The problem is unfounded, unsubstantiated comments!!!!
Like Smirt saying Armoredgiraffe has access to the code!!
Why???
Because Armoredgiraffe beat Smirt convincingly in a League Title game!!!
So basically Armoredgiraffe is a cheater because there is other other answer in Smirt's mind.
That's not a healthy mental state and definately creates hatred and conflict and for what???
Smirt believes he is the greatest so another owner owning him is unexplainable to him except they cheated.
SO.....
Smirt always win so Smirt cheats!!!
Do you know how many times I've been PMed that over the years???
Personally, I've been a victim of unfounded, unsubstantiated statements made about me in public forums!!!
5 years ago, I'm new to the game, a few months in and I'm learning, experimenting and figuring out player weights, roster construction & gameplanning. I was in MFN-# leagues, taking over train wreck teams and I made a bunch of trades in the hopes of rebuilding.
A thread was started CJFRED68 NEEDS TO BE STOPPED FROM TRADING!!!
I was accused of being a bad owner, someone would would ruin my team and subsequently the league and I would drop the team leaving it a mess.
I was called an idiot who didn't know what the **** he was doing and the worst type of owner which will destroy MFN!!!
5 years and 50+ Titles later.....most of them are gone and I run one of the most successful leagues in the game. IMO, it's also the best league in MFN but I'm definately bias!
My point, you can't make accusations, especially about owners cheating without evidence. Smirt has done this before and been proven wrong.
Hammond is Bryson (remember Smirt)
When GrandadB cheated in the XFL, a thorough and complete investigation was done before I publicly made the verdict known. It was handled via PM until the evidence was sufficient enough to prove he violated league rules.
He has stated multiple time Armoredgiraffe has access to the code without anybody questioning it or commenting.
I've talked to ColonelFailure who created the Electosports league which is private and not listed in the available leagues and he is certain Nosedive is a new owner who never played MFN before. In fact, nosedive recently joined 2 other leagues to learn.
I've also talked to JDB about someone having access to his code and he said it's impossible. The code is on his personal computer and he edits it there. Any new iterations are compiled and tested many times before being uploaded and locked onto the server which is where we all play.
MFN is his creation and he hopes to one day give it a wide release where he hopes to makes millions where he can retire. Like the XFL is my baby, MFN is JDB's baby! He would never allow ANYONE access to his pet project that could eventually be worth money.
Smirt is convinced JDB is out to get him when the truth is JDB could care less who wins or loses. Smirt, like you, me and everyone is 1 of 300 (estimated users) data points. He observes the data but never influences the data other then to change the code which effects all 300 owners.
Smirt is a great owner but he refuses to believe that LUCK is a factor when you are dealing with a sim that uses thousands of RNG (RANDOM NUMBER GENERATIONS) each sim. Skill clearly is a factor, hence Smirts .850 winning percentage but if he doesn't get the rolls...he can lose!!!!
There are no conspiracies or dark intentions!!!
I use to play D&D as a kid and sometimes my powerful party would run into a monster we should dominate but we would roll the dice to determine combat results and when rolling a 20 sided die, we rolled 1s or 2s while the dungeon master rolled a couple 20s....we would die!!!
I'm just tired of the conflicts and conspiracies.....it ends up driving owners away and starts fights where nobody wins. I just wasted time doing all this when my time here should have been doing the power rankings for 2 other leagues then adding more content to my 25th anniversary thread in the XFL.
It's bad enough I have done nothing to manage the teams I run because I spend all my time adding content for everyone to enjoy then I have to deal with this nonsense because Smirt has an issue with yet another owner.
What a surprise....Smirt having conflict with another owner....talk about beating a dead horse!!!