Rambo Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 For those unaware our resident Dillon Danis (Paddy Mcgillicutty) has abused the tycoon times repeatedly to glitch fighter hype in an unprecedented way and managed to climb to top 250 P4P with a 2-0 record vs tuna cans. Meanwhile most of us have 4-0 fighters ranked 1500-3000 p4p, he reached top 250 by abusing tycoon times. For every article he released and labeled a Fighter Profile he received +10 fighter hype and he released at LEAST 23 of them. There are 2 to possibly 5 total that could be considered worthy of being called an article. Here is a list: https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6185 ^ more content in this 1 than all others below COMBINED, so skip it https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6211 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6221 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6242 ^ This is MUST READ. +10 fighter hype https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6278 ^ Paddy's Opinion if 1 liners for +10 hype https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6279 ^ more 1 liners +20 fighter hype for 2 articles in same issue https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6335 ^ easy +10 hype https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6363 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6391 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6410 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6417 ^ "Massive sponsorship opportunity!" < all he wrote. +10 hype. https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6422 ^ 2 sentences and link for +10 hype https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6483 ^ says fight preview but just fighter profile for +10 hype https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6529 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6549 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6566 ^ zero text, +10 hype? https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6588 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6616 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6640 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6710 ^ 2 sentences. Impressive. +10 p4p hype https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6721 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6748 ^ probably the most effort put into an article, maybe deserved the +10 hype here. https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6761 ????? I officially hate myself for playing Inspector Red and wasting my time on this regurgitated BS, but instead of fighting and earning his p4p rank like the rest of you, he's climbing the rankings with minimal effort spam. Once the glitch is nerfed for blatant abuse, not to make tycoon times useless, but convert the future hype gains into popularity gains, and it won't unjustly impact fighter rankings, and will still benefit org owners. 13 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo Posted March 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 Eli Rambeau (4-0) 1598 P4P Ray Luciano (5-0) 1500 P4P (ID tournament winner) Cooper Roos (5-0) 1700 P4P 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne95 Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 Johnny Albatross (2-0) 3516 P4P 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyel Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 Changing the hype bonus to popularity bonus? Sure, makes sense. Retroactivelly punish someone for using a system he didn't create himself and that was open for use for literally everyone? That would be really shitty. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clydebankblitz Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 Originally I would have said this was a joke as anyone in the game has access to the same feature (and like Rambo said, Dillon Danis, it's hardly unrealistic) but definitely a few of those articles shouldn't have been published if they're one line or no text. In that case, instead of saying "Nerd this entire fighter", the articles that wouldn't meet a certain standard could be adjusted as they wouldn't fit the intention of the hype boost for tycoontimes articles? It's not that Bjorn is "abusing the system". If it was automated then sure, but as these are hand picked for the newspaper, really it's just ensuring quality and that the initial criteria of the hype bonus is being met. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterLeader Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 1) Remove Tycoon Times’ impact on P4P 2) Minimum 100 word count on articles for pop boost 3) If you’re found guilty of abusing this (ie writing waffly spam then you take a popularity hit instead) Could even allow people to upvote/downvote articles and any downvoted articles incur penalty points 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjrfin Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 Hell no. Do work, get paid. Nice poll, btw. Should have added option, Straight to #1 P4P. Am I still no getting spin credits for this shit ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skenoj Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 Tycoon Times will not use Paddy's articles for a while after this scandal Let's see what will happen also, I never thought Tycoon Times will have such an impact on fighter hype Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyel Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 Damn, I never thought I'd see the day he cancel culture would reach MMA Tycoon Times. And yet, here we are... 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMATycoon Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 I'll send a link to this thread to Marius who edits the TT. He just puts out whatever the best articles are each week, so this shows how easy it is for you to get into the TT if you want to get that boost for yourself. