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It definitely threw a spanner in the works. I had only just sold my entire frontcourt before this was announced..

I agree, it does have plenty of merit though, as you guys pointed out. It demands accountability and adds realism, big ticks for mine.

That sucks man. Back to the drawing board, hey?

More being stuck in an endless loop of never quite there man, and not respecting the game enough. Made plenty of terrible choices along the way, never really built up any sort of financial kitty, always fluctuating between no cash and just enough to pay staff/player wages for the upcoming week - just hoping for a home game around the corner.. pretty abysmal management really.

Clearly the guys with ABBL experience know the difference between being good and great - I'm just not at that level tbh. So it's perma-drawing boards man.

Here to help if you want it.

You need some money in the bank for sure.
I always spent everything I had and it was not till I sold up and restarted that I was able to make it to ABBL.
But when I did I did not have enough cash to challenge and it was the only season I can think of no one tanked there.

So I sold up and started again.

Cheers guys, I've started to spend a lot more time on the economy side of things. Finally in a position where I'm getting some funds in the bank each week but ompared to the league average net income I'm be miles behind. Without taking a closer look as yet, I'm guessing it has a lot to do with everyone else having larger arenas than myself - an area I've never been able to develop as quickly as I would have liked due to having no cashflow. Having said that, any investment into an expansion takes a fair while to pay itself off, so I assume I'd be better off doing it in large blocks rather than very small increments as I've done over many seasons.

I haven't invested anything in the draft since my first few seasons but I've read there's cause for a greater emphasis in that department. How much energy do you guys put into that area? Or are you of the view it's better to target the trainees you want on the market?

Besides some veterans I'm still flogging to remain competitive, and one I've just brought in since tbe new fan tweaks were announced, most of my focus is going into training the guys I've already got, even if some of them are a year or two behind where they really should be skill-wise.

Do lots of small upgrades. Keep it to under 7 days to complete. And get it up to max for sure asap.
Without it you will always struggle.
Always worth putting 10k a week into draft but save them up till you are going to be near the top of the draft board,
I get something decent every year. 2 of my 3 trainees were drafted. Always adds to your merch having them also.

You really really need to build more stadium. But don't worry about breaches. Fans in them are the ones that go up and down all the time. The better seats stay with you more and are a much better investment.

Cheers mate, I guess I've only ever been in a financial position to purchase small blocks of the nosebleed seats every now and then. I do need the money from attendance more than anything I can see that's where I struggle to keep up with the big boys. I'll spend this season building up some cash in the bank, sell off a few trainees and start really hitting the stadium.

If you want to message me your finance totals I will point out a few things.
First off you don't need 17 players.

5 starters
5 back ups
and 3 or 4 super cheap guys to only play to manage game shape is all you need.

Just cutting your 3 cheapest players will have you 6k a week which will lead to allowing you to ad 3 court side seats a week. From just not having guys you don't need on your roster.



Last edited by Mickyster at 12/22/2016 11:11:18 PM

I usually use my cup playoff money to increase the stadium size each year. Can be a bit slow but seems to work well

I will write you a pm soon for some things that I think work.

Last edited by Balev at 12/25/2016 7:43:13 AM