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1442.40 in reply to 1442.20
Date: 10/4/2007 7:07:45 AM
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OK .. I have a question .. I'd like some help .. as strange as it may sound :-)

I've got info on about 2/3s of the draft picks, after investing in 2 scouts through the season. A bunch have come up empty, obviously. What do people do with these ?

Should I stick them at the end of the list or spread them around and hope for some luck ?

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1442.41 in reply to 1442.40
Date: 10/4/2007 7:28:08 AM
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I put all my 5s and 4s at the top, then sprinkled the random ones between the 3s, 2s, and left all the 1s at the bottom.

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1442.42 in reply to 1442.40
Date: 10/4/2007 7:43:41 AM
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I'm pretty much with BadLarry, with a minor difference. I put the 5's and 4's at the top, then 3's, then the guys I know nothing about, then the 2's and 1's on the bottom.

I have a question or two for you in return, Oxidus. Since there are 14 computer-managed teams in my division, how do they make their draft selections? Are they completely random? Or do computer teams somehow "use" the draft points their previous human owners may have allotted?

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1442.43 in reply to 1442.41
Date: 10/4/2007 7:46:35 AM
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I've only got one 1, a couple of 2s and a disproportionate amount of 4s which leads me to believe that most of the unknowns are useless. But I've got a pretty bad pick, so I'm fairly likely to get one of them anyway if I stick them at the bottom. Most of what I know are free throw guys, which I don't really want ...

hmm .. The sprinkle method sounds tempting.

Edited 10/4/2007 7:55:53 AM by BB-Oxidus

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1442.44 in reply to 1442.42
Date: 10/4/2007 7:50:08 AM
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I have a question or two for you in return, Oxidus. Since there are 14 computer-managed teams in my division, how do they make their draft selections? Are they completely random? Or do computer teams somehow "use" the draft points their previous human owners may have allotted?


The draft list for each team in a division is different, it's jumbled so managers don't compare notes with their friends. As far as I know, the bots pick in the order their list is presented to them.

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1442.45 in reply to 1442.44
Date: 10/4/2007 10:07:14 AM
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Bots and unattended teams do exactly that (pick in the random order that is presented to them)

For the players that I have got no scouting information on I put after my 4 star players as I have a 3/5 chance they will be 3 or above.

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1442.46 in reply to 1442.45
Date: 10/4/2007 10:55:09 AM
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Bots and unattended teams do exactly that (pick in the random order that is presented to them)

For the players that I have got no scouting information on I put after my 4 star players as I have a 3/5 chance they will be 3 or above.


smart cookie!

I've a similar order, except I didn't exactly know why I did it that way.

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1442.47 in reply to 1442.46
Date: 10/4/2007 11:49:06 AM
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Yeah i did the same too.

I figure a 3 star player is pretty average so why not gamble for the 5 star in amongst those unknowns!

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1442.48 in reply to 1442.45
Date: 10/4/2007 2:25:46 PM
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For the players that I have got no scouting information on I put after my 4 star players as I have a 3/5 chance they will be 3 or above


Your 3/5 chance assumes that the players are equally distributed between 1-5. Is this what is actually observed in reality?

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1442.49 in reply to 1442.48
Date: 10/4/2007 2:54:09 PM
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Good point. If we can already see the majority of the 4's and 5's, our chances of landing a 3 or better are diminished.

Here's what I've got from my scouts:

Nine 5's
Three 4's
Five 3's
Nine 2's
Two 1's

I wonder if each grade of player is alloted nine players, and then 3 more random guys are tossed in to give us the 48 players in the draft. Would a BB like to comment?

If that's the case, (and that's a big IF) I've got a better chance to get a 1 than a 4, but a better chance to get a 4 than a 3.

Anyone else get more than 9 in one grade of player?

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1442.50 in reply to 1442.45
Date: 10/4/2007 3:15:49 PM
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