Originally Posted by chazzycat
Hello fellow baseball nerds! Do you enjoy playing Perfect Team, with the extra challenge of not spending real money?
Would you like to join an active community of other like-minded players?
If so, then come join us in BFF next year! We are welcoming all free-to-play players in PT22. The only rules will be as follows:
1) Completely free to play, no money spent (other than purchasing the base game of course)
2) You must designate the username you will be using for BFF, prior to opening your starter packs. This is just to ensure we all start on the same footing - no one can purchase a bunch of licenses, open all the starter packs, and then pick the best one for BFF.
3) No breaking the game's terms of service! This should go without saying, but just to be clear BFF does not tolerate any tanking, transferring points between teams, or anything of that nature.
In previous years, we had stricter rules about selling cards - but not anymore. The group has decided to open things up to all F2P players with no restrictions on selling cards this year. So you don't have to worry about tracking which cards you pull vs buy or anything like that. Just don't spend money, and you're good.
That's all the rules. Now for some FAQs.
1. So...how does it work?
It's pretty simple. You play however you want, without spending money. You join our private discord where we primarily operate. On discord, we will maintain team lists for each level. We will use the "friends list" feature in the game to link our teams together, ensuring we play together in the same league.
Fair Warning: BFF leagues have in the past been much tougher than average leagues. If you are thinking this would be a shortcut to success by playing with F2P owners - you might be disappointed.
That's about it. How much you want to participate in the discord is up to you, beyond some minimum involvement explained further below. But to be honest, the discord access is really the chief benefit of joining BFF. In there, you'll have access to some of the best F2P managers out there, including PL winners, data modellers, and top tournament players, all openly discussing the strategies we use.
It can truly be an invaluable resource for anyone looking to gain an edge as a free player. This will be BFFs 3rd year, so come gain the knowledge of our "brain trust" building on the experience of the previous years.
2. How will the F2P rule be enforced?
BFF operates mainly on the honor system, which has served us well in the past. The reason this works is that we openly share our progress with the group. For example if someone pulls an amazing card or wins a big tournament, they would be expected to report that to the group with a screenshot. Most active players would do it anyway, just for bragging rights! ...but this also helps us know where all the PP came from. This way, we are all roughly tracking each others progress, and if someone leaps ahead without any explanation for how, it would set off red flags.
That being said, the honor system is not our only means of enforcement. If at any point, any member becomes suspicious of another, they may request a transaction log audit to prove no money was spent. If requested, the accused manager must comply in timely fashion, or face an immediate ban from BFF. This would come in the form of recording yourself flipping through all the pages in the transaction log and providing a link to the video. Hopefully this will not be necessary, but you never know with strangers on the internet, so we keep it in our back pocket as a last resort.
That's really about it. If anyone has any questions, feel free to leave them below.
To anyone interested in joining, you can leave a comment with your discord username and I will shoot you an invite to join our server. If you're already on the main discord, feel free to reach out to QuantaCondor or JDA as well...the three of us are the admins.
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