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Subject: Fantasy Basketball Sim League

Posted by: Kevin - [14322239] Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 11:28

Hey all,

If you're a fan of fantasy basketball or sim leagues, there's an online fantasy basketball game that's really neat. Check it out at:
http://www.courtrivals.com

Rather than form a team of real players, you create your own player, train that player, and act as that one player. You then can create/join a team with your friends and play against real people around the world in games that are simulated nightly. It's like a basketball multiplayer online game.

Go and sign up now (it's free). There's an in game tutorial to teach you how to play.

-Kevin

Donkey Hunter
Leader
ID: 916288962
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 12:39

Just started the Rotoguru Gurupies. I made a 6 ft 10 power forward. If nine more people sign up today then we can start games tonight. List here the players you are creating so we don't duplicate positions. 2 of each should be good.

name: Rotoguru Gurupies
pass: randro

barilko6
ID: 3732117
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 12:44

I will make a PG...

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 12:51

I joined up as a 7'1 Forward/Center.

Donkey Hunter
Leader
ID: 916288962
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 13:23

From the forums on the basketball site at midnight each night your training points reset to whatever your endurance level is so I would recommend boosting that number asap.

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 13:34

I trained a bit, and then the site went down on me.

youngroman
ID: 3751268
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 17:40

site is working again. I signed up as a small forward (at 6'6") and will go to the gym now.

Donkey Hunter
ID: 4341818
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 17:56

Here is my power forward. I spent about half of my points on endurance and the other half on defense, rebounding, and blocking.

Speed 16
Endurance 15
Ball Handling 11
Passing 12
Shooting 21
3 Point Shooting 14
Free Throw Shooting 16
Dunking 26
Rebounding 31
Blocking 26
Defense 27
Leadership 20

youngroman
ID: 3751268
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 18:01

Endurance looks important because it affects the number of work-outs you can do per day. I'll probably spend more than 5 on that today.

Kevin Johnson (SF):
Speed 24
Endurance 13
Ball Handling 18
Passing 20
Shooting 21
3 Point Shooting 20
Free Throw Shooting 18
Dunking 20
Rebounding 17
Blocking 17
Defense 20
Leadership 20

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 18:08

Butters Stotch (PF/C)
Speed 15
Endurance 13
Ball Handling 11
Passing 10
Shooting 19
Point Shooting 11
Free Throw Shooting 14
Dunking 28
Rebounding 31
Blocking 32
Defense 25
Leadership 26

Donkey Hunter
ID: 4341818
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 18:27

I accepted a challenge for tonight because I thought we would not get a game without doing so. Now I realize we would have probably gotten a game anyway and this guy challenged us immediately to pad hsi win total. He has all 10 spots filled by users who are much better than our place fillers. Hopefully we get some guard action before midnight.

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 19:43

i just created a player, i am in the gym as we speak

Donkey Hunter
ID: 4341818
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 20:26

We need some guards on the team. Barilko did you create one? We have 4 forwards at 6ft6 6 ft 10 6 ft 10 and 7 ft 1.

dpr
ID: 1733917
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 20:28

ill create a shooting guard

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 20:43

my guy is a SG, but i am all trained out. What do i do now?

dpr
ID: 1733917
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 20:47

so i jsut sit in the gym for like 40 minutes waiting for the times to go down?

Weykool
Leader
ID: 41750315
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 21:00

I signed up a PG.
Will work on ball handling.
Player name is: Foul-Ref-Foul.

Donkey Hunter
ID: 4341818
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 21:02

Re 14 Join the team if you haven't already. A game sims at like 4 am. We get new training credits to train tomorrow at midnight. You get one training credit for each endurance point that you have at midnight.

Re 15 You use your training credits to add points to whichever category you want. Like I said earlier if you use points on endurance then you get extra points tomorrow. I think you can queue two points at a time to run. As you add to a category it takes more and more time in the gym to improve that category.

dpr
ID: 1733917
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 21:45

do training times reset everyday or do they constantly build?

I am considering putting all my points into endurance today and maybe the next few days too but that is pointless if after a few days I can't even use my points because everything queues for an hour+

Donkey Hunter
ID: 4341818
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 21:54

I am under the impression that they constantly build but it is the first day I have been involved here. It seems a bit flawed to me. Maybe the length of time it takes to build each category should vary based on position but I think this is the very beginning of the game and whoever runs it will make many tweaks. Hopefully we will have a stud team when it gets really involved like the football one.

dpr
ID: 1733917
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 21:58

yea seems we are a week behind some teams but considering there are only like 15 teams having played games so far we are still in good shape

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Wed, Apr 23, 2008, 22:32

Yeah I believe it said the season began the 16th.

