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[qWhen players are training defense, what determines what skill they would train in? Does it go by height, position played, a combination, or something else altogether? ]

Defense would train both ID and OD, but height and age would come into it. Position would be immaterial. So tall people would gain more ID, short would get more OD. Old players would not gain much. The current settings for age and height could be used.

As to the 'I don't want players trained to save on salary' question, use a tick box saying 'no training' and then these players would not be trained. Hattrick does this, so it is not hard to implement.

Spoken like the electrical engineers in the NY Power Pool the day before the entire East Coast went dark.

The unrealistic training system is a major reason this fine game is losing active players and not getting new ones.

If you haven't figured that out, you have not been paying attention all those seasons you have been playing.

IMO the way the training is set up the way it is, is because the way that they built the game engine and how it operates. Again the way the training is set up is my favorite aspect of this game. It makes it much more challenging to move up in divisions.

So what are your suggestions for increasing the number of USA players?

As with all "I like BB the way it is" responses in this thread, what changes would any of you make to increase the number of USA teams? Clearly, standing pat is not a real option.

Saying "I like it the way it is, so don't change" is also a totally irrelevant comment for this specific thread, BTW. Most of you have played many seasons. We all know you like the game. Your happiness is not the issue. Getting new USA players is.

So what are your suggestions for increasing the number of USA players?

As with all "I like BB the way it is" responses in this thread, what changes would any of you make to increase the number of USA teams? Clearly, standing pat is not a real option.

Saying "I like it the way it is, so don't change" is also a totally irrelevant comment for this specific thread, BTW. Most of you have played many seasons. We all know you like the game. Your happiness is not the issue. Getting new USA players is.

Not losing current players is an issue that deserves just as much weight as finding new players. Just because some people don't support your crusade to fundamentally change the game to what you personally would prefer, doesn't mean their comments are irrelevant. Maintaining the things about BB that helped make it popular and get it to where it is today is both a real and (imo) desirable option. We all know you don't like the current system, but your dissatisfaction is not the issue. What's best for growing the game overall is. /rant

To make this post at least somewhat constructive, I would like to see the BB more or less continue with what they've already been doing: improvements that make the game more fun/interactive (the new draft system), contests and things that get the community involved and encourage recruitment of new players (the world cup contest), the Facebook stuff they're working on, etc.

edit: And I totally agree with smedlock: the US does not equal BB, and I would hate to make drastic changes to a game popular worldwide just to address a declining US user base, when other countries don't seem to be suffering from the same problem, and it's not at all clear why US users may be declining. Given the game (and the US user base) has been using this training system since its inception, I am at the very least skeptical that your complaint is the sole or major reason for any recent decline in users, and frankly I'm also doubtful that changing it will attract more long term users than it drives away.

Last edited by J-Slo at 9/30/2010 10:20:31 AM

I am at the very least skeptical that your complaint is the sole or major reason

I listed six reasons, with the player development model as the fourth. Hardly 'the sole or major reason'.

The US is only 6 percent of the user base,

The point of this thread is to make the USA more than 6 percent, is it not?