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In real life, you get the say if a player may or may not play in the NT.

That's not true in most every sport. The Raptors fought as hard as they could to not let Jorge Garbajosa play internationally last summer, but he still played and hurt himself.

In soccer, clubs have no choice at all. In FIFA's international windows, clubs must release their players for national team games, period.

Most of the international games are played outside the league period. Where as in BB, it's throughout the season.

I don't mind if they play 30 games in the offseason. I mean the offseason is practically a month or 3.


Last edited by Legen...Riceball...Dary! at 7/22/2008 9:00:25 AM

The fact that you keep harping on this does not make it true. NT players receive extra experience for playing in the NT games.

I've never seen any proof of it. The experience system is the most random and ununderstandable thing in BB imo.

I've never seen a injury carried over from NT games to league matches as well.

Untill I see proof of any of these statements I assume that all NT games are played in arcade mode, just like PL games. Because that's the most logic conclusion atm.

I agree with most of the points of Rice here as well. Although GMs just do not get 'extra information'. What's know by the GMs game-wise can and probably is known by many managers.

PS. Speaking for myself here.

Last edited by BB-Patrick at 7/22/2008 11:48:14 AM

NT games give experience, that is a fact.

I'm waiting for an answer on the injury front.

Yeah that's what they say all the time. My player played many NT games and almost every league game and cup game for the last 2,5 seasons and he only got 1 pop in experience yet (from 1 to 2).

The facts / rules might indeed be like that, but my feeling says it's just not right.

Last edited by BB-Patrick at 7/22/2008 11:51:19 AM

I've asked directly about this a crapload of times, and each time it's checked and confirmed.

Basketball:
How many are played within the league season. Maybe qualifying games which is 2 games or something. How many games do they play in a league, 80?
How many internationall games do basketball have? As far as i know only the olympics. Which is once every 4 years.

That's 2-320 games. A really small percentage.

Soccer:

They play 30+ league games in a season. Where as maybe 2-4 games international. And it's not an annual thing too. Play international every 2 year probably. so about 6 games compared to 70 games they play in league. On top of that, the majority of their games are played outside regular season.

BB-Universe:

We play 21 games in a league-season + maybe 8 extra if you count cup games. And, what, 13 games international in a season?
And you say the chance of injury is the same in a regular game. So each NT player is facing a +/- 50% increase of getting an injury compared to regular players.

First of all, it's not for the sake of the game. It's for the sake of the enjoyment of other users. What you're suggesting is hard-coding a sabotage tool -- I buy the strongest player on Bulgaria's rival teams, and pull him from the national squad. Perfectly legal. Go me!

I don't know many managers that value their NT over their own team.

'By far the easiest way' to solve headache is to chop someone's head off. Hmmm...

Oh please...

On top of that i could easily find a way to abuse this rule, in order to win the first league, as an NT coach. Not that i'm an NT coach, but you might see people invite a top-notch player from a competitive team in order to try and injure him via NT matches.

Oh please... if you really one of those managers that think knowing your opponents skills will win you your game and that skill attributes drive the game. Then I'll say that Injuring an opponents player is far more devastating than knowing their skills.

Once a player is branded an NT player, the manager will receive a handicap. An extra chance of an injury, without any advantages/compensation whatsoever.

Well how does 45-50% increased chance of injury sound to you?

Last edited by Legen...Riceball...Dary! at 7/22/2008 12:36:11 PM