Donkey Hunter
ID: 4341818
Thu, Apr 24, 2008, 00:01

Just found out that you get your training points at midnight and games are at 4 so you can do some last minute boosting.

Also you can close the window and it still trains your player. I had been leaving the window open in the background. This way I can do an hour of endurance before I go to bed tonight.

dpr
ID: 1733917
Thu, Apr 24, 2008, 00:17

how custimizable is it for you as a coach? or is there not much that you do at all? we need those last slots full

Frick
ID: 23117516
Thu, Apr 24, 2008, 08:08

I created a player last night (Frickin Tall) 6'10" PF that apparently has some shooting skills.

Speed 16
Endurance 14
Ball Handling 11
Passing 12
Shooting 21
Point Shooting 14
Free Throw Shooting 16
Dunking 25
Rebounding 30
Blocking 26
Defense 24
Leadership 20

I've put all of my training into endurance so far.

Weykool
Leader
ID: 41750315
Thu, Apr 24, 2008, 09:02

I am working on creating on creating the next Chris Paul.
We only lost by 2 points last night so we are getting close.
I am using half my TC for endurance and half to improve so we have a chance to win some games.

Donkey Hunter
Leader
ID: 916288962
Thu, Apr 24, 2008, 09:05

Frickin Tall came out and led our team with 23 points last night. We lost a nailbiter to a team that was playing its fifth game. They are 4-1 and I assume most of their players have been training for 5 days. They also had 8 players to our 7.

We still need some players, 2 guards and a forward. I just added my 20th endurance point and apparently that is the max. Hopefully everyone will stay active and train every day. We can quickly move up the ranks if we stay active. It is important to note that every one of our players shot at least 2 three pointers so apparently the computer has you shooting them regardless of position. Make sure we train all around. I had orignally not focused much on shooting but it looks like I need to concentrate there as well.

As for customization I have no effect on anything. There are no starting lineups and all players are assumed to have equal playing time throughout the game.

Donkey Hunter
Leader
ID: 916288962
Thu, Apr 24, 2008, 10:04

Frickin Tall is already the best player in the courtrival universe. He leads the league in per game points, FG%, FT%, 3pt%, rebounds, blocks, steals, and turnovers. He is tied for 9th in assists which is the only category he is not leading,

Donkey Hunter
ID: 4341818
Thu, Apr 24, 2008, 10:37

Only 1 more player spot left and we really need a guard.

youngroman
ID: 2934823
Thu, Apr 24, 2008, 11:13

if every player plays an equal amount of minutes, our team will only be as good as our weakest link.

the Endurance of Kevin Johnson is maxed out. He is now improving on his shooting skills because of his disastrous 2-8 last night. what is the maximum level for all the other skills?

I need to look at other boxscores tonight to see how the player-performances look over a period of time. it looks to me that the players that shoot better early on will get more shots during the whole game. we will see more after F. Tall performance tonight if he is really a sure thing.

RecycledSpinalFluid
Dude
ID: 204401122
Thu, Apr 24, 2008, 11:56

I'm in with Ramzi Alexander

6'11" F
Speed 19
Endurance 20
Ball Handing 13
Passing 11
Shooting 23
3 Pt Shooting 15
Free Throw 16
Dunking 26
Rebounding 31
Blocking 27
Defense 26
Leadership 25

Frick
ID: 23117516
Thu, Apr 24, 2008, 11:56

Either I lucked into creating the Court Rivals version of MJ/Walt, or I had a bit of an outlier in my first game.

