number of rounds in ammy draft

soccercjs22 · 07-05-2004, 10:33 PM

i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for how many rounds to use in the ammy draft

it seems when i use the default 10 that i get a lot of scrubs come the fifth or so round

thanks for the help

Dargone · 07-05-2004, 10:39 PM

I've always used between three and five. Seems to be a good amount of players to me...

Skipaway · 07-05-2004, 10:42 PM

Several studies about this were done for OOTP5, was there any for OOTP6?

statfreak · 07-05-2004, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Dargone

I've always used between three and five. Seems to be a good amount of players to me...

^^^me too^^^

Skipaway · 07-05-2004, 11:01 PM

3-5 rounds being enough just proved there aren't enough busts in this game.

mauboy · 07-05-2004, 11:08 PM

I usually use 20 or so.

mlyons · 07-05-2004, 11:19 PM

It kind of depends on how full you want your minor league systems to be and how many scrub free agents you want to be available. Five seems to be the minimum to keep minor league teams fully stocked, and with any fewer the AI teams will end up with only a few players in their minors.

Dargone · 07-05-2004, 11:23 PM

I think there are enough busts. Of course something like the amount of busts is going to be very subjective so to each his/her own...

kq76 · 07-06-2004, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Skipaway

Several studies about this were done for OOTP5, was there any for OOTP6?

I think this was the best v5 thread on the topic: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ad.php?t=53787

The conclusions were that the more teams and the more rounds, up to 10 rounds, the more top prospects were generated.

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Originally Posted by mlyons

It kind of depends on how full you want your minor league systems to be and how many scrub free agents you want to be available. Five seems to be the minimum to keep minor league teams fully stocked, and with any fewer the AI teams will end up with only a few players in their minors.

I think that's a very good point and why I went to 7 rounds from 5.

Another thing to consider is that the default for v5 and v6 is 10 rounds, whereas it was 5 for v4. I figure that Markus, for whatever reason, felt that 5 was too few. From my experience 5 is not too bad though. I'd say anywhere from 5 to 10 is probably fine.

Bobbuttons · 07-06-2004, 02:56 AM

I have the default as 10 rounds but change it to 7 on the pre-draft screen. That way I can have quite a few that are non-drafted free agents.

Kett · 07-06-2004, 03:36 AM

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...s+draft+rounds

This study said three based on talent distribution. Thats what I use.

07-05-2004, 10:33 PM	#1
soccercjs22 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 93	number of rounds in ammy draft i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for how many rounds to use in the ammy draft it seems when i use the default 10 that i get a lot of scrubs come the fifth or so round thanks for the help __________________ Just for the record: I'm a Reds fan

07-05-2004, 10:39 PM	#2
Dargone Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Interwebs Posts: 2,862	I've always used between three and five. Seems to be a good amount of players to me... __________________ I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken -- and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.-Margaret Mitchell

07-05-2004, 10:42 PM	#3
Skipaway Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Where you live Posts: 11,017	Several studies about this were done for OOTP5, was there any for OOTP6? __________________ Jonathan Haidt: Moral reasoning is really just a servant masquerading as a high priest.

07-05-2004, 11:01 PM	#5
Skipaway Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Where you live Posts: 11,017	3-5 rounds being enough just proved there aren't enough busts in this game. __________________ Jonathan Haidt: Moral reasoning is really just a servant masquerading as a high priest.

07-05-2004, 11:19 PM	#7
mlyons Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,725	It kind of depends on how full you want your minor league systems to be and how many scrub free agents you want to be available. Five seems to be the minimum to keep minor league teams fully stocked, and with any fewer the AI teams will end up with only a few players in their minors. __________________ Things can always be worse.

07-05-2004, 11:08 PM	#6
mauboy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 2,906	I usually use 20 or so.

07-05-2004, 11:23 PM	#8
Dargone Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Interwebs Posts: 2,862	I think there are enough busts. Of course something like the amount of busts is going to be very subjective so to each his/her own... __________________ I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken -- and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.-Margaret Mitchell

07-06-2004, 02:56 AM	#10
Bobbuttons Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Picturesque Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio Posts: 3,708	I have the default as 10 rounds but change it to 7 on the pre-draft screen. That way I can have quite a few that are non-drafted free agents. __________________ Frankenstein never scared me. Marsupials do....cause they're fast! Gibson swings, and a fly ball to deep right field! This is gonna be a home run! Unbelievable! A home run for Gibson! And the Dodgers have won the game, 5 to 4; I don't believe what I just saw! I don't believe what I just saw!

07-06-2004, 03:36 AM	#11
Kett Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 77	http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...s+draft+rounds This study said three based on talent distribution. Thats what I use.