PPM & OTR: A Flawed System

Back in season 1 of PPM there were a few people who raised the issue of OTR growth relating to teams who were in a position to play in different cups, tournaments, etc. The argument was that over time, their team strength would grow to such an extent that it would be impossible for the average person to compete with them in PPM. At the time, I believe the time frame thrown down was 5 seasons.

3 season in and i'm afraid to say that the gap has become quite the canyon, and right now there are a lot of people, myself included, who are fairly upset at PPM for letting this happen.

You see, higher OTR is directly responsible for sponsorship offers, and as you all know, sponsor dollars are directly related to how quickly you can grow your team via upgrades and market purchases. There are teams who, through playing in CWC, NT etc have such incredibly high OTR compared to the rest of us that their sponsorship offers are pretty much giving them such an unfair boost it has a few of us wondering what the hell we're even playing the game for.

An example from just the other day is a person on skype mentioned (see: bragged) about their sponsorship dollars this season being around $13.5 MILLION per week. Over a course of the season that would equate to over $170 MILLION dollars. Now i'm in Div 1 in the Other World league, and finished in 12th spot (ok, not too high) and at best can expect to receive about half of what this person is receiving. So over the course of the season I would bring in around $80 Million dollars.

Do the math here.. that's $90 Million dollars extra that this team, already far stronger than mine is going to get. What can you do with $90Million?

You could order...

• 3 Single Floor Multi-Functions (increase arena by 2,400 seats)
• 2 Double Floor Multi-Functions (increase arena by 3,000 seats)
• 1 Triple Floor Multi-Function (increase arena by 2,500 seats)
• A Level 6 Scoreboard (increases attendance)

What about facilities?

• Upgrade up to Level 14 for a single facility
• Upgrade 5 facilities to Level 10/11

Players?

Right now there are a number of 300+ OR players on the market, who have an average cost of around $11Million each. This guy on skype could literally buy a new player EVERY SINGLE WEEK and build an entire team of 300+ OR players over the course of a season. It would take someone in my position 3 weeks to save up enough to buy one of these players, and even then, i'm competing with people who could have saved up over $30Mil in that same time.

Where is the equality? Where is the fairness in the game?

Do I seem a little angry, maybe even a little @%@#@ off? That's because I am. I strive to build a strong team that competes and realise that I will never be able to do so under the current system. It is simply impossible to catch these big guys or compete with them.

Which raises the question... what is the point?

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