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I'm so confused by my cup game tonight! I see myself losing and i thought yeah he probably played crunch time so i was like ok whatever... 4th quarter comes around and i roll out to +10 in the 4th quarter to take a 3 point lead, im starting to think ok maybe he normaled or my players are better.... I lose the game and i look at the game log and we both played TIE, he came into my building and wins by 6. Here is the part i am so confused by...

Starters (by salary)

(My team--his team)

PG

7k vs 2700... advantage me

SG

3k vs 24k... big advantage him

SF

6k vs 4k... i'll say its a wash

PF

18k vs 3500... big advantage me

C

46k vs 8k.... i crush him

Here are the ratings for the game

Gotham's Dark Knights Team Ratings Mapleton Mashers

Run and Gun Offensive Strategy Low Post
Man to Man Defensive Strategy 3-2 Zone

mediocre (high) Outside Scoring awful (low)
awful (medium) Inside Scoring strong (low)
mediocre (high) Perimeter Defense average (medium)
mediocre (medium) Inside Defense average (high)
inept (low) Rebounding respectable (low)
awful (high) Offensive Flow awful (high)

Based off of those i am so confused as to how i lose this game, his best case scenario for enthusiasm would have been 13 (which i very highly doubt) which is plus 2 and some change better than me. My lineup is far superior, my tactics were spot on. Is there something to the Game Engine i dont understand? This isnt so much about me complaining as it is me wondering if there is something to this game that i dont understand.... based off everything i've been told this should have been a surefire victory for my team, the same thing has happened in league games where im just confused as to the outcome based off of what i know... Any pointers, ideas, knowledge on the GE that i need to know?

Yeah I looked at your boxscore and cringed. As a division, we got smoked in the Cup last night. And funny enough I drew Slow Children in the next round who was in this division last season. Keep getting all these d.III teams, wish I could get an easy opponent sometime soon.

For sure, whats insane is the dude that beat me somehow got a bot next week.... i could use another enthusiasm boosting walkover lol...

I went with a lean lineup for training purposes and it backfired. Nothing like having your main C foul out after 25 minutes, an atrocious ID guard as your center until he fouls out, subbed by another atrocious ID guard and Lucky Fan.

I had been counting on that $50k for a while to keep me in the black - so time to dump some inside salary and depth...

I can't fire the guys on the TL, but the rest of them have been put on notice.
Done.
Done.
and Done!

you have some really nice well-balanced players. Idea! I think I have come upon the only way to beat you in our game (right after NY Chunks): I will buy your players myself and fire them.

Now if I only had 100,000 cup games against bots in between now and then...

An evil rocket scientist, I like it!

With this market, I doubt any of them will sell. I have all my cash invested in the young guys anyway and I doubt I could sell them for what I paid at the beginning...

Still, would be nice to have a positive bank balance to start the week...

Mateu is pretty awesome. Odd build but I like it. If only he had any rebounding or better OD, I'd definitely pay $2.5 mil for him. I bet someone will bite at around that price. I'll be interested to see if the other two guys sell. Fairly high prices for ancient players.