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#6055	03/07/2019 10:58:41 am	Dec 9th, 2004
admin Joined: 01/24/2017 Posts: 2518 Hardwood Administrator	So a lot of people have noted that the Cal State Monterey Bay Otters (my team) are in the top-10 and I'm a little surprised that they have risen so fast. It is important that the designer of the game also play the game, but I also think it's a bit unfair because I know all the in's & out's of the game. So to offset this advantage, I thought it would be only fair that I recruit 3-star players and below (this will limit the strength of my team to something below elite). Additionally, the current 4-star players on the roster will be benched and will only play in situations of injury or extreme foul outs. Hope everyone thinks this is fair. Steve

#6056	03/07/2019 11:10:23 am	Dec 9th, 2004
BradenWoA Joined: 12/02/2018 Posts: 276 Houston Cougars III.3	I don’t think you should have to bench your 4’s, personally. If the community thinks that you should be handicapped, I’d be fine with a 3 rule, but I don’t think you should make it retroactive. You’ve put together a good team, and you should be allowed to play it out, just with an added handicap in the future. Just my two cents, other people can weigh in too.

#6062	03/07/2019 1:30:10 pm	Dec 9th, 2004
Philliesworld Joined: 02/04/2018 Posts: 222 Inactive	No, please don't stop playing any of your players Steve, I don't think it's necessary whatsoever. You put together your team and you should get to play it out with your team. If you want to in the future put a handicap on yourself I can understand the reasons why, but I think that would be a shame to let your current teams full potential go to waste.

#6070	03/07/2019 6:04:03 pm	Dec 9th, 2004
jakala Joined: 10/21/2018 Posts: 148 Inactive	+1 to both above me

#6077	03/08/2019 5:13:31 am	Dec 9th, 2004
Rock777 Joined: 02/02/2018 Posts: 1532 Inactive	+1, play the guys you have

#6082	03/08/2019 11:14:12 am	Dec 11th, 2004
admin Joined: 01/24/2017 Posts: 2518 Hardwood Administrator	If I don't basically bench the 4-star guys now -- then in reality this wouldn't take affect for 4-5 seasons. Steve

#6084	03/08/2019 12:10:38 pm	Dec 11th, 2004
mukilteomike Joined: 07/04/2018 Posts: 276 Inactive	Personally, I wish you'd never not try your hardest. Beating someone at their own game would be rewarding. And this is a free game after all.

#6085	03/08/2019 12:28:15 pm	Dec 11th, 2004
BradenWoA Joined: 12/02/2018 Posts: 276 Houston Cougars III.3	I tend to agree with mike--as long as you aren't using admin privileges to cheat (for example, using access to the game database to look up exact interest values), then you should be able to play your hardest. Being able to beat the developer is a cool feeling. It also potentially gives new players an easy example to look at. I'm fine with you going all out (or a very minor handicap, maybe forfeiting 5 contacts a year or something along that line), but I do think that the rest of the community should weigh in on this decision.

#6089	03/08/2019 1:53:15 pm	Dec 11th, 2004
celtic4warrior Joined: 07/02/2018 Posts: 174 California Lutheran Kingsmen V.1	On this issue, I find it utterly ridiculous that you should not be able to enjoy the fruits of your labor to it's fullest. The fact that you have to play your own game under a penalty, sounds ridiculous. I feel like what others have said hold true, as long as you don't use admin privileges to gain an advantage; otherwise, the fact that you have to put a penalty on yourself because you want to enjoy your own game is very unfair in my opinion. Again, you put so much time and effort into this game, by golly you should be able to enjoy every aspect of it as much as the rest of us. In the end; this is a game you are providing to us for FREE, if people are getting angry that the man providing a game to them for free is playing it with them, they should probably move onto another game. Steve, enjoy your game as much as we who have played both brokenbat and now hardwood have played and enjoyed them!!! Here's my opinion on it! celtic4warrior

#6094	03/09/2019 12:17:21 am	Dec 11th, 2004
Haselrig Joined: 02/02/2018 Posts: 80 Inactive	Everything celtic4warrior said. Thank you for this game, Steve.

#6112	03/10/2019 8:42:24 am	Dec 16th, 2004
Rock777 Joined: 02/02/2018 Posts: 1532 Inactive	You could always take a page from Pete's book and strategically choose one or two of the less obviously attributes to ignore in your recruiting (if you want to throw people off the trail), but overall, I'd say go full out. You'll still hit stiff competition

#6130	03/11/2019 2:21:47 am	Dec 18th, 2004
Yuri84 Joined: 07/06/2018 Posts: 186 Portland Pilots V.4	Unlike BB, I didn't even know what team was the 'admin team' in this game until I saw this thread. Wasn't even interested. I don't pay attention to polls or any other silly stuff some people seem to be so concerned about either. I don't think you should limit yourself in anything. Everyone should be playing on equal terms, and not only you'll be creating an unfair disadvantage for yourself, you'll also be giving an unfair advantage to your opponents. Updated Monday, March 11 2019 @ 2:22:57 am PDT

#6140	03/11/2019 9:01:05 pm	Dec 23rd, 2004
allen54chevy Joined: 07/02/2018 Posts: 165 Inactive	I agree with Mike and Celtic4warrier It's your game, you are just nice enough to let us play with you... and we thank you for the opportunity! I hope to run into Cal State in the National Tourney, but it would be a shame if they were not at full strength.

#6141	03/11/2019 10:05:30 pm	Dec 23rd, 2004
Efendi Joined: 02/08/2019 Posts: 16 Inactive	wow. admin is on my conf group.

#6637	04/12/2019 10:08:36 am	Apr 4th, 2005
admin Joined: 01/24/2017 Posts: 2518 Hardwood Administrator	Moving up together...although Hawaii grabbed the conference title from us. Steve

#6683	04/14/2019 12:22:07 pm	Oct 6th, 2005
Blackbeard Joined: 03/17/2019 Posts: 566 St. Johns Red Storm VI.7	I don't have a problem with Steve having a team and managing it with no restraints. Even though he would probably have a slight advantage from knowing the mechanics of the program I don't see it as a problem. If he is playing, it could possibly give him ideas for improvements and such. I was recently in to a cycling manager game and had a team for about 7 years. In the beginning the developer had a team and he didn't place restraints on himself and this was good because it prompted him to develop the game even more. As time went on he abandoned his team and with that went any updates until his interest apparently faded to the point of him seemingly abandoning the game. He would only come on to ban people that complained in the forum about his inactivity and then that even stopped and he hadn't been seen for months. So I quit a manager game that I really liked after being in it for a very long time. After quitting, I found BB and then HW so thank you for your work. It is very much appreciated by myself and obviously by many, many others. Cheers.