Posted by aejones on 3/12/2013 11:17:00 PM (view original):
Does anyone read these forums? What's our best way to make our voice heard on this one (or at least get an answer for why it isn't provided)? Seeing rosters of my old teams, it just annoys me so much that I can't see anything about them except their name, which is just a stupid cookie cutter algorithm name anyways-- they're defined by their attributes, obviously.
I am not adept at getting the attention of people who make decisions here, so if someone would add this to the list of things we want to see done (or tell me how to do it besides copy and pasting the thread into a sure-to-be-ignored support ticket) that'd be great.
i agree with you, its pretty stupid you cant see old players. at least, if you could see their ending ratings, and their year by year stats - the same view you have at the end of their senior season - that would be enough. being able to rewind and see them younger and how they grew, that would be cool, but at that point its just gravy, IMO.
as far as the best way to get attention of the people who make decisions here, there really isnt one. i think ive been moderately successful in having some impact on the way he views the game, but thats with a lot of effort over a long time, and the failures vastly outweigh the successes. the one big thing i think i helped get changed was getting, for example, an elite pg to raise the fg% of team mates by getting them better looks (which was not the case prior to the new engine). hes also done a bunch of things ive suggested, but i have no idea if my suggestions had anything to do with them, a lot of the stuff, many people were complaining about (like the lp scoring effectiveness, and then, complaining about how ridiculously over corrected it was - with many bigs shooting over 60%). ive tried to move the needle on d1 recruiting generation, you'd think losing a third of all d1 coaches would move the needle there on its own - but apparently not. you can also get seble to do little things, fix small bugs, or make small corrections if they are obvious enough and hes in the right move. he made a change for me years ago, you used to get that message, "congrats on your championship in tarkanian" on the home screen, instantly when you won. this caused me to see i won a couple titles before i read the PBPs, which kind of sucked, i mean i was happy to win but i really liked reading the PBP back then, especially in championship games. he changed that one almost immediately.
so, it can be done, its just a total crap shot. if you can gauge the wind speed in the atmosphere above new jersey, multiply by the angular distance to pluto, divide by the number of oxygenated red blood cells in seble's body, then maybe you could figure out if it was a good time to approach him. but i have thus far been unsuccessful in those attempts.