I like the idea that the peaks are unknown. Makes it more challenging.

That's one tough bastard.

Ah...I think I'm getting it now.

Thanks for the detailed explanation, Amaroq. Very helpful.

I probably should have figured this out before I signed a half dozen free agents to long-term contracts with my organization, but oh, well. We'll do better next season!

My head just blew up.



I think I'm going to let your post sink in for a bit. I think I got it, but I'm not all the way there yet. Thanks for the help, though!

Forget this.

It was a loose connection on my speakers. All fixed now.

Sorry for the confusion. It happened right after I installed 1.16, and I didn't stop to think that it might be a global problem.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: jono<br/>
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I believe that the up arrow means that his skills probably haven't reached their peak yet, the minus sign means that his skills have probably pretty much peaked and the down arrow means he's probably past his prime.
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Lost the in-game sound after downloading 1.16. Sometimes it comes back, then it goes away again.

Had the program open for some time in the background before coming back to it to play some games. Not sure if this is related to 1.16 or to the fact that I had other programs running.

<t> Sorry, but a search didn't turn up the answers, and I can't seem to find them in the manual either...<br/>
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1. What does the "up arrow", "minus sign", and "down arrow" sign signify beside potential?<br/>
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2. I've noticed that some green bars on player cards are bright green instead ...

Thanks!

Edit: Just downloaded beta 1.16. That cleared up the problem.

I agree. This most excellent. Thanks for filling us in, Shaun. Saves the gamer a lot of the frustrating guesswork and lets us concentrate on the fun guesswork.

<r> Thanks again for the help.<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: KG Erwin<br/>
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1. Shaun doesn't say much about the "hidden" ratings, but that's all well and proper. Gotta maintain some element of mystery, right? [;)]<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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I'm fine with not knowing how the ...

<r> Thanks for the answers...<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: KG Erwin<br/>
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1. The lefty/righty thing isn't set in stone. As a matter of fact, you'll find a few batters that excel against same-handed pitchers, and vice-versa.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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But is this a matter of ...

<t> Just bought the game two nights ago, and haven't had much of a chance to play yet, but I wanted to post some initial impressions.<br/>
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1. Setting up a league was smooth. Even though I had never seen the game before, it only took 30 minutes from the end of the download before I had an ...

<t> Haven't seen the answers here, wondering if someone can help...<br/>
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1. Is there variation in players' abilities to hit pitching from the same side? Or do all hitters suffer the same disadvantage?<br/>
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2. What's an easy way to print/view all the position players and all of the ...

<t> Not sure if this is a result of the beta version or not...<br/>
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I'm only four games into my career, but when I try to generate an HTML report, the game crashes with a run-time 91 error.<br/>
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I can send the file if it would help.<br/>
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Edit: Running beta 1.14 with this ...

<t> I've only just begun messing with the game, but outside of the middle reliever's being overvalued by the AI, I haven't seen anything else glaringly bad. <br/>
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I agree, though, the middle reliever issue could use a tweaking. I'm not allowing myself to trade away middle relievers for the ...

Nothing to add except that this new development model sounds excellent, and is exactly what I'm looking for in a text sim.

I'm interested to hear how some of the tests turn out with this.

<r> I think I understand now why the yearly rookie drafts with 40-60 rounds don't increase the talent pool of players in the game.<br/>
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If my understanding is correct from what others are saying, when you generate a new league, the game generates 1280 players <B><s>[b]</s>at each position<e ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Paul Vebber<br/>
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Talent creep is an issue in all these sort of games, which is why the games database is left open and import/export fairly easy. I have been toying around with some excel sheets that tweak the stat distibutions. You can use Excel to open ...

Could you comment on how this impacts the quality of the league over time? If you are adding so much talent to every team in the league every year, which the computer then pares down to the best rosters, wouldn't this increase the level of talent on each team each year too much?