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That's just the point, if I'm a 4 seed playing a team that has beat me prettily handily twice already that season there's no reason not to CT. Might as well get the extra game and extra money. And with the set-up the way it is now, if I have equal enthusiasm going in a CT against normal will make up a huge skill difference. This is why it becomes a problem in the play-offs, teams will have different goals. The best teams have to plan for future games while the underdog is happy just to advance an extra round.

And the point isn't that the favorite couldn't withstand a CT, its that it is almost impossible to get by two teams CT'ing you in the first two games while still having enough enthusiasm to compete in the finals.

Well, arguably, if the strongest team cannot withstand a CT, maybe it isn't strong enough. But this is a murky point.

How does that make any sense?

I must say, I'm almost completely baffled by just about all your lines of reasoning in this whole thread.

Like I said, I'm happy with people having their own opinion and prefering to keep things how they are, but:

-comments like the above

-linking the prefernce for reality to thinking players should be able to start fights in the game, or

-or how TIE'ing and its result is somehow along the lines a coach preparation, or lack there of

Just an overall big "?" to everything your arguing. I think this IS supposed to be a basketball manager sim, yet you think it isn't that. There's a pretty big disconnect in realities there.

I think the part that is not making sense is that it seems like your saying if a team plays CT and beats you while you are on normal then that proves you are not the best team in the group.

Thats the problem, we'll never know cause enthusiasm is having such a big influence.

The key influence should be your players and their quality and your tactical choices. Secondarily, how you manage training and how well you do at adding and selling players and building a team with good depth.

Unfortunatly, you could be superior in all those, and lose because you lost the "rock, paper, scissor" game of enthusiasm. Is this a game about enthusiasm, or is about all the other things above?

If its the latter, then its about something that doesn't even tie to reality, which seems to matter to alot of us.

I do think that if the current CT/TIE is to be used in the regular season, it should be used in the playoffs as well. I can see it having some relevance to real life. In addition, I think the BB's said that when a team on the road CT's, it achieves the equivalent enthusiasm that the other team got with a normal and home court advantage (assuming both started with the same enthusiasm). Of course, if the home team, TIE's then that is a problem (I have thought about doing it myself many times, but never quite had enough confidence to do so).

That said, here's another vote to implementing brianjame's suggestion for enthusiasm.

That's just the point, if I'm a 4 seed playing a team that has beat me prettily handily twice already that season there's no reason not to CT. Might as well get the extra game and extra money. And with the set-up the way it is now, if I have equal enthusiasm going in a CT against normal will make up a huge skill difference. This is why it becomes a problem in the play-offs, teams will have different goals. The best teams have to plan for future games while the underdog is happy just to advance an extra round.

And the point isn't that the favorite couldn't withstand a CT, its that it is almost impossible to get by two teams CT'ing you in the first two games while still having enough enthusiasm to compete in the finals.

Precisely. If you are not a contender to win if you are sure to lose without then you use it. Meanwhile the better team faces a series of CTs from teams that have nothing to lose.

This is essentially the difference. The tactics are unbalanced because teams with nothing to lose couldn't care less about them while the better teams have to save some enthusiasm for later rounds.

I am all for having a wide variety of tactical and/or strategic options, but they have to be balanced. In essence the current system is a handicap for the teams with a real chance at winning their respective leagues.

If we were playing chess (since we have seem so many allusions to tactics) nobody would approve of taking pieces from the better players as a tactical option for the lesser ones. This is what this is doing at playoff time. Good teams do not really have the option of playing CT in the early rounds while the lesser teams might as well since they have nothing to lose.

If you think so, then your battle is lost before it started. The financial conditions in all divisions are the same. In the long run, the divisions will be comprised of teams of comparative strength that will not be able to improve much. At this point, the key influence will be how you manage your season, not what you have on the roster.

I understand what your saying, you prefer that enthusiasm is a key driver of sucess in the game. I'm not disagreeing that, as it is now, it isn't very important. I've TIE'd all but one game this season so I can live on the benefits of high enthusiasm, clearly the system is not hurting my team.

But, I'm arguing that this is not how I feel the game SHOULD be. I shouldn't be able to network with my fellow NBBA teams and make mutual TIE's so when I have to play a tougher team in the cup, ill be at the highest enthusiasm. What about team's that don't agree with mutual TIE's, or just don't feel like networking with fellow teams and making TIE's, they should be at a disadvantage?

And what if we all just start mutual TIE'ing? The game is reduced to a series of mutual TIE's, until someone decides to break the deal or something. I feel this is a big distraction from the management and tactical choices in the game, and the GE is random enough to mix everything up.

Last edited by brian at 2/29/2008 5:31:52 PM

Well, arguably, if the strongest team cannot withstand a CT, maybe it isn't strong enough. But this is a murky point.

On the other hand, consider this: if the team is _not_ completely dominant, it's probably worth not to CT against them, because CTing in the playoffs is a way to effectively smoke yourself out of the competition in the next round.

not true.. i CT my first game away I finsihed 3rd (but in fairness because I was likely to play a bot who had just quit ahead of the playoffs or the 4th place team at home which I fancied my chances against.) i hadnt CT'ed all season up til that point and my philosophy was i would hate to go out not having given it my best shot...

oh and the rest as they say is history!