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Originally Posted by Questdog
You have proven my point: when a fictional player does this it is cool, just like it was cool when Davey did it way back when.
But if Davey hit 25 homers for you in the year he actually hit 5, THEN that is not cool, but just seems messed up....
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Exactly. And your context of a player will make the AI seem much more stupid than it would without. I just talked to a player on anther message board about him failing the AI because he traded a "one star player" for Steve Garvey in 1970. In 1970, Garvey was a scrub rookie who might or might not be a player, in the AI's mind. That one star scrub might be just what he needs for that season to succeed. It is like Detroit knowing what they had in John Smoltz, and trading him for a one year rental in Doyle Alexander. At the time, Alexander is exactly what they needed (and helped them to succeed in that year), but they had no idea that Smoltz was a future HOF'er. If they did, they wouldn't have made the trade! You can always "game" the AI in that situation, because you know for certain what the player will be. The AI is just looking at the now. A fictional league puts you at an "even keel."