Originally posted by whatje
BP, i gotta say you're really, really off-base with a lot of those claims.
The base AI and a team concept is the most important thing for teams, but you can do both of those things without spending a ton of time gameplanning and without spending a lot of money.
Certainly making your own dots makes it easier to coordinate builds and spend less time recruiting, but there's plenty of teams that coordinate from the start of their dots lives to do that and just do it wrong (or less well) than other teams.
I don't think enough people are willing to recognize that what they do in GLB in terms of builds and coordination is not necessarily the best way to do things. Sometimes it takes looking at what other people do well and adjusting yourself to what challenges are being faced. Throwing the same builds/gameplans every different season doesn't work (that's another issue that some people have an issue with, i don't particularly but that's neither here nor there).
Arguing that everyone who does well either spends a ton of time (not true) or ton of money (also not true) is oversimplifying the sim by a lot. I will concede that some of the top teams do this, but most of them actually divide work up pretty well, look for help from other people, and have a number of agents rather than only a few.
Honestly, I gave up on GLB the season before I created The Cult.
I've been strung along ever since by the success and fun we've had. If Bort closed this shit down tomorrow I wouldn't care less though. I get through because I have some awesome motherfuckers on this team that make this fun...and the forums we've had a ton of fun with. That includes this one. I hardly spend anymore money (though I've committed more players in the last two seasons than probably the five previous combined)
I just honestly can't find the time or money worth it. If someone else does, they deserve to win. Whatever. We'll take our best shot. That's why I laugh at the people who want teams like us to worry about the drop downs. If any normal person with a real life actually gives a fuck then it's time to get out.
This is a flawed game, and always has been. But if someone wants to win bad enough, there are ways to do it, and only part of it includes any type of skill. To deny it is just being delusional.
BP, i gotta say you're really, really off-base with a lot of those claims.
The base AI and a team concept is the most important thing for teams, but you can do both of those things without spending a ton of time gameplanning and without spending a lot of money.
Certainly making your own dots makes it easier to coordinate builds and spend less time recruiting, but there's plenty of teams that coordinate from the start of their dots lives to do that and just do it wrong (or less well) than other teams.
I don't think enough people are willing to recognize that what they do in GLB in terms of builds and coordination is not necessarily the best way to do things. Sometimes it takes looking at what other people do well and adjusting yourself to what challenges are being faced. Throwing the same builds/gameplans every different season doesn't work (that's another issue that some people have an issue with, i don't particularly but that's neither here nor there).
Arguing that everyone who does well either spends a ton of time (not true) or ton of money (also not true) is oversimplifying the sim by a lot. I will concede that some of the top teams do this, but most of them actually divide work up pretty well, look for help from other people, and have a number of agents rather than only a few.
Honestly, I gave up on GLB the season before I created The Cult.
I've been strung along ever since by the success and fun we've had. If Bort closed this shit down tomorrow I wouldn't care less though. I get through because I have some awesome motherfuckers on this team that make this fun...and the forums we've had a ton of fun with. That includes this one. I hardly spend anymore money (though I've committed more players in the last two seasons than probably the five previous combined)
I just honestly can't find the time or money worth it. If someone else does, they deserve to win. Whatever. We'll take our best shot. That's why I laugh at the people who want teams like us to worry about the drop downs. If any normal person with a real life actually gives a fuck then it's time to get out.
This is a flawed game, and always has been. But if someone wants to win bad enough, there are ways to do it, and only part of it includes any type of skill. To deny it is just being delusional.
