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Post by xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club on Jul 21, 2018 17:10:08 GMT -5
I accept the fact that, despite having a decent season, my sheer number of fighters left me outside of the GP this season. Sometimes it works the other way if I have a great season. I'm not complaining about missing the GP this season... That's just the way it went down, unfortunately. Things happend and I got fighters back that I wasn't expecting back. It's no one's fault.
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Post by The Sandmen on Jul 21, 2018 17:11:25 GMT -5
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Post by xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club on Jul 21, 2018 17:15:23 GMT -5
If you upgraded as I do, rather than how you do, you would be in the Grand Prix. My results speak for themselves. Also, I gave Austin the same fundamental "Upgrading 101 Course" I gave you, and he and his friends are doing great. So. Again. It comes down to upgrading well. Upgrade better and you will be in the GP. No it doesn't actually... Cuz I'm still upgrading as you suggested. As I said above, it was my sheer roster size this season the kept me out of the GP, not cuz I didn't upgrade well or polish my fighters. That's just how it goes sometimes. |
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Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Jul 21, 2018 17:16:16 GMT -5
Exactly my point. I do the things I am talking about. When you upgrade well, and maintain a team of well-upgraded, polished fighters, you make the GP. If you keep doing it, you will keep making the Grand Prix on a consistent basis. Bullies was a perennial top 3 team until he stopped upgrading and maintaining his team. Rattlesnakes is an elite team because he upgrades well, polishes, and maintains his team. IF YOU UPGRADE WELL, POLISH, AND MAINTAIN, YOU WILL CONSISTENTLY MAKE THE GRAND PRIX. Having 12 project fighters that require high maintenance to compete with the GoaTs does not help your chances of being a GP team. Actually you don't really. You sit there on your laurels more often than not, just like Bullies did, and still end up at the top of the league every fucking season. Comes down to who and what YOU deem as "upgrading well" or who you think the "GoAt" fighters are. I don't have 12 project fighters, I never have... But even taking your advice on upgrades, has garnered little to no better results than what I was doing on my own. I do upgrade and polish and I'm still a bubble team cuz of the size my roster has ended up at, not because all my fighters suck. Then dump the waste? |
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Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Jul 21, 2018 17:17:46 GMT -5
Also, I got upgrade advice from Bullies when I first joined. Combining both of their advices has granted me lots of success and my friends as well after I gave them the same advice.
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Post by xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club on Jul 21, 2018 17:21:35 GMT -5
Actually you don't really. You sit there on your laurels more often than not, just like Bullies did, and still end up at the top of the league every fucking season. Comes down to who and what YOU deem as "upgrading well" or who you think the "GoAt" fighters are. I don't have 12 project fighters, I never have... But even taking your advice on upgrades, has garnered little to no better results than what I was doing on my own. I do upgrade and polish and I'm still a bubble team cuz of the size my roster has ended up at, not because all my fighters suck. Then dump the waste? Depending on the fighter, I do that every off season... Hence asking for individual fighter records for the season. Sometimes a guy just has a bad season, other times like in the case of Patrick Cote for my team for example, then you're gone. |
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Post by xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club on Jul 21, 2018 17:30:16 GMT -5
Also, I got upgrade advice from Bullies when I first joined. Combining both of their advices has granted me lots of success and my friends as well after I gave them the same advice. And that's great... I still don't consider your team to be "elite" as Sandman suggests. Win a GP or 2 then maybe I'd concede that. Just as you said to GAP... Your team doesn't intimidate me either. The only real weakness my team has somewhat is at MW right now, and even that's not too horrible, whether folks like JMac or not. |
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Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Jul 21, 2018 17:58:36 GMT -5
Also, I got upgrade advice from Bullies when I first joined. Combining both of their advices has granted me lots of success and my friends as well after I gave them the same advice. And that's great... I still don't consider your team to be "elite" as Sandman suggests. Win a GP or 2 then maybe I'd concede that. Just as you said to GAP... Your team doesn't intimidate me either. The only real weakness my team has somewhat is at MW right now, and even that's not too horrible, whether folks like JMac or not. The only thing I lack in is a female fighter lmao. I have one of the most dominant teams in the league if you ask me. Something always comes up around GP team, and my depth fighters just arent as good as everyone else's top fighters. Who on my team do you not see as intimidating exactly? I have one of the most dominant MWs in site history in Anthony Johnson, I have two pretty solid flyweights in Karolina Kowalkiewicz and Rose Namajunas. I have Cody Garbrandt, Cain Velasquez, and a Andrei Arlovski that's far from finished product. Just wait until I get my bantamweight situation figured out. |
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Post by xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club on Jul 21, 2018 18:15:20 GMT -5
And that's great... I still don't consider your team to be "elite" as Sandman suggests. Win a GP or 2 then maybe I'd concede that. Just as you said to GAP... Your team doesn't intimidate me either. The only real weakness my team has somewhat is at MW right now, and even that's not too horrible, whether folks like JMac or not. The only thing I lack in is a female fighter lmao. I have one of the most dominant teams in the league if you ask me. Something always comes up around GP team, and my depth fighters just arent as good as everyone else's top fighters. Who on my team do you not see as intimidating exactly? I have one of the most dominant MWs in site history in Anthony Johnson, I have two pretty solid flyweights in Karolina Kowalkiewicz and Rose Namajunas. I have Cody Garbrandt, Cain Velasquez, and a Andrei Arlovski that's far from finished product. Just wait until I get my bantamweight situation figured out. Johnson's still a too much of a pup in the league to even be called that. lol Same with Garbrandt. They're good... Just other than at MW, I've got Cruz, Lesnar & Sylvia to counter the 3 you mentioned there anyways, plus I'd be comfortable puting any of my fighters up against yours, save for MW, and even then no issue. No dispute Karolina being solid though... I drafted her. 😜 I know. |
