GM Check-In #2

I wanted to thank you all for what, I believe, was a very successful first season of TSFBL II. I know the initial concept of the league was unlike anything we'd done before and required a level of buy-in from each and every one of you, and I appreciate that there was enough trust to allow it to play out. It's only going to get better from here as more real players make their way into the league -- which gives me a moment to shamelessly plug the 1997 Draft Class that is now on the index.

As the league is full and we do have prospective GM's in waiting, I do want to take a moment to check-in and take stock of all the GM's to see if there are any that are not active enough anymore to keep their teams. If you do lose your team because of this, there are no hard feelings, and you'll be welcomed back at any point should you be in a better spot down the line to stay active. Hopefully, that's not the case for anybody, though.

One last thing: The fake players that are in the draft files are not being brought in to be used as a vessel in which to tank. I understand that there were only 146 real players in the file this season, but that doesn't mean that you can be planning to use employ them in the future as away to assure cratering to the bottom of the standings. Which is why, starting this season (1997), I'm instituting a minimum number of real players per team that must be met. For 1997, I'm going to start this minimum at FOUR (4) real players. 28/29 teams have the current number of players plus draft picks to meet this number with ease. For the one team that doesn't, this is more than enough of a notice to make the necessary off-season adjustments. This number will increase again in future off-seasons until there are enough real players in the file for everybody to field a full roster of them.

With that said, let's begin the check-in. I'll edit this post along the way once you respond below to indicate you're still with us.

Minnesota Timberwolves (MadHatter)

Lakers here

Yessirski

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Here

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Olla

Here

Yes

Hello

Young Hornets

Yes

Kings

Sonics here

here

Nuggets gonna tank anyway 💖💖

in my opinion, it's terribly unfair to judge us after missing out on the Top 4 picks in 1996 (4.55% chance this happened cuz of Hornets) and AGAIN in 1997 (< 50% chance we didnt get a Top 4 pick)

maybe your lotto system is bogus, or there should be a reverse Stepien rule where a team can't finish outside the Top 4 picks in back-to-back drafts if they had a Bottom 4 record in those years

i dont understand why tanking is such a problem. i don't understand why it's better for us to finish 14-68 than 9-73 or 2-80. it's not as if we can be competitive right now against Hall of Fame 70-win teams that went all-in to start...

i also don't understand what the problem is with fake players. theoretically, it shouldn't be as easy to evaluate talent with one criteria: real or fake player. Obvi all the real names are gonna be better. and when you miss out on any significant real players, what is the point in competing?

please dont blame me for an imperfect system and take some responsibility for this situation. can you really blame me for tanking after the statistically-improbable outcomes last two Lottos? cant you forgive me for wanting Duncan/McGrady and not Keith Van Horn? it's not my fault that (1) the file needs player adjustment, and (2) i got screwed in both of the first two Lottos...

Always Sunny

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hi

hi

Indeed

Hello

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Yer

Apr 15, 2022 13:29:41 GMT -5 s6x said:

Nuggets gonna tank anyway 💖💖

in my opinion, it's terribly unfair to judge us after missing out on the Top 4 picks in 1996 (4.55% chance this happened cuz of Hornets) and AGAIN in 1997 (< 50% chance we didnt get a Top 4 pick)

maybe your lotto system is bogus, or there should be a reverse Stepien rule where a team can't finish outside the Top 4 picks in back-to-back drafts if they had a Bottom 4 record in those years

i dont understand why tanking is such a problem. i don't understand why it's better for us to finish 14-68 than 9-73 or 2-80. it's not as if we can be competitive right now against Hall of Fame 70-win teams that went all-in to start...

i also don't understand what the problem is with fake players. theoretically, it shouldn't be as easy to evaluate talent with one criteria: real or fake player. Obvi all the real names are gonna be better. and when you miss out on any significant real players, what is the point in competing?

please dont blame me for an imperfect system and take some responsibility for this situation. can you really blame me for tanking after the statistically-improbable outcomes last two Lottos? cant you forgive me for wanting Duncan/McGrady and not Keith Van Horn? it's not my fault that (1) the file needs player adjustment, and (2) i got screwed in both of the first two Lottos...

Appreciate the feedback. The league is not anti-tank; it's a part of sports and I get it as well as anybody. The lotto system run in this league is the same one ran in the NBA currently, minus the fourteenth lottery team the NBA has (30 teams vs. 29). What's funny is, in real life, I'm not the biggest proponent of that system, but in sim leagues, I do think it gives good variability. I definitely do understand why somebody who's tanking wouldn't like it -- it's basically a coin flip whether or not you land in the top four. There does have to be risk in tanking though, and I know it sucks to feel the back end of that risk.

As for the fake players, they are not in the league to be vessels to tank, as I mentioned. In past leagues, to fill the draft files to 100 players I named them "Temp Temp" or "Delete Delete" and people knew not to sign them. Here, I gave them names because there were already fake players anyways, but I do not want people feeling like they can just ride them to the bottom. I know that because of the amount of real players in the league, all teams have to have some of them. Instituting a "real player minimum" insures that we'll get them out of here as quickly as possible.

In short, nobody is saying you can't intentionally be bad. I'm sorry the lottery did not break your way, and I know that you'll likely try your luck again next season, and you're welcome to.

Wizards

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