ftr I think saying "strategic fluting is cool actually" is unambiguously the right move, and I think the spikiness of that competitive aspect is what makes blaseball the splort we are all love
https://twitter.com/thegameband/status/1374523313427415046
blaseball is all about catch-up mechanics and reversals, about the cruelty of random chance, and about so-called success being A Terrible Mistake; all of those themes are served by the ability of players to be sneaky and aggressive in how they play
and inasmuch as this stuff can cause imbalances I trust the game band to figure it out - again, the game is loaded with catch-up mechanics, much like how in real life the way to be a good sports team is to tank for those high draft picks (or is that just the nba?)
anyway if people are fluting the shit out of your team... flute them right back! establish dominance!*
(or engage with the fact that your votes go further than theirs because you're not paying a $4000 flute tax before you can buy them)
(or engage with the fact that your votes go further than theirs because you're not paying a $4000 flute tax before you can buy them)
(point is there are knobs to balance this stuff! it's cool.)
Also, hot take but I think in some ways being fluted enhances the fiction of a bad team -- it starts being less like the browns and more like the knicks, where the team is just inexplicably self-sabotaging.
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