprices level, while all teams can sell off the players they want, the TL will stay nicely active and the managers putting extra time and effort still are able to gain a little....
I strongly feel that without daytrading, a game, this game, might be doomed. However I AM aware of the downsides. See it like eating. We all need to eat. With our environmental situation and the economic aspects of production we are served a large variety of poisons in our food, still we need to eat, or else we die. ;)
TL is the potatoes of BB, one can live without eating potatoes, but the ones planting potatoes, harvesting them and eating them, get a nice infuse of energy from the food...
So I conclude:
I understand that many see the downsides of daytrading, but I must strongly advise to think about it carefully, and also take into account the effect it would have if daytrading is stopped. I don't think anyone would stop eating because they know there's a little amount of poison in every food, because they know what would happen if they stop eating. No I ask to start knowing what would happen if we stop daytrading...
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