Agent Mode?

[TyParker]

Hello, I have played OOTP 12 quite a lot and found that one thing I would think would be a fun thing is a seperate 'Agent Mode' where you start out as a new agent looking for players and being their agent. From there you negotiate contrafts when teams when the time arrives, you also could set their arbeitration request, and have your players demand a trade if they are unhappy with their current team. This mode could use feeder leagues for the draft and your agent could go and scout and talk to future draftees and try to convince them to let you be their agent. There could be a screen where it lists all of your agents clients, and you could get weekly e-mails on updates about all of your clients. Also, over time your agent's reputation would get bigger and he can be an agent to more players and be able to get better players to be your clients.

[Chicagofan76]

Originally Posted by TyParker

Hello, I have played OOTP 12 quite a lot and found that one thing I would think would be a fun thing is a seperate 'Agent Mode' where you start out as a new agent looking for players and being their agent. From there you negotiate contrafts when teams when the time arrives, you also could set their arbeitration request, and have your players demand a trade if they are unhappy with their current team. This mode could use feeder leagues for the draft and your agent could go and scout and talk to future draftees and try to convince them to let you be their agent. There could be a screen where it lists all of your agents clients, and you could get weekly e-mails on updates about all of your clients. Also, over time your agent's reputation would get bigger and he can be an agent to more players and be able to get better players to be your clients.

Sounds like this would be better as a separate game called Sports Agent. You could have Scott Boras or Drew Rosenhaus on the cover. OOTP is about playing/managing the game.

[ry1220]

There are a few online leagues that have a role similar to the agent - the person does not control a team, but all contract negotiations must pass through them. Look through some online leagues...you'll be amazed at some of the out-of-game aspects to some of them.

[Bowtie]

Originally Posted by TyParker

Hello, I have played OOTP 12 quite a lot and found that one thing I would think would be a fun thing is a separate 'Agent Mode' where you start out as a new agent looking for players and being their agent. From there you negotiate contracts when teams when the time arrives, you also could set their arbitration request, and have your players demand a trade if they are unhappy with their current team. This mode could use feeder leagues for the draft and your agent could go and scout and talk to future draftees and try to convince them to let you be their agent. There could be a screen where it lists all of your agents clients, and you could get weekly e-mails on updates about all of your clients. Also, over time your agent's reputation would get bigger and he can be an agent to more players and be able to get better players to be your clients.

I like this idea. As it is now (playing the game solo that is) the only positions that the human can have are manager (minor league teams only) and GM. So why not add the role as a player agent? Now I don't mean to hijack this thread but another position I would like to see us humans be offered besides minor league manager, major league GM and the aforementioned agent would be as a coach.

The only drawback I can think of right now is I don't know how hard it would be for Markus to code these features into the game. But nonetheless I would like for Markus to kick the tires on these features.