[ondemonitors]

It was MD that got me on the stats only kick in the first place. Fictional universe, Major and Minor League Teams, started in 1980, quick simmed till 2000, and took over a team as GM only. Basing this team on several factors. Finances, records, past performance over 5 seasons or so. I just finished a quik-sim and took the Oakland GM job.

To me this is the way to go for a tough challenge. The only issue I have with it is exacty what to put the AI eval settings at. At the moment I'm 35-30-30-5, but I'm sure this is off a bit. I've read where we're not sure that the AI see's ratings in stats based so whether or not to use them in evaluations is something I'm still working on.

No house rules on coaches or scouts, both are turned on. Trading is at very low/hard/neutral. Even with a "low" setting, I think the teams make way too many trades, so I turned that down.

As far as fun, this is analysis and study at it's best. The GM reports are good, but they still leave you wondering what translates in to performance on the field, especially with the new defensive engine/stats. And as far as Markus, stats only, and version 12..hmmm still gotta think about that one.