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Personally... I am a firm believer in training players for your team in general because the difference it makes in you economy to have homegrown players can be much more astounding than you think. You also have a lot of older players who are on the decline of their skills too, so this would be a good time to transition as you go "younger" too....

That said, from a training standpoint: The 18 year old has horrible SB for a big. horrible OD and horrible JS, so he is what we would refer to as a "donkey". Basically, he'd be a big salary over-inflated guy with great primaries unless you spent massive time correcting him.

the 19 year old, while having those atrocious HN/DR/PA, the HN/DR is easily fixed with 1v1 forwards training. which, if you're only really training those 2 guys, but don't want to "tank" league games in the process, is still doable, since between your 2 league games and then cup/scrimmage you should be able to get them their 48+

Also, with the 19 year old being 7'1 and starting with strong OD that is a HUGE help... because even if you just pump primaries and make the 18 year old a donkey. The 19 year old, getting the same training will fairly more rounded because of that.

i could go into much less general, and much more specific detail if you want. BB-Mail me if that's the case. Ultimately it's up to you, but I don't think you can go wrong either way.

Example: Hey! Look at my awesome player! How much do you think he is worth? (not allowed)

What possible rationale is there for prohibiting this?

Well, like LA-Manon pointed out, I'm not qualified to give an answer on this. Having said that, put it in the "imagine if everyone did that" category. Imagine if everyone wanted their own front page thread to hype their players, and another front page thread to announce their players were up for sale. Of course, not everyone would do it. But how many would really need to before the forums became essentially a morass of unnavigable* spam?

*Is unnavigable a word? I need it to be a word.

edit: I guess I should point out that the rule that was quoted only prohibits asking for player valuations, we are still free to offer them, as long as they are unsolicited. The rule really seems designed to preemt spam or unfair/innapropriate advertising practices, not stifle advice when appropriate or conversation in general.

Last edited by Harold Miner at 11/10/2015 1:40:10 AM

The rule really seems designed to preemt spam or unfair/innapropriate advertising practices, not stifle advice when appropriate or conversation in general.

There are federations, where you can ask for player valuations - so its just a matter of WHERE the request is posted. To me there is no harm done if sb. posts a number he thinks might be a good value for a player - who would be harmed by that? I don't know.

Also there could be a sticky thread in the forums, where those questions can be asked, not so sure if that would lead to a huge spam problem...

Manon does not know why this rule is in place and if Marin does not know either - which might be likely - we'll never find out.

@OP:
Both players are somewhat mediocre, if you can sell them for a decent amount, that allows you to get some finished products that'll help you promote, I'd go for it.

Like I said, I realized I made a mistake. Ill go edit it now. Im sorry everyone, didnt mean to start this

To actually answer your original question though it really depends on what direction you want to take your team. Those players could be gerat logn term for you, but if you're trying to promote or need cash now for some other sort of development you could always sell them. The first one needs a good season or maybe more of outside training if he's going to be anything other than a tree in the paint though.

Imagine if everyone wanted their own front page thread to hype their players, and another front page thread to announce their players were up for sale. Of course, not everyone would do it. But how many would really need to before the forums became essentially a morass of unnavigable* spam?

Good point.

There are federations, where you can ask for player valuations - so its just a matter of WHERE the request is posted.

Right, like I said, there are exceptions. That is a very good example of an appropriate place to make such a request.

Also there could be a sticky thread in the forums, where those questions can be asked, not so sure if that would lead to a huge spam problem...

Are you suggesting that I said a sticky with rules everyone follows would lead to a huge spam problem?

@OP:
Both players are somewhat mediocre, if you can sell them for a decent amount, that allows you to get some finished products that'll help you promote, I'd go for it.

This should be a clue. How many users that think their somewhat mediocre players are exceptional and deserving of front page threads in BB Global, BB Help, BB this country, BB that country, BB this division, BB that division,etc. would you need before you had a spam problem? When this rule was created, the game had twice the population it has currently with the expectation that it would grow even larger, I think.


Last edited by Harold Miner at 11/10/2015 12:21:45 PM

No.