Same with me, I sold out my stadium (~16k) after an away loss and now I'm +$100k for the wk so far. I think most people are outraged because 1) they didn't see these changes coming 2) they had a plan, either with training or whatever, that was screwed up by the economic changes and 3) they didn't value the expansion of the stadium as much as they should. I started to plough money into building works after about 1/2 a season, when I realised that it was one of the best ways to build for the future, since there is no upkeep cost like in HT. I bought my trainees this season, sold off some of the dross and then put the rest of my cash into an even bigger stadium, which is going to be the biggest in the country (I think) once it's finished.
People just need to be more flexible and anticipate possible changes rather than be angry that the world of BB scuppered THEIR plans.
I am curious to know too. And I'll provide counter points :
1) Oh, we saw the changes coming a mile away. The moment they were announced in fact. We just chose to wait until we could see the effect instead of merely speculating.
2) Losing half your income doesn't dent your plans the slightest?
3) Financial solvency has always been a main goal playing the game. I have always valued the arena expansion highly, and my venue rarely sells out as I take the trouble to finance an expansion everytime I think it is necessary. My arena is already the biggest in my country.
I hate sitting on the fence every week, doing a balancing act between being in the black and in the red. If I am going at a rate of +15k every week in a 16 week season, which means 195k after 13 weeks. If I end up 5th and have the last 3 weeks with a weekly expenditure of 200k without any income, I'll end up losing 600k. So my net profit for the entire season as it is : 600k - 195k = (405k).
Last edited by Sparkle at 8/19/2008 10:15:05 PM