NABL Revenues down

[dturkenk]

Since NABL's restart, revenues are way down for almost all (if not all) the teams. We're not exactly sure why, and we're wondering if there's something that could be done to pull the revenues up to their normal levels.

Thanks for looking into it.

[takaplan]

Same thing in EML...they seem low even though the league hasn't started yet.

[James Grove]

If a lot of teams are in debt, the computer artificially inflates the attendence figures, to help pump a bit more cash into the system.

If there were several teams that were in debt, but which are now out of debt, then attendence will return to normal, and overall revenues will decrease.

Could that be it?

-James

[jokerswild]

conversely will a whole lot of cash drop attendance? We all started out with 250 pts in that league and a lot of us didn't drop anyone. If this is true then that could be the major cause.

[James Grove]

Yes, if all the teams have a lot of cash, that could have a negative impact on attendance.

It's a side effect of the way the code is written to prevent revenues from spiraling up or down out of control. Unfortunately, it did not anticipate abrupt changes in league cash, such as can be implemented with the "Adjust Cash" feature.

Perhaps we should build some hysteresis into the game, so that it adjusts attendance more slowly, which would give teams some time to release or acquire players.

-James