Quoting: MrBooth
I understand your frustration Kayla, tell me about it. It should be a rule without saying that
once you’ve agreed to a trade, you can’t pull out/discuss another deal using involved assets.
Jonathan, I’m not sure what caused you to move Sami Niku to Tampa Bay. Whether it was forgetting about your Minnesota deal or simply “liking” your Tampa deal more, you and I have already talked about why it’s not a good move to do as such.
However, I think it’s safe to say Bolts had no bad intentions whatsoever. He didn’t even know Niku was reserved in another deal; that’s the Florida GM’s fault for not alerting Bolts of that, not Bolts’ fault. He shouldn’t be required to “be nice” as a result of another GM screwing up; while it would be a friendly gesture to the other GM getting screwed over, he is under zero obligation to do so. Leave him alone, give GMs a reminder to stop pulling out of deals whenever you can, and hopefully try to tweak the FLA/MIN deal now that it doesn’t involve Niku.
I’ve severed ties with GMs in the past. This doesn’t warrant that.
Much love, your friend,
Asshole (Booth)
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Small correction.
Once you've agreed to do a trade NOW, you shouldn't be able to back out, by rule.
If one or more parties are either unwilling or unable to make the trade immediately, it cannot be classified as an official trade and cannot be bound by rule.
Normally, you are keeping a trade off the books to get around the trade limit. I don't see why we would consider a rule to protect people using a loophole to get around a rule.
Sure. You can try to set up deals in advance. You can also choose not to deal with GMs who don't follow through with those tentative arrangements.
What you can also do, is follow the trade limit and make 4 deals per month, finalizing and making them official as you go.
If you don't like a deal enough to do it now, or are trying to save a trade in case a better deal comes along, that's basically the same thing as agreeing to hold onto certain assets but changing your mind because something better comes along.
If you're simply out of trades. You had your chances to improve your team this month, now you have to wait until the other GMs have had a chance to do the same.
One GM with 4 trades a month, should not be able to tie up 20 assets for the next 4 or 5 months. That's not fair to other GMs or good for the health of the game.