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From: dray

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Date: 5/6/2008 12:58:01 PM
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Interesting. Thanks for the info.

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Date: 5/6/2008 1:10:19 PM
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Interesting. Thanks for the info.

Actually, the real reason is a bit more prosaic. In young leagues teams usually haven't done extensive scouting during the season. Plus, teams with computerized owners draft at random. That makes it possible for a really good player to slide all the way to the middle of the second round.

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
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Date: 5/6/2008 1:37:46 PM
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Well I joined midway through last season so I obviously could not do extensive scouting but I did have information on 17 or 18 players. Maybe I did not have information on the players that have MVP or superstar potential. Or maybe I read the information wrong.

But it does annoy me to see players going in the second round with better potential than the guy I got in the first round.

I'm just trying to find a way to narrow the gap IF the error was reading the information given and not that I did not have the information on the player.

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Date: 5/6/2008 1:41:06 PM
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Well I joined midway through last season so I obviously could not do extensive scouting but I did have information on 17 or 18 players. Maybe I did not have information on the players that have MVP or superstar potential. Or maybe I read the information wrong.

But it does annoy me to see players going in the second round with better potential than the guy I got in the first round.

I'm just trying to find a way to narrow the gap IF the error was reading the information given and not that I did not have the information on the player.

Unfortunately, that's the way it works when you draft (mostly) blindly. I presume most of these 18 guys were only scouted once. That's really very little information for a pool of 48 players -- and a good reason for the skilled guys to end all over the place.

You can fix this with investing more in scouting next season.

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
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Date: 5/6/2008 1:53:22 PM
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And so I have-10k a week (two players).

Any recommendations?

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Date: 5/6/2008 1:56:04 PM
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And so I have-10k a week (two players).

Any recommendations?

It depends on a truckload of things: how you will do over the course of the season, the number of human controlled teams in the league, how much you can afford...

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
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Date: 5/6/2008 1:59:14 PM
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Well its a new league so I have no idea how I will do.

But I do appreciate the help. Thanks.

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Well its a new league so I have no idea how I will do.

But I do appreciate the help. Thanks.

Well, in a bot team nearly anything can get you 1 very good and 1 good player. However, it is almost guaranteed that you will let even better players slip by. It all depends on what your priorities are

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
From: GypsyK

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Date: 5/6/2008 2:31:48 PM
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I'm just trying to find a way to narrow the gap IF the error was reading the information given and not that I did not have the information on the player.



You can fix this with investing more in scouting next season.


But be aware you could invest the maximum every week and still not get a single one of your picks. In my opinion, and I want to stress that, my opinion, it's a waste of money investing in scouting.




Last edited by GypsyK at 5/6/2008 2:32:47 PM

From: dray

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Date: 5/6/2008 4:28:47 PM
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But be aware you could invest the maximum every week and still not get a single one of your picks. In my opinion, and I want to stress that, my opinion, it's a waste of money investing in scouting.

Why is that?

From: Calum

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Date: 5/6/2008 6:11:32 PM
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I think it's because if you save 30k a week. for 15 weeks you can spend 450k on a player of your choice in stead of 'risking' the draft.

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