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Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Jul 21, 2018 18:16:34 GMT -5
The only thing I lack in is a female fighter lmao. I have one of the most dominant teams in the league if you ask me. Something always comes up around GP team, and my depth fighters just arent as good as everyone else's top fighters. Who on my team do you not see as intimidating exactly? I have one of the most dominant MWs in site history in Anthony Johnson, I have two pretty solid flyweights in Karolina Kowalkiewicz and Rose Namajunas. I have Cody Garbrandt, Cain Velasquez, and a Andrei Arlovski that's far from finished product. Just wait until I get my bantamweight situation figured out. Johnson's still a too much of a pup in the league to even be called that. lol Same with Garbrandt. They're good... Just other than at MW, I've got Cruz, Lesnar & Sylvia to counter the 3 you mentioned there anyways, plus I'd be comfortable puting any of my fighters up against yours, save for MW, and even then no issue. No dispute Karolina being solid though... I drafted her. 😜 I know. I happen to know she was shit before I got her too |
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Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Jul 21, 2018 18:18:27 GMT -5
Johnson has beaten the best contenders in the division lol... Garbrandt already beat Dom, and Lesnar isn't all that lately. Sylvia is the best you got I think, and your BWs are better than Andrade
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Post by xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club on Jul 21, 2018 18:22:49 GMT -5
Johnson's still a too much of a pup in the league to even be called that. lol Same with Garbrandt. They're good... Just other than at MW, I've got Cruz, Lesnar & Sylvia to counter the 3 you mentioned there anyways, plus I'd be comfortable puting any of my fighters up against yours, save for MW, and even then no issue. No dispute Karolina being solid though... I drafted her. 😜 I know. I happen to know she was shit before I got her too I didn't get to keep her around for long, unfortunately. She was part of one of roster cut downs I had to do, and she was lowest on the totem pole with what I had at the time. I think I got to upgrade her once, maybe twice. I dunno what others did with her after that, but if it's anything like Marquardt, probably nothing. lol |
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Post by The Rocketmen on Jul 21, 2018 18:32:03 GMT -5
I think I can actually be a good example of what building the right way can do. I use a very easy process and then I mount it to all of my fighters:
Strength, Conditioning, Toughness. Then whatever type I want them to be, I put points into that specifically.
I have upgraded and earned champions and given away or traded for new projects ALL the time. Literally ripped my team apart from my success and started over almost every like third or fourth season. I end up in the Grand Prix most of the time just by maxing out those stats to at least give my fighters a chance.
I project build perpetually and I do it to guy's who I don't think are terrible, and I don't bring in a big roster to do it. I niche-build a small roster, try and keep a few guys I really like who are excellent (The Rich Franklins and Forrest Griffins) and then I build up the rest. And then I trade them away lol
The trick is, and we've been saying this probably since the like 2nd or 3rd season Kruze has been here, is he for a loooooong time had too big of a roster with only project fighters, and it's taken a LOOOONG time to overcome that handicap.
I think Kruze has built some solid fighters, but I also think he gets hung up when they aren't over the top champs (like perpetually re-tooling a fighter). Don't tweak until you have to. Max that team out before you move on to new projects, and then see what happens. OR dump the rusty parts and put some polish on that chrome!
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Post by xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club on Jul 21, 2018 18:46:43 GMT -5
I think I can actually be a good example of what building the right way can do. I use a very easy process and then I mount it to all of my fighters: Strength, Conditioning, Toughness. Then whatever type I want them to be, I put points into that specifically. I have upgraded and earned champions and given away or traded for new projects ALL the time. Literally ripped my team apart from my success and started over almost every like third or fourth season. I end up in the Grand Prix most of the time just by maxing out those stats to at least give my fighters a chance. I project build perpetually and I do it to guy's who I don't think are terrible, and I don't bring in a big roster to do it. I niche-build a small roster, try and keep a few guys I really like who are excellent (The Rich Franklins and Forrest Griffins) and then I build up the rest. And then I trade them away lol The trick is, and we've been saying this probably since the like 2nd or 3rd season Kruze has been here, is he for a loooooong time had too big of a roster with only project fighters, and it's taken a LOOOONG time to overcome that handicap. I think Kruze has built some solid fighters, but I also think he gets hung up when they aren't over the top champs (like perpetually re-tooling a fighter). Don't tweak until you have to. Max that team out before you move on to new projects, and then see what happens. OR dump the rusty parts and put some polish on that chrome! I have done that for the most part. lol Just doesn't seem like it cuz my rosters were that big before.  |
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Post by The Texas Rattlesnakes on Jul 21, 2018 18:48:06 GMT -5
I'd just like to point out that Anthony Johnsons is four defenses away from being the longest reigning MW champ in the site's history. Currently at 8, he needs 8 more to pass Wanderlei Silva and Anderson Silva's record of 15. He's beaten the likes of Lyoto Machida, Robbie Lawler, Cung Le, and Rich Franklin, and he challenges Wanderlei Silva, Anderson Silva, and anyone else to come and earn a titleshot and try to dethrone him. Maybe then you wont be so foolish to call him a pup.
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