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#61000	09/30/2018 3:28:11 pm	Oct 18th, 2037
dlwarren1 Joined: 06/21/2017 Posts: 39 Saginaw Crusaders VI.23	Started in VI with a bad old team, no worthwhile minor league and bankrupt... It took a 3 seasons to get to V, but not sure if going to stay there. Tied for relegation with 5 games to go. Now have a decent, but not consistent team, rebuilt minors and nearly 80 million to make a run at IV if I survive today and tomorrow.

#61003	09/30/2018 5:21:33 pm	Oct 20th, 2037
dlwarren1 Joined: 06/21/2017 Posts: 39 Saginaw Crusaders VI.23	Also the lower level you start, the more difficult the climb due to attendance income being lower at VI.

#61007	09/30/2018 8:01:20 pm	Oct 20th, 2037
FreddyTheEye Joined: 11/11/2014 Posts: 625 Inactive	Started in VI with a bad old team, no worthwhile minor league and bankrupt... It took a 3 seasons to get to V, but not sure if going to stay there. Tied for relegation with 5 games to go. Now have a decent, but not consistent team, rebuilt minors and nearly 80 million You banked 80 million in three seasons in VI?? That's amazing. I didn't think this was possible. Also the lower level you start, the more difficult the climb due to attendance income being lower at VI. As you climb the divisions I think you will find that this is not necessarily true.

#61011	10/01/2018 7:53:13 am	Oct 20th, 2037
Meyrian Joined: 09/24/2015 Posts: 61 Littleton Genesiz II.2	I started the game by taking the worst team available (ranked 747th). After 6 seasons of draft, more loses than wins, I finally started to incorporate my young people with high potential. The result was not long in coming. I chained 4 seasons to more than 90 wins without promotion. 5th, my team made 108 wins. Since then, 2 seasons in LL.V finishing 2nd and 1st. And this season, for my first time in LL.IV, I will finish 1st and know my first climb in LL.III. From 2024 to 2038 to reach the LL.III with one of the worst franchises at my beginnings. Updated Monday, October 1 2018 @ 7:54:09 am PDT Updated Monday, October 1 2018 @ 7:54:25 am PDT

#61017	10/01/2018 2:04:44 pm	Oct 20th, 2037
amalric7 Joined: 01/20/2016 Posts: 2237 New York Lancers V.4	Also the lower level you start, the more difficult the climb due to attendance income being lower at VI. -- As you climb the divisions I think you will find that this is not necessarily true. -- Not necessarily? I'd say its exactly the opposite: the higher you go, the more difficult it gets. There are a lot of good teams with active managers in the upper echelons, playing with stacked rosters that they've spent years (in many cases) building up. Even the teams that look weaker are tough. At the lower levels there are some good teams, but there are plenty of average and sometimes downright poor teams. You don't necessarily need money down there - you bring in young players with potential and give them playing time, and as they develop and get better they can carry you higher. All that time you'll make money, as long as you don't blow it all on expensive veterans and managers, and ballparks that are too big for the low crowds you'll draw. I absolutely believe that developing young players is the key to success in this game. Which is why I would never do what Meyrian did, when he dropped his previous manager (Cushman) for his current one. Its worked out, but I'd think his team would be (even) better if he hadn't made the change. I'd follow (and have followed) what the teams at the top have done - like Freddy's. Updated Monday, October 1 2018 @ 2:06:08 pm PDT

#61019	10/01/2018 2:21:31 pm	Oct 20th, 2037
Meyrian Joined: 09/24/2015 Posts: 61 Littleton Genesiz II.2	That's why, maybe, I never win playoff.

#61055	10/02/2018 4:16:04 pm	Oct 28th, 2037
occham Joined: 11/07/2011 Posts: 258 Inactive	I've been playing 10 seasons. The team I picked up was an aging veteran team who'd been skipping large chunks of the draft so there weren't any 13 pots in the minors to be seen. I dropped from V to VI, retooled, and popped up to V again! And then started the season like 3 for 23 or something terrible like that. I realized my pitching wasn't close to being competitive so I ripped up the play book, dumped all the veterans, and basically let anyone under the age of 26 play. And kept drafting of course. Four seasons ago I was very competitive in a 3 way race but missed out. Three seasons ago I was very competitive in a 2 way race but missed out. Two seasons ago I one the division by 30 games and promoted to V. This year, I was fortunate and appear to have promoted again- welcome to IV! So to me, it realistically takes 3-4 seasons to turn around a bad ship. Updated Tuesday, October 2 2018 @ 4:17:29 pm PDT

#61057	10/02/2018 6:03:33 pm	Oct 28th, 2037
allen54chevy Joined: 11/22/2015 Posts: 475 Inactive	Oh Meyrian, I'm sure you'll win a game or two now that Jo is injured. 😉

#61078	10/03/2018 7:31:38 pm	Nov 1st, 2037
poorteam Joined: 09/18/2015 Posts: 33 Inactive	Took over the 714th ranked team in 2024, decided to try drafting all international for about 8-10 seasons and see how that goes... Promoting to League 3 next season. Normally it takes teams less than that to get to "good" status, but it also depends on luck with draft and waivers. Mine IMO took a bit longer than I expected, but that's okay. The challenge has been interesting.

#61088	10/04/2018 1:56:03 pm	Nov 1st, 2037
Bridger Joined: 08/04/2016 Posts: 264 Muncie Flyers III.4	I started drafting High School only in 2030 after screwing around my first couple seasons. I have stuck with the plan since then and am hoping it finally starts to pay off over the course of the next few seasons now that the initial draft picks are starting to reach the big leagues.