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Originally posted by bhall43
Pretty sure the reason they are in casual is because they aren't knowledgeable coordinators who can compete in WL.

Thats why I said given knowledgeable coordinators for regular, not, using the same casual guys.

Originally posted by Donk3yMan
You honestly think there has never been a roster of dots in casual that could compare to a roster of dots in WL? That is pretty presumtuous of someone that has spent 0 time in Casual. Win WL? Maybe not. Compete? There have been There are often National Pro teams who could compete in WL...
WL farm teams and other WL teams that were struggling switched over to Casual Pro and dominated. Plus, it takes different types of builds to succeed in WL versus casual. If by "compete" you mean win five games, then sure, but I assumed you meant a higher threshold than that.

Originally posted by Donk3yMan
Thats why I said given knowledgeable coordinators for regular, not, using the same casual guys.

That is sort of the whole point though. Coordination is everything at this stage of the games life. Though i doubt many casual teams are running around with the roster make up to contain the kind of plays that regularly help win in WL.

The specific instance of a WL group picking up and moving to casual has rarely happened and the only two relevant cases I can think of are Halifax and Taut. I don't know much about Halifax, but Taut made a casual team after winning a WL conference... That isn't struggling in WL and It isn't like he even went undefeated every season either. He did about as well as the current Detroit Muscle team has been doing http://glb.warriorgeneral.com/game/team.pl?team_id=3055

But my point is not that the whole of casual is sitting on WL quality rosters, such that a top WL roster could not dominate there, but rather that there have been teams like Taut's Pikachus which are analogous to a good or at the very least decent, WL team in casual.

Originally posted by jdbolick

WL farm teams and other WL teams that were struggling switched over to Casual Pro and dominated. Plus, it takes different types of builds to succeed in WL versus casual. If by "compete" you mean win five games, then sure, but I assumed you meant a higher threshold than that.

Also I don't think any WL team has up and moved to Casual Pro. They would have to go through Regional Pro first and the logistics of that would probably not be appealing. I don't know for sure that it hasn't happened but I don't think they then proceeded to dominate the league.

None of that was the original point I was trying to make though. I was comparing Casual Pro to National Pro, or perhaps a bridge between National Pro and WL in terms of competition. It is only close to WL in terms of cares and activity.

Originally posted by Donk3yMan
Also I don't think any WL team has up and moved to Casual Pro. .

wrong

wait

did you just contradict yourself in consecutive posts or am i drunk

Originally posted by Donk3yMan
Also I don't think any WL team has up and moved to Casual Pro. .

Gurupies come to mind.......list is prb long though.

Originally posted by Donk3yMan
the only two relevant cases I can think of are Halifax and Taut. I don't know much about Halifax, but Taut made a casual team after winning a WL conference... That isn't struggling in WL and It isn't like he even went undefeated every season either.
Hali moved to Casual Pro after missing the playoffs in the WL. They then won three Casual Pro golds in their first four seasons.

Originally posted by
there have been teams like Taut's Pikachus which are analogous to a good or at the very least decent, WL team in casual.
Well yeah, the WL agents who kill time in Casual obviously build WL quality dots.

Originally posted by Ahrens858
wait

did you just contradict yourself in consecutive posts or am i drunk

Not drunk, just stupid.

Originally posted by Donk3yMan
You honestly think there has never been a roster of dots in casual that could compare to a roster of dots in WL? That is pretty presumtuous of someone that has spent 0 time in Casual. Win WL? Maybe not. Compete? There have been

There are often National Pro teams who could compete in WL...



understanding how to use the AI is why they won't compete

Originally posted by Donk3yMan
I was comparing Casual Pro to National Pro...

...which, again, is silly, because you're comparing the top tier of Casual to the second tier of Regular. And, well...

Originally posted by Novus
Comparing the top tier of ANYTHING to the second tier of something else is pointless, whether it's GLB, college/pro football, types of fruit, or whatever.

Of course, what any of this has to do with the declining number of new Rookie dots, I don't know, but I suppose I'm partially to blame for following you down this rabbit hole to begin with.

Alrighty, it's late on Day 39. Time to close the books.

As a reminder, the only way to accurately compare two Rookie class sizes is to see how large each Rookie class was at the end of its FIRST season, on Day 39.

At the end of Season 39, the Rookie Class of S39 had 11,310 dots in it.

By contrast, the Rookie Class of S40 currently has 9,552 dots in it, short by 1,758 dots. With only 9 hours left before the Rookie Class of S41 officially opens, I think it's safe to close the books.

So yep, the Rookie Class of S40 was officially smaller than the Rookie Class of S39. Book it.

a 16% decrease is representative of almost 32 teams?

do those numbers also include pee wee players?