Posted by sergei91 on 5/28/2015 9:29:00 AM (view original):
i'm not gonna read back, but to go along with the 'fuzzy' projected ratings for intls, are the starting bids also fuzzy? or can we still tell who's good and who isn't by how much they ask for up front?

If you are in season the initial demands will still be a big tell.

Next season the initial demands are not supposed to be quite so telling.

Posted by mchales_army on 5/28/2015 9:34:00 AM (view original):
http://www.whatifsports.com/HBD/Pages/Popups/PlayerProfile.aspx?pid=7244627

Now THAT is definitely a first for me.

What are his three new pitches? Must be a secret.

He just hasn't gotten around to naming them yet...

I know he is planning on calling one of them the whirly bird.

I don't know about the other two.

Is that your team, McHale?

no. foulballz team in Coop

Yeah, he posted him in the WC.   psychoch is in Coop.   But he dum.

So with the poll sitting at about 55/45, I would think they probably will not make that change.

I think they were looking for much larger support to seriously consider making that move.

Posted by MikeT23 on 5/28/2015 10:11:00 AM (view original):
Yeah, he posted him in the WC.   psychoch is in Coop.   But he dum.

Maybe I'm dumm, but McHale's posts made it sound like it was his player.  Which struck me as strange, since I knew it was foulbalz's player.

Posted by mchales_army on 5/28/2015 10:13:00 AM (view original):
So with the poll sitting at about 55/45, I would think they probably will not make that change.

I think they were looking for much larger support to seriously consider making that move.

I think if the vote was to hide everything but the overall player salary it would have more support.

Posted by psychoch on 5/28/2015 10:23:00 AM (view original):

Posted by MikeT23 on 5/28/2015 10:11:00 AM (view original):
Yeah, he posted him in the WC.   psychoch is in Coop.   But he dum.

Maybe I'm dumm, but McHale's posts made it sound like it was his player.  Which struck me as strange, since I knew it was foulbalz's player.

Posts do not have sound. If you are hearing them you should get that checked out.

Posted by rockindock on 5/28/2015 10:32:00 AM (view original):

Posted by mchales_army on 5/28/2015 10:13:00 AM (view original):
So with the poll sitting at about 55/45, I would think they probably will not make that change.

I think they were looking for much larger support to seriously consider making that move.

I think if the vote was to hide everything but the overall player salary it would have more support.

Agreed.  I refrained from voting at first because of my concern about player salary.  Then I went ahead and voted in favor of hiding everything with the thought that hiding all three is overall better than not hiding any of them.

But ideally, it would be just prospect and coach that was hidden.

Posted by mchales_army on 5/28/2015 10:00:00 AM (view original):
He just hasn't gotten around to naming them yet...

I know he is planning on calling one of them the whirly bird.

I don't know about the other two.

P4 will be the Gyroball.

P5 will be a "True knuckleball".

Posted by tzentmeyer on 5/26/2015 1:10:00 PM (view original):
A good point made on being able to view player payroll consumed versus needing to know Player Payroll Budget. Same can be said for prospect payroll.budget and coach payroll/budget.  Created a poll above for general feelings.

Another user mentioned a private rule enforcing minimum values used - this automated enforcement setting (along with a few others) is something we've been considering.

Don't care for this idea at all. By using enforced minimums you are removing the freedom of an owner to run his franchise the way he wants to.

It's for private worlds with specific budget rules.    Not for everyone.  

Posted by indy_angels on 5/26/2015 2:00:00 PM (view original):
Why did they remove current ratings for IFA (and I assume draft prospects)? I can see current ratings for players on other teams. I can see current and projected ratings for tryout camp players. If my scout is standing there watching the player, he can't tell me what his current abilities are??? Only his future projections?? Very odd logic

Couldn't agree more. It is unrealistic to have an idea on what a player will be, but no idea of what he is now. It seems to be an attempt to force owners to spend $$ in categories the don't necessarily want to. This would remove a certain amount of freedom an owner has in the way he wants to run his team.