Indeed, a good two cents worth about the new para dime.

The issue isnt if there can be changes. The issue is they annouced a change for guys who hit 90 homers, and they are impacting guys who hit 30 homers.

Want them to fix what they said, and leave the rest alone.

Just trade all your power hitters to your alias scumpuppy. Then have your alias greenslime trade you some good pitching, and you're on your way. That's a lot easier than listening to all the sensible suggestions you got in this thread.

Quote: Originally Posted By snake_p on 11/17/2009Just trade all your power hitters to your alias scumpuppy. Then have your alias greenslime trade you some good pitching, and you're on your way. That's a lot easier than listening to all the sensible suggestions you got in this thread

Unlike you I dont have an Alias!

This is lame.

A. Your team sucks. Quit complaining.

B. If players that hit 80 home runs hit less then players that hit 30 should hit less. You're an idiot if you can't figure that out.

99 power used to hit 80 HRs.

90 Power used to hit 70 HRs.

If you make it so that the 99 rating in power hits 70 HRs now the guy with a 90 rating has to hit less than 70 HRs or else 99 = 90 which isn't true. This repeats all the way down to a 0 power rating.

When you cap the high end you lower the overall average and that then effects the calculation for everyone. Its just like communism.

If you build a versatile roster, you would be more likely to withstand changes in the game.

In finances it's called diversifying your portfolio - or more accurately, diversifying your risk. If you do it properly, then almost any type of change is more likely to benefit you than hurt you.

So anyone interested in building a "realistic" team should have a mix of power and contact hitters? Helping to combat changes in game engine/SIM...that and having ML-quality players on your BL roster instead of 1-stat wonders (i.e. power with no contact and horribly low splits)

Quote: Originally Posted By kingjohndevi on 11/17/2009
This is lame.

A. Your team sucks. Quit complaining.

B. If players that hit 80 home runs hit less then players that hit 30 should hit less. You're an idiot if you can't figure that out.

99 power used to hit 80 HRs.

90 Power used to hit 70 HRs.

If you make it so that the 99 rating in power hits 70 HRs now the guy with a 90 rating has to hit less than 70 HRs or else 99 = 90 which isn't true. This repeats all the way down to a 0 power rating.

When you cap the high end you lower the overall average and that then effects the calculation for everyone. Its just like communism.

I had a few 90 power guys on my team and no one ever hit 70 HRs. One guy hit 60 a few times and no one else broke 44. Very resonable.

And again it isnt that they are hitting less HRs, it is they are hitting less.

So they took guys that had business doing as well as they did and brought them down to earth with a minor correction to HRs. Keeping in mind they gave you advance warning that such a change was coming...

Seems right to me

Quote: Originally Posted By firemanrob on 11/17/2009So they took guys that had business doing as well as they did and brought them down to earth with a minor correction to HRs. Keeping in mind they gave you advance warning that such a change was coming...

Seems right to m

1 I am not sure we actually goit advanced warning, it was not that long ago.

2 It seems as though they may have made more than a minor correction. Again I seem to be hitting about 60% of the homers I hit before and my average dropped 20 points.



3 Since all the people are fantasy why do you have such a grasp of what people are supposed to do? This isnt based on anything so if a 95 power low split guy can hit for power that is what it is!

swamp, the ratings all work in concert. With those splits, it doesn't matter what the guys' power ratings are. The splits are so low that it is hampering their ability to hit for power.

I DO have a grasp on how these ratings are supposed to work. You can listen to what I've told you, or continue to be wrong. Those are your options.

*is tempted to do a spoof thread but afeard i'll get banned*

That's what happens when you build your team around a bunch of Mike Jacobs clones. Your guys aren't exactly Pujols and A-Rod, yet you expect them to keep hitting 50-60 homers? There's LOADS of guys with tons of natural power who can't do anything with it. Guess who hit the longest HR in the majors this year? Wladimir Balentein. Dude clearly has 95+ power, but you know why you probably never heard of him? Because power isn't everything, and his contact, ability to drive the ball, and batting eye are horrid. Just like your guys'. So quit ******** because you don't know how to evaluate players. None of your guys were any good in the first place. The guys with the 80/95/85/90/80 ratings, the Adrian Gonzalez's and Prince Fielder's of the game, will be the only ones hitting 40-50 homers now, while your free-swinging hacks will flounder.

In Edmonds world there are currently 25 players in the majors who have 95+ power, and 20 more between 90-94. I suspect most worlds are fairly similar. If power was the only thing that went into hitting home runs there'd routinely be 30+ guys with 40 HR a year. There's not, and there shouldn't be. You need contact and splits as well. How are you this dense?

Quote: Originally Posted By swamphawk22 on 11/17/2009

Quote: Originally Posted By kingjohndevi on 11/17/2009

This is lame.

A. Your team sucks. Quit complaining.

B. If players that hit 80 home runs hit less then players that hit 30 should hit less. You're an idiot if you can't figure that out.

99 power used to hit 80 HRs.

90 Power used to hit 70 HRs.

If you make it so that the 99 rating in power hits 70 HRs now the guy with a 90 rating has to hit less than 70 HRs or else 99 = 90 which isn't true. This repeats all the way down to a 0 power rating.

When you cap the high end you lower the overall average and that then effects the calculation for everyone. Its just like communism.

I had a few 90 power guys on my team and no one ever hit 70 HRs. One guy hit 60 a few times and no one else broke 44. Very resonable.

And again it isnt that they are hitting less HRs, it is they are hitting less.

80 and 70 were example numbers. If you cant figure that out no wonder you are having problems understanding the update