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63089.2 in reply to 63089.1
Date: 12/8/2008 12:00:10 AM
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I guess I've been lucky. While not as often as I have wanted, my coach calls 30-second and full timeouts at very opportune times. At least once per game.

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63089.3 in reply to 63089.2
Date: 12/8/2008 2:40:45 PM
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With me, it seems to be only the opposing coach that tends to call timeouts when needed

Either way, this doesn't change the fact that it shouldn't be possible for teams to save and call 4-5 timeouts in the final 1 or 2 minutes of games.

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63089.4 in reply to 63089.3
Date: 12/8/2008 4:24:59 PM
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Either way, this doesn't change the fact that it shouldn't be possible for teams to save and call 4-5 timeouts in the final 1 or 2 minutes of games.


this is a change i like to see, too :) and maybe that coaches take they time out before they run out.

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63089.6 in reply to 63089.5
Date: 12/9/2008 6:40:50 AM
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did you mean me, i mean that i addition to kozlos proposal ;)

At least a coach who don't take a timeout the whole game and loose with 15 points sucks ...

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63089.7 in reply to 63089.5
Date: 12/9/2008 4:23:38 PM
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and make all the timeouts last thirty "real life" seconds. it ain't fun to stand there waiting for the last dreaded shot… you wait, you wait, then you go all "wtf, I'll go grab a glass of water" and before you're back everything's done. :(

Or then there should be some kind of a counter like there is between the quarters and during the half-time.

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63089.9 in reply to 63089.7
Date: 12/9/2008 9:02:14 PM
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and make all the timeouts last thirty "real life" seconds. it ain't fun to stand there waiting for the last dreaded shot… you wait, you wait, then you go all "wtf, I'll go grab a glass of water" and before you're back everything's done. :(

Or then there should be some kind of a counter like there is between the quarters and during the half-time.

Occasionally, if you reload the page during a timeout, the game clock counts down the length of the timeout to the current in-game time, so it's easy to tell when the action is going to start again.

(There's probably a better way of saying this - I can't explain things to save my life.)

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63089.10 in reply to 63089.9
Date: 12/9/2008 9:06:35 PM
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and make all the timeouts last thirty "real life" seconds. it ain't fun to stand there waiting for the last dreaded shot… you wait, you wait, then you go all "wtf, I'll go grab a glass of water" and before you're back everything's done. :(

Or then there should be some kind of a counter like there is between the quarters and during the half-time.

Occasionally, if you reload the page during a timeout, the game clock counts down the length of the timeout to the current in-game time, so it's easy to tell when the action is going to start again.

(There's probably a better way of saying this - I can't explain things to save my life.)

There's also probably a better way to introduce that kind of a feature. :)

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63089.11 in reply to 63089.7
Date: 12/11/2008 11:35:17 PM
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Or then there should be some kind of a counter like there is between the quarters and during the half-time.

This is exactly what I think every time my coach calls a timeout. I salute you, sir!

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63089.12 in reply to 63089.1
Date: 12/19/2008 3:18:51 PM
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Right. So this happens again, except now my coach sits idly through a quarter which I lose 8-22. Hello?

edit: Let's recap: in the second half, my team went from up 4 to down 10, then back to down 5 and to down 10 again without the coach calling a single timeout.

Of course, the opposition called a TO the first time I managed to put back-to-back hoops in the fourth. I am somewhat outmatched in terms of players in this game, but is there any particular reason why my coach is trying so hard to throw the game for me?

Last edited by GM-kozlodoev at 12/19/2008 3:34:06 PM

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