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If you want to punish people for not trying to win, punish giving away games:

Especially in top leagues usually max. 3 teams compete for the league title, all the, 2 teams tank, the rest gives away one game a week to stay in the cup. That's competition...

That's not considered cheating, so why should it be forbidden if someone wants to concetrate on training not winning in a lower league?

I'm with you with multi-accounts: ban than as you see them. But you don't have to fobid everything to get the cheaters. You'll always hurt regular players.

I agree some more penalties should be in place for people throwing away games..

How? We all know that keeping high gameshape is impossible if you start anyone 3 games a week so managers have no choice but to play a weaker lineup 1 game per week. If you have a tough cup match, that game ususally ends up being a league game. And obviously we can't choose a specific # of minutes for each player to see the court each game so spreading the minutes across 3 games isn't possible either.

It's not the managers that are choosing to throw games, it's the way the game engine is set up that his dictated that choice.

Last edited by Beener not Beanerz at 8/16/2013 10:42:20 AM

it is stupid to get anything but 1st place while paying anything more than the salary floor...this is an income structure problem. You can't hardly stay even when in 2nd~ place...in 1st place you are making about 20% more each week (or more) than the guy right behind you. This is why tanking is so prevelant IMO.

If this was true, than the same teams would win leagues every year. I don't think it's always that tankers win leagues. Maybe sometimes, but they need to tank for a long time for that.

I see you won your league in season 20, why haven't you continued winning? Don't tell me tankers acquired some players from farm teams in micronations LOL

I'll suggest something and it lightly touches the debate on cheating.

I tried to suggest that a NT player could be called up only if he is playing for D.I team. A NT player is generally not affordable by D.II or lower anyway, unless it's a SF. However, a D.I leaguer can avoid this rule if his brother/father/friend makes an account ad trains a player up to desirable skillpoint sum. You would say that it's forbidden to buy players from that team! This is easily avoidable:

His brother/father/friend doesn't log into that account anymore, thus making the team go bot and the trainee is put on free agent list, where the D.I leaguer can buy him.

He basically cheated legally. That's why I think NT players should be from D.I teams only AND free agents should be removed (or at least a player can't join NT if he's been a free agent even once in his "life"). You would at least put some legitimacy into NT program. As it is, we all know a lot of players in best NTs were not being trained the "right way". GMs know this also, but can't do anything about it. It's up to BBs to make some changes or remove NT altogether. As it is right now, NT is becoming a farce.

Last edited by Koperboy at 8/19/2013 8:24:47 AM

This whole debate around NTs makes NT seem sooooooo important. But they really aren't. They are a nice bonus for some managers, who coach NTs or train players for the NT. Most of the games are being played between regular users and teams. You're totally exaggerating the importance of NTs for Buzzerbeater. (Some happens to BBB...)

I know NT is important to maybe 5% of BB population, but that's not an excuse to make it go haywire now, is it? If it's not that important, why don't we cancel NT altogether?