First season in Rookie League and just missed Promotion

Roco32373 · 05-23-2021, 01:11 PM

Since I was the best team to not get promoted (I just missed it), does that mean I should, in theory, be one of the better teams next season (which starts tomorrow)?

Torgonius · 05-23-2021, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Roco32373

Since I was the best team to not get promoted (I just missed it), does that mean I should, in theory, be one of the better teams next season (which starts tomorrow)?

Maybe. Depends on where the BlendTech places you next week. You could go into a league where you're the dog, or one where you're the hydrant.

If you're able to upgrade your team before tomorrow morning, that would help move the needle in the canine direction.

ncap99 · 05-24-2021, 04:51 AM

The dog or the hydrant, very good description. You may very well be the best team in the league or the worst, it's luck of the draw. It is generally not a good thing to be the last team into promotion or the last team not relegated. It gets harder pretty fast, by the time you're in gold league you're facing some teams with a lot of 100s. Remember you get points for in game performance, not just the end of season bonus.

brotherblues · 05-24-2021, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Roco32373

Since I was the best team to not get promoted (I just missed it), does that mean I should, in theory, be one of the better teams next season (which starts tomorrow)?

Keep in mind new teams are coming up to replace the promoted ones. The overall competition level should remain more or less the same.

So if you field the exact same team you will have a very similar result (rngesus notwithstanding). So the likeliest (but far from the only) scenario would be you're competing for one of the last promotion spots again.

Hwilensky · 05-24-2021, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Torgonius

Maybe. Depends on where the BlendTech places you next week. You could go into a league where you're the dog, or one where you're the hydrant.

If you're able to upgrade your team before tomorrow morning, that would help move the needle in the canine direction.

I never heard this before, but it just became my favorite quote of all time. Thank you!!

05-23-2021, 01:11 PM	#1
Roco32373 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2021 Posts: 20	First season in Rookie League and just missed Promotion Since I was the best team to not get promoted (I just missed it), does that mean I should, in theory, be one of the better teams next season (which starts tomorrow)?

05-24-2021, 04:51 AM	#3
ncap99 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2021 Posts: 319	The dog or the hydrant, very good description. You may very well be the best team in the league or the worst, it's luck of the draw. It is generally not a good thing to be the last team into promotion or the last team not relegated. It gets harder pretty fast, by the time you're in gold league you're facing some teams with a lot of 100s. Remember you get points for in game performance, not just the end of season bonus.