Court Rival's Stats

I'm currently ranked 1st in Pts, FG%, 3PT%, FT%, Rebounds, Steals and Blocks. I'm ranked 9th in assists. We'll see were I'm ranked after we play a 2nd game.

weykool
ID: 2842717
Thu, Apr 24, 2008, 13:53

As the PG I am working on speed, Ball Handling, Passing.
Attribute Skill Lvl
Speed 30
Endurance 17
Ball Handling 30
Passing 29
Shooting 17
3 Point Shooting 17
Free Throw Shooting 26
Dunking 10
Rebounding 10
Blocking 5
Defense 25
Leadership 30

We need to make sure we are using some of our TC's to train on skill and not just on Endurance.
It would be nice to win some games and not start out 0-6 before we get our guys up to speed on their skills.
Seems it would be better to have a player play better over a shorter period of time than a guy sucking but can play for days.

dpr
ID: 1733917
Thu, Apr 24, 2008, 19:33

I think the goal should be to max endurance as early as possible and many of us already have. By spending a point on endurance you just say instead of using the point the one day you are going to use it each subsequent day. SO I may use 10 less points for training the first 2 days but by the 4 or 5th day I will already be ahead. It is a very short term sacrifice

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Thu, Apr 24, 2008, 19:45

Does everyone keep accepting challenges or can that only be done by DH?

Donkey Hunter
ID: 4341818
Thu, Apr 24, 2008, 21:45

I think anyone can do it. I noticed that those were showing up on my team page but didn't know why.

youngroman
ID: 2934823
Fri, Apr 25, 2008, 05:26

2nd game, 1st win, 1st blowout: 105-79

the opponent was only playing with 2 humans, so we better get a better one for our next game.

the shooting training of Kevin Johnson is already paying off as he shot nearly 50% including 3 of 6 3's and was the leading scorer. he will again concentrate on shooting today before he learns how to play some defense in the afternoon.

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Fri, Apr 25, 2008, 11:47

Now we still have an opening on the team for a Guard right?

weykool
ID: 2842717
Fri, Apr 25, 2008, 11:49

We only have 3 Guards at the moment and one spot open.

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Fri, Apr 25, 2008, 11:52

Yeah someone please make a guard for usssss.

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Fri, Apr 25, 2008, 14:44

Donkey are you able to see who all has what skills and make your starting 5 and all of that, or is it kind of a crap shoot?

Donkey Hunter
ID: 4341818
Fri, Apr 25, 2008, 14:47

Crap shoot. All 10 players get equal playing time which is why we would really like another guard on the squad. Although I guess it doesn't even have to be a guard. Anyone is better than the filler player that we have now.

I cannot see what stats every body has but by clicking on player rank you can see how many points every body has. We have been slowly moving up the ranks in a big bunch which is good I guess.

I think for the most part many of the games will be lopsided and won by whichever team has the most real players on a team.

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Sat, Apr 26, 2008, 10:35

Oops, we didn't even win a Quarter

Donkey Hunter
ID: 4341818
Sat, Apr 26, 2008, 11:04

I think it is important to think about hwo you distribute your training. I have been concentrating on rebounding and it currently takes almost two hours to train. It seems like it is better to try and build one category at a time because if I am building more than a few at a time then I cant use all my points.

Quick example.

I have twenty points. It takes me 3 hours to build my rebounding. I can do 7 points of rebounding. It takes 21 hours. Then I do a few different 10 and 20 minute ones.

VS

I have twenty points. All my categories take 90 minutes to do. I can only use 16 points on any given day.

These scenarios wont come up for a few weeks but it is something to think of.

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Sat, Apr 26, 2008, 11:09

my player is getting worse the more i train.

Donkey Hunter
ID: 4341818
Sat, Apr 26, 2008, 11:15

Re: 43 Hey we dominated the 3rd quarter 23-21.

Also their filler player somehow managed to outscore ours 14-3.

Re: 45 Mine seems like he is doing worse as he trains more also. The more I look at this game the more i think we have little to no control over what is going on. Look at some of the top ranked players in the game. The number 2 player is averaging 4.8 points per game.

The only thing i can think of is that I think the more you train in some areas the worse you become in the areas that you dont train in. When you first start you are very even in all areas so you put up good numbers in all areas but as you train rather than help the areas you train in it hurts the areas that you dont train in.

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Sat, Apr 26, 2008, 11:21

i try to keep my training even, except i focused on endurance, to keep my guy on the court and 3 pointers. well i am shooting about 20 % from 3 point, i guess i will try to even out the other cats.

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Sat, Apr 26, 2008, 11:23

Endurance only affects how many training points you get, it has nothing to do with playing the games.

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Sat, Apr 26, 2008, 11:29

oh really, interesting. I guess i wasted alot of points. I thought it would keep me on the court and at full speed.

RecycledSpinalFluid
Dude
ID: 204401122
Sat, Apr 26, 2008, 11:50

The thing I don't like is the games over use of 3 pt shots. Nowhere near reality.

