Posted by rednation58 on 11/17/2014 3:12:00 PM (view original):
I've got a friend in the game who claims that he battled for a recruit and he was the only player on the recruit during the first signing cycle. Why did the player not sign with his team? I always thought it was best to get the opposing school completely off the player's considering list - but his story suggests otherwise as it gave another school with higher prestige the time to come in a grab the player. The other opposing school was also able to get back on the considering list at the 11 pm cycle. Am I wrong or shouldn't the recruit have signed with his school at 8pm if he was the only school in the mix? Scholly was given and everything - not user error here to my knowledge. Thanks for any answers.
Most of the time, you have to be the
only school the recruit is considering for an entire cycle prior in order for the recruit to sign (assuming signings have begun) if it is not the final cycle (at which I would think WIS would assign the recruit to the school with the most effort at the end). I think I've heard rumors that there are exceptions if you overwhelm the required effort for the recruit to sign (think maybe tripling or quadrupling your effort in a close fight for instance).
Otherwise, If the recruit was considering multiple schools (or no schools), then the recruit won't sign immediately on the next cycle even though he would only be considering one school (this allows the other school one cycle to respond to getting onto the recruit's consideration list again).
[Edit] I assume what you're saying is that the cycle prior to signings, he was considering both schools and just prior to signings beginning, he pushed in enough effort to be the only school the recruit is considering? Then yes, he won't sign with his school immediately.
He would have to do it the cycle prior which would of been push the effort in
prior to the 5pm cycle, only be considered the full 5 to 8 pm cycle and if the other school didn't get back on, he would of signed at 8:01pm.
11/17/2014 4:04 PM (edited)