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Subject: TSN: Thank You
Posted by: Erik B.
- [239592612] Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 15:18
Gang:
I just wanted to thank you for the great feedback and general goodwill evidenced here during our NBA season. It was my first game out the door since I came to TSN, and your help in making it better was invaluable to me. As always, if you have comments/suggestions, feel free to email me (ebarmack@sportingnews.com) or post them here.
And thanks again for playing this year,
-Erik
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| 1 | Flying Polack
ID: 103531511
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 15:29
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Thanks Erik! I had a great time this season, can't wait 'til next year.
For those of us who won subscriptions, when do they start?
Thanks for the info.
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| 2 | Rafi
ID: 036821
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 15:57
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Erik you guyz suck, smallworld sucks now because you guyz turned materialistic.
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| 3 | Flying Polack
ID: 103531511
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 16:03
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Rafi, your spelling suckzz, and your boss called, he said he's not going to pay you anymore, but you still have to work the same hours.
Idiot. . .
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| 4 | Addicted@work
ID: 1322558
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 16:13
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Eric,
I for one have to say that this years experience has been the best so far.
It's been great to be able to login and actually get your trades done on time. I realize you had a few glitches now and then, but you were forthright in letting everyone know about them and went the extra-mile and extended the freeze.
It's definetly been worth my $20.00 to play.
I realize from looking at the baseball game that basketball prices will go up. Here's to hoping that they don't go up much higher than the baseball game.
Now if you'd only have an email your trades option (shoot I'd pay an extra $5.00 for it), my life would be complete.
--Addicted-- (#6 on the GuruPatrons)
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| 5 | Erik B.
ID: 239592612
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 16:15
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Addicted:
Prices for baseball are very close to where we need to be long-term. I don't think you'll be surprised by major hikes in the fall.
Email your trades option? What do you mean by that?
-ESB
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| 8 | KnicksFan
Donor
ID: 52255815
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 16:28
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great season, Erik. If you have two internships open, I'd also like to do that. ;)
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| 9 | Erik B.
ID: 239592612
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 16:31
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Guys:
We don't have any paid internships scheduled right now, but please feel free to email me your resumes (ebarmack@sportingnews.com).
-ESB
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| 10 | Mike D
Donor
ID: 5915257
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 16:39
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I think Rafi is interested.
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| 11 | Dave R
Leader
ID: 147341310
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 18:33
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LOL, Mike D
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| 13 | Flying Polack
ID: 103531511
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 20:35
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Erik, when do subscriptions start?
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| 14 | Burnettsville
Donor
ID: 319362319
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 22:06
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Eric, you guys did a great job this season. I had a great time playing. I hope next season you will spread out the cash prizes. I think it's a shame that blackjackis21 didn't win a dime.
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| 15 | Rafi
ID: 036821
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 22:34
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Guru why do you do this, I didnt bash that flying guy, I just stated why I think that smallworld has started to suck and thats it, I didnt bash anybody. There is such a thing called, "Freedom of speech" (dont just delete it if you dont agree with it.
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| 16 | Ender
ID: 13443221
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 22:41
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You're in a private forum, not a government one. Your freedom of speech only extends as far as the forum proprietor and his designated moderators allow it.
You made your point repeatedly earlier. We get it. Erik and Bernie get it. You don't like the game. At this point you are posting to a group of people who played out the season. We must have liked it or we wouldn't even be checking the forum. You are the exception at this point and are beating a decaying and rigored horse.
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| 17 | Perm Dude
Leader
ID: 493261822
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 22:45
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rafi, I deleted your post because you said more than just "suck." Combined with a body part, that will get you deleted every time.
pd
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| 18 | Rafi
ID: 036821
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 22:48
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Well ender, if saying it once or twice is repeating over and over again then I'm sorry (I played the season to the end too) I dont appreciate ppl calling me an idiot b/c I dont like the direction that smallworld is heading and I dont feel that I'm the only exception (for instance IBTM) basically I dont like whenever Guru deltes my interesting posts b/c he doesnt agree with it. I like this forum but not when Guru is being biased and doesnt let other ppl speak their mind (all you gurupatrons or w/e, go other and defend your master)
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| 19 | Rafi
ID: 036821
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 22:49
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Perm dude can u please tell me what I said, cuz I'm pretty sure that suck was the worst thing that I said (I'm pretty sure that there were no swears or bashing)
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| 21 | joe suspect
Donor
ID: 441143311
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 23:05
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back to the topic..., I'd like to see next year's prices start where this year ended. I think that would create a decent pool of low and mid-priced players to kick things off.
Thanks to everyone that shared the basic strategies here -- without them I think I would have floundered.
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| 22 | Ender
ID: 13443221
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 23:23
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I never thought this would payoff, but do you see a patron tag under my handle?
If you weren't the guy ranting about this at the beginning of the season, forgive my incorrect accusation. I was pretty sure that you let your feelings on this be known repeatedly early.
I do think you would get more of an audience if you actually posted and opinion and backed it up with some logic. When you basically say everything sucks (every other word basically, and spelled incorrectly to boot, slang won't get you very far) people won't listen to you. I get enough of the "everything sucks" mentality everyday at school.
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| 23 | joe suspect
Donor
ID: 441143311
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 23:30
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It's spelled 'suckz', I thinkz.
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| 24 | Ender
ID: 13443221
Thu, Apr 18, 2002, 23:35
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Anyway, back to the topic at hand.
I would like to see 3 G, 3 F, 2C and 2 G/F spots. I think this would create more variety in strategy and roster makeup. I think things were much better this year as far as roster gridlock is concerned, but there were still certain players you felt obligated to keep (Gasol and Kurt Thomas for example). That's not bad in and of itself and would remain even with my proposal. But by allowing the 2 flex spots would create 3 different strategies 5G/3F, 4G/4F, 3G/5F. When Duncan's sched dries up, wouldn't you like to be able to turn him into Payton?