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Sat, Apr 26, 2008, 12:38

Well if you max your endurance at 20 then you keep getting 20 points to work with at midnight, so it isn't a waste, if that's the first thing you kept building on you'd have the most points to work your player for the forseeable future.

youngroman
ID: 3751268
Sat, Apr 26, 2008, 12:53

my player also gets worse. I am putting most of my points into shooting. I am currently at 37, 25, 25 and my percentages are .344, .333 and .625.

I wonder what attribute does the most for the performance of your player/team.

post 44 seems very important as the season progresses. not today and not tomorrow, but in 5 days I see some Training Management going on.

dpr
ID: 1733917
Sat, Apr 26, 2008, 14:22

i think using the strategy in post 44 helps eliate the problem now

Try to use as much of the longer training times as possible while still using all your points. This will delay when you reach the point when you can;t use all 20 points

youngroman
ID: 2934823
Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 04:10

I don't get this game. I am now at Level 50 in Shooting and what do I shoot? 2 of 10, worst on the team.

how is 3. Drainer set up? he is our stud so far.

Donkey Hunter
ID: 4341818
Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 08:43

I was concentrating on rebouding and it has been going up. 5, 7, 7, 8 in the last 4 games. The game claims that the abilities of the opponent have an effect on your stats and that team that beat us is the only undefeated team in the league.

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 08:57

I have completely focused on shooting- and 3 pointers and my points have stayed the same every game.

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 09:06

The creator also said that if everyone is the same level the points will be spread out pretty evenly and so on. So for points to not be changing alot of players are probably working the same skills.

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 09:10

i understand that, but 3 drainer is only like 5 skill points ahead of me, and he is scoring 30 a game.

dpr
ID: 12347289
Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 11:51

My stats are:

speed 28
endurance 20
ball handling 21
passing 22
shooting 34
3 pt shooting 56
FT Shoooting 29
Dunking 19
Rebounding 27
Blocking 16
Defense 20
Leadership 22

I have spent most of my time doing 3 point shooting as it now takes 2:45 to train. cant do it too many times a day anymore. 2 pt shooting is at an hour and everything else is less

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 12:18

my stats are

Speed 32
Endurance 20
Ball Handling 24
Passing 25
Shooting 29
3 Point Shooting 49
Free Throw Shooting 27
Dunking 23
Rebounding 24
Blocking 18
Defense 22
Leadership 23

Donkey Hunter
ID: 4341818
Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 12:42

The way training is set up I think I am less likely to buy a premium subscription the more I play the game. When all my training was 15-20 minutes it would have been nice to set up five at a time. Now that it takes a few hours I only need two and can check back before they finish.

weykool
ID: 2842717
Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 12:52

My guy is set up to be the next Chris Paul.
I did buy the $5 premium to make things easier.
As DH points out after a certain point it isnt as useful.

Attribute Skill Lvl
Speed 37
Endurance 20
Ball Handling 39
Passing 53
Shooting 23
3 Point Shooting 20
Free Throw Shooting 27
Dunking 10
Rebounding 10
Blocking 5
Defense 26
Leadership 33

Training times:
Attribute Time
Speed 0:55
Endurance 1:05
Ball Handling 1:15
Passing 2:25
Shooting 0:35
3 Point Shooting 0:20
Free Throw Shooting 0:10
Dunking 0:05
Rebounding 0:05
Blocking 0:05
Defense 0:10
Leadership 0:20

youngroman
ID: 3751268
Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 13:32

Kevin Johnson, SF:

Attribute             Start    now   training time
Speed	                24	31	0:40
Endurance	        11	20	0:50
Ball Handling	        18	20	0:15
Passing	                20	20	0:05
Shooting	        20	52	2:45
3 Point Shooting	20	25	0:30
Free Throw Shooting	18	25	0:40
Dunking	                20	21	0:10
Rebounding	        17	26	0:50
Blocking	        17	25	0:45
Defense	                20	34	1:15
Leadership	        20	20	0:05

Donkey Hunter
ID: 4341818
Mon, Apr 28, 2008, 13:38

Speed 19
Endurance 20
Ball Handling 12
Passing 14
Shooting 22
3 Point Shooting 16
Free Throw Shooting 18
Dunking 34
Rebounding 64
Blocking 41
Defense 29
Leadership 25

Donkey Hunter
Leader
ID: 916288962
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 10:12

We lost by 12 to a team that has 3 of the top 4 players in the game. Frickin Tall went off for 39 points on 12-16 from the field, 7-9 from 3, and 8-10 from the line. No idea where that kind of stat line comes from. Especially when noone else scores double digits. Weird AI.

