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Originally Posted by dcordash

As I said earlier, even if you're playing fictional you still want some semblance of logical trades. By just saying play fictional and you don't have to worry about "irregular" happenings is not holding the game to any sort of standard.

Yeah, if a trade between Joe Blow and John Doe seem pretty plausible based on their history, attributes, reputation, etc. ...Great. But, if it doesn't seem right..completely upside down..that's a problem.

I'm of the opinion I want a game to mirror practical baseball sense for the most part. There are always going to be outliers and exceptions in the real world. But, I would prefer fictional, historical, current season play "typically" mirror the only point of reference I have..MLB.

Not saying it doesn't. My point about the whole Fictional preference (and that's what I play often as well) is that shouldn't give the statistical engine a pass to just randomly cough up results, trades, ownership goals, etc. that are ridicky.

Again, I'm not saying that Fictional play spins the ridiculous more often than not..but, if it does, it should be addressed. Not just, "well it's Fictional so everything goes."

I understand all of this. You're never going to get trades 100% perfect when you're dealing with AI though. So for me, playing fictional at least helps me not have to deal with the "this would never happen in real life" mindset that I usually find myself in when I play MLB.