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Post by Derek _ Red Sox on Apr 9, 2010 9:43:54 GMT -5
This thread will be for discussions about the league while we wait to kick things off. If you have specific settings you like, financials, rules etc post it here and lets discuss it. This is OUR league so I want everyone's input!
Got a good link to other sites and something you like from there and want to see implemented in Paramount, show us!
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Post by Derek _ Red Sox on Jun 26, 2010 11:22:29 GMT -5
What are your opinion on the following;
1- Complete scouting system?
2- Complete coaching system?
Currently in the game settng are disabled.
3- How many rounds for the draft?
4- How many created players to cover the draft.
Currently game recommends 30 rounds with enough players to cover 35 rounds.
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Post by AstrosGM_Shane on Jun 26, 2010 11:57:34 GMT -5
I don't know how scouting works in 11 yet, but if you do scouting I would go with a higher rating in terms of how accurate they are. I've seen 3-5 specs drop off the face of the earth with a lot of teams after a season is done and it frustrates GMs.
As far as coaching goes, if we are going to do it. I would incorporate some kind of system where a team can hire another teams coach if they are willing to promote them. Reason being is it would be cool, but mostly so that the GMs who don't have a lot time to stock up on coaches and take a lot of the good ones can look at a team that stacked themselves and take one of their coaches as long as they promote them.
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Post by AstrosGM_Shane on Jun 27, 2010 0:00:47 GMT -5
I would definitely eliminate the idea of trading draft picks, man. I know a lot of gm's who won't want to play if that is the case. it's just too messy and never works well and isn't like real life.
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Post by RandyP on Jun 27, 2010 22:07:22 GMT -5
I like scouting on & coaching off, just my thoughts
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2010 23:35:27 GMT -5
I would definitely eliminate the idea of trading draft picks, man. I know a lot of gm's who won't want to play if that is the case. it's just too messy and never works well and isn't like real life. Agree 100%
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2010 23:35:44 GMT -5
I like scouting and coaching being off personally. I'd be okay with coaches, but the scouts are always so wrong in the game. It drives me up a wall in my solo games. I'm not sure about the total number of players for the draft, but I do like feeder leagues. It seems to give players even better career arcs and helps give GMs information about the guys. Does make the file sizes bigger though.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2010 23:37:57 GMT -5
I am a big scouting and coaching settings off kind of guy.
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Post by AstrosGM_Shane on Jun 27, 2010 23:52:24 GMT -5
There still is enough randomness that scouts and coaches off is fun. The scouting is tricky, I wished it wasn't so wrong about multiple specs is the problems i have with it. the coaches are hard to keep up with and take up a crapload of time and there's always about 5-8 teams that sign the crap out of all the good coaches. I bet the majority of gm's would probably want scouts and coaches off.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2010 23:57:08 GMT -5
I'm good with coaches being off. I agree, it's a lot to keep up with having to resign everyone, especially in the lower minor leagues. Scouting I'm good with either decision (with or without). In my solo league, they do seem to be all over the place as far as player potential ratings.
If we're using the full minor league system (and I think we should), filling them with numerous rounds works. If we don't go the full 30, at least 15-20 would suffice. It depends on how good the draft pools are really. If the last 10 rounds are pure crap anyway, there's not much sense in wasting time/effort in having them drafted. Just my two cents.
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Post by redsgm on Jun 28, 2010 13:09:01 GMT -5
I echo the opinions of most already.
Scouting/Coaches can go either way without creating a problem for me.
As far as the draft goes, I having a large draft class (30 rounds) does a good job of making sure we have depth at all minor league levels. This might require GM's to release some low minor leaguers every year, but there's always a chance a player develops into an every-day player.
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Post by Derek _ Red Sox on Jun 28, 2010 13:20:01 GMT -5
Agreeing with everything that is being said so far..
1- Coaches and scouting most likely will be turned off unless someone comes in with a great reason why they shouldn't 2- Draft picks will not be traded as I did not consider the ramifications it would have on signing Type A/B free agents 3- Where we have a deep Minor league system we will be going with 30 rounds with players created for 35 rounds
Again, topics are still open and a strong argument can make us take a turn in another direction as I think we got a bunch of owners so far who are open to new ideas. However, it would take a strong case to change things up as I think we are headed in the right direction.
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Post by Derek _ Red Sox on Jun 28, 2010 13:21:24 GMT -5
By the way, I love the idea of adding your contact information (IM, EMAIL) inside your sigs... Makes it very convenient and notice a lot of teams are catching on...
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Post by Derek _ Red Sox on Jun 28, 2010 13:27:27 GMT -5
One more thing, I am all about making things more interesting and I wanted to do something fun with the draft but I also understand some of you may have taken specific teams with the knowing that you may get a specific player in the draft. So that being said, I am leaving the 2010 draft alone, it will be run like any other normal draft but in 2011 I am going to implement a lottery system.
This is something I been desperately wanting to do so I want to give it a try. We will put the 14 worst teams in the Lottery, just like the NBA does and have a drawing. There are 2,186 combinations that can happen. The reasoning behind this is it will prevent owners from 'tanking' the end of the year in order to get the best pick possible (which can potentially ruin another teams playoff run) and I think it will give the league another exciting day in the course of the schedule to look forward too.
I ran many tests and the results are worth it. I am thinking we definitely will try this in 2011 and perhaps 2012, this will give it a good sample window and then we can take a vote on how we wish to do it further down the road.
Listed below are teams from #1-14 and their percentage of landing the top overall pick: 1- 25 2- 19.9 3- 15.6 4 -10.4 5- 10.3 6- 5.3 7- 5.3 8- 2.3 9- 2.2 10- 1.1 11- 0.8 12- 0.7 13- 0.6 14 - 0.5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2010 16:09:46 GMT -5
I saw you mentioned the lottery in the OOTP boards and I think it's a fascinating idea. I'm all for it.
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