Just read your bbmails you sent me and thought I'd address a few things. BB is a game, and I am not trying to attack anyone, so If I made you feel like I was attacking you I apologize. As for your actual message though, I hope you don't mind, but I felt like some of your points could be useful in this thread, such as:
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You also make assumptions about how much money BB has. How are you aware of their financial situation? Do you have any idea about the cost of developing an app? Did you know that just because you make one doesn't mean apple or android will support it? Do you know if BB made an app and were turned down? I'd be willing to place money on you don't know. If you did, you'd use that in your post.
You are right. I have no idea how much money BB has right now, but I can assume that they have at least 12,000 dollars based off of how many Utopia teams I see and how long the game has been around. Am I positive, no, but that is why it is an assumption. To me it seemed from BB-Marin's posts earlier in this thread, that money was not the issue though. I do not work in technology development and my most substantial impact on dealing with Apps is probably downloading 'Flappy Bird', so no, I do not have any knowledge on whether or not apple or android will support it. I think this is a good thing to bring up though, so kudos to you.
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One of the things BB does specifically is make sure you don't have to be on all the time. There are literally two days in a row where you don't need to do anything. From 645pm eastern time on Saturday to 645 on Tuesday you don't need to get on BB because nothing except updates happen. There is no training or games or scrimmages in that time. If you'd like to suggest that BB changes the weekly schedule, that is one thing, but saying the game is demanding is just untrue.
You are mistaken on this point. I'm not sure how much you follow Canada's NT and U21 NT, but I, along with many other users take part in planning for USA NT games which occur on monday. I coach the U21 NT and the time period that you listed as "You don't even have to log on", is actually when I tend to log on the most. I run three teams, which I guess you could say that it is my fault for making myself run three teams, but there is always something you can do on BB any day of the week. An App would be nice for these instances when I am out of my house with friends/family and just want to do a quick checkup on something, as I will have my phone with me, but not a laptop or computer. We can agree to disagree though, if you feel differently.
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People have many view points and when you post something, especially when you include a poll, you are begging for people to weigh in and you will get a variety of opinions. That's the point. It's a forum. For discussion!!
I realize. That is why you posted arguing why there shouldn't be one and then I posted saying why I disagreed and why there should be one. Discussion. I was curious to see how long you have been playing BB, because I feel like that is also a factor and noticed that this is your first season. I'm not sure if you have played BB in the past and this is just your new account but managers like Isaiah have been playing longer than you or I it seems (Isaiah since season 10 if I remember correctly, but I'm not 100% sure), and BB takes a toll on you after awhile, from what all the prominent USA managers have been saying that are oldies on BB. Many of them also suggested that a BB App would make things easier and help them stick around longer.
Once again, I apologize if you felt like I was attacking you, or if you feel like this post is an attack as well, but hopefully we can get off on a better foot now. I do appreciate your opinion and I feel like you made some valid points that BB should consider before making an App for sure.
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