Quote: Originally Posted By timf on 1/11/2010
Quote: Originally Posted By The_Stiffs on 1/11/2010
Quote: Originally Posted By timf on 1/11/2010
I am not as experienced as alot of guys on here but why do so many people ***** about transferring budget to sign INTL FA's? Of course some guys are going to do it and they will end up with the best prospects but aren't you other guys missing something? The guys that have to do this are not good managers or they would be able to make trades, draft better and sign the cheaper INTL FA's and at the same time they could field a competitive team. There are far better ways to win besides tanking to get INTL FA's and high draft picks. Sign FA's wisely, draft well, manage your team and budget properly and these tankers won't be a problem because they still won't know how to manage a winning team while you will have the experience necessary to do just that.
in-gmae "managing" (manager settings until or unless we ever get LIVE play) is a small component of this game.
after 4 or 5 seasons of drafting a franchise player AND signing at least one more franchise player through the international market, these organizations can be STACKED with talent to the point that the AI could run off consecutive championships.
THE REAL PROBLEM is that there are no "real world consequences" (i.e. lost box-office draw, fewer merchandising dollars, bankruptcy) under the current model. and since these owners are obviously not shamed out of a league after fielding an embarrasingly amatuerish team for years, plunking down another $24.95 to continue hoarding exciting young talent is well worth it in the eyes of the tanker. i have been shot down with my proposed "dynamic budgets" system in the past. personally i still think it's a workable idea (though i admit i have no idea how difficult it would be to write the code for such a comlicated system), but at least capping budget transfers is a step in the right direction.
stiffs the point I was trying to make is that even though they can get the draft picks and IFA's they still have to figure out how to put everything together and how to make trades and sign FA's for the remaining roster. A few guys alone aren't going to win many championships, well maybe in a weak league but I doubt very much that would work in a very good league. Tanking and getting prospects is just one element to winning. I woud classify these guys as 'losers' and generally they wouldn't know how to win or they wouldn't bother going this route. A good manager will be able to get the better ML team through trades and FA signings and always be one step ahead of the tanker in that regard
so you're saying there's too much strategy involved for an owner playing a baseball simulation to know that they shouldn't draft all 1B?
two great SPs, a stud closer and three or four MVP type bats is enough for anyone to win a playoff series.
trading is not part of a tanking owner's strategy.
ALL that is required to be a successful tanker is patience and $100.