Posted by davis on 1/31/2011 9:57:00 AM (view original):
After careful study of the issue, I have come to an undeniable conclusion: the graphics that display players need to be sensitive to the players happiness.  Most of the players are always sort-of smiley, even when they haven't played for two weeks and their WE's are dropping fast than the approval rating of Congress.

The software should be upgraded so that as a player's WE drops, the corners of his mouth steadily droop downward and his eyebrows start to slant down in an angry expression.  By the time he has dropped three points of WE, he should be downright scowling.  And if he loses five points of WE, or if a coach has broken promises and the player is planning to transfer, he should be able to flip the bird.

This change needs to be made immediately or HD runs the risk of alienating many long-term coaches.  I wish for once Seble would listen, because I know this change is the single most important thing he could do to solidify the popularity of the game.  Not to mention the wondrous marketing possibilities of a graphic showing a scowling player flipping off the world; this would convince even the most casual fan of college and professional athletics as to the realism of the game.

Please join me in sending in three tickets a day (once after each meal - think of it as dessert) about the urgent need for this feature.  Thank you.

Posted by fd343ny on 1/31/2011 10:05:00 AM (view original):
who can really know how happy a player is - is playing time the ONLY factor?  how about the girlfriend who dumped him?  his new neighbor in the dorm, who shares his beer or who is a royal pain...what about events in the world, the kid may have watched CNN late into the night as the popular movement in some country is crushed by tanks or succeeds in toppling a dictator

this happiness stuff needs a substantial randomness factor, by which I mean TRUE randomness

You bring up an excellent point, fd343ny (if that IS your real name).  Many student-athletes would be happy even with no playing time, assuming that they had just aced their Astophysics final and had gotten that coveted internship with that promising thermonuclear energy start-up firm.  John Calipari is famous for recruiting these types, who would rather score big in the classroom than on the court.  (Or in the backseat, for that matter.)

I just fear that if they introduce TRUE randomness, they will not beta test it properly.  This is a change that cries out for quick yet careful implementation, and a boundless bevy of beta-testing by bit-based basketball buffs.  The game deserves nothing less.

Posted by girt25 on 1/31/2011 10:07:00 AM (view original):
This is an excellent point, davis. This needs to be worked on immediately. The fact that this has gone on for so long is a black mark on all of HD.

In a semi-related vein, they also need an immediate change to ensure that certain names match up with the profile picture. For instance, I'm continually thrown for a loop when I come across a player with a clearly Jewish name ... who turns out to be an African American player from Compton. Come on, seble, get ahold of yourself!

Posted by girt25 on 1/31/2011 10:07:00 AM (view original):
This is an excellent point, davis. This needs to be worked on immediately. The fact that this has gone on for so long is a black mark on all of HD.

In a semi-related vein, they also need an immediate change to ensure that certain names match up with the profile picture. For instance, I'm continually thrown for a loop when I come across a player with a clearly Jewish name ... who turns out to be an African American player from Compton. Come on, seble, get ahold of yourself!

Posted by uglyskunk3 on 1/31/2011 1:35:00 PM (view original):
its urgent to put happy/sad faces on players? come on  this is a joke, right?

Posted by davis on 1/31/2011 12:38:00 PM (view original):

Posted by girt25 on 1/31/2011 10:07:00 AM (view original):
This is an excellent point, davis. This needs to be worked on immediately. The fact that this has gone on for so long is a black mark on all of HD.

In a semi-related vein, they also need an immediate change to ensure that certain names match up with the profile picture. For instance, I'm continually thrown for a loop when I come across a player with a clearly Jewish name ... who turns out to be an African American player from Compton. Come on, seble, get ahold of yourself!

Dan, you are preaching to the choir on this one.  Once again, the key is that an appropriate level of randomness needs to be built into the structure of the crucial "Name + Race" issue that has plagued HD from the very beginning.  Bearing in mind that even one solitary Jewish/Chinese/Italian/etc... male ancestor somewhere along the line in the family tree can lead to hundreds of black dudes named Wang in subsequent generations, Seble needs to investigate questions pertaining to the frequencies of various interracial couplings and the number of male progeny typical of such unions.  To do anything less is to mar the integrity of the game.

Posted by uglyskunk3 on 1/31/2011 1:35:00 PM (view original):
its urgent to put happy/sad faces on players? come on  this is a joke, right?

Posted by bunkerbuster on 1/31/2011 3:15:00 PM (view original):
I think black players with the name "Wang" is appropriate and complimentary.