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Originally Posted by Trav876
Also- different question but somewhat related, if you enable trading after the season starts under league settings, but still have "historical transactions checked," what happens there? Does the historical part override any trades attempted?
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No. But if, say, you were trade for Gary Sheffield on June 1st, 1993, you'll only have him for a few weeks because on June 24th the historical transactions file will send him to Florida. (Historical transactions don't care if a player is on the historically-correct team prior to a trade or other move; it merely puts him on the destination team that he's supposed be on, as of the date he's supposed to be sent there.)
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Originally Posted by Trav876
I just thought of this- if anyone has any input on pros/cons or whether it will work?
What if I entered in like 1988 (5 years before Rockies expansion year), and let the game sim until '93 ... so therefore the AI should develop players semi-randomly if I have turn off "recalc based on" entirely, correct?
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Yes, semi-randomly, affected by the setting you use for player development.
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Then the Rockies will get their players in the expansion draft who may have developed differently than in real life, correct?
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Yep
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Would there still be an advantage of recalc based on ... or weighting the ratings/stats differently for AI evaluation (e.g. maybe stats way more important than ratings)?
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Not sure but I hope you get an answer to this, as I am curious...
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Originally Posted by Trav876
I guess I'm wondering if doing the hypothetical example above (entering in say, 1988 and letting it pan out) will be "too" totally random if I don't have any recalc, or if I don't mess with the ratings/stats weight at all.
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I'd just add that expansion teams generally start out with players who are not all that good: fringe major-leaguers & guys that belong in the minors, washed-up major-leaguers, and a few established major leaguers who are average-at-best. So, with that as your starting point, also keep in mind that random development is just as likely to make an individual player worse as it is better.
Good luck
