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If it adds to the integrity of the game, then fair enough. But personally I don't think that 1 extra game makes much difference. I like to train FT and stamina during this time anyway so I guess for me it doesn't make a difference whether there is 2 games or 3, except for Game Shape. But personally, I would still much rather be in 6th place, you would get extra training (if it went to a tie breaker), you would get extra income, you get a better draft pick, and as long as you have a better team than the 7th place, you are virtually gauranteed to not relegate. In which case coming 6th is still a much bigger advantage than coming 5th in my opinion.

Like I mentioned, I don't think there's much of an advantage with the income since the lost playoff revenue probably comes back in the course of the following season. That's why adding one extra scrimmage for training would essentially make the difference between 5th and 6th place a near wash

and for my team, i would say the difference betwen a season where i earn something or not, flying out of the first round of the PO amke me loose -900k the next to week, with a weekly income of 50-130 this is a lot ;) Playing a three game relegation series, give me and extra income of 1 Mio which gets me through the offseason.

That is assuming the relegation series goes to 3 games.

The series started last tuesday (game 1). If you close out the series on game 2 (sat), you will NOT have a game on next tues (game 3) before a scrimmage on thurs. Thus next training week is also a 2 game week

If you go to game 3, you will have a game on next tues and then a scrimmage on thurs as well making it a 3 game training week

So depending on that, you may get 1-2 weeks of more training minutes for playing relegation series

Last edited by Monkeybiz at 3/10/2010 9:56:38 PM

Fair enough if you are planning to tank to go to the relegation series just for the extra income/training minutes.

But there is 2 decisions that need to be made here.

1. Do you want to tank to get to 6th for relegation series rather than try to finish 5th or possibly higher (You get less income incoming 4th than you do 6th but something is better than nothing). You must also consider who finishes 7th on the other conference and whether you actually feel comfortable trying to beat them in a series.

2.If you do decide to tank, do you want a 2 game series or a 3 game series? If you finished 6th, that is an additional game of income for a 3 game series (well 2/3rds of it anyway) but there is also risk you might lose instead. It really depends on your situation. If you are confident you can knock out 7th with out a sweat then I would go for 3 games but if the 2 teams are similar in strength, I would try wrap it up in 2 and wouldn't want to tank a game and risk the chance that I actually would lose a game I play my starters at.

The entire fact that anyone considers 'TANKING' games is the problem. In a game that prides itself on being ultra realistic, this is a huge flaw. For me this season finishing fifth was fantastic, I avoid relegation and am fine with only training 4 players for two weeks. But when I look thru the leagues and see that these 'Thrown' games have cost teams more than a training and cash it really bothers me.

'Throwing' games is not realistic. Is it a statagie or a tactic...I am not sure. But it is really unrealistic and takes away from the drama at seasons end.

To fix it is the tough thing. I would be in favor of the fifth place teams playing a head to head playoff. Why should they not have income, they did well. In real sports teams revenue and income are elevated because of good play, not because they finish in a certain spot. I would like to see fan suport be a bigger factor in these things. If you lose a game that your fans can obviously see you threw, there support should and would be crushed. Go ahead and throw a game, but expect you income in the following weeks to be disasterous.

Do the right thing and make BB like real sports where throwing games is only for the mob.

Last edited by Mod-beanerz at 3/11/2010 4:26:06 PM