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230644.270 in reply to 230644.269
Date: 1/20/2013 10:31:42 PM
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Well I don't know if it counts as buying up but I was a bit guard heavy and light on good big men so I made the following swap.

Juan Carlos Gamboa Bought bryantFTW444 10/7/2011 $ 1 000 000
Kent Masters Sold Cody Lakers 10/4/2011 $ 1 020 000


I sold a $30,000 SG that I had drafted and trained myself and bought a $140,000 C. It hurt a lot to let Kent go but it was for the good of the team, I had fine guards but was lacking in big men. Funny looking at my finals team, I don't change my players that often but my starters were:

PG: Vallo - now rarely used backup
SG: Oliver - still my backup SG
SF: Rober - now retired.
PF: Juan Carlos Gamboa now retired.
C: Sherwin - now 34 and long gone.

But I did have two backup players Barton and Kumar who are now my starting backcourt. So in total four players from that team remain five seasons later.

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230644.271 in reply to 230644.269
Date: 1/20/2013 10:43:27 PM
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I had the best record in the league when I promoted (20-2) and I only bought 1 player to prevent others from thinking about buying up. (5961408)

On the other hand you bought 3 players when you had the 5th best record (15-7) in the entire league (3rd in your conference). (9366953)(9533170)(8132205)

I think it's a big difference, so please don't put me in the same shoes. ;)

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230644.272 in reply to 230644.271
Date: 1/20/2013 11:22:18 PM
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I had the best record in the league when I promoted (20-2) and I only bought 1 player to prevent others from thinking about buying up. (5961408)

On the other hand you bought 3 players when you had the 5th best record (15-7) in the entire league (3rd in your conference). (9366953)(9533170)(8132205)

I think it's a big difference, so please don't put me in the same shoes. ;)


I may have finished with the 5th best record in the league but at the time of buying up my players i was either 6th or 7th in my own conference.

I hope that I didnt create the illussion that you had done exactly what I had done, but I guess even yours and Yodas own examples raises the question as to what the definition for buying up is.

With regards to Yodas stability of his teams roster.

I dont think that I could ever be considered a day trader but I am somewhat embarrassed that the longest serving current player on my roster is Ryder whom I drafted as an 18 yo in season 20.

To my defence in the past I have had many long serving players

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230644.273 in reply to 230644.269
Date: 1/21/2013 3:23:49 AM
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can i tempt you with either issak or cunming good sir?

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230644.274 in reply to 230644.273
Date: 1/21/2013 5:13:24 AM
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Yoda and Mllama have at times expressed despair at the lack of quality Aussie trainees up for sale and how expensive they are.

Without knowing the skills its hard to judge but on face value Northcote Slammers may have got one of the best buys of the season

Bernie Perman (27605667)

18yo Australian, 196 cm tall (just about perfect for a small forward) and with MVP potential and a salary of $4031 per week

A mere $400 K

Where were you Yoda and or what was wrong with Perman?

can i tempt you with either issak or cunming good sir?

Well ofcourse both of those 2 players might be of interest, but again I live with the shame of crushing Beechys sole and would be more content to let someone else start any "potential buying up war"

I just come across your press release concerning your triumph in last years tournament which I might add was one hell of a grand achievement

The rest of the competition was...how would you say...a joke. URM casually kicked aside Hopelessly Addicted


Just a reminder I was in China at the time and had trouble accessing the players transfer market at that particular time

Lucky for you I guess

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230644.275 in reply to 230644.274
Date: 1/21/2013 5:19:13 AM
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it could well have been you last season ... luck most def played some part in me winning the cup last season, aint gonna be many chances to win the cup so any chance i get i'll gladly take, now that WB has crushed my dreams of back to back cup wins, its time to sell up once i'm safe and next season it will be time to tank and drop back into oblivion

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230644.276 in reply to 230644.275
Date: 1/21/2013 5:42:20 AM
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it could well have been you last season


You deserved the success, your team was really strong and you showed strength in character to have a plan of short term glory and to stick to that plan.

I do not begrudge you that trophy.

Shame Im going to be training my trainees in IS and ID next season.

Im sure that those 2 players will create a lot of interest should they come on the transfer market

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230644.277 in reply to 230644.274
Date: 1/21/2013 9:18:38 AM
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saw bernie on transfer market. hard to gauge without knowing his initial stats, but he didnt look trained 'properly' as such. I wasnt really looking that hard, cause im not looking for that type of player... lets just say i didnt feel the need to altert my fellow platapie federation members that he was availbe and awesome.
been sold initially by his draftee and now by Cove Convicts. if i remember correctly, he wasnt SF potential at all, in terms of his IS/ID.

but still, only 18, plenty of time and as you say, MVP potential. long term prospect definately.

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230644.278 in reply to 230644.277
Date: 1/22/2013 4:12:29 AM
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Ryder had pitiful outside defence when i drafted him and now he has prolific

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230644.279 in reply to 230644.272
Date: 1/22/2013 7:18:03 AM
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I think I have unusual roster stability although I am sure there are others with more stability.

Season
10 Oliver and Vallo since the first week I started the game
16 Kumar and Barton first week of the season
18 Lawrance and Sperbert my return for my tanking ABBL season

So there is six of my 10 rotation players that have been with the club a while and are in at least their 5th season with the Seagulls but the other four are quite new. My big men were very old and all had to be replaced and Dexter was my new trainee just bought last season.

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230644.280 in reply to 230644.279
Date: 1/25/2013 1:14:18 AM
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so a few interestin purcahes recently... arena expansions... trainee's being bought up... nice pickup by Crockers, i saw his purchase on the transfer market - not a bad buy.

I think ive realised that my 'timing' with my trainee's is out by 1 season. I should have actually been investing in THIS seasons draft to get something good. otherwise it starts making it harder to train. Are Hippo's and Ranga's drafting this year? How's it looking so far?


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