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NerdBird



Joined: Apr 08, 2014

Post   Posted: May 02, 2014 - 18:33 Reply with quote Back to top

Does anyone ever activate new teams in the Box? I have activated my 2 new teams at least 500 times and have never had a match.

I have tried all hours of the day and sometimes there will even be 15+ coaches, I will become giddy...and then it tells me activation will be possible in approximately 10 minutes. Bah.
Chainsaw



Joined: Aug 31, 2005

Post   Posted: May 02, 2014 - 18:38 Reply with quote Back to top

You have to click on the teams on the activation page to turn them from red to green, otherwise it won't consider your teams activated.

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licker



Joined: Jul 10, 2009

Post   Posted: May 02, 2014 - 18:39 Reply with quote Back to top

It's probably happening a bit less as new coaches are shunning B since B is pretty terrible for new coaches.

The way around this (illegal action alert) is to ask someone else with a new team (or just low TV team) to activate only that new team at the same time you activate your new team.

Again, you cannot do that, so don't do it. But it would work, theoretically, if you could do it.

edit: could also be what chainsaw said, make sure you have greened your teams so that they are actually active
NerdBird



Joined: Apr 08, 2014

Post   Posted: May 02, 2014 - 18:44 Reply with quote Back to top

Yes, I have definitely "greened" my teams. Sometimes I only activate 1 of them in case I became color blind and my green is red. Either way, I have at least one activated since one is green and the other is red.

I wouldn't go the illegal route but I wanted to get rolling on this much debated division.

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Overhamsteren



Joined: May 27, 2006

Post   Posted: May 02, 2014 - 18:46 Reply with quote Back to top

Looking at the Blackbox Scheduler History it seems that rookie match ups have happened about once every 2-3 hours today. That's not a lot.

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licker



Joined: Jul 10, 2009

Post   Posted: May 02, 2014 - 19:43 Reply with quote Back to top

No it's not, either people dont have have 1000k teams anymore or they are activating them with other higher TV teams and those are getting drawn instead.

Basically you're seeing Box dying, people are not interested in making new teams for a division which has turned more useless than usual.

As always, I have already provided the solution to this 'problem', but at this point, I'd rather just see Box die it's own sad death.
Frankenstein



Joined: Aug 02, 2003

Post   Posted: May 02, 2014 - 20:40 Reply with quote Back to top

I created a new team recently and haven't faced any problems getting games (counter is at 6 right now), even though I activated 2-3 other teams with higher TV.
Verminardo



Joined: Sep 27, 2006

Post   Posted: May 02, 2014 - 20:46 Reply with quote Back to top

I used to activate new-ish teams and they always got scheduled over my older teams. But that was a couple of months ago. Has the Box deteriorated so fast?
Garion



Joined: Aug 19, 2009

Post   Posted: May 02, 2014 - 20:48 Reply with quote Back to top

who knows. Its really hard to know whats REALLY going on here, there is so much chat on the forums, it could very well all be nonesense Smile

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licker



Joined: Jul 10, 2009

Post   Posted: May 02, 2014 - 21:09 Reply with quote Back to top

Verminardo wrote:
I used to activate new-ish teams and they always got scheduled over my older teams. But that was a couple of months ago. Has the Box deteriorated so fast?


Short answer: YES.

Long answer: Found elsewhere repeated ad nauseam.
JackassRampant



Joined: Feb 26, 2011

Post   Posted: May 02, 2014 - 21:15 Reply with quote Back to top

I play at night Pacific time mostly, there's no point in even trying to activate. Box is dependent on success for continued success. :/

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mrt1212



Joined: Feb 26, 2013

Post   Posted: May 02, 2014 - 21:24 Reply with quote Back to top

JackassRampant wrote:
I play at night Pacific time mostly, there's no point in even trying to activate. Box is dependent on success for continued success. :/


same, although sometimes I sneak games at work during lunch or at 730 am before people arrive.

But yeah I have tons of teams that would satisfy you nerdbird. Wink
JackassRampant



Joined: Feb 26, 2011

Post   Posted: May 02, 2014 - 21:32 Reply with quote Back to top

Or you can play Ranked. Much easier when traffic is low.

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bghandras



Joined: Feb 06, 2011

Post   Posted: May 02, 2014 - 22:46 Reply with quote Back to top

I activated a new team recently, and got games. No issue. Actually I believe it is easier to get games with new teams.

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mrt1212



Joined: Feb 26, 2013

Post   Posted: May 02, 2014 - 22:57 Reply with quote Back to top

JackassRampant wrote:
Or you can play Ranked. Much easier when traffic is low.


But but but...my box teams!
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