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10thPlanetKT Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 1 minute ago, Xyel said: Damn, I never thought I'd see the day he cancel culture would reach MMA Tycoon Times. And yet, here we are... I don't think this is really cancel culture. If more people learn that you can just spam this with low quality little effort articles, It will be a nightmare for organization owners to fairly matchup fighters. They have enough problems. Better to nip it in the bud now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyel Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 Just now, 10thPlanetKT said: I don't think this is really cancel culture. If more people learn that you can just spam this with low quality little effort articles, It will be a nightmare for organization owners to fairly matchup fighters. They have enough problems. Better to nip it in the bud now. It is precisely that - someone feels strongly about something they don't like, they rile up a few other people who also complain, and the person gets cancelled. Just this time, you happen to sympathize with what they're complaining about. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clydebankblitz Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 15 minutes ago, MMATycoon said: I'll send a link to this thread to Marius who edits the TT. He just puts out whatever the best articles are each week, so this shows how easy it is for you to get into the TT if you want to get that boost for yourself. This makes sense to be honest. If there's a deadline for submission every week, and the best X amount of articles are posted, then any sort of "benefit" Bjorn has had has been opened to everyone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skenoj Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 7 minutes ago, clydebankblitz said: This makes sense to be honest. If there's a deadline for submission every week, and the best X amount of articles are posted, then any sort of "benefit" Bjorn has had has been opened to everyone. there was no benefit or something towards Bjorn, we had weeks when we had no more than 7/8 articles, I never wanted to leave a spot blank 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clydebankblitz Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 6 minutes ago, Skenoj said: there was no benefit or something towards Bjorn, we had weeks when we had no more than 7/8 articles, I never wanted to leave a spot blank Yeah that's what I'm saying. If there were guidelines like "Top X articles make it in, and we wait X amount of time until the next edition" then it doesn't matter if it was Bjorn or someone else. I'd still say there could be a minimum amount of words added (definitely not blank) but it's not like Bjorn did anything anyone else couldn'thave been doing, which makes it fair. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 9 hours ago, Rambo said: unlike most you pussies we don't make a goodbye dramatic farewell exit post and sack all of our roster. 'we dont bitch" proceeds bitching 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HareRumpler Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Rambo said: For those unaware our resident Dillon Danis (Paddy Mcgillicutty) has abused the tycoon times repeatedly to glitch fighter hype in an unprecedented way and managed to climb to top 250 P4P with a 2-0 record vs tuna cans. Meanwhile most of us have 4-0 fighters ranked 1500-3000 p4p, he reached top 250 by abusing tycoon times. For every article he released and labeled a Fighter Profile he received +10 fighter hype and he released at LEAST 23 of them. There are 2 to possibly 5 total that could be considered worthy of being called an article. Here is a list: https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6185 ^ more content in this 1 than all others below COMBINED, so skip it https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6211 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6221 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6242 ^ This is MUST READ. +10 fighter hype https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6278 ^ Paddy's Opinion if 1 liners for +10 hype https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6279 ^ more 1 liners +20 fighter hype for 2 articles in same issue https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6335 ^ easy +10 hype https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6363 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6391 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6410 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6417 ^ "Massive sponsorship opportunity!" < all he wrote. +10 hype. https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6422 ^ 2 sentences and link for +10 hype https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6483 ^ says fight preview but just fighter profile for +10 hype https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6529 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6549 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6566 ^ zero text, +10 hype? https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6588 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6616 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6640 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6710 ^ 2 sentences. Impressive. +10 p4p hype https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6721 https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6748 ^ probably the most effort put into an article, maybe deserved the +10 hype here. https://mmatycoon.com/tycoontimes/tycoontimesstory.php?SID=6761 ????? I officially hate myself for playing Inspector Red and wasting my time on this regurgitated BS, but instead of fighting and earning his p4p rank like the rest of you, he's climbing the rankings with minimal effort spam. Once the glitch is nerfed for blatant abuse, not to make tycoon times useless, but convert the future hype gains into popularity gains, and it won't unjustly impact fighter rankings, and will still benefit org owners. See, you did all this work...but your mistake here was not making a slight modification, putting it in the words of one of your fighters...and submitting it as an article! HAHAHAHAHA! