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Retired [X2] High Elf

<b>'The Ancients Infinite Place of Great Power'</b>

While I understand that lots of the points being made against this are 100% true, that doesn't make them 100% right.

As this site has been running for a few years now there may be a wider gap between the amount of top coaches and noobs wishing to play and learn on FUMBBL.

*A new coach can be faced with professional Academy coaches with good win ratios already, who are just waiting for them so they can beat them for yet another win at the noobs expense.

*There are virtually no games to be had for them at low levels in Unranked due to the popularity of Ranked because the vast majority of coaches on FUMBBL are experienced Blood Bowlers/FUMBBLers. If they try to bridge the gap to Ranked (where the majority of games are to be had) after having had odd games here and there in Academy/Unranked they'll still find that it's a wide gap, which may put them off at that point too.

*They might not feel confident enough to join Leagues as they fear they'll be out of their depth until they're comfortable with the game.

*If they go straight to Ranked they will likely breach the time-limit rules (which make sense) and will have little understanding of odd situations like disco's and will generally upset those in Ranked which in turn will make noobs feel out of place and they'll stop playing. I understand that they'll still suffer for these things in the Pacifist Clashes, but if they don't host the games and just accept it (because there's no negative aspect to their team i.e. injuries) when things in their PC game go wrong, then maybe they'll learn quicker against Ranked coaches in the PC format. Newer and poorer coaches may then get more enjoyment out of the site too, because a loss for them in PC will still be a win and thus both coaches go home happy :) (obviously any happiness mentioned excludes those who didn't play in the game yet find it to be an affront to themselves)

If the percieved skill gap (as i see it) on FUMBBL continues then there will be less and less new players and the site could become a closed league as a whole (i.e. for only experienced players). If there's no new players then over time the site will be poorer for it. I agree that this sort of thing has it's place and whoever it was that suggested it for Unranked are spot on IMHO. However it seems unlikely that this is anything but a short term thing in Ranked as lower level Smacks are still on the list in #FumbblMinors but just won't be used much for a while.

P.S. Before anyone quotes me and points out I'm a rubbish coach as if to suggest "what does my opinion count for anything", I'd like to agree and say you are right about my rubbishness. But then I think this makes me more understanding of an element on FUMBBL most don't consider or have any time or regard for (i.e. the noobs and less skilled players and not just the many good to excellent coaches on the site). IMHO the only people who'll <b>really</b> benefit from this are the good coaches who'll use it to start making the uber teams you fear it'll produce and also have the ability to then take them on and actually do it after the 125 limit. You'll also still have the right to refuse to play teams you feel may have been created this way too.
New Team Page Beta
Player Ma St Ag Av Skills Inj G Cp Td It Cs Mvp SPP Cost  
1
Nahat
Lineman
6 3 4 8   0 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 70k
(70)k
  
2
Rihtanatael
Lineman
6 3 4 8   0 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 70k
(70)k
  
3
Hatoriel
Lineman
6 3 4 8   0 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 70k
(70)k
  
4
Saom
Lineman
6 3 4 8   0 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 70k
(70)k
  
5
Atarahh
Lineman
6 3 4 8   0 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 70k
(70)k
  
6
Rzasek
Lineman
6 3 4 8   0 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 70k
(70)k
  
7
Edoniel
Lineman
6 3 4 8   0 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 70k
(70)k
  
8
Ahomald
Lineman
6 3 4 8   0 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 70k
(70)k
  
9
Zatiel
Lineman
6 3 4 8   0 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 70k
(70)k
  
10
Rotsotra
Dragon Warrior
7 3 4 8
Block
   0 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 100k
(115)k
  
11
Atazim
Dragon Warrior
7 3 4 8
Block
   0 0 0 0 0 0 0/ 100k
(115)k
  
11 players  
Coach: hotspurstu Re-Rolls (100k): 2  
Race: High Elf Fan Factor: 7  
Current Team Value: 0k Assistant Coaches: 0  
Treasury: 0k Cheerleaders: 0  
Team Value: 1000k Apothecary: No  

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