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The fact that you can't comprehend this and continued to post was frustrating. Did you think there was some grand collusion between teams? I can't even comprehend why you ranted after having some time to think it over. There was no grand scheme to screw you over. I beat Delta9 and Barbarian Marauders at home at the end of the season too. Didn't even thank me for helping you out... *sniff*
What nobody has talked about yet is the game itself. Kind of irks me, my team was short-handed and pulled off a massive upset which rocked the playoff picture and yet all the talk is about how beating you was some massive insult! Screw you man. Before we get to the game you need some inside information. Right now you think I was sitting pretty with enthusiasm and dropped it all on you screwing you over while I laughed quite deeply and loudly like in the movies. Far from the truth. My season was on the brink over a month before it ended and every game was must win. I basically stopped TIEing games going normal all but once. I helped demonstrate that HCA matters, always has. What you don't know is that my enthusiasm sucked when I played you because I CT'd EDH on the road the game prior. Bam! Go back and re-read the forum so you can see all the complaining he did after that game and how many threats he made against me for targeting him and screwing him over. Didn't take long, did it. That's because your perception continues to be wrong on so many levels. There actually isn't some massive whine fest when a team CTs, on the contrary it happens more often than some realize, it just doesn't become public info because a CT vs nml looks the exact same as a nml vs TIE and many managers like yourself just assume everyone TIEs. normal vs normal look like TIE vs TIE and it doesn't become public because it only hurts each team, so the TIE vs TIE gets perpetuated. When lies get repeated enough people start believing them.
Now you know I normal'd everybody leading up to the end dropping my enthusiasm to 7 when I CT'd EDH. Going into our match my enthusiasm was 4 (not a typo). Don't believe me, try actually looking at the ratings of the match knowing now I CT'd you at home, they suck. My enthusiasm was absolute crap and the real reason I CT'd you was because I was trying not to get my butt kicked. As above, if I keep playing I can't afford the fans to leave by the truckload. I assumed you would win handily and I was trying to minimize the loss.
But lets talk about the game. After all, it's the cause of all the rage and threats. My team is autodemoting and had it's second best player injured and unavailable leaving only 6 to dress. Well, actually 8, but two have salaries below 3k! Of those 6 I TL'd 3. So going into the game you were up against the team set to autodemote which wasn't healthy, and you could see the exact attributes of half the players. By the time OT reared it's head 2 of my starters had fouled out including my absolute star player. So I played all of the overtime with a total of 6 guys, 2 of which make less than 3k a week! Was that the part that was so insulting and set you off? The team I was able to field that OT period would miss the playoffs in D3, but somehow found a way to double you up!! If I were you I'd take a long look at that and figure out what is wrong. If you can't beat a team in OT that can't field a D3 quality team you don't deserve to win or do much of anything in the NBBA.

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Two weeks prior you were the hot team in the league and the front runner for the 2 seed, consensus pick to win the cup, and the darkhorse team capable of knocking out Bullish (proven by the cup win). That cup win put you on the map. Up until that point you were just another new NBBA team with potential and apparently a large money pit willing to spend what it took. There was talk about you possibly winning the double your first season in the league, but it was foolish banter until that cup win. At that point you were no longer just another newbie with promotion money, but someone to take seriously that was likely to stick around for a while. That one win gave you actual credibility and can easily be in the discussion for best win this season countrywide. So now, in the last game of the season, my team which was less healthy, less talented, out-coached, had worse form and horrendous enthusiasm, while still being demoted, knocked off the new darling of the NBBA in a crazy competitive game that went to OT and saw many players foul out. This win altered the playoff landscape and will alter the financial future of my team but nobody is talking about it. Hell, nobody is even talking about the playoffs or predicting who will make it out of the first round. Instead you're doing your best Harbaugh impersonation and nailing the self-centered arrogant immature hypocrisy spot on.
When all is said and done, no matter what happens in the playoffs you have had a wildly successful season with many great wins and a signature victory that put you on the map; you should be proud of that. Instead you decided to throw insults, whine and moan, and make threats. Now you know why you just lost many admirers and friends.
You came into this final week enjoying your view from the pedestal way up high, sorry if I kicked the legs out from under you, but I hope you understand it had absolutely nothing to do with you, honestly. Your legs were on my path and in my way - my path was set a few games ago, yours wasn't, sorry if the crashing down was too painful. Your reaction after an inferior team beat you will be remembered long after you forget the outcome of this match. You learned a few hard lessons this season, one of which is that every game counts - and matters. Welcome to the NBBA.

I'm not sure if words are failingme or you've exhausted the supply, but I'm agree.

Nice job man. I agree with your thought process 100%. However, pretty sure it isn't your last NBBA game ever. Good luck in the next couple of seasons.

Fantastic, this is the 2nd season in a row my best player's been hurt in the 1st round of the playoffs. I hate injuries so much. So so much.

I still don't understand why they're in this game.

what is the benefit to winning the NBBA championship? or, even better, for losing the finals? not having to pay a team salary for a week is quite a reward compared to splitting the gate for a (possible) game three the following week. i understand there is an attendance bonus for winning, and that could add up, but i doubt that it lasts the season, or is equal to the cash-in-hand of tanking the conference finals. and i don't know of any bonus for finishing second. for the life of me, i can't see the economic reason to try to win.

aside from pride and bragging rights, can anyone set me straight?

Game three is on a Sunday for the finals. You could split gate receipts for three finals games. You get the silver trophy on the home page. Seems worth trying to me.

Do not underestimate the attendance bonus, it's massive. Best financial strategy in the NBBA is to win it all, then tank while still selling out your arena.

hahaha I was playing with my econ worksheet last night and that same thought came up multiple times. Yes, it's a huge saving losing the conf final, especially if you're carrying a high salary roster. But the revenues from the finals games offset a big chunk of that + attendance boost + B3 revenues (might not matter if you win the CUP) + the benefits of pick and choose which game to throw without negative effect to attendance. In the end, I think the benefit is not as big as the number you see Monday morning. I expect to see your best lineup Sat!

I dont know if it just offsets a big chunk of it. Every arena pulls over 500k per game. So if you go 3 games and split the 500k, you pull in 750k in attendance for the week. None of us pull 750k in a week (unless you have two home games that week then its more). I think it is at least a couple hundred k to the positive if you make the finals and extend to three games. You may need a wink wink deal with AZ to throw game two to extend, but who cares, two hundred K is two hundred K, and your name is in the finals season 28 schedule page of NBBA forever. My two cents from a demoting team

In this case, we're not comparing to a regular home game revenue but instead to the team salary that we don't have to pay. Both Hassan and I are carrying over $750k roster so best case scenario (3 games Finals) would be about break-even for me and a loss for Hassan.

IMHO, the chance of winning the Finals and like you said, getting your name on the USA page forever is worth far more than a few hundreds K you save from tanking.