Huge “Yes” from me. Sure, there are details to work out, but if a 2nd team comes to fruition, I’ll buy Supporter for that team too. Great to see the discussion of this game we’re all so passionate about.
I think the weighting of the Pros and Cons is not equal. In my simple mind, many of the Pros carry much more value than the Cons. My personal thought on weighting below.
Pros:
1. More revenue for BB [WEIGHTING 10] – ability to advertise more = increasing users = more revenue and an upward cycle begins. And more resources for all of the great developments that Marin and the team work on.
2. Double the fun [WEIGHTING 7] – in theory, everyone who wants a 2nd team could have one with the purchase of Supporter. That’s 30,000 potential beneficiaries. That’s 100% of people that could benefit. In my book, that’s a big benefit.
3. Micronations get a boost in users [WEIGHTING 3] – personally I’m torn between putting 2nd teams in mirconations or Utopia, for all of the reasons already listed. Both ideas have pros/cons.
Cons:
1. Farming Collusion [WEIGHTING 1] – From what I hear, farming already exist (albeit illegally). The reason I give this such a low weighting, is because I think (might be wrong) that it only effects National Teams/U21. I say “just” because, well, there are 30,000 active user teams in the game. And how many national teams are there? 98? Even less that are truly competitive. National teams seem like such a secondary/peripheral part of BB. Granted, this coming from a manager who has never been involved with a National Team. But I think 99% of managers focus on their own team, and not their national team at all. And fine, if all of the national teams want to have a 5-way complex collusion ring to farm their players, go for it, with this legal 2nd team option, it’d be available to all countries, and therefore available to every national team. I’m not saying farming is right, and if there is a way to prevent it, let’s do that. But for me, I sure as heck am using my 2nd team to do more of what I love: playing BB, not farming.
2. Some have suggested this will make cheating (inflated transfer prices) easier [WEIGHTING 1] – Please understand, I despise cheating. DESPISE. This is however an internet game. Some people will find a way to cheat. It happens currently, and there are decent controls in place to catch cheating and ban users. This idea of a 2nd team is being put together with controls in place to also prevent cheating. 2nd teams will be linked to the first. It will be easier to catch cheating because of that link. And if people want to pay for Supporter to cheat… Fine, they pay money to BB, give BB more resources to catch cheaters, more money to develop new features, and then those cheaters are eventually caught and banned. Thanks for the money.
Last edited by Timbo4 at 1/15/2014 10:53:59 AM