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| 25 | Micheal
ID: 371024132
Fri, Apr 19, 2002, 01:24
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I don't know how feasible this is, but how about and "undo last trade" button for some mathematically challenged people or people who sell the wrong player by accident. Obviously you can only undo the trade before the deadline. After, you have to suckzz it up.
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| 26 | kev
ID: 15357192
Fri, Apr 19, 2002, 03:05
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For mathmatically inclined, or people who make their trades after a couple pints. ;) The undo button can also be called the "too many pints" button
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| 27 | Erik B.
ID: 44811314
Fri, Apr 19, 2002, 11:33
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Michael:
I think your idea is a really good one. It's something I've been thinking about for a while. I'm going to try to get this into our football build this fall.
Ender:
I like the swing player idea. It would force us to change our system architecture a bit, but it's definitely something we've considered.
Gang:
Thanks, again, for the feedback. We felt like it was our best hoops game to date, and are glad that you had fun.
-ESB
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| 28 | Flying Polack
ID: 8345199
Fri, Apr 19, 2002, 12:19
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Erik, please comment on Post 13.
Thanks
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| 29 | Erik B.
ID: 44811314
Fri, Apr 19, 2002, 12:21
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FP:
I have to check with member services. Someone will post here about this today or Monday (latest).
-ESB
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| 30 | Ender
ID: 52438315
Fri, Apr 19, 2002, 12:58
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I realize there would be some inherent difficulties. I think the simplest solution would be if I sell a guy in a flex spot, the guy I purchase must go in the flex spot, rather than reshuffling the makeup of my roster. Of course it would be nice to be able to shuffle things as long as my lineup fit the requirements. Perhaps you could prompt for a player to be bumped each time a flex player. For example you could bring up a pulldown menu of the owners current 3 G, 3F and a selection for new player:
Guard A
Guard B
Guard C
Forward A
Forward B
Forward C
New Player
The appropriate adjustment could be made, then the next purchased player would be designated to the new open slot (either the flex slot, or the former guard or forward slot).
Obviously this is what you meant by a change in architecture, but I thought I would propose a system that might make it possible.
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| 31 | DR Stars
ID: 162592010
Fri, Apr 19, 2002, 13:09
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Or make it an open architecture that checks everytime you buy a player.
If you're buying a guard or forward it checks if you already have 5, if you're buying a center it checks for 2 on your roster. If yes it prompts a message and you have to start over, if not the player is added to your roster.
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| 32 | TSNMemServices
ID: 33933199
Fri, Apr 19, 2002, 15:57
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The Sporting News subs:
We're checking on that now. Because we don't actually send the magazines out from our office here, it's hard to speculate. However, we're contacting the people who fulfill the subs in the magazine dept. and asking them for some sort of timeframe that winners can expect.
Once we get this information, we'll pass it along to you. I would expect a post on this by Monday. If it comes to us sooner, we'll be more than happy to share it.
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| 33 | pigchampion
ID: 571049813
Fri, Apr 19, 2002, 19:37
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I would like to see a set time each night when the stats are updated. The East Coast managers have a clear advantage over us late rising West Coasters.
Its tedious doing the math late night trying to figure out what guys in the division got for the night. Then reacting to that.
thanks
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| 34 | KnicksFan
Donor
ID: 52255815
Fri, Apr 19, 2002, 19:55
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stats are usually updated around 2 am EST, so that would only be 11pm on the west coast.
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| 35 | pigchampion
ID: 571049813
Fri, Apr 19, 2002, 20:17
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I have seen them updated anywhere between 11pm PST and as late as 2am PST. It would just help if we knew the exact time so I could plan accordingly.
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| 36 | JCS
ID: 1432999
Sat, Apr 20, 2002, 09:50
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Erick, is it like, totally impossible to get a subscription if I won one, considering I'm living abroad?
Awwww, come on, a little subscription, it's no big deal...
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| 37 | Ender
ID: 13443221
Sat, Apr 20, 2002, 10:47
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I know for sure that one has been beaten to death.
pigchamp, is it that big of an advantage? I'm surprised you don't just wait until morning anyway. In fact I would say the longer you wait the better, why the rush?
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| 39 | Erik B.
ID: 239592612
Mon, Apr 22, 2002, 11:44
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JCS:
Sorry. No.
-ESB
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| 40 | TSNMemServices
ID: 33933199
Mon, Apr 22, 2002, 17:25
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TSN Subscriptions:
Magazine subscriptions for game winners should generally take 4-6 weeks from the time we submit the list. Naturally, we'll submit the list as soon as we can in order to get the process started sooner. We'll also do our best to see if we can cut that time down a little.
Hope this helps.
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| 41 | PAOK BC
ID: 421114176
Tue, Apr 23, 2002, 11:09
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I want to thank both Bernie and Erik for taking the time to make this game better. I think we all appreciate the interaction and the good service.
To the TSN team:
Keep up the good work!
PAOK B.C.
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| 42 | Go Celtics
ID: 264431414
Tue, May 14, 2002, 14:54
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i'll never play a tsn game again
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| 43 | Micheal
ID: 371024132
Wed, May 15, 2002, 05:25
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Would you promise to never post again?
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| 44 | IRRIDUCIBILI LAZIO
ID: 221441621
Wed, May 15, 2002, 11:01
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erik, please d-e-l-e-t-e the pay for trades games.
They really suck.
and can you please update the player's pages in the playoffs game??
thanks!!!!
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