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when did you become a GM ?

yesterday.... :D Officially joined their ranks..

Oh Oh there goes the planet!!! CONGRATS MONKEY!!!

Whoa congrats dude. Might have to remove Dire from my "people to complain to" list and add you now

hey nuggs,

i have found in the past when i have struggled to maintain interest, it has been not beacause of the game but maybe the lack of community in the league i was in.. i checked your forums and there has been what, 13 posts there for the season?

maybe try involving yourself in another leagues forum.. 3.6 and 3.12 for example have pretty active comminuties for div 3 leagues, and always welcome vistiors from other leagues! i know from experience when 3.12 went from pretty inactive to activity going through the roof, that my interest in the game jumped 10 fold.

Whilst i genuinely do love this game, it is the community and banter with the guys in my league and the PL i am in that keep me coming back for more!

@GM-Monkeybiz - Congrats, and way to hijack a thread :P

To be annoying... I promoted to the ABBL in 7 seasons... yoda made it in 8..

You also promoted to the ABBL after your 7th season!

Koop did it in his 6th seasons!

But yoda is the younger team!

Last edited by iwen at 1/5/2012 4:13:59 PM

To be annoying... I promoted to the ABBL in 7 seasons... yoda made it in 8..

You also promoted to the ABBL after your 7th season!

Koop did it in his 6th seasons!

But yoda is the younger team!

And to be exactly fair:

Koop promoted via a massive case of luck.

I would have promoted after 5 seasons if WA didn't land in my D2 league. Would have been 6 seasons if Crushers didn't land in my league.....

Yes it is all a matter of luck. I did take one more season but lost two entire seasons thanks to Bryce Gibbs making it his personal mission to send me back to division III, the all eggs in one basket strategy with a constantly broken basket and the crash in player values that had me on the wrong side of the curve.

Looking at the next lot of teams most likely to promote it is great to see a couple more young teams with a good chance.

II.1
SmeltzTroopers season 9
Melbourne Goldfish season 10

II.2
Glenelg Tigers season 6
High School Drop-outs season 4

II.3
Aussie Pride season 8
VictoriaMages season 9

II.4
Western Titans season 8
Slam ! season 11

Well known fact that Koop is the luckiest team in Australian BB history.

ohh please.. get over it already kekeke
you guys reckon its luck... I reckon I created my own luck! take that!

think about it... lucky once or twice fair enough.. but I cant be lucky all the time...
you guys make it out like I pull a white rabbit out of a hat every time something big is on the line.

Beyond lucky, it was totally incredile.

1) Season 14 made it to finals series where he should get smashed, his opponent totally stuffed up both his tactics and GS and somehow Koop the 100:1 underdog won.

2) Season 15 would have been in 8th facing auto-relegation but an ABBL team went bot. Theninto the relegation series where he should also have been smashed. Game One he was destroyed. Game two his opponent foolishly milked him for extra income. Game three is legendary in BB history. One minute in Skaistutis Urnežas his opponents best player and the focus of his offence is injured 1 minute into the game. For the rest of the game SBV is slamming against Koops 2/3 zone with a 10k scrub as his C. Koops players are all on fire and Wazza has the best game of his entire career and Koop somehow comes up with the most unlikely 2 point win in Aussie BB history.

3) Season 16 Koop gets ANOTHER bot in his conference to keep him around. Adam decides to tank despite the BOT. There is a Avalon going BOT on the other side as well and Doncaster is asleep at the wheel. He beats the bots but looks like heading into a nasty relegation series with Hopelessly Addicted when Whitebeard throws him the last game of the season and he squeaks into 5th with the record of 8 wins -392 PD, surely the worst 5th record ever in the ABBL. For example this season with 5 games to go 6th has a better record than that!

But to be fair Koop always said that you have to put yourself in the situation where if you have a little luck good things happen.

Last edited by yodabig at 1/5/2012 6:19:22 PM