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Nukester · 08-25-2008, 02:02 PM

My trade settings are on hard/favor prospects, with a non-recalc historical league. Here are a few things I do to keep myself in check.

Usually limit myself to 1-1 trades. Once in a great while I might do a 2-2 trade if the players and conditions are right for both teams.

I almost exclusivly use the shop player feature only. I find that I get much better trade offers using the "make this work now" feature than if I uses "shop player". Shop player almost always gives me very crappy offers, but once in a blue moon Ill see something I think is a good deal. The mostly crappy offers from shop player keeps my trades at a good slow rate.

Once in a while, just to keep it fun since thats the idea of a game, Ill make a trade based on my financial condition, or other teams finacial conditions and current philosophies (win now, neutral, rebuilding). If my projected budget is very low (no matter what, I HAVE to have a positive budget at the end of the season) and I think I need to dump a high salary player, Ill look for teams that are rebuilding (if Im dumping a youger guy) or win now (if Im dumping an older established type player), and that have alot of room in their projected budget. If I am in the playoff hunt and want a player to help out, Ill look for teams that are very low in projected budget and are rebuilding, and I might take a high priced player off their hands. I never trade with neutral teams, unless its though shop player, or if they make an offer to me. If a team makes an offer to me, then I can accept/reject at will.

08-25-2008, 02:02 PM	#23
Nukester All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Newburgh, NY Posts: 1,923	My trade settings are on hard/favor prospects, with a non-recalc historical league. Here are a few things I do to keep myself in check. Usually limit myself to 1-1 trades. Once in a great while I might do a 2-2 trade if the players and conditions are right for both teams. I almost exclusivly use the shop player feature only. I find that I get much better trade offers using the "make this work now" feature than if I uses "shop player". Shop player almost always gives me very crappy offers, but once in a blue moon Ill see something I think is a good deal. The mostly crappy offers from shop player keeps my trades at a good slow rate. Once in a while, just to keep it fun since thats the idea of a game, Ill make a trade based on my financial condition, or other teams finacial conditions and current philosophies (win now, neutral, rebuilding). If my projected budget is very low (no matter what, I HAVE to have a positive budget at the end of the season) and I think I need to dump a high salary player, Ill look for teams that are rebuilding (if Im dumping a youger guy) or win now (if Im dumping an older established type player), and that have alot of room in their projected budget. If I am in the playoff hunt and want a player to help out, Ill look for teams that are very low in projected budget and are rebuilding, and I might take a high priced player off their hands. I never trade with neutral teams, unless its though shop player, or if they make an offer to me. If a team makes an offer to me, then I can accept/reject at will. Last edited by Nukester; 08-25-2008 at 02:04 PM.