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Good Day BB-Justin and BB-Marin,

Thank you for answering our questions regarding the game. As a developer myself, I heavily feel the pressure you guys are in right now considering the complicated infrastructure of how the game is built (since this is an old game), perhaps the lack of resources, time, and funds flowing into the game, or the mental struggle of having motivation to continue developing. Maybe there's also personal problems and for all of that, I really wish you guys well. Despite a lot of tough questions, deep down we do appreciate what you guys are doing.

Other than that, since this thread is about "asking anything" which is not exclusive to the game, here's my questions:

1. Who do you think will win the NBA Finals this season?
2. Who are your current favorite players right now?
3. Do you think Victor Wembanyama will score 100 points in the future?

Thanks!

Thanks a lot for the reply, much appreciated!

Thank you Justin for addressing that question. However, just to clarify a bit:

Team defense ratings affect all shots.

...this surely doesn't apply to directly contested shots, but it would definitely follow from this that open, assisted shots need to overcome the team defense rating.

It affects ALL shots. Even if the play by play mentions a single defender.

Is any of the following true;

1. "Team inside defense rating" effects all actions except back-court turnovers?

2. Team ratings (box scrore) equals sum of "team effort" (variables used in GE logic) divided by num of actions?

3. Num of actions equals 48*60*x?
3.1 x = 1?

Last edited by Korenje at 4/29/2024 5:57:10 AM

The changes to foul outs were mentioned in a recent post. What is the percentage of foul outs now compared to before the change?

On a related note, what has been the increase of assisted shots, and also what has been the increase in points scored in games since the change to assists in the last few seasons?

If you are not aware of the exact numbers, why not? When changes are made they must be tracked to see if the effect is too much or too little.

is draft menu not available at apps?

Quick synopsis of what I’ve been seeing with the game engine, if you can just confirm.

1) All game outcomes are highly predicated by what the team ratings are. Team ratings are highly influenced by the PG and C with the other positions adding to them. In this scenario, it would seem OD, PA, ID, and REB should be covered by the PG and C positions with all other ratings being filled in by the SG,SF, and PF ?(based on the style of team you would like)

2) secondary to the team ratings are the individual matchups. These matchups can be boosted by the team ratings, so a guy whom may not be the best shooter may still shoot well if the team ratings are high for outside shooting.

3) If a high passing guard has low shooting, but overall the team shooting is high, will that high passing guard shoot better than if the team ratings were lower? (This piggybacks of #3, and is also just to verify what I am seeing with my own players).

4) Does a guy with high JR “open” the floor up for potentially more assists? I see high JR players repeatedly get more assists than low JR players.

5)One thing I’m noticing is that REB on guards may be more valuable than REB on bigs. By having similar rebounding skills on guards, I’m finding that the guards are actually getting just as much, or more, rebounds. I’m assuming this is because the GE sees a large disparity in rebounding between my guards and the opponents, and then the GE uses those disparities in the outcome of who gets the rebound after a shot?

Thanks guys!