I had contemplated doing weeks 4-6 without turning points, then holding a vote.
I played at least 50 pre-season games for comparison and the results were much better with it. Without turning points, games were almost exclusively 2-1 or 9-0. And it's not just a "better team always wins", it's just whoever scores first, as I saw with an all star team against the Astros.
That's probably because, like many sports games, players do not react well to getting their asses kicked, while they can upgrade their "face" ranking with successful performances, even if it's just a bunch of bloop singles.
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