(10-30-2010, 04:38 AM)mike Wrote: The thing is I don't trust the mogul AI to make a proper decision. With my catcher I think it was I lowered his offer by 200k and the arbitor awarded in favor of the player when it was over a lousy 200k.
Ok, you have qualms with the BM AI, but I don't see how that affects this suggestion in the least. If a player's arby offer is $2M & you lose your bid of $1.8M, you would have lost that bid whether you made it with a sim ahead file or not.
(10-30-2010, 04:38 AM)mike Wrote: That may not be a strong example but I think we can all agree that the AI in mogul is not smart in any other facet of the game so why should we trust the AI of the Arbitor.
Again, it seems your qualm is with how the AI handles arby. Ai will handle arby decisions of what the player wants. You being able to sim ahead isn't going to suddenly change what the player will be willing to accept.
As a side note, I agree that the AI could use a small tweaking when it comes to arby deals. But that's a coding problem, not a problem with whether we're needlessly simming ahead or not
(10-30-2010, 04:38 AM)mike Wrote: Secondly, I'm not sure if this is true but their happiness or the amount they want (any player not just arby ones) may change during the end of the year re-signing phase. That would have to be tested though.
Here are a list of random players heading to arby:
SP Julio Pena (CHC)
C Manuel Pina (KC)
2B Ivan DeJesus Jr (LAD)
1B Logan Morrison (Phi)
SP Aaron Weatherford (Tor)
I opened their player cards before simming ahead to FA signing and hit "negotiate." Here's what they were asking for:
Pena - $2.2M per
Pina - $2.1M per
DeJesus - $2.9M per
Morrison - $5.8M per
Weatherford - $5.8M per
I then looked at "Contract Sought" for each of the players:
Pena - $2.1M per
Pina - $2M per
DeJesus - $2.8M per
Morrison - $6.4M per
Weatherford - $5.8M per
I then simmed to the FA signing part. Here's what their arby requests were:
Pena - $2.5M
Pina - $2.1M
DeJesus - $3.5M
Morrison - $6.6M
Weatherford - $5.2M
Not only are all 3 figures quite similar for all five randomly selected players, but I was able to sign all listed players for less than what his Negotiate & Contract Sought figures listed
(10-30-2010, 04:38 AM)mike Wrote: Also I think where it says roughly what they want for arby is a long way off from what actually happens in the end the year phase but that could just be my perception.
It is just your perception. It's like thinking that having a 96/96 in R ball during the offseason will hurt him. You want to make Mogul more complicated than it is
The only reason I see for being against this idea is if you simply don't want the realism factor of not always winning arby with the lowest possible amount you can offer them. Or if you enjoy X-ing out of 29 other teams' worth of players during the re-signing phase
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