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From: SammyD

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194440.60 in reply to 194440.58
Date: 8/31/2011 7:24:15 PM
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Coming from New Zealand and rising to Div1 in a couple of season playing I always thought it would of been more fun/challenging if there had been a bit more competition to get to the top div, we have 85 active users right now but if you look in our 2nd div you will see only about half the teams actually play and if you are unlucky and join at the end of the season and get put in relegation zone you go down to div3 and play bots all season not good for a new player if you want them to stick around.

I would love a bit more of a competition, I think a NZ/Aus comp would be awesome as it happens all the time in real life, NRL, Super 15, Netball we even have a basketball team from NZ in the Australian league. So why not in BB? Draft would be a bit difficult, would you only get NZ players or would I have a chance of getting an Aussie?

From: SammyD

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194440.62 in reply to 194440.61
Date: 8/31/2011 7:42:22 PM
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Haha not many people in NZ actually speak Maori and if they do they also speak English :)

From: SammyD

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194440.64 in reply to 194440.63
Date: 8/31/2011 7:51:00 PM
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Yeah it would give us a little boost, I know from when I was a GM we got a small boost of users when they did some advertising on FB but not to many of them stuck around. I think NZ will always be a country between the 70-100 active user mark with about 10-15 actively posting in the forums. We do quite well for how small we are really :)

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194440.65 in reply to 194440.60
Date: 9/3/2011 10:36:46 PM
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I always thought this was a good idea. The BBs seem intent on bringing in as many countries as possible but a lot of these smaller nations have a very low competitor base and is not fun

In terms of merging with Australia, I think it would enhance the competition in both nations if we are to compete as one.

Draft would be a bit difficult, would you only get NZ players or would I have a chance of getting an Aussie?


Would it not work better if we change all AUS and NZ players and create a ficticious nation called "Oceania" or something similar? That way we all share the benefits and don't have to worry about trying to split a draft up into individual nations but just have the generic one.

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194440.66 in reply to 194440.65
Date: 9/4/2011 1:38:01 AM
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Would it not work better if we change all AUS and NZ players and create a ficticious nation called "Oceania" or something similar? That way we all share the benefits and don't have to worry about trying to split a draft up into individual nations but just have the generic one.


Or let's just give the rookie the same nationality as the team that drafted him. Playability almost always trumps reality in BB anyway. WHy not apply it in this regard as well.

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194440.67 in reply to 194440.65
Date: 9/4/2011 4:57:09 AM
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Would it not work better if we change all AUS and NZ players and create a ficticious nation called "Oceania" or something similar? That way we all share the benefits and don't have to worry about trying to split a draft up into individual nations but just have the generic one.


Bring back the ANZAC's :D

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194440.70 in reply to 194440.69
Date: 9/4/2011 10:48:42 AM
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This problem with micro-nations is by far best solved by advertising and just getting more players. It shouldn't be costly and there are probably a lot of options that are close to free. I am working closely with India a small nation and they are very happy with their 80 or so managers. It is only the really tiny ones that have an issue. Mind you Pakistan was supposed to be on the brink of extinction and now has 37 äctive"teams, Senegal is up to 41 but South Africa has only 15 and UAE is down to 14. They do go in cycles.

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