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Originally Posted by BigCity
1. Enable automatic evolution of the league... it would be a great advantage to me if the game would have a switch on this option to allow the player (me) to accept or deny what the game was about to do ...
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As has been remarked, having this ability somewhat negates the purpose of league evolution, which is for the history to unfold without the user's prompting.
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Originally Posted by BigCity
2. Any change initiated by the game should also be editable by the player...
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Same comment as above.
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Originally Posted by BigCity
3. I really REALLY want more "meat" at the Winter Meetings !!! All of the above should be initiated and executed at that meeting, and media stories should cover what happens.
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To tie this in with your #1 and #2 points, I've suggested it before and I'll suggest it again: interactive winter meetings where proposed changes come up for a vote and then the team owners vote whether to approve the change or not. In other words, pretty much like how it works in real life. The user casts their vote on behalf of their team. There'd also be news stories prior to the meetings outlining the various proposals and the estimated level of support, and then news stories after the vote(s) detailing the changes that were passed.
More generally, the changes that can arise from league evolution need to be given more intrinsic rationales for occurring. At present the changes seem largely random and not driven by circumstances within the league. Some are arbitrarily minor, i.e. changing the DL from 15 days to 13. In real life changes were in response to conditions, i.e. the Depression caused clubs to cut the active roster from 25 to 23 in order to save money. If the changes could be made to be more sensible to what's going on in the league and then combined with interactive winter meetings, this feature could really boost immersion a lot.