Better trading suggestions

[mgom27]

Somebody did create a NFL League for the game.

[bosunmate]

Originally Posted by Raidergoo

My planet is called Earth. Welcome.

Me to I think, let me get back to you on that one...

[PSUColonel]

Originally Posted by timmermac

Shop player is what I use when I want to trade one of my players and I don't want to wait for an AI team to get around to proposing a deal. The only drawback is that I usually get crap offered back to me in return.

I love how so many of you speak as though this is a real "working" part of the game. We old timers know the flaws...and this is nothing more than window dressing AI wise.

[PSUColonel]

Originally Posted by mgom27

Somebody did create a NFL League for the game.

you really are a nut.

[sosasoser]

Originally Posted by PSUColonel

Ditch the "untouchable" status, as the AI never uses it anyway. Keep the status' as either "unknown", or "on the block". Rid of the "shop player" function, and ramp up the way the AI looks at the trading block. To me, the shop player function is just not realistic.

I'm not a huge fan of the shop player function, but with the way the entire trading system is setup, it has its role. I use it to get a quick view of what teams might be interested in my guy. Occasionally, I might get a good deal out of it, but more often than not I use it as a starting point for negotiations.

I think the "untouchable" status is vital for staving off annoyances, such as the AI continuously proposing trades for a player you have no intention of trading. Just one recent example: I had a 5 star 23 year old pitcher leading the league in ERA and Ks. The AI determined that I had a weakness at catcher and a slight weakness at 3rd, which was accurate if and only if it was looking at my ML roster. I was more than willing to live with the weaknesses as I had a couple of near-ready prospects for those positions in AAA. So what does the AI do? Offers me a constant stream of old, overpaid and/or mediocre catchers and thirdbasemen for my stud starter. That's rather annoying if you sim the regular season most of the time like me. Switching the pitcher to "untouchable" saved a lot of aggravation.

[mgom27]

In NHL Eastside Hockey Manager Trades get accepted a couple days later/ All Trade Proposa'sl show up in the News along luckwarmth no takers and in this game right away/ in this game they don't.

[bosunmate]

Originally Posted by PSUColonel

you really are a nut.

Thanks for the chuckle....

[Muzamba]

Originally Posted by mgom27

In NHL Eastside Hockey Manager Trades get accepted a couple days later/ All Trade Proposa'sl show up in the News along luckwarmth no takers and in this game right away/ in this game they don't.

I.. uhh... WHAT?

(You kinda lost me at luckwarmth)

[Muzamba]

Originally Posted by sosasoser

I think the "untouchable" status is vital for staving off annoyances...

I would think the untouchable label would be particularly useful for online leagues, where you're dealing with other real-life owners. Even though I don't currently play OOTP online, my fantasy leagues use an untouchable list to keep us from wasting each others' time with proposals for players we have absolutely no intention of trading.

[Leland]

My only problem with shopping players is the hit to morale. I think shopping players is quite accurate. To me, shopping players is what GM's do, by chatting with other GM's and feeling them out.

If anything, you could prolonge the shopping period, such as, shop player and then a few days later get the results (except for off-season, which would just be tedious). But I prefer it be left just as it is.

[Malleus Dei]

Originally Posted by mgom27

How about like Proposed Trades in the News like lets say David Wright from the Mets to the Green Bay Packers for Brett Farve

If you just read that line to me out loud I'd know who posted it.

[bosunmate]

Originally Posted by Malleus Dei

If you just read that line to me out loud I'd know who posted it.

Its a dead give away thats for sure..

[Le Grande Orange]

I still want to see an option to enact waiver restrictions on interleague trading. Those were a feature of real world MLB trading for a long time.

[mgom27]

In Leagues you Create Trades happening right away because I have Leagues that wait intill after Spring Training start making Trades and Leagues Iv'e Downloaded that do it right away.

[Malleus Dei]

Originally Posted by bosunmate

Its a dead give away thats for sure..

The OOTP Development Forums...characters welcome!

[Malleus Dei]

I keep hoping that the day never comes when his posts finally start making sense to me.

[Afino]

Originally Posted by Malleus Dei

I keep hoping that the day never comes when his posts finally start making sense to me.

Yeah, I'd quit.

[bosunmate]

Originally Posted by Malleus Dei

I keep hoping that the day never comes when his posts finally start making sense to me.

We sure do have some characters in these forums...

[StyxNCa]

Originally Posted by PSUColonel

I love how so many of you speak as though this is a real "working" part of the game. We old timers know the flaws...and this is nothing more than window dressing AI wise.

I use it to see what team(s) are interested in a player. I never accept an offer from that page though. Once I see the interested teams I got to the actual trade page to see what I can work out.