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I am indifferent as well. Not offended... not asking anybody to make changes to the game... But as I said before, I don't think the developers thought this particular story line through properly. No new customers are likely going to fly through the website because a virtual player might miss time due to a death in the family versus him missing time for any number of other pre-canned reasons... But obviously some people don't want tragedy splashed into their baseball text sim. For them it's the opposite of immersion, it's pulling them out of the game world to reflect on how the real world can suck ass. So I think including this particular story line was a poor business decision... Little chance for any tangible gain, while as we have seen with this thread, the very real ability to alienate a paying customer.
It's something that if it happened in my league, it wouldn't raise much of an eyebrow really... Whether it was child death or parachute accident or murder or alien abduction... In about 5 or 6 seconds I would have already forgotten the 'cause' part of the text and would be much more concerned with the 'effect' part in regards to my roster. That's the reason I'm playing the game... to manage a roster... not to help virtual Bob Shortstop overcome his virtual adversity.
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