For the record, I was hoping to win my Game 2. (I lost in the last minute by a lousy, stinkin' point, ruined a perfect season...)
I think the point isn't about how we'd like to make just that much more money in a Game 3. The point is that we want this game to look and fell (and smell) as real as possible, so when something smells funny, it takes away from the game, and people like me make suggestions to help make the game better (and more real).
Maybe there's a way to sniff out the tankers (i.e. a lineup with 6'-0" centers and 6'-10" point guards, or a lineup with a average salary $4,000 less than the rest of the team, etc.), and that could trigger a penalty like giving away the Game 3 ticket sales to a lesser team (or my team!) as a penalty. But that's less important to me at the moment than helping the excellent developers do an even excellenter job, and for the sake of this thread, that means making sure a Game 3 attendance is the biggest attendance of the season, which I think most of us agree would make the most sense and be the most realistic.
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