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waltwa · 08-25-2013, 02:54 PM

To reply to an earlier post i don't understand scouting because i have never used it.

But now i decided to join a league with a good commissioner and rules that i like but it has scouting and i am trying to find out if scouting really amounts to anything worthwhile.

Shouldn't scouting work like this.

1. install a large budget.

2. hire a scout with the absolute best ratings at any amount of money.

3. rely (almost) completely on that scouts opinion of mlb players, minor league and draftees

Now if scouting doesn't do these things then what benefit does the scout actually provide.

I am hearing from some that it is in the game but u really don't pay attention to the scout and rather rely on yourself looking at the stats (1st) and then the overall ratings of the player.

Now i am not saying how scouting SHOULD work- that is up to OOTP and they are nice enough to give me an option of turning it off. what i am asking is does it do any thing meaningful in the sense that u can sit back as a gm and rely on the scouting reports and that your only job in regards to scouting is to hire the best scout and give him all the $ he requires.

My problem is altho i am very experienced in online play since i have never until now played with a scout i am afraid to trade because i don't know the true value of my player or the true value of the player i am receiving.

Now if the answer is that I should check the ratings and stats of the players involved then i begin to wonder what scouting is all about if the bottom line is it all comes back to me. what am i paying for?

I think as i write this post that what i am getting at is this

Is there an ultimate goal in setting up a scouting system that will help u win pennants or is it just a way of adding meaningless realism to the game.

I want scouting to be meaningful because it opens up all kinds of online leagues that i can join but is it?

08-25-2013, 02:54 PM	#12
waltwa All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 906	To reply to an earlier post i don't understand scouting because i have never used it. But now i decided to join a league with a good commissioner and rules that i like but it has scouting and i am trying to find out if scouting really amounts to anything worthwhile. Shouldn't scouting work like this. 1. install a large budget. 2. hire a scout with the absolute best ratings at any amount of money. 3. rely (almost) completely on that scouts opinion of mlb players, minor league and draftees Now if scouting doesn't do these things then what benefit does the scout actually provide. I am hearing from some that it is in the game but u really don't pay attention to the scout and rather rely on yourself looking at the stats (1st) and then the overall ratings of the player. Now i am not saying how scouting SHOULD work- that is up to OOTP and they are nice enough to give me an option of turning it off. what i am asking is does it do any thing meaningful in the sense that u can sit back as a gm and rely on the scouting reports and that your only job in regards to scouting is to hire the best scout and give him all the $ he requires. My problem is altho i am very experienced in online play since i have never until now played with a scout i am afraid to trade because i don't know the true value of my player or the true value of the player i am receiving. Now if the answer is that I should check the ratings and stats of the players involved then i begin to wonder what scouting is all about if the bottom line is it all comes back to me. what am i paying for? I think as i write this post that what i am getting at is this Is there an ultimate goal in setting up a scouting system that will help u win pennants or is it just a way of adding meaningless realism to the game. I want scouting to be meaningful because it opens up all kinds of online leagues that i can join but is it?