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Ok, the #1 team in my conference just became a bot team. That kinda throws my whole plan for the playoffs.

So what happens when a team becomes a bot? Do they get a new roster? Or do they keep the same players? Do they use the same tactics the previous owner had been using or does it go to the defaults?

My plan was to play PO Normal for my first game.. and if I made it through, to play PO CT for the 2nd team because otherwise, I had no chance to win against that team. But now I'm not so sure.

Last edited by MelissaJAS at 7/28/2008 12:44:59 PM

If they have any high salaried players, they become Free Agents, and are removed from the roster. I think the threshold is currently $10,000/week, with a little bit less for 18 and 19 YO (but it may be as high as $9000 for them).

The roster remains the same. But the lineup is set to the highest salaried players on the team, with the most expensive as PG and so on. They play man to man and base offense.

Teams become ownerless on Monday morning if it has been 6 weeks (or more) since the last login. New owners are then assigned through the rest of the week. In the USA new owners are assigned beginning with IV.1. And since the USA has been having net growth, the lowest numbered leagues are given new owners fairly quickly. I would be surprised if the new owner had not been assigned by the time of the first playoff game.

Do bot teams train their players? If yes, what training do they perform?

My guess would be gameshape, because like that no skill would be (over-)trained...

Bot teams do appear to have active changes to game shape. Since they usually don't use every player on their roster, players who don't play appear to settle into mediocre GS, while most regular players are proficient or strong. Since they don't play scrimmages, there is little risk of overuse, unless they have a good cup run.

This might demonstrate that they are training GS, since I have injured players below mediocre GS. That is, a player who never ever plays, but continually trains GS may be able to maintain mediocre GS.

After having looked at a true bot, the lineup setting must be more complex. They do use their draft picks. So they aren't locked into permanent rosters. And they appear to make adjustments for injuries, since more than 12 players have games this season. But the extras have very few games - as if they were brought in only when others were injured.

There are currently no injured players, and the lineup for their last game did include the 12 highest salaried players/

But the highest salaried player did not start at the 1 position - but the 2nd through 5th highest salaries did start in the 2 through 5 positions. The 6th highest salary started at the PG. The highest salary player is a C. So perhaps salary is just used as a first pass, and then adjustments can be made based on skills for a position.