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From: GM-hrudey

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Date: 6/11/2014 3:02:28 PM
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Right now, in IV.55, it's shaping up so that the real contenders are the 1st, 4th, and 5th seeds in my conference. Whoever wins the the 1st playoff game between the 1st seed and the eventual 4th seed should be able to comfortably PON the 2nd round opponent, as well as sweeping the Finals. 4th and 5th seeds are battling for that last playoff spot.

Nobodies really gone heavy into the arena in my league, the most amount of money spent is I think around 600k.

Nobody in my conference seems to really be doing serious training with long term prospects. Except myself.

I'm currently the 2nd seed, but seriously doubt I have a shot to promote. Started building up my roster for next season, so we'll see what D.IV realignment brings us.


I'm kind of past the point of looking at the playoff contenders. I finally fell to third yesterday and considering the team in second has a player with salary nearly equal to my entire roster, plus some other fairly decently paid players, I kind of knew that wasn't going to happen. I'm pretty happy still earning a playoff game with a salary some 15k below the floor, though, and it's been an opportunity for me to reinforce my beliefs on what makes teams successful, which is a nice benefit. Spent almost 750k on the arena, no point in spending more the rest of this season though, and my trainees are not really any good but that's what happens when you go cheap and do a lot of 1 on 1 FW.

From: TnT

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Date: 6/11/2014 3:17:18 PM
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xt season, so we'll see what D.IV realignment brings us.


Do we know for sure if this is going to happen?

From: AZ

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Date: 6/11/2014 4:51:14 PM
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I thought it was. Thought the goal was to have as few leagues with bots as possible next season.

From: AZ

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Yeah, I mean, since you're making the playoffs you should have a small Season Ticket Holder boost, you'll have a good sized arena going forward, but no long term trainees to speak of. So it's a season spent on increasing cash and infrastructure, but the roster is still sort of starting from scratch next season.

From: TnT

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Date: 6/11/2014 5:52:13 PM
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Thanks. I see some posts on this topic but I'm not sure how it will work. If we groups the human managers together, how do we handle the following season when we get relegated teams coming back down? Will then be another shuffle to group human teams together? These are just some of the questions I hope somebody can clear up for me.

From: Jelme

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Date: 6/13/2014 9:09:07 AM
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Come on? No analysis of how awesome I am?

I think the only two people that can win my league is me (1 seed in my conference) and the guy that just passed Hrudey for the 2 seed. I don't think the other conference has a shot.

From: Jay_m
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Date: 6/13/2014 9:21:50 PM
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I haven't done a detailed analysis but there are 3 teams in my division and 1 in the other who could win but the number 1 seeds are clearly favored. Interestingly, the 7th place team in my division would make the playoffs in the other division.


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Date: 6/20/2014 11:57:46 AM
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It's sort of like that in mine. One conference's playoff teams have significantly lower salaries than the other. It's all about luck of the draw.

Next season should be very interesting, as some teams aren't really doing any training. And at this level of competition, a simple season's worth of training can give you a huge leg up.

The best teams right now, are the ones who are buying short term players on a run for promotion. But who are the best D.IV teams going to be next season? The ones that went all out on arena's and building a bankroll? The ones who are focusing on training? The ones with veteran players who aren't 33+ yet? Some combo of all of the above?

Everyone started on the same foot, and there are wildly different strategies each team is employing. I mean, some have dumped what, 1.2 or 1.3 million into their arenas already?

From: Jay_m
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Date: 6/22/2014 12:13:07 AM
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Although I was one of the supporters of putting people into existing divisions for their second team, I think Utopia has worked out nicely, especially in the development of different strategies. I'm in awe of those people who managed to do well in the tournament and still remained on top of their divisions.

I like to think I had a balanced strategy with two trainees and about 500k into my arena. I have a couple of old players who cost $100k of the $170k on players. I'm making $18k per week as against the league average of $61k so I'll have significantly less money than most others which may be a problem if I don't promote.