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This squashmore has been on my team for all of one exhibition game and I have seen his potentials change in color already. I've never seen this before and wonder if there is something that I missed. He had two blue potentials change to black without having any increase or decrease in number?

Decimals. I've had many players change color without the listed number changing, and my only explaination is that there are decimal points we are unable to see.

Posted by Derek_Koenig on 2/2/2017 1:31:00 AM (view original):
Decimals. I've had many players change color without the listed number changing, and my only explaination is that there are decimal points we are unable to see.

I'd say that is a solid explanation. Although, all of my squashmore's had the sane thing happen to them after the first exhibition game. If it is truly decimals that are making the difference between a green and blue potential then it is a flaw when it comes to recruiting. What is a coach supposed to believe when they are looking for people that will develop...

Posted by brantm217 on 2/2/2017 2:19:00 AM (view original):

Posted by Derek_Koenig on 2/2/2017 1:31:00 AM (view original):
Decimals. I've had many players change color without the listed number changing, and my only explaination is that there are decimal points we are unable to see.

I'd say that is a solid explanation. Although, all of my squashmore's had the sane thing happen to them after the first exhibition game. If it is truly decimals that are making the difference between a green and blue potential then it is a flaw when it comes to recruiting. What is a coach supposed to believe when they are looking for people that will develop...

You look for greens in the cores and you hope you get lucky. But you're not assured of anything more than the minimum amount of green gain. I wouldn't call it a flaw...it's just part of the uncertainty of the game in the same way an initial black rating can mean barely-more-than-yellow OR almost-blue OR anything in between. All the green signifies is the kid has more than the max blue amount of potential. That excess could be a couple dozen points, or it could be a tenth of a point. Part of the intrigue of the game (for me) lies in the not knowing. It would be really boring if everyone knew exactly what every player would max out at. When looking at color codes, I always assume the minimum of the color range. Anything more than that is a bonus.

It basically sounds like you got some bad grabs in the sense that they were barely within the color range for green. It happens. You're still going to get 27ish points of gain from the kid in the category at the time he caps. That's not shabby by any stretch.

its a design feature - intended to be uncertain, within parameters

Posted by brantm217 on 2/2/2017 2:19:00 AM (view original):

Posted by Derek_Koenig on 2/2/2017 1:31:00 AM (view original):
Decimals. I've had many players change color without the listed number changing, and my only explaination is that there are decimal points we are unable to see.

I'd say that is a solid explanation. Although, all of my squashmore's had the sane thing happen to them after the first exhibition game. If it is truly decimals that are making the difference between a green and blue potential then it is a flaw when it comes to recruiting. What is a coach supposed to believe when they are looking for people that will develop...

It's not a flaw, it just means that the player is at the very bottom edge of the range for that color of potential. So if a player has an attribute that is a green 50 he should develop to, at worst, a 78 (28+ for green). If the 50 was blue he will at least get to 70.

The reason some colors change while the number stays the same is hidden decimals. So in the above example lets assume that the 50 is actually 50.1. Blue will get him to at least 70.1. Assuming that he is at the lower edge of blue potential, if the player improves from 50.1 to 50.2 he would now have less than 20 points of potential left and so the 50 would now show as black.

You guys all make sense and it definitely gives clarity to what I was wondering. I don't think I ever paid attention to it this early in the season.

I agree that having the uncertainty makes the game more fun. It creates another way to keep the game competitive. The guys that I see this with from my currentrecruiting class will all develop nicely regardless of the change in color. Good to know this for the future. Thanks for the input.

Congrats on taking peoples input and understanding it without taking offense. Don't see that too often.

Posted by cardman17 on 2/2/2017 12:38:00 PM (view original):
Congrats on taking peoples input and understanding it without taking offense. Don't see that too often.

You're telling me Cardman! I get to hire and develop different levels of management so being able to listen to other's input constructively is something I make sure to instill early on. I have seen first hand what the opposite can do to an individual and even worse to all others involved. It breeds dysfunction.

it's pretty interesting how so many people truly believe that they know everything; and if anyone believes something different they can go to hell!

Posted by brantm217 on 2/2/2017 2:19:00 AM (view original):

Posted by Derek_Koenig on 2/2/2017 1:31:00 AM (view original):
Decimals. I've had many players change color without the listed number changing, and my only explaination is that there are decimal points we are unable to see.

I'd say that is a solid explanation. Although, all of my squashmore's had the sane thing happen to them after the first exhibition game. If it is truly decimals that are making the difference between a green and blue potential then it is a flaw when it comes to recruiting. What is a coach supposed to believe when they are looking for people that will develop...

This is true I've seen it plenty of times myself. Decimal changes but not high enough to change the display number