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254401.11 in reply to 254401.8
Date: 1/22/2014 7:49:09 AM
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I agree with many of your ideas. I think HOF/ATG should be rarer than 2%, as that means there would be almost one per draft on average in a full league, and that may be too many. Bots transferring draftees would be interesting too, but maybe for example we can specify that it's only bot teams in leagues with human owners - no need for the 16384 bot teams in USA VI to flood the market with three draftees each.

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254401.12 in reply to 254401.11
Date: 1/22/2014 8:12:28 AM
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Okay, I just wrote numbers, as examples. Of course, the BBs should count what numbers will bring a good balance to the draft.
The idea about bot teams transferring players is because of the bot leagues. All players getting there are lost to the community. If bot teams take 40% of all draftees, it means that 40% of the draftees are lost. Anyway I still think that the "bots not drafting" thing would be perfect.

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254401.13 in reply to 254401.8
Date: 1/22/2014 9:49:38 AM
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Thanks, very good idea.

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254401.15 in reply to 254401.14
Date: 1/22/2014 10:52:39 AM
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I know that bots getting draftees is not unique Hungarian case
That was only an example as I know how annoying is it in Hungary to see10-20 4-5k salary HOFs at bot teams while in our league there were two 18 yrs old superstars and they were the best draftees.

I don't understand why would you be rewarded for tanking with bots not drafting?

Thanks for the feedback anyway, good to know that you guys keep an eye on our suggestions, we appreciate it.

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254401.17 in reply to 254401.16
Date: 1/23/2014 12:59:50 AM
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once you are in the lowest leagues, often being all alone with 15 bots, you could get the best 3 draftees in that league

That's why I said that I would randomly share the rookies between the teams and not leagues. This way your "best 3 rookies" will be just like any other team's (I mean the chances). If you share draftees by active teams it could turn out that a 1-team league draft could be a superstar, a starter and a bench-warmer. The training and promoting are available now as well.


Any league has the same chance to get a good draftee

Correct. That's why now a 1-team league member has better chance then a 16-team league member. If bots wouldn't draft it could be equal chance. And it doesn't mean to give better draftees for D1 (it was someone else's idea in the first comment)

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254401.18 in reply to 254401.1
Date: 1/30/2014 4:24:11 PM
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I really like the idea of a D league. Lots of details involved to make sure it's balanced correctly, but being able to train more players should be a valid strategy. Some teams IRL focus more resources on their farm system than acquisitions. Others are in a rebuilding period of years. A D-League that is a cost decision to make would add another fun bit of strategy and planning. Your suggested costs per week also seemed a bit high to me, but the cost should be high enough to make it a decision that every team won't opt for. Also, potentially the cost per week should be adjusted based on the division you're in?