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From the Fan survey page:

...the responses should give a good indication of your fanbase's happiness, and their willingness to attend games and buy merchandise

I thought that the fan survey is the only visible information we have on the (in)effectiveness of the PR-Manager. I was wondering what were your fan responses after your game vs All-Starters.
Also, idk what this notion means:

...Three times per week, on the day following games, your PR-Manager conducts a survey of fans.

Do they conduct the third survey even if you were out of the National tournament and you didn't book a scrimmage (I wasn't paying attention at the changes in the Allstar week when most of us had 2 games). What does "on the day following games" mean? Is that the Daily Update?
Now, to add more confusion, according to the Guide To BuzzerBeater + FAQ, PR-Managers are used at the beginning of each game:

...PR managers and doctors are used at the beginning of each game, and so the level of doctor and PR manager that you have at the time of the game is what matters. PR manager’s levels are also taken in to account at the time of the financial update for merchandising income. Seeing as salary is paid for staff at the time of the financial update.

What does it mean "at the beginning of each game"? You buy a higher level PR before a home game (15+ minutes before the game) and they boost attendance mitigating your poor Fan Survey response? Or does that mean their effect is calculated with the results in the responses of your fans in the Fan Survey ***after the game (like the effect Doctors have on injuries)?

***Edit: About the term "after the game" I used here. The injuries are only visible after the games, but they occur in the game and the effect of the Doctor is calculated 15 minutes before the game. So what I meant was actually "before the game" (those 15 minutes before the game, i.e at the time the GE was running).

Last edited by Redemption Monk at 9/21/2025 1:38:33 AM

Some great questions and ones posed by many often. Without trying to find the posts to direct you to, I will just try to answer them from what I know/recall.

Yes, the Fan Survey can give you some visual info on the PR's effectiveness. But I don't hold this as 100% accurate. Rather, a good guide.

"Three times per week following games" means exactly that. On the day after a game (not sure of the exact timing) a survey is taken. I wouldn't read too much into how the timing of this survey affects anything. And, if you are knocked out of the CUP, they refer to the scrimmages most teams have in place of a cup game. That is, most teams place 2 league games and 1 CUP game (Scrimmages once they are no longer in the CUP). these are the 3 games they refer to.

What does it mean ..."at the beginning of each game?" Well, every game played on BB is a simulation run prior to actually being available to view through the viewer. Therefore, the beginning of the game no doubt refers to the period of time (15 minutes?) that the simulation is running and 'creating' the game we can then see "live" in the viewer at your country's designated starting time. That is, we never actually see any game "live" ever...as they have already been run and then made available. So, the "beginning of the game" would refer to that small amount of time (I believe about 15 minutes) before we can actually see the game "live" in the viewer.

So, yes, if you buy a higher level PR guy or Doctor at least 15 minutes before a game starts on the viewer, they are factored into that particular game. For example, if you are in a Final (3 game series) and you have Home Court Advantage (HCA) and have a Crowd Involvement (CI) PR guy, you will get a small boost in that first game and last game (if it goes to 3 games) assuming you don't fire the guy before the 3rd game. This also means that if you were to keep your CI PR guy for game 1 (and get the small boost), you can fire and then hire a National Appeal (NP) PR guy for Game 2 of the series to give your team a little boost in that away game. Then, of course, you would then fire him and rehire a CI PR guy for your Game 3 if needed. Tens of Season ago I used to use this method successfully. Obviously, this strategy would only work if you have extra cash to burn and really want that promotion.

I hope this example gives you an idea of how the PR guy works.

The Doctors, however, can work "after" injuries. The PR guy doesn't work in the same way but can, as I noted above, if hired and rehired before the next game, be used for small increases in a given game.

Hope this makes sense. I'm writing it on the fly...

ty for your kind reply MrJ. I was well aware of how (and when) the Specialty of the PR-Manager is calculated in the simulation. I am still curious about the PR-manager without a Specialty in those "15 minutes before the game"? They don't have that "slight effect" in the outcome of the games, but does their "work" influence the number of fans showing up in your home games. If you fire your level 7 PR manager 20 minutes before the game, will the attendance drop? I suspect that the responses in the Fan survey will not change prior to the game after the firing.

If you fire your level 7 PR manager 20 minutes before the game, will the attendance drop? I suspect that the responses in the Fan survey will not change prior to the game after the firing.

Yes, firing your Level 7 PR guy 20 minutes will affect the attendance to some degree. As for the Fan Survey? I think you are right in that the Fan Survey responses will not change after firing your PR guy and before the game. However, the firing of PR guy will have some effect on the attendance which in turn will, I would presume, have some effect on the fan survey after that game.

As for how much and the certainty of this...

For my 2nd Team, Westopian Tigers...

Current Fan Survey results:

Statement / No. of Balls / My thoughts

I am pleased with the team's performance last season / 2 balls / fair

I am pleased with the team's performance this season / 5 balls / fair

The team had a good run in the cup this year / 3 balls / too fair

The team played well in our last league game / 5 balls / fair

The team played well the last time they were on TV / 1 ball / fair

The team played well in our last game against Oro Jackson, our hated rival / 1 ball / fair

I am familiar with the star players, and am not afraid that they will be transferred / 4.5 balls / fair (i'm a HG team)

The general manager is doing everything he can to try to improve the team / 0.5 ball / Seriously? Unfair!


EDIT: Cup statement. We lost the first and only game...just like the last 2 seasons?

Last edited by MrJ at 9/21/2025 3:59:42 AM