BoB: Refer a Friend

[The King]

The cap has eliminated a lot of people from playing the game, so I have been trying to think of a way to get more involved without cheating those who have played the game more catiously thus far.

I was thinking about implementing a Refer a Friend bonus... if you get a friend to join the game you'd receive a 20,000 cap increase.

Ultimately I want to get feedback from you guys to see if you think this is fair. If caught cheating you'll be banned from the game. We can track IP's. I thought this would be a good way to help the game grow and to get everyone back in the game. Thoughts?

[THATHURMANATOR]

NO NO NO NO NONONONONONONONOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[THATHURMANATOR]

ok maybe....

[TacklingDummy]

My wife wants to play. We'll have the same ip.

[The King]

haha

[BLeonard]

Too many slippery slopes there that could be exposed, IMO...

Theoretically, I could give another board member some cash to play (or, even give them a card AND give them cash). Technically, they would then be in the game, I would have "recruited" them and, on top of freeing up the cap room by getting rid of a card, but also would get the $20k bonus cap... That's not exactly fair, IMO.

People knew the cap on day 1. They chose to blow it. Do you feel sorry for an athlete that gets a $50 million signing bonus, then ends up broke, because he couldn't manage his money? I don't.

-Bill

[Mski]

as one of the ones who is out of cap space, I am with Bill on this one.

[Ebenezer]

As nice as it would be to have "new players" all we will end up with is people creating an alias to "play" the game and get the bonus. Then, the alias never plays. Pass. People knew the rules. I think what is chasing people away is not the cap but the time it will take for all those people to accrue 10 cards.

[The King]

im not seeing the activity we used to see

[mysticsoto]

im not seeing the activity we used to see

Maybe it's the skanks you've been having lately. How about some top notch stuff???

[The King]

you dont think todays girl is top notch?

[hydro]

Yeah the cap has really made this game unplayable because even though the money has come down it still isn't enough.

My thought was to make it so that your final lineup when the game is "done" is 5 women. The cap on those 5 women would have to be below 200,000 but the kicker is that you could own more than 5 cards. When the game concludes you will set your 5 women lineup and you will have to use the values of each card to make it under the cap but make the best stable. Thoughts?

[bf1]

Maybe you said so in the beginning or not... But there really needed to be a kind of start date and end date to this, or # of women total (kind of think like nfl 53x32). so we could have budgeted better.

[THATHURMANATOR]

you dont think todays girl is top notch?

I don't.

[Ebenezer]

you dont think todays girl is top notch?

She looks 15. Yeah, I know - I am older and prefer somebody who doesn't look 15 but most of the "women" you put up for bid could be my kids - and have the body for it, too.

[chernobylwraiths]

as one of the ones who is out of cap space, I am with Bill on this one.

I'll second that.

[jamze132]

im not seeing the activity we used to see

That's because the game is way too long to begin with. The majority of the ones who are on here pretty much everyday are close to their cap limit. I know I haven't even bothered to bid since I know I am not going to be able to buy anyone for 11K.

Maybe you could have a game last 2-3 months. You could also implement more or different changes more often as the game ends and a new one begins.

[The King]

The game will change to start 2012.

This version will end in Nov.

[TMu11]

Yeah the cap has really made this game unplayable because even though the money has come down it still isn't enough.

My thought was to make it so that your final lineup when the game is "done" is 5 women. The cap on those 5 women would have to be below 200,000 but you the kicker is that you could own more than 5 cards. When the game concludes you will set your 5 women lineup and you will have to use the values of each card to make it under the cap but make the best stable. Thoughts?

Wow, I really like that idea.

For the record, I'm with the others as far as the cap being the cap as was set forth in the beginning. Hydro's idea makes a lot of sense though. Unfortunately implementing a change like this halfway through the "season" would cause a lot of moaning and griping from people who could have bid higher on girls they wanted but were restricted by cap space, and others who have traded out girls to free up space.

[EricStratton]

I think the idea that Cher is pushing of trading cards and the values of them has a lot of potential to keep the game interesting and free up cap space for players.

If only the bastard would accept my offers.