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Originally Posted by bailey
9. Tournaments -- Most will be disappointed when they can't win at these, either.
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Contrary to popular belief, it isn't really about "winning". It has a lot more to do with "embarrassment". It's one thing to compete and lose, and in real life (or classic OOTP), one attempts to fix such issues by getting better.
It's quite another when all your efforts ultimately do nothing more than show your out of your league (
Pun Intended), and your ONLY hope to improve is open your wallet.
If OOTP wants PT to be a long-term money maker, they are going to have to find ways to keep the "common" people engaged.
Having said that, maybe the reality is that 1000 big spenders is all that's needed to keep the ship afloat and make a sizable profit. If so, and you can't keep the commoners engaged in some other way, that "number of teams" stat on the PT Universe Page is going to drop from 14,000 to a lot smaller number.
For 20 years, OOTP has been a "work in progress". I just hope that PT is also seen the same way - just because the current game is successful doesn't mean it can't get better.