Originally posted by Aelle
Heres the thing, I want to compete. I made a run up with a limited S* power team before, hung with everyone but was never truly in contention past maybe the 3rd season with the 9-10 S* teams. I don't want to be the scrappy I gave em a game at least team again. Some will say they're good with it right now but anyone who's played through before knows the majority of those squads will drop before Vet after a few blow out seasons.
I have a limited opportunity based on my uncle having stepped away from coaching here while he had all 3 of his S* tiers ready, I have my 3. I asked and got none from any other sources. People who had previously expressed interest in working together disappeared. Once I commit the 6 I know I have, 3 are gone for good.
I could use them all now and hope to grab up some from the teams that fold later, or I can sit back a season and hope to recruit from the start. If I felt like I wasn't just buried in the one overly competitive division in the tier from day one maybe I would choose the first option. Hua even bought a team to see if the draw was better and I could use that but it dropped the team in an otherwise completely CPU league.
Maybe that doesn't make complete sense to you but there it is.
I do agree with you on most cases however I think you truly underestimate yourself. I watched the teams you beat last rookie season and some were none to shake a stick at, especially Rob's Bone zone. Yes coordinating becomes much more difficult as you move up in the tiers but you definitely have the potential to hang with anybody here. I've been there, started my DC'ing with Michigan Madness and I was horrible. But I kept plugging away and taking those huge losses from some of the big dogs like Rob. Detroit Leos, BoDiddley, Vipermaw (just some of the many names that beat my ass into the ground when I started coordinating, now and I think most here would agree that I can hang with them, I can beat them. Hell I won 6 championships in a row with Detroit Deadites as DC and just rocked through rookie with Pirates of Balls Deep. But seriously, I learned from taking my beatings and looking at what I did wrong to turn around and fix it. You are good at what you do and you will get better there is no doubt in my mind.
Heres the thing, I want to compete. I made a run up with a limited S* power team before, hung with everyone but was never truly in contention past maybe the 3rd season with the 9-10 S* teams. I don't want to be the scrappy I gave em a game at least team again. Some will say they're good with it right now but anyone who's played through before knows the majority of those squads will drop before Vet after a few blow out seasons.
I have a limited opportunity based on my uncle having stepped away from coaching here while he had all 3 of his S* tiers ready, I have my 3. I asked and got none from any other sources. People who had previously expressed interest in working together disappeared. Once I commit the 6 I know I have, 3 are gone for good.
I could use them all now and hope to grab up some from the teams that fold later, or I can sit back a season and hope to recruit from the start. If I felt like I wasn't just buried in the one overly competitive division in the tier from day one maybe I would choose the first option. Hua even bought a team to see if the draw was better and I could use that but it dropped the team in an otherwise completely CPU league.
Maybe that doesn't make complete sense to you but there it is.
I do agree with you on most cases however I think you truly underestimate yourself. I watched the teams you beat last rookie season and some were none to shake a stick at, especially Rob's Bone zone. Yes coordinating becomes much more difficult as you move up in the tiers but you definitely have the potential to hang with anybody here. I've been there, started my DC'ing with Michigan Madness and I was horrible. But I kept plugging away and taking those huge losses from some of the big dogs like Rob. Detroit Leos, BoDiddley, Vipermaw (just some of the many names that beat my ass into the ground when I started coordinating, now and I think most here would agree that I can hang with them, I can beat them. Hell I won 6 championships in a row with Detroit Deadites as DC and just rocked through rookie with Pirates of Balls Deep. But seriously, I learned from taking my beatings and looking at what I did wrong to turn around and fix it. You are good at what you do and you will get better there is no doubt in my mind.
Even if not making the playoffs, if you make it that fun experience for them they want to stay.
