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188524.58 in reply to 188524.45
Date: 7/18/2011 4:22:37 PM
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I have a hypothetical question:
There's a player Juan Margin. He has all atrocious skills except JS and PA which are both colossal. He's a PG with more than role player potential.
Now his total is 14,14.
He gets one JS pop and becomes a SF, now his total is 13,90, allowing for role player potential.
He popped, but his total decreased.

How does it work?

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188524.60 in reply to 188524.58
Date: 7/18/2011 4:24:02 PM
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It´s always the maximum rating of all positions counting against the cap.

The position is calculated by salary, while the cap is independent of that.

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188524.61 in reply to 188524.60
Date: 7/18/2011 4:48:19 PM
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Well, then it doesn't work, does it? Because when you calculate his total as a SF, which he is, he's not capped. But then he's capped in a different position?! The numbers don't add up.

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188524.62 in reply to 188524.61
Date: 7/18/2011 4:55:55 PM
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You're basing this off your hypothetical player? Because there's no way to train JS and PA to colossal without also raising driving and handling. Meaning your guy would have capped as a PG earlier.

Now, this isn't necessarily to say that the coefficients are really precise. They may need a bit of fine tuning. But to say it doesn't work based on a player that cannot exist is a bit specious.

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188524.63 in reply to 188524.62
Date: 7/18/2011 5:08:53 PM
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You´re missing the point. If he´s capped at ONE position, he´s capped at ANY position. If a player reaches his potential, you cannot make him better by going to him and telling him "okay, now you reached your cap at Center, I proclaim you a PG, so you can develop". If he´s over, he´s over.

The "Position" only tells you where he maxes out in Salaray, not where he actually capped.

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188524.64 in reply to 188524.59
Date: 7/18/2011 5:48:58 PM
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My own theory was that skills with values 1-8 don't contribute to potential cap calculations. Does your model mean I can safely rule that out in your opinion?

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188524.65 in reply to 188524.63
Date: 7/18/2011 5:53:03 PM
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The point is if a player can pop, shift position and decrease the total, the system is incorrect.
I know he can't train pass capping. That was just an illustration. If you move it 10 cm -
A player is ABOUT to cap, pops, switches position, has more room to grow than before the pop.

I isolated 2 skills to make the example clearer. One can of course fill it up with other skills.

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188524.66 in reply to 188524.65
Date: 7/18/2011 5:58:47 PM
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Huh? A player CAN´T. If he´s capped at one positions, he´s capped at every position. He might get an additional up or two, but his training speed is down already. Doenst matter a whole lot if he "changes position" salary wise.

Last edited by LA-seelenjaeger at 7/18/2011 6:00:30 PM

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188524.67 in reply to 188524.64
Date: 7/18/2011 9:23:34 PM
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I think so mate. And also, i've had experience otherwise. One of my lads with lvl 6 secondaries has capped lower (about 30k as a superstar) than another with 1-4 secondaries.

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188524.68 in reply to 188524.65
Date: 7/18/2011 9:59:03 PM
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What they are saying is that actual position advised doesn't affect capping, only salary. So one sf could be capped as a PG, while another could be capped as a C(probably not true, just theoretical example).

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