I haven't emailed the commish. I am still waiting for him to start this week in a LL. No games were played. Other managers have complained that they have emailed both guys and have no response.

But what do you believe is uninformed? Do you have news to share: Does Telescan have a single employee on this product? Do you not notice that Dwight stops paying attention to this assignment whenever he takes another? Is there some attempt to bring in new customers of which I am not aware? Does purebaseball even come up if you search for baseball or sims on the search engines? Is the demo game, designed to bring in new prospects, not still using 1999 players? And wouldn't that be a turnoff if you somehow just found this site? Did they ever replace Tommy Lyle? What message do you get from Telescan, Inc. that indicates any intention to keep this business alive?

I am always impressed they way some people will come to Telescan's defense, as if it were a couple of entrprenueurs or hobbiests that had 105 employess as of June (probably fewer now). It is a company that serves investors and, other than using their web capabilities, Purebaseball does not fit with their core busisess. It will make long-run decisions on profit/loss or at least the prospect of profit.

So I am not being negative. I am merely pointing to what I observe: and end to many unprofitable dot-com enterprises, a tough economy where companies look to cut expenses wherever they can, non-response from anyone at telescan, no attempts to develop the business, very little attempt to even keep their current customers, LLs designed to develop business dropping from 22 to 6 in a single year, long-time customers complaining of unmananged teams while interested new customers complain that they can't even sign-up, Dwight too busy with other contracts to keep the games running and Bravard too busy to even repond to emails. Look at this board: at the bottom there is a response to many postings from a full-time Managing Editor. In the middle, Bravard responds to some posts. At the top, recent, there is no PB or Telescan input at all.

This appears to be a business that has not been profitable for Telescan. All the cost-cutting and inattention to business-building are indications of a business that is not supported by company management. It may well be that Bravard is still a supporter, but Telescan is not investing any more because the business has not turned a profit.

Rather than jump to Telescan's defense, or take my conserns as bashing, I would encourage players to let Bravard know whether they believe a business opportunity still exists. Read the signs and realize, whether Telescan will admit it or not, they are considering pulling the plug. If they are not planning to turn it off, than at least upgrade their recruitment and reliablility efforts to maintain the gaming experience. This is not a bashing -- note that I have not complained about the game itself, just the marketing and lack of employee attention. If you love this game, realize that every problem, every delay, every unmanaged team turns away several prospective customers. And every lost costomer brings the end closer. Don't complain to me; I am neither the problem nor the decision maker.