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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn
The only thing problematic right now is how the change of talent gets displayed/reported. It is instantly, which obviously is not the way it works in real life.
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we agree on this
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Apart from that, I see no problems at all, and the reason is simple: No one knows how talent works in real life...
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Tango is real world data. Granted its a small sample. Wouldn't it be better to use that as a base rather than just coming up with a development model out of thin air?
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I mean, who knows, maybe Sandy Koufax was taught his curveball by a teammate when he was young. Maybe if he hadn't met him, he would have not developed into the great pitcher he was. So, his talent increased over night  Or maybe if some coach would have been able to teach Shawn Abner a better approach, he'd be leading active players in HR now... who knows? Maybe that's what happened to Piazza...
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His talent wouldn't have increased, his ability would have. He always had the talent to throw that curve ball he just didn't have the ability.
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That's how I view the development engine in OOTP. It does produce good results
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... At the Major League level
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how it gets there is a matter of my imagination.
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Which we both agree on. The difference is I'd prefer it be based on actual data such as Tango and extrapolate from there rather that just use imagination.
You would never just use your imagination when it came to the stats results right? You based that on what you knew and filled in the blanks by extrapolating based on what you knew. Why is development different?