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 10:18

my player continues to get worse with 20 TC every day. Maybe i should stop training and see what happens.

Frick
ID: 23117516
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 10:46

I don't know where that came from either. I had been averaging double digit games after my initial game explosion.

I wonder if they didn't have a human player that could guard me, or if the AI is that funky.

I have been training with the goal of having a minimum of 20 to 25 in every area. I had been putting all of my training into 1-2 areas.

I need to look into calculating how much time I will spend each day training each skill so that I can maximize my 20 tc points.

Donkey Hunter
Leader
ID: 916288962
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 12:35

I actually created the 10th player on the team Tucker Lynn and have not trained him at all. I used my wifes email and dont want to get that player too involved for fear of having my original player taken away. But he has his original settings and he sucks so far so I don't think that will help.

dpr
ID: 1733917
Tue, Apr 29, 2008, 20:25

without having the premium memborship it is getting hard to use all of my training points in a day.

youngroman
ID: 2934823
Wed, Apr 30, 2008, 05:28

T Lynn our topscorer last night. WTF? he is untrained! is the amount of training you do each day affecting your playing performance. it really looks like it.

looking at my Levels I guess that I can only spend all of my training points for 3 more days. then the training average will be well above 1:12 and it will get tricky to use all of them. if training really affects the players game than Kevin Johnson should be a force next week.

Weykool
Leader
ID: 41750315
Wed, Apr 30, 2008, 09:49

Just train on some of the other things that take less time.
Without prem just choose a short one and then a longer one.
The when the short one is over add another short to the Q and then remember to come back after both finish.
If you repat that process you will use 3 training per time you check in on things.

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Wed, Apr 30, 2008, 10:53

I am about ready to quit playing this game. I think it is set up very poorly. I have spent 20 TC on my guy every day and he gets worse and worse every game, and players who dont train are the leading scorers. It makes no sense.

RecycledSpinalFluid
Dude
ID: 204401122
Wed, Apr 30, 2008, 11:06

I think I'm in the same boat as you wiggs.

Heres my guy right now:
Speed: 33
Endurance: 20
Bal Handling: 16
Passing: 12
Shooting: 51
3pt Shoot: 20
FT Shoot: 20
Dunking: 27
Rebounding: 34
Blocking: 30
Defense: 31
Leadership: 32

My lines are a consistent: 2-7 FG, 2-3 FT, 3 RB, 6 Pts.

This sim needs a lot of development. Once its matured some, I'll revisit, but for now, its just a time waster.

RebelFan
Sustainer
ID: 014833716
Thu, May 01, 2008, 01:28

Don't know if you guys care to look elsewhere, but I have been playing at cyberdunk.com for the last couple of seasons there. Training and game preformace seems to make some sense, although like goalline in order to buy a team you either need to get a ton of referals or spend some money. But just the character play itself isn't too bad, plus they have in game betting to increase your game capital.

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Fri, May 02, 2008, 09:02

I am throwing in the towel on this league. I dont know if you want me to remove myself from the team or just let it play out. I am sick of checking this thing every hour or so and having my stat line not change at all.

My averages have gone down consistently since day 1 even with all my extra training.

dpr
ID: 1733917
Fri, May 02, 2008, 11:33

yea i also wont be checking in regurly but wont be fully training. Let me nkow if you want me to leave team if you have a replacement. otherwise you can jsut play with my guy as is (maybe slight improvements here and there)

Donkey Hunter
Leader
ID: 916288962
Fri, May 02, 2008, 14:28

I understand if anyone wants to stop checking regularly. We have noone to replace you with so feel free to stay with the team. The site owner did post a message that his next thing to add is coaching options so hopefully we will see those soon. I am gonna keep going on just cuz I like watching my guy climb the player ranking even if it does not seem to make him a better player.

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Fri, May 02, 2008, 17:16

So everyone here expects their player to be a superstar?

weykool
ID: 2842717
Fri, May 02, 2008, 17:34

#78.

Um ya.

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Fri, May 02, 2008, 17:41

Cool cool

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Fri, May 02, 2008, 21:38

i dont expect a superstar, but i dont expect him to get worse or stay the same.

