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Lee1950
posted: 2011-12-12 10:42:39 (ID: 19743) Report Abuse
I think age should be a factor in selecting players, especially 4.5* and 5*, as I feel the extra years will be a benefit to enable the player to reach potential. For a 2.5* or 3* player, I don't know how important the extra years are....

I haven't really settled on a weighting that I like, though!

Atm, it's something like:

18 = 40 points (on a 50 point scale)
19 = 35
20 = 30
21 = 25
22 = 20



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Tarjan
posted: 2011-12-12 10:54:13 (ID: 19744) Report Abuse
Hm I am with you, almost have the same thx
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Lee1950
posted: 2011-12-12 10:55:22 (ID: 19745) Report Abuse
Good to know I'm not alone!!
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jack6
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posted: 2011-12-12 11:46:21 (ID: 19758) Report Abuse
I'm scouting probably totally odd.

1) needs
2) physicals of the player
3) talent
4) age

I don't care about int, TW, primary skills on that position.
Most of them are quit smart, TW is a lucky number compared to some extra points on physicals and all primary skills are 20+ and lower than 30, so it doesn't matter that much.
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Lee1950
posted: 2011-12-12 16:42:44 (ID: 19780) Report Abuse
I agree on the primary skills - I don't factor them either, as they cancel out.

- I'm a fan of TW, though. Over time a difference of 10 in TM adds up. I probably give it a little too much weight in my formulas.
- And I prefer smart over not as smart, although I don't honestly know how the game engine values INT....other than QB and MLB. I've got a 50 INT QB and a 50 INT MLB, so I may weight INT lower this season.
- Love Physicals.
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slider6
posted: 2011-12-15 01:12:45 (ID: 20026) Report Abuse
Hmm, not sure this is exactly where to put my question, but here goes.

When choosing players for the next draft, does the computer choose based off of the order of players or the "round" I have designated them?

Last season I was trying to get 3 of the best players I could. This season I have a need that I want to address but the position is not important enough to want to draft in the first 1 or 2 rounds. Could I place the couple of players at the top of my draft board and then designate them as Round 3? If I did that, would I get the players in the first round or the 3rd round (as long as they are still available, of course)?
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NYDOGS
posted: 2011-12-15 01:24:13 (ID: 20027) Report Abuse
Every round the engine looks for a player marked for that round.
If one or some are available, engine picks the highest sorted of that bunch.
If non is available, the engine picks the highest sorted in the whole list!

So If you have players marked 1st round available and 2nd round available, the 3rd will go on 3rd if available. But if you have none 1st or 2nd round available (on 2nd round) the engine will pick up the highest player and so your 3rd round guy!
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NYDOGS
posted: 2011-12-15 01:32:31 (ID: 20028) Report Abuse
You had a thread about that on Bug forum... I think on page 3 or something like that
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posted: 2011-12-15 07:15:00 (ID: 20040) Report Abuse
Here:
Discussion in the bug forum
i explained the current mechanics there quit often.

Here:
Suggestion on improved mechanics
i explained my suggestion to get it a little better in the future.
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