You have quite a track record on this game, so I am surprised you are not on this side of the fence. Meaning, you have learned to make do, great with lineups, depth, etc ...with injuries like they are now. We all get hit with them and we all have benefited from them but being a better GM overall ....this has probably added more distance between you and your opponents just like other things have. That is me suggesting if injuries are gone ...would you be as successful on your full resume? That is not a challenge ...it is more of a compliment because you have dealt with all the things that come with having injuries on this game (doctor salaries, depth chart, "what if my center goes down..do I have coverage?).Just a thought there ...because i think the more of the randomness actually separates the more skilled from the unskilled.
You know I like you Burger Dude, and enjoy your posts, but there is some serious silliness in this post. Saying that a guy might not be as successful if we didn't have injuries is really innapropriate. Unless of course, you have gone back through all of his successfu seasons, and found that the majority of his success/championships have come as a result of his teams good health, and his opponents injuries.
If you are a purist so to speak, and believe in the EA Sports philosophy, "If it's in the game, it's in the game!"...okay, fine...I don't fault that. But in this instance injuries (for the most part) affect everyone equally, (some might argue they have it worse than others), so by eliminating injuries, everyone would also be affected the same. So looking back on a guys resume, it's fair to say, that any impact would have been felt across the board by everyone, and impact everyone similarly.
That said, my gripe about injuries like i previously stated is that multiple facets of this game are tied to a players minutes on the court. Minutes on the court affect Game Shape, Training, Experience, in addition to ratings, team performance, and the end game result. So an injury makes it impossible to achieve success in any of the 1st 3 thingso on that list, and hampers the 2nd 3 things on that list.
Then, on top of that, this game is played in real time....so like Window Lickers said, you can go an entire season, dominating or playing excellent, and a random injury can negate nearly 4 months ( 4 real life months) of effort, energy, and success. Again, this is a game, it's supposed to be fun....all that does is piss people off, suck the fun out of it, and in some cases make them quit.
Back in Season 17, Pappy all but had the finals wrapped up....He had the best team in the league, and an injury in the first minute of the game totally changed that game, and he ended up losing by a single point on his own home court. The team that beat him really didn't expect to win, wasn't ready to promote to the NBBA, relegated the following season and is now in D3.
Just like real life, shit happens...but goodness, again, this is supposed to be a fun game...and when injuries change the entire dynamic of a game, league, or season, I just don't find any fun in that. Some great past BB players have quit because untimely injuries derailed months of work. So it just seems to me if you have something, like injuries....and you'll never hear the following response "Ohhhh man, you should have seen my game last, it was so cool...we were right there, about to win, and then one of my players got injured, and we lost the glame....Man that was realistic....I love it!".....and on top of that, actually causes some people to quit the game...I think some of change should be made.
Last edited by Jason at 2/14/2013 12:01:25 PM