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1355.6 in reply to 1355.5
Date: 9/25/2007 4:16:50 PM
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well from my point of view the staff salaries are fine. my economy is booming.

it is all about earning money to create other ways to earn money.

two big money earners right now are arena upgrades and player training/trading

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1355.7 in reply to 1355.6
Date: 9/25/2007 4:52:48 PM
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Well your economy might be fine, but the newer teams certainly aren't. Right now I'm losing 80k a week without a home game, and my merch revenue of $4500 does very little to make up for that. The only reason I'm not bankrupt or in the red is because I have sold a bunch of players for decent cash. The only other things keeping me afloat was the 175k from the TV game a couple weeks back (though I believe you got 400k for that same game).

Granted, I could get rid of my high level coaching staff (38k a week) but I'd still be losing money or very close to it. The economy for most teams certainly isn't "booming".

From: JayP

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1355.8 in reply to 1355.7
Date: 9/25/2007 5:46:41 PM
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I think the idea is that newer teams have to be very conservative in their spending. I am pretty much in the same situation and I am little worried about what is going to happen when I stop getting the new team $50,000 a week stipend.

Coming from Hattrick where the number one rule is to maximize your training, I think I may have added staff too agressively and over-estimated arena income. I'm just hoping to make it through the off-season with out having to gut my team.

From: Vikman

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1355.9 in reply to 1355.8
Date: 9/25/2007 6:31:59 PM
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There is a TV game coming up so that should help the money situation.

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1355.10 in reply to 1355.9
Date: 9/25/2007 7:41:59 PM
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Yea, it basically comes down to hoping the early influx of cash can hold out untill my team is financially stable.

From: LA-Niko

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1355.11 in reply to 1355.8
Date: 9/25/2007 9:12:23 PM
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If anything the economy has got better for new players.

When i was starting there was only the 50k per week for first 4? weeks and no TV games.

If you just started a team i would advise that you should be initially concentrating on expanding your arena while you have the 50k per week and not spending it on hiring new staff or buying new players.

1. Get your team performing and winning games to attract fans (especially TV games)
2. Build arenas to accommodate all the fans you can
3. If you think you can afford to support a new PR guy with your current income - buy him to attract even more fans

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1355.12 in reply to 1355.11
Date: 9/27/2007 10:49:02 AM
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Are there any suggestions as to arena size? As I joined mid-season, I have been stuck with my 300 season-ticket holders, and the expansion costs are pretty steep without knowing how many season ticket holders I will have next season.

My last home game had nearly triple the attendance of the previous home game. Since I went from getting 1300-1600 fans a game to nearly a sell-out rather suddenly, expanding the arena was the last thing on my mind (particularly coming from Hattrick where you don't expand unless you sell out a couple times). Is the previous week's merch revenue any sort of litmus test for when to expand?

And wow, I just noticed that I'm getting massively off-topic. I apologize.

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1355.13 in reply to 1355.12
Date: 9/27/2007 1:14:28 PM
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ok basics of when to upgrade PR guy or Arena:

Upgrade PR guy when you have an arena that is not being filled.

Upgrade Arena when you are getting full or close to full attendance.

Remember upgrading Arena is an investment and hiring a PR guy is an ongoing cost.
The PR guy in the long run will cost you more.

I am not sure but I think lowering prices on seats attracts fans (same is true of reverse)

Beginners think about lowering the prices of your luxury boxes etc. and increasing the price of your bleechers the same percentage and see what effect this has on attendance.

Creator of (http://www.buzzerbeaterstats.com) and (http://www.buzzerbeaternews.com/) -- Ex GM of Australia -- Division 1 winner of Italy Season 1 then moved team to Australia after the country was created by the BBs. Australian team manager for 2 seasons. Won various tournaments and division 1 titles in the following seasons.
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1355.14 in reply to 1355.13
Date: 9/27/2007 2:37:59 PM
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Beginners don't start with luxury boxes, so are you suggesting they build one and then lower its price, or just lower the more expensive seats in general?

Have you tried lowering luxury boxes and raising the price on bleachers? It doesn't seem like it would have that big of an effect, since most people only have 1-5 luxury boxes and 3000-5000 bleachers. Seems like raising bleachers and lowering courtside might be a better option?

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1355.15 in reply to 1355.14
Date: 9/27/2007 4:16:27 PM
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I wouldn't bother with building boxes right now. Just build bleachers and a few of the lower tier and courtside seats.

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1355.16 in reply to 1355.15
Date: 9/27/2007 5:57:59 PM
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I've sold out my courtside seats 3 games running, and am getting close to filling the lower tier. How many should I build at a time? Just a few? Or tens/hundreds?

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