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This is not a change we had been looking at when designing the new system, but it's possibly something that we should be. Let me think about this one a bit?

Please do - as for teams in a similar situation to mine if we arent able to rely on travelling fans we shouldnt probably consider assembling a team capable of advancing a few rounds in the BB3 as we wouldn't be able to sustain the wages as easily as a top team from a more established nation... yes you could argue we can go 21-1 or 22-0 and get more attendence naturally than teams going 17-5 or 18-4.

But there are many minor nations out there with good competitive managers - we could all sit back and do the minimum required to try and win our domestic honors but I think we all want to try and do a little bit more than that. Longer term this would almost certainly mean a team from a developed userbase country winning the BB3 unless of course a side went for glory at the expense of ruining their franchise for the subsequent seasons...


EDIT - Man I suck at quotes!!

Last edited by Superfly Guy at 7/29/2008 12:17:46 AM

I have to first complain about the short notice. These extreme changes are something that should've been announced much earlier (like the beginning of the season) so people that plan ahead could be given the chance to adjust. This is just extremely irresponsible.

I started playing Buzzerbeater in the middle of season 2. I have spent the past several seasons following the rules and building my team in such a way that I have nearly bridged the gap between teams that had a season and a half headstart. I saved and trained and have now purchased a player that will finally allow me to compete with those teams and 1 week later the rules change in such a way that I have, effectively, been punished for playing the game correctly.

I certainly hope that this move wasn't made because of the purchase I (and other people) made before the playoff deadline. The reason I (and many others) had to pay so much was because of the ratio of high level guards to high level PF/C's. Look at any NT team and you will notice that the highest salary/skilled players are centers. That is because, for the longest time, they were the fastest and easiest to train. Yes there were changes made, but those changes will take time and are only now starting to show with increased guard trainers. Those few guards are now at a premium and I would assume the recent spike consisted mostly of those guards being purchased.

I’m probably coming off a bit bitter and I’m sure that the other changes will balance things out. I’m venting a bit because I’ve been affected more that nearly anyone else in the game due to my recent purchase. Changing from a “trickle down” economy to a “tax the rich” one overnight is quite severe and really should’ve been made gradually. I do hope this wasn’t done just as some sort of showing of support for Barack Obama. :)

I look forward to seeing how these changes shape the game and do hope that I am overreacting a bit. It was just a tough thing to swallow after going about business the way you intended and then having you change the rules so abruptly.

when the elections for the Junior National Teams job well start?

Further, most of us chose the last month to take really our first vacations since the week before

Fixed.

ok .. thanks.
more thing , until which age will be the junior NT ..?
and if it's inclusive this age ..

One other question!!

About Cup Income...

Some Cups are 8 rounds some are 13... will the money for round 8 be the same as round 8 all across the world or will the final be worth the same as a final elsewhere and the early rounds up til 5 pay out a nominal amount?

I can certainly se the need for this changes, even though the very late announcement is not good at all. Anyway, that's done now and there is not much to do about it now.

Even though BB-Charles points out that the economy will still have a positive net inflow I see a great risk of psychology driven deflation the upcomming months followed by inflation. Thus, I think it is important that BB is very clear about that they will be monitoring the economy continuosly in order to get a small continuous inflation; if everything has been calculated correctly no changes will be done, however if we get into deflation or inflation taxes will be adjusted in order to achieve the decired small inflation. Everything to try to minimize any psychological effects.

actually I'm really glad, that you are making some changes in economy. Because caching up those DI guys was practically impossible before. I hope this is where understanding game tactics and training guys comes even more into play. Cause it was becoming something like hattrick2 where you lose to the guy only because he has bigger stadium and plays higher D.