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From: calfson

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247576.27 in reply to 247576.26
Date: 9/21/2013 8:21:35 PM
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Our first announcement is an addition to the tactics page. BuzzerBeater coaches have discovered that, if they can correctly predict which strategy an opposing team will use, they can get in some last-minute practice and be stronger on the court. You’ll be given the option to predict your opponent’s strategy for a game -- if you guess correctly, your team will get a nice boost against that tactic for the game; however, if you’re wrong, your team won’t perform as well. Of course, you will still have the option of not making a specific prediction, in which case nothing will change. The coaches have suggested that this will help teams compete against opponents with one, dominant strategy. We plan to release this feature for testing in scrimmages during the AllStar break

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247576.28 in reply to 247576.27
Date: 9/21/2013 8:29:17 PM
Arizona Cacti
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I was a lot more excited about that feature until I realized that all of you guys can just predict that I'll run a Motion and negate the advantage. I do like it though, in almost any sport, game or competition, if you know some tactic is coming and you prioritize negating it, you should be able to perform better against it.

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247576.29 in reply to 247576.28
Date: 9/21/2013 8:40:47 PM
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Agreed, I'm just not so sure how I feel about that particular change - that's sort of the concept behind the defensive changes. I know to run 3-2 zone against you to offset your motion offense. It will probally just turn out to have a similar affect like the transfer list change did on game shape. Just enough to make us question it, but in the long run to real lasting impact.

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247576.30 in reply to 247576.29
Date: 9/21/2013 10:59:55 PM
Arizona Cacti
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Maybe... and it remains to be seen how much of a difference that will make in-game. But I think at the very least it will help combat the LI dominance that's gone unchallenged at the higher levels for so long. As you said, against me you can run a 3-2 zone (or even a 1-3-1) whereas against the LI teams, I can't always rely on a 2-3 zone.

At the very least, it may force some LI teams to go with Low Post instead unless they don't mind absorbing the penalty. I'm a fan of the change.

PS - Have any of you guys played around with the player appearance editor? My new draftee (30647188) just had facial reconstruction surgery. I wish I could give him a mask like Amar'e or Rip Hamilton!

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247576.31 in reply to 247576.30
Date: 9/23/2013 10:23:09 AM
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PS - Have any of you guys played around with the player appearance editor? My new draftee (30647188) just had facial reconstruction surgery. I wish I could give him a mask like Amar'e or Rip Hamilton!


My draftee Meyers has gone through the Uglyinator. I won't link to him directly because that might be viewed as a hate crime against those who accidentally click on the link.

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247576.32 in reply to 247576.31
Date: 9/23/2013 4:12:06 PM
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Yep Meyers is bad. Can BB players be virgins?

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247576.33 in reply to 247576.32
Date: 9/23/2013 4:36:03 PM
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Yep Meyers is bad. Can BB players be virgins?



He's certainly trying.

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247576.34 in reply to 247576.33
Date: 9/27/2013 9:52:40 AM
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So not one of you sumbitches could be bothered to lose in the first round of the Cup? (I'm looking at you, Cassville). If I weren't so goshdarned pleased with the number of high salaries I see being shipped out of the league, I'd probably have to draft a very sternly worded rebuke to the lot of you. I haven't looked at the second round draws yet for the most part, but in my Charlie Brown voice: "I got a bot."

From: Yuck

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247576.35 in reply to 247576.34
Date: 9/27/2013 10:03:35 AM
Cassville Yuck
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I tried to lose. My being in or out of the cup will have little to no impact on your season however.

From: calfson
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247576.36 in reply to 247576.35
Date: 9/27/2013 5:37:58 PM
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Speaking from experience last season, loosing this early in the cup is a financial disaster. Let's face it, at the Div II level, you really need to make it at least to the All Star breeak.

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247576.37 in reply to 247576.36
Date: 9/27/2013 6:15:46 PM
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Speaking from experience last season, loosing this early in the cup is a financial disaster. Let's face it, at the Div II level, you really need to make it at least to the All Star breeak.


This season at least, the Cup is a nice bonus - the promotion bonus to attendance is serving me quite well so far. I'm just hoping that I can leverage that and a decent Cup run to hopefully build out my arena a little more to hopefully have the capacity to still make solid gate revenues once that bonus wears out.

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