Game 1 no training

9 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists

Game 2

9,2,2

Game 3

8,2,2

Game 4

11,3,3

Game 5

8,2,2

Game 6

7,2,3

Game 7

8,2,3

Game 8

9,3,2

Game 9

9,3,3

i have been putting 20 credits in every day.

PuNk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Fri, May 02, 2008, 21:59

And I bet alot of other people are too. Now if you were the only one putting points into things I could expect to see you go up, but everyone is gaining.

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Fri, May 02, 2008, 22:08

yeah but i have gone from like 185 overall to like 65 overall, i must be getting better.

dpr
ID: 1733917
Fri, May 02, 2008, 22:19

for me I jsut didnt like having to check in 10 times a day to not really do anything. Also the game engine did seem pretty poor as the results were very random with everyone taking 3s and one game our scrub led in scoring by a lot.

youngroman
ID: 3751268
Mon, May 05, 2008, 16:32

Foul-Ref-Foul and Kevin Johnson are having some Chemistry (Catch and Shoot) going on. lets see how this helps in the next game.

Frick
ID: 23117516
Tue, May 06, 2008, 08:45

How do you do the Catch and Shoot?

wiggs
Sustainer
ID: 04991311
Tue, May 06, 2008, 08:59

wow, since I have stopped paying attention my numbers have exploded.

Donkey Hunter
ID: 4341818
Tue, May 06, 2008, 11:58

When teammates both have attributes over 65 they sometimes form chemistry which supposedly boosts their production. Those two have a 65 shooting and a 65 passing.

youngroman
ID: 3751268
Thu, May 08, 2008, 14:53

since today there are new coaching options available:
With the ball...
* Take Less 3's - Take More 3's
* Pass More - Shoot More
* Attack the Basket - Take Jump Shots

Without the ball...
* Crash the Boards - Get Back on Defense
* Take Chances on Defense - Play Conservative Defense

weykool
ID: 2842717
Fri, May 09, 2008, 10:30

Be careful how you use those settings.
As the team PG I set mine to Pass more all the way to the left.
I had my fewest assists in the last 10 games and led the team in scoring.

dpr
ID: 1733917
Tue, May 13, 2008, 19:26

well i did max my 3-point shooting

Donkey Hunter
ID: 4341818
Tue, May 20, 2008, 21:37

Season will reset soon. I think there are playoffs on June 2 or so. There were about 150 players when we first signed up and over 1200 now so it is getting much bigger. Coaching options have been added that make it much more interesting. Here is a post from the message board of how stats will be affected at the reset.

Here's how it will work. You will be rolled back to your base attributes (Speed/Shooting/Dunking/etc.) + 10% of last season's attributes + award bonuses.

For example.... At season's end, Bob is a 790 point player with 20 endurance, 70 in each attribute category, and he won an award like "First Team Court Rivals."

At the start of season 2, Bob will have his base attributes, +7 in each attribute category, -and- he will get an additional bonus for winning an award.

His training times will also reduce as a result (because his attributes will now be in the 30-40 range instead of the 70 range)

Like I said, this was something I felt I *had* to do because training times would get so high at some point that training would be such a long and drawn out process in order to see even a marginal improvement in your player.

Historical stats like points per game, rebounds per game, etc. will all be retained.

Important to note that the 10 percent you keep rounds down. So if your category is 70 you get 7 bonus points if you have 69 you get 6.

Weykool
Leader
ID: 41750315
Tue, May 20, 2008, 21:54

My player is currently ranked #28.
Any other rankings?
Time to get everything on a even multiple of 10.

Donkey Hunter
ID: 4341818
Tue, May 20, 2008, 22:24

You can see the full rankings by clicking on the rank link. Says "Rank:28 out of 1253".

Here is our full list.
17 Butters Stotch
18 Kevin Johnson
22 Skinny Valentine
29 Foul - Ref - Foul
49 Le DJ
51 Eric Wiggins
54 Ramzi Alexander
102 3-point Drainer
129 Frickin Tall
Tied for Last Tucker Lynn

If anyone knows anyone that wants to join the team we do still have that guard spot being used by Tucker Lynn.

Donkey Hunter
ID: 4341818
Tue, May 20, 2008, 22:29

Also it looks like we now have divisions we are in the "Pro Conference" "Division A". Currently in 7th place amongst all the big dogs.

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