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From: BB-Charles
To: GM-JuicePats (30732.160) in reply to 30732.159
Date: 6/12/2008 6:34:58 AM I was playing around with some new feature ideas a month or so ago and tried to come up with a worldwide power ranking (it's not nearly good enough for release for a number of reasons, but you might see it at some point in the future). Torooo came out #1, and I haven't yet seen anything that would make me question that.

Then again, I think you could make a case for any of the remaining teams, they're all champions and they've all won some tough games to get to this point.

I was actually hoping to see a renewal of the Auerbachs-Bulls rivalry, only with more at stake than any of the other meetings.

Van: BB-Charles

Aan: jimrtex
(19414.7) als antwoord op (19414.6)
Datum: 18-3-2008 1:13:15
Another factor is attendance. As much as we would all like the fans to make the right decision, the only fans that vote are the ones who show up to the games, and it seems that hometown fans like their own players more than an objective observer might. So if you have one team that's drawing many more fans than the others, their players will get a boost.

from BB-Mark after being asked about inside shot and driving for big players in the spanish forum:

"The ability to create (and make) one's own shot does depend on both Driving and Inside Shot... but Driving is weighed more heavily in the calculations."

so more driving will make your players to shoot more and raise his %

Maybe it has already been mentioned in the General Forum, but I am curious about a couple of things:

1. Excepting FT and Stamina, all the player's abilities seem to contribute in some extent, depending on the position, to the team ratings.
However, blocking seems to be "alone" in that sense. Does it contribute to any of the team ratings (logically I suppose to Inside Defense)?

2. Faults: People in our forum are wondering what are the factors causing that a particular player makes more or less personal faults. It looks logical that a tired player or a bad defender will ussually make more faults. But sometimes good defenders with good stamina are also making too many faults. Is there any relationship between the stamina (too low or too high) and personal faults?

I hope, you can bring us some "light" about these two questions... Thanks.

1. Blocking does contribute to inside defense, but the much stronger effect is simply that some shots are blocked rather than becoming either made or missed.

2. Players do have a hidden personality that you will discover as they play, and a part of this is that some players prefer more physical play than others. More physical players will tend to both draw and commit more fouls.

Right now when a player is in foul trouble at any point in the game (i.e., 2 fouls in the first minute is also a problem), it makes them weaker defensively, and the effect is increased substantially for their 5th foul.

In addition, your coach will tend to sit a player in foul trouble, but it's not quite an ironclad rule. Rather, what happens is that the coach considers him a bad option, but if he's better by enough of a margin over his replacements, then he will continue to play.

There's one other piece that I realized is not yet public, but will be when the page is released later today:

Part of the new attendance system for all games involves your fans being more likely to support teams that have Cup success.

I speak for many managers who feel it in the same way and I can add my own results acquired as a 3 seasons national team coach who record every change in skills of my players for this long time... on the other hand, you have nothing but your opinion, only BB´s know The Truth. I respect you as a great NT coach and helpful GM, but I cannot agree with you at this point.

And I have the word of the BB Team that has confirmed unequivocally that NT games give experience (and not the minute amount you claim).