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Can you or can you not tell me about the exact mechanics of timeouts? That's what I want to know.

I could tell you what I think and assume, but no one but the BBs know the "exact mechanics of timeouts". Starters in BB almost always play 8-9+ minutes in the 4th when in a close game or losing, not sure what you've been watching... You posted this in the bugs forum and there is clearly no bug. If anything it belongs in the suggestions forum.

Everything else you have said is irrelevant.

Pointing out the correct subbing patterns and repeated coaching changes that you are trying to say did not happen is irrelevant? Sure.

My 6-10 are stronger, but weren't allowed to show it in the 4th.

Strongly disagree. Your bench was in worse GS (two in 9 GS, two in 8 GS, one in 7 GS) and 73k total salary for guys 6-10. His bench had awesome GS (four in 9 GS, one in 8 GS) and 72k total salary for guys 6-10. His bench was stronger, not yours.

This is a lost cause. You do you sir!

This is a lost cause. You do you sir!

Thanks. I'll hang around until someone who actually knows can give me an answer.

I guess I can explain how the GE works and maybe it will help you out in understanding. The outcome of the game is decided in the 15 minutes before game time. The path in which the game reaches this outcome to my knowledge is completely random. The game can be back and forth, there can be a few big swings and runs from each team, whatever the case may be. Now as for your game, you definitely had one of the more insane swings I’ve seen, but I have seen it happen before. It is pretty rare to have one as bad as yours but it is what it is. The GE needed to get the outcome that it decided and it took a pretty extreme path, and I guess the substitutions, or lack there of, that you are complaining about was part of that.

I will be surprised if you find someone that knows the exact mechanics behind the timeouts, I’ve played this game since single digit seasons, watching a fair amount of games live and couldn’t give you even an idea of how they work. I just know the GE needs to get to a certain outcome and figure it’s substitutions helps do that.

Lastly, no need to be rude to E.B.W. He was simply countering your points and explaining why and how you lost the game. Your initial post was about timeout mechanics, but you have commented on rosters and other things in which he was referencing.

Sterling,

The game was decided on Friday, not in the 4th quarter of that game. Take a peek at the Alphas' GS. They most likely had the enth advantage on you too. Great job being scrappy and having a team that did really well this season. But yeah, you were gonna lose regardless of any tactic you picked or any guess you made. If I were you, just be gracious in defeat and come back stronger next season. Kudos to you though, I thought you might pull off a miracle. Tbf, that's what it would have been, regardless of what coach did after a TO.

This is the answer. Well said Antwon.

If this is the case, then why even bother to run the playback? Just post the score after the sim runs and let us move on.

The game viewer is the main feature of this website, I am not quite sure why it would ever even be considered to not run it..? You have to remember this website was created 15 years ago, and that is how it was set up. "Live" GE's are incredibly difficult even today to create, let alone 15 years ago. Just move on and come back stronger next season for that league title!

The game viewer is the main feature of this website, I am not quite sure why it would ever even be considered to not run it..? You have to remember this website was created 15 years ago, and that is how it was set up. "Live" GE's are incredibly difficult even today to create, let alone 15 years ago. Just move on and come back stronger next season for that league title!

If the outcome is predetermined (i.e. no chance for an "upset" as is the argument of those in this thread) then there is no need to wait for the game viewer to show you what is already set in stone. What we have learned from the experts posting here is that the sim will do whatever it takes, no matter how extraordinarily unrealistic, to get to that predetermined score. Anything else is just a waste of an hour and a half. To be successful, all one needs to do is to load up on high dollar players and then train game shape every week.