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterLeader Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 1 hour ago, clydebankblitz said: This makes sense to be honest. If there's a deadline for submission every week, and the best X amount of articles are posted, then any sort of "benefit" Bjorn has had has been opened to everyone. But the benefit should be on popularity not hype. Why should a fighter be #1 P4P due to articles being written about them? No MMA rankings are driven by social media they’re driven by performance. Give them a pop boost 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10thPlanetKT Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Xyel said: It is precisely that - someone feels strongly about something they don't like, they rile up a few other people who also complain, and the person gets cancelled. Just this time, you happen to sympathize with what they're complaining about. Not really I'm thinking about this from a logical perspective not an emotional one like you are suggesting. If you want fighters to spam popularity with barely any fights and be rated top 10 fine by me. I just think that makes zero sense and affects the game balance. Let me be more specific, the player doesn't necessarily need to be banned or punished drastically, however it still should be nerfed or limited the system itself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popart Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 Not Bjorn's fault that no one else writes in to the Tycoon Times. Shit's dead. However, I do think the implication of said hype is problematic- the fact that a 2-0 fighter was able to get a title shot by being ranked higher than the champ in his division, at the same org. I don't blame said champ for refusing that fight, and frankly I think it says more about the org than the fighter that they'd strip a fighter essentially at someone's request. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mannetosen Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 I think there should definitely be an incentive to submit articles to the Times, but 1) it should be pop and 2) they shouldn't accept anything they get. I think Paddy should have his hype and pop reversed. He'd be worth more or less the same money for the org owner, plus it'd fit way better into his superstar persona than being highly ranked with no fans imo. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clydebankblitz Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 28 minutes ago, MasterLeader said: But the benefit should be on popularity not hype. Why should a fighter be #1 P4P due to articles being written about them? No MMA rankings are driven by social media they’re driven by performance. Give them a pop boost Yeah that makes sense man, can't argue there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 31 minutes ago, Mannetosen said: I think there should definitely be an incentive to submit articles to the Times, but 1) it should be pop and 2) they shouldn't accept anything they get. I think Paddy should have his hype and pop reversed. He'd be worth more or less the same money for the org owner, plus it'd fit way better into his superstar persona than being highly ranked with no fans imo. 35 minutes ago, popart said: Not Bjorn's fault that no one else writes in to the Tycoon Times. Shit's dead. However, I do think the implication of said hype is problematic- the fact that a 2-0 fighter was able to get a title shot by being ranked higher than the champ in his division, at the same org. I don't blame said champ for refusing that fight, and frankly I think it says more about the org than the fighter that they'd strip a fighter essentially at someone's request. its what i said at the other thread, bjorn could only "pull this" move because of a lack of engagement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monsieur.Camara Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Xyel said: Changing the hype bonus to popularity bonus? Sure, makes sense. Retroactivelly punish someone for using a system he didn't create himself and that was open for use for literally everyone? That would be really shitty. Not everybody Skenoj won’t accept any of my editorials 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwad12345 Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Xyel said: Damn, I never thought I'd see the day he cancel culture would reach MMA Tycoon Times. And yet, here we are... Give me a break with Cancel Culture. That term is becoming as cliche and meaningless as fake news. Thank you Karter for finally spelling out what we all knew but didn't have the motivation to actually do anything about. Bjorn, I know you won't comment on this thread because that's your MO when any kind of controversy is directed at you but as I'm equally sure you're following closely, let me just make it perfectly clear; if you had simply continued abusing game mechanics and stuck to your thread in your own little MediaTycoon world, this wouldn't be happening. But when you have fighters stripped, ruin orgs and piss off everyone in the process you reap what you sow. Please give me a thumbs down to let me know you've read this. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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