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I'll just answer a few things, since i'm not in favor of making this a drawn out forum drama. A good chat on msn probably will do more good than this.

Anyhow, what i'll answer:

One more thing, give me one good reason why you have decided to not play with Thys (and probably other important NT players) on next Monday, but well with players without any NT future like Lussu or Reyngoudt. Just mentionning this last name makes me laughing.

Joe, your point of view is that the best 12 players need to be on the court, so that their managers can earn some merchandise for it. However, other people are training players aswell, so they got the right to get merchandise just as much as you have. To me, it isn't a merchandise question. It is because i want to try something out, something new, and see how it goes. i've already mentioned a few names who will play, and Lussu and Reyngoudt are 2 of those, just as Beckers, Mees, Verciagne, Biermans, Ottevaere, Hemerijckx and vdHaegen are part of it. If you can't see what i'm talking about, then you failed to notice that i've mentioned all players that are pretty rounded. With that information, you should be able to piece together what i intend on doing.

scrimmages are their to try things out. Thys is a very specific player. He's a great player no doubt about that, but chances of him ending up on the SF spot are pretty slim. However, each of the players mentioned above could play SF if they were in the team. If we don't experiment during scrimmages, then when will we ever discover the new things? Admitted 90% of the time, nothing good comes forth of it. but if even 10% ( or less) gives you some usefull information, then that is information that you can use afterwards. If you don't approve of a NT manager trying to discover things that might be useful for the future, to be able to discover match-ups that can be exploited that we wouldn't normally think of, then you'd only be approving a NT manager who plays with your players so that you have the max amount of merchandise (which is pretty selfish, only thinking of yourself).

And as for the CT and all other things that you brought up: We can keep going forth on this and make this an ugly forum debate, however, i'm pretty sure that LoD will be modding this forum. So i think a good chat on msn will be much better for that. And if it's of any consolation. Had Nico played that first game, i would have done the same thing. Marichal would have easily abused De Neef as opponent, and thus i would have had a chance to win their as well. But you were my first opponent, and not Nico. So you got faced my CT and not Nico. Had you played with your starting line up, then my CT wouldn't have gone anywhere. But if you say i knifed you in the back and that you consider quitting the game, then something has seriously gone wrong here, cause you are seriously mistaken on that part. The game is ment to be fun. Being competitive is one thing. As far as i remember, you always were one who liked to take the challenges head on.

Btw: whats one game? you got a team to go 22-0, and now it still can go 21-1. 21-1 would still land you HCA no matter what. So relax and enjoy the game, rather than to get excited for just one game.

I'll try to be online tomorrow to have a decent chat with you (would have offered today, except that today is the day where my team might become champions of belgium for the 3rd consecutive time. Provided that they beat Waterloo Ducks that is).I rather avoid a public forum escalation that happened 2 seasons ago. Cause the outcome of one game ain't worth the trouble and back then, it definitely hasn't helped the activity rate on our forum.

Revo

Although i'm not in BBBL anymore, i must reply to this.

Revo had every right to play CT, and that has nothing to do with being friend or enemies.
Please remember that this is a game. And even if he could only win 1 game in the season, why wouldn't he try to win against you? Are you so special he shouldn't even tried to win against you?
At that point of time, he was your opponent.

Compare it to real life: no manager in his right mind would drop a game with his team just because he knows the other manager well. No, you try to win, no matter what.

The fact you take a loss personal, shows more about you than about Revo.

Previous season, i've done the same thing against Angi: i didn't had a chance of winning in the league, but i still wanted to have a win, so i played CT against her and won. She also needed the win. But she didn't take the loss personal and we still chat alot on msn.

Relax, breath in, and don't take it so personal: it's just a game

Well Joe, i understand your frustration but it's part of the game...
(CT vs TIE for a first game, it happens a lot...)

Otherwise, interesting win for me at the mu arena. If i really have ambitions this season, i have to win that kind of away game. Mumu, Liège, Obira will be though opponents for the second spot.

Come on, Joe...at the end off the season you still will be the champion.
This is only a game and we all want to win anyway.
For you ...(shit happens) it's a bad feeling. But understand...everyone wants to knock the champ down.
(this is how it is ,and it's no knife in the back...or did you guys had an agreement ?)

As for Revo...I still think, even when he 'crunched', he did something some of us are afraid to do .
Joe, you are the strongest and we need to find some ways to overcome this. (or the cowboys will be champion forever)

Joe and Revo....In BB you are two guys I'm looking up too. (two of the most interesting managers)
So ......although we are only 'virtual acquaintances'...keep having in mind: Life is too short to be angry !

Greetings and try to enjoy the game.

I wasn't intending on comming back here today. But their are some things that need to be said:

1) i'd like to ask nobody to react anymore on the CT, not untill i've had a chance to have a decent chat with Joe. Both me and Joe are grown ups, we'll be able to talk it out.

