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MikeT23
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A guy willing to let his team sit for an extended period isn't interested in joining another world. Worlds are available all the time. You can't force people to join worlds. Removing him from his world isn't going to change his mind.
9/3/2009 5:43 PM
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I agree. Im in alot of Worlds and somehow they always fill eventually. I would rather wait for it to fill than have the world retired. In most of my teams I have alot of time and money invested and would be ****** if they just retired it. Much rather wait and try to find owners. Whn it fills, it fills.
9/3/2009 5:54 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By Primetime17 on 9/03/2009Im in alot of Worlds and somehow they always fill eventually. I would rather wait for it to fill than have the world retired. In most of my teams I have alot of time and money invested and would be ****** if they just retired it. Much rather wait and try to find owners. Whn it fills, it fills
must also be easier to wait when you cant remember when the world ended its last season
9/3/2009 5:55 PM
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Let's try this from another angle.

WifS has done extensive research and they've determined that they can keep 102 worlds rolling without delay. So they make an announcement. It says "We have decided to allow the creation of new worlds. However, our research indicates that we can only keep 3264 teams active and playing without delay. If you are not one of our 102 oldest worlds, there is a chance that your world will be disbanded. If there are 32 openings in our 102 worlds when you roll, your world will be disbanded and you can choose from the available teams to continue your HBD enjoyment!"

Would you start a new world? Would you join a new world?

9/3/2009 5:58 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By ea162 on 9/03/2009
Quote: Originally Posted By Primetime17 on 9/03/2009
Im in alot of Worlds and somehow they always fill eventually. I would rather wait for it to fill than have the world retired. In most of my teams I have alot of time and money invested and would be ****** if they just retired it. Much rather wait and try to find owners. Whn it fills, it fills.
must also be easier to wait when you cant remember when the world ended its last seaso


Well yeah thats true. If I was in 1 world I guess I would get antsy waiting for it to fill. But in my case, while Im waiting I have 17 others to play with.

But the main point is if I was in 1 world and I was bored waiting for it to fill, I would join another world with an additional $24.95. I wouldn't need the money from the stalled world to do it.

So, like Mike says, retiring that world has no effect on me joining a new world. In fact the only effect it would have is making me angry and maybe not joining any more worlds.
9/3/2009 6:02 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By MikeT23 on 9/03/2009
Let's try this from another angle.

WifS has done extensive research and they've determined that they can keep 102 worlds rolling without delay. So they make an announcement. It says "We have decided to allow the creation of new worlds. However, our research indicates that we can only keep 3264 teams active and playing without delay. If you are not one of our 102 oldest worlds, there is a chance that your world will be disbanded. If there are 32 openings in our 102 worlds when you roll, your world will be disbanded and you can choose from the available teams to continue your HBD enjoyment!"

Would you start a new world? Would you join a new world?





Well like I just said that wouldn't work for me. I like the teams I have, for the most part, and if they could just retire them I might just quit HDB all together.
9/3/2009 6:03 PM
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well, point made...it is what it is...
9/3/2009 7:10 PM
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It is interesting that when they finally combined the worlds, that it seemed to resolve the excess of available teams. Then, they just recently allowed a new league/world to be formed (32 teams/owners), and shortly after there is a sudden spike in available worlds. Correlation?
9/3/2009 7:48 PM
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The correlation is the continuing economic struggles of the world. What was an annoyance is now a reality.
9/3/2009 8:03 PM
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Obviously the economic problem is still there. My point was HBD seemed to have reached a sort of equilibrium between available teams and owners looking for teams. Adding a new world and its 32 teams may have been enough to mess with the balance.
9/3/2009 8:29 PM
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That one world wasn't/isn't the problem. Owners are cutting back on the number of teams they keep.
9/3/2009 8:37 PM
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*23 owners.

9 of my owners are brand new and half of them have taken on additional teams. so if anything, we've had a neutral effect.
9/3/2009 9:06 PM
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Maybe. But I'd just about bet that those 23 dropped a team or two when they took the new one. Or will drop a team soon.
9/3/2009 9:08 PM
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i wouldnt generalize all of our owners into one category. ive heard from outside sources that 2-3 of our vets dropped worlds recently and im not exactly 'pleased' about it but what can you do?

personally, i dont think the problem lies with 'new' worlds. it lies with the sh*tty worlds that cant keep their owners. when these worlds go, the problem will be fixed or will be much closer to a solution.
9/3/2009 9:14 PM
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What happens is WifS sees another glut of openings and re-thinks their decisions to open new worlds under any circumstances. Some will even correlate the problem to opening a new world.

What WifS should do is limit the number of worlds. Create a demand for the product. If I want to add a team, I can pick from dozens of worlds. I can do it tomorrow or I can do it in October. There's no concern. Now, if openings are snapped up in a matter of hours, I have to re-think my plan. He who hesitates is lost in my new HBD. World A not quite what I want? Maybe I take it instead of waiting to see what World B is about.

The problem is "How do you get to that point?" The answer is close struggling worlds. But NO ONE wants to pull the plug. It doesn't guarantee that any owner who is removed from the closed world will sign on somewhere else. But, if WifS has the balls to continue to close worlds while the ******** grows louder and louder, they create a demand for the product despite losing a few owners along the way.
9/3/2009 9:30 PM
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