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some BB things that could be better....

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240209.19 in reply to 240209.18
Date: 4/10/2013 1:18:28 AM
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lol...typical response from a Euro, all pomp and circumstance. Whatever. I expect nothing less but really did you have to hurl insults??? I am not damn yankee, and where I am from that is a derogatory term. Lets just put this too bed. I am sorry I made the attempt, I have tried before and should have known better. I forget what I am dealing with on this site for the most part. Im off these boards for good. out

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240209.20 in reply to 240209.16
Date: 4/10/2013 1:19:42 AM
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yes cause its all about appeasing the special people on here isnt it......it was a mistake and wont happen again...lol

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240209.23 in reply to 240209.17
Date: 4/10/2013 12:15:00 PM
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Hey let's not get ahead of ourselves here, basketball is a Canadian sport ;) Also, I've been thinking about it, and the National Tournament is basically a Cup. In cup tournaments you might get unlucky and get drawn up against a really good team or even breeze through 5 rounds until you go up against a decent team. That's how it is in real life in any cup tournament and luck of the draw is part of the excitement. So basically, I think they should keep that the way it is here, although your other points are good.

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240209.24 in reply to 240209.23
Date: 4/10/2013 7:59:26 PM
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Changed by a Canadian... But, no, not Canadian.

It's actually a very old game.

Last edited by Axis123 at 4/10/2013 8:01:17 PM

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240209.25 in reply to 240209.24
Date: 4/10/2013 10:58:24 PM
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I'm not sure where you got that from, but I'm fairly certain James Naismith invented the idea of peach baskets being nailed 10 feet above the ground. It still is an American sport though, as Naismith invented it so that his gym class in Springfield, Massachusetts had something to do on a rainy day. Also, the first organized game was played in Albany, New York. ANYWAY I, like locopaps, think the randomness of the cup is a good thing.

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240209.27 in reply to 240209.26
Date: 4/11/2013 7:56:01 AM
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The Mesoamerican ballgame and basketball both happen to have a hoop that players tried to put the ball through. But, in the Mesoamerican ballgame, the hoop is a different size in relation to the ball and is vertical to the ground instead of horizontal to the ground. The field that the Mesoamerican ballgame was played on was an I-shape and the rings (hoops) were set on the sides at midfield. In fact, the rings weren't even a big part of the game as they weren't added until later. Besides the rings, the ballgame has nothing to do with basketball. Even if James Naismith did base his game, originally called Basket Ball, off the earlier ballgame, he changed it so much that I'd still call him the inventor of basketball, as volleyball and tennis are much more closely related than the ballgame and basketball.

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240209.28 in reply to 240209.25
Date: 4/11/2013 8:02:37 AM
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Naismith admitted that he based the game on the Mayan version.

He did a wonderful thing, though. I LOVE basketball!!

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240209.29 in reply to 240209.28
Date: 4/17/2013 8:48:05 PM
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I think BuzzerBeater is an amazing game. There are a tremendous amount of great attributes, but I won't bore everyone here with listing them.

I do think suggestions and new implementations are exciting though, and I'm curious if any of the GMs (or anyone) has any idea how easy is would be to implement the "back-up tactic" in the second half. I particularly like that idea. If you're down by 15 or more, your back-up tactic can kick in starting in the third quarter. Not knowing how the game engine works, it seems like it'd be among the easier implementations?


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