2) concerning the NT:

a) i made a miscalculation in my last scrimmage, so yeah, it's wasted data. If all the GS had been reset ( which i was counting on) it would have been usefull

b) about Biermans: i've mailed his manager that i need to see that he can be kept in shape. If your shape goes from 8 to 6 and slowely back ot 8, then to 6, then you are a pretty useless players. You'r only good to come off the bench in that case, and considering the limited spots on the NT team, i can better give that spot to someone else. I have however mailed his manager that if he can succesfully manage his GS in the first few weeks of this season, that i will be taking him into the NT. The fact that his manager hasn't managed his minutes well, is the only reason that is keeping Biermans of the NT. Once his minutes are under controle, he'll be in the NT, no doubt about that. however, end of last season, when i updated all the players i got this from his manager:

En debut de saison, c'est dur les minutes: ca veut dire pas de match de coupe, et parfois il a deja trop en 2 matches :-(

That still shows that his minutes still isn't under control. Are you willingly telling me to select players who can't control their GS?

c) About Ottevaere, Reyngoudt and Lussu: i'll explain myself after the NT game. It's a pretty simpel test that i've been meaning to try out for a while, but i couldn't cause they never were in shape. Since all the shape has been reset, i should be able to test it out on monday, and that is why they'll be playing. Futhermore, you should add Beckaert to the list of names i've mentioned earlier on.

@Joe: i'm online tonite ( no party since we didn't win RL) so if you want to chat, i'm their. i'll still be around for another hour or so ( bear in mind, i still gotta eat)

Ladies and gentlemen,

Finally, it has arrived: the SEASON 20 PREVIEW!

This season, the BBBL will be saying goodbye to 3 veterans: BBC Pokola, BC Tienen and Phoenix Suns (dang, you've been in the BBBL for games Sum... snif). Futhermore, we'll also be saying a temprorary goodbye to KV Forever, but considering that he's keeping his 600k salary mass, i expect him to be back real soon. Never the less, i wish all of those who go down the best of luck, but i got a gut feeling that we won't be seeing back one of the 4 descendants...
The reappearing faces are: BBC Falco Gent from II.1 and Obira Dragons from II.4 . The New BBBL faces (who will be making their first BBBL appearances this season) are The Radiations from II.2 and my former divisionbuddy Royal Canin from II.3. Questions remain to be seen if any of the promoting guy's will be able to stick around. But more on that on the individual team presentations.

Form a change, i'll start off by introducing to you, the teams in the strongest conference: Great 8 conference

Basket Mizu Arlon(89902)
Last seasons achievement: First spot in the Great 8 division and the latest manager to add his name to the shortlist which contains the likes of Sum, JoeMaverick, GM-LoD and a few priviledge others that have won atleast one BBBL!
salary: 837 577$ for 15 players
Information: HALLALUYAH! We got a new champion. BBBL was getting boring with the domination of Vottem Cowboys. At long last, someone has managed to beat Vottem Cowboys, and that while having a less ammount of salary to go around with! Will Coach Q be able to repeat the feat? You know what they say: never change a winning team. Add to the mix that Mizu should still be in the green zone ( which can't be said for all teams in our league) and you can be sure that Mizu will be aiming to bag atleast one more trophy this season, be it the cup or the league!
prognosis Battle for the top seed with Vottem Cowboys as usual. However, Vottem has dedicated last season to training and will be out looking for redemption after his streak of winning the BBBL 6 times was snapped. Salary could however be a problem for Vottom, but knowing that vottem has an ammazing ammount of merchandise, i'm going to go with Mizu being defeated in the conference finals by the former champs (thus being second in Great 8)

Stonestars(37411)
Last seasons achievement: 6th and PD victory after 3 games with the unlucky BC Tienen.
salary: 770 266$ for 16 players
Information: Home to Belgian top frontcourt players Gallagher and De Neef as well as the very promissing PG Viktor Titeux, Stonestars should be ready for a good season. However, with Titeux nearing his hardcap and considering the age of Kurt Votaga, who has anchored down that SF spot for so long, you got to wonder where the Stonestars will go. An early cup exit could spice things up for the division, but what Stonestars really need, is a new SF or stretched PF who can play the SF for them. Big question tho is where are they going to get the money from. Bigs don't sell very well, so i sure hope Steonstars has some kind of economical backbone to help them out getting that new player... Never the less, when stonestars put things on the line, they are a team to reckon with. They have a top frontcourt duo as usual, and have some fine guards in the back to help their frontcourt out and feed them with easy passes. If only the manager would understand that using his own teams best strength could really put him in a situation to win the league, they he could be a contender for the title ( maybe not the favorite, but a contender never the less...)
prognosis Considering that he usually aims for long cupruns, i'm going to slot him into 5 position in the league. However, his spot in the division could improve in the event of an early cup exit.