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Originally Posted by Ktulu
Future ability in anything absolutely exists. The fact that we as humans cannot accurately predict that future ability is irrelevant. But that conceptual debate is pointless...
Of course what we are talking about is scouts predicting the future ability of baseball prospects and how that translates into how a video game should represent that. Saying that "potential doesn't exist" in both contexts is just flat out wrong. If you want to play without "potential" ratings you can already do that. Changing the game design to be completely random without a target potential would be bad game design, both under the hood and as what's presented to the user.
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I tend to agree more with the way FM models potential. Potential doesn’t change because potential is potential. A player either lives up to it or he doesn’t.