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Man, these achievement things are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO gay!

It's so sad that there are loads of things to work on in the game, yet they add an icky feature that really not many care about.

Lots and lots of games have them and some people love them. Can't say they would be my top priority but they have fixed several big problems in the last two updates.

* Salaries of the top players reduced a lot.
* Incorrect rookie salaries.
* 5th being better than 4th.
* Big changes in the salary floor to combat tanking.
* Career stats for players.
* Player ads are back (a policy change not a coding one)

The Facebook and achievements stuff wouldn't be my top priority but they have fixed almost everything else that was on my fix list, things remaining for me are:

* GE tweaks make 2/3 zone better and weaken LI
* Remove or weaken the blank lineups
* Improve the median quality of draft picks (not the top ones keep them the same or even rarer)
* Do something about player prices (although they have been low for so long now I almost have forgotten how itused to be)

I just think the points allocations are super lame. It should be more about your prowess on the court. That's my opinion anyway...

Definitely agree with the 2/3 and LI issues.

What amazes me... is 150-300k guys can be a lot cheaper to purchase than 50-100k guys, and even as low as 30k.

Agree. Guys with salaries over $200,000 and no secondaries are dirt cheap and it doesn't reflect how effective they are. In one of Naker's championship runs he had a team of guys like that with all atrocious secondaries and he came very close to winning it all.

Ah well.

I guess it's important to be grateful for what we have, too.

Also the fact that there are lot more div2 and div3 teams then div1 teams.
Only teams in div1 can sustain players of 200k+ salary. Less demand means they cost less.
Whereas the 50-100k players are more dear to buy cos every division needs them, either for as starters or for backups.

There is the occasional exception, isn't Duffman now toiling away in division III? Even worse look at this player who was playing in division IV!

Siim Kriisk (11507655)
Point Guard
Owner: rtfg
Weekly salary: $ 288 765
Age: 30
Height: 5'10" / 178 cm
Potential: hall of famer

Last edited by yodabig at 12/30/2012 11:12:12 AM

There is the occasional exception, isn't Duffman now toiling away in division III? Even worse look at this player who was playing in division IV!

Siim Kriisk (11507655)
Point Guard
Owner: rtfg
Weekly salary: $ 288 765
Age: 30
Height: 5'10" / 178 cm
Potential: hall of famer

That's just nonsense... No div4 team should be able to buy a player with skills like that.

There is the occasional exception, isn't Duffman now toiling away in division III? Even worse look at this player who was playing in division IV!

Siim Kriisk (11507655)
Point Guard
Owner: rtfg
Weekly salary: $ 288 765
Age: 30
Height: 5'10" / 178 cm
Potential: hall of famer

That's just nonsense... No div4 team should be able to buy a player with skills like that.

I'm sure they can buy them, it's maintaining them that's the problem. It tends to be noobs who either don't take notice of the salary or don't realise how much it kills them and how quickly. They then, of course, sell them for a pittance to get rid of them or fire them.

However, there are also players out there (Iwen comes to mind) who could easily afford to run $300k guys in a say Div V because they're cashed up.

Last edited by Mr J at 1/1/2013 12:23:58 AM

Yeah, I'm just saying that we shouldn't be able to afford them. The game is more and more promoting "saving up".

Yeah, I'm just saying that we shouldn't be able to afford them. The game is more and more promoting "saving up".

Yeah, true.

On a different note (but still financial) BB posted this earlier last year:




Posted by: BB-Marin 8/15/2012 11:34:30 PM
Offseason update


As we have mentioned in our last season news post, we are a bit worried about the number of users that have chosen to follow the strategy called “tanking”. Even though the strategy is not very successful, some teams still pursue it and it's frustrating for their fellow league members to see less competing teams. Therefore, we have decided to take some measures. “Tanking” should still be an option and we don't want to eliminate it completely, but from now on, the profit, we predict, won’t be so high. Starting in Season 21, the salary floor will change for the first three divisions. First division salary floor will be 180% of the tv contract, second division will increase to 140% and third division to 100%. The other divisions will remain the same.

Having been tanking for all of this season I agree that they really have affected the 'profit'. I've tanked before but it is definately harder now. The big difference I've noticed is the sudden arena attendance drops. They were never this severe before. This is, I believe, where they're destroying tankers.

Many have discussed tanking before so I won't start a new debate but I just want to say this: Tanking is a necessary part of this game in order to survive at the higher levels. As for their above statement, 'it's frustrating for their fellow league members to see less competing teams'...what a lot of rubbish. Teams know how hard it is to fill their arenas, maintain competitive player lists, train their next superstars while trying to win their respective championships. Tanking is an element of the game that should have been left alone in my opinion.




Last edited by Mr J at 1/1/2013 10:18:48 PM