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Originally Posted by Fyrestorm3
I've often harbored ideas about doing this kind of league, but I always run into a very simple, yet very big issue: the AI does not understand that finishing last is worse than finishing in the middle of the pack.
Say you have a couple of 8-team leagues where the top team gets promoted, and the bottom team gets demoted. If the AI has a team sitting in 6th place, a couple games above the 7th and 8th place teams, but totally out of the playoff race, they are going to look at the season like it's a total wash; like there is no difference between finishing in 6th, 7th, or 8th. All three make them miss the playoffs, so in the AI's mind, they're equal, and to that end, it may sell off its players for prospects, and slip down into 8th place. There is no way to make the game understand that while 6th and 7th place are bad, 8th place is disastrous.
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Suppose it is possible for AI to recognize this. What do you think should be the practical effect of that? How should AI respond to the circumstance that a team is in danger of being relegated?
In real life, what do teams that are in danger of relegation do in the last few weeks to avoid it? I mean, other than simply playing better? The teams might not be good enough to benefit from using playoff baseball strategies.