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260649.217 in reply to 260649.214
Date: 10/2/2014 1:18:53 PM
Beware of Dogs
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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!

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260649.218 in reply to 260649.217
Date: 10/2/2014 2:15:34 PM
Cassville Yuck
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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

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260649.219 in reply to 260649.218
Date: 10/2/2014 4:12:34 PM
Beware of Dogs
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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.

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260649.220 in reply to 260649.219
Date: 10/2/2014 4:39:49 PM
Cassville Yuck
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However, 500k sales from home games is really light for a playoff game. My relegation game pulled 535k and would have been significantly higher if my arena prices weren't set to maximize sixth place regular season home crowds. I see what you guys are saying but a Lathrop type season could strike anyone next season. Who knows if you will ever have another chance.

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260649.221 in reply to 260649.220
Date: 10/2/2014 5:35:52 PM
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but a Lathrop type season could strike anyone next season. Who knows if you will ever have another chance.


and you could add AZ to that list -- he should have had back-to-back championships.



Last edited by Hassan Donnelly at 10/2/2014 5:36:35 PM

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260649.222 in reply to 260649.217
Date: 10/2/2014 5:48:31 PM
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you'll see my best, but it ain't going to be good enough.

i forgot the B3, but that is only $20,000 a win against the best teams in the world, a moderately challenging task. (by the way, congratulations to you and AZ for great runs in the B3.) but even a successful run there is only worth about two national Cup wins.

i'd feel a little better if Dmitri had chimed in with "yeah, there is a great bonus for coming in second", but both Buzzer Manager and his silence suggests that is not the case. (his squad and mine both had similar attendance figures.)

so i will speak bravely and say i'm a gonna whup TnT's tail tonight AND on Saturday -- but i expect my team to read these boards carefully and see what is best for the Register-Guard financially and play accordingly.

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260649.223 in reply to 260649.220
Date: 10/2/2014 5:51:18 PM
Beware of Dogs
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However, 500k sales from home games is really light for a playoff game. My relegation game pulled 535k and would have been significantly higher if my arena prices weren't set to maximize sixth place regular season home crowds. I see what you guys are saying but a Lathrop type season could strike anyone next season. Who knows if you will ever have another chance.


Agree 100%. That is why I'm not tanking and neither should Hassan.

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260649.224 in reply to 260649.223
Date: 10/2/2014 8:06:23 PM
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Its quite telling that 4 out of the 8 players to actually get votes for MVP are AZ's.

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260649.225 in reply to 260649.223
Date: 10/2/2014 8:07:02 PM
Beware of Dogs
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I used Buzzer Control since I started playing BB back in season 9. Now that's gone, I'm lost! What ya'll using to keep track of your team?

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260649.226 in reply to 260649.225
Date: 10/3/2014 2:09:01 PM
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For generic team stuffs (also does Utopia)
(http://beta.buzzer-manager.com/)

For training, I use an excel spreadsheet one of the USA managers made. It's pretty good, although I only update it for my Utopian squad. I forget where I found it, probably the USA offsite.

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260649.227 in reply to 260649.202
Date: 10/3/2014 7:19:47 PM
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I'm guessing most of you are too cliquish to admit to it, but I'd be very surprised if you didn't all have the same reaction if I CTed you under similar circumstances. Or, for a more extreme example, if one of the tanking teams suddenly bought 5 good players and CTed you, then went back to tanking against everybody else, I think you'd be rightfully upset. Obviously that's a more extreme example, but it's the same idea - a team acting in a way that hurts another team when they have no motivation for doing so.


I concur. Its easy for us to say its no big thing, when its you that got hurt. If I were in your shoes, I'd be upset too

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