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Well, according to all this, my last place team of homegrown Utopians probably won't promote.
Shoot.

The tortoise did beat the hare in the end. Just remember the famous BB words. That BB is a marathon, not a race.

The tortoise did beat the hare in the end. Just remember the famous BB words. That BB is a marathon, not a race.

That said, a marathon is also a race.

And the one who wins in the end is often part of the few men leading the race since the beginning

It's just that BB doesnt have a goal line where it stops and we got one specific winner. We got like an never ending tour de france with different parts of the entire track.

A first division title might be considered a goal line, but I get your point

... which is why knowing the promotion rules in advance is important (i cant undesrtand anyone challenge that).

So, i would love to know how it will work next season and the following : next season, league III will be full of 256 (16*16) utopists. At the end of next season, we will need 64 of them to promote from league III to league II, which is 4 per league III. How will these teams be replaced in league III ?

There are various possibilities, for instance :
- 1/ There will be 64 league IV. So you simply promote league IV champions AND no one is relegated from league III to league IV
- 2/ or you think 4 teams should be relegated from league III to league IV as usual and it opens 64 more spots for promoting from league IV to league III, with rules to be determined.

It has really an impact on the strategy : in case 1/, the door from league IV to league III "closes" next year and u are sure not to be relegated at the end of next season if u are in league III : it's a big incentive to try to promote this year. In case 2/ promoting at any price this season is riskier because the probability to demote the season after is high.

I understand BB tries to keep its options opened, but i think it would be fairer to all utopist to have some clarity one the rules

Thx in advance.

i think what jeff pointed out here is even more important to know now than the promotion rules for this year. if his second option will be used you can just go all-in this season and tank in league 3 to build arena and save some money. it would be a huge letdown for those who decided to "start slow"