What am I doing wrong all the sudden?

brewertoby · 11-13-2011, 03:38 PM

I'm running a fictional league and every year for the draft, I would import a couple of real players into the draft. All the sudden though, when I import the players, it makes them Free Agents instead of placing them in the draft pool. I can't for the life of me figure out what I'm doing differently. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

joefromchicago · 11-15-2011, 12:51 PM

Not sure what the problem is here, since I've never tried what you're doing. The issue, though, may be that the real-life players you're importing already have histories -- in other words, if you import real-life Albert Pujols into your league, he's going to have a lot of experience in the majors and minors. The game may look at him and say "he's not eligible for the rookie draft because he's not a rookie -- look at all those games he's played already." Even a real-life rookie is going to have minor league experience, so he wouldn't be considered a rookie in your league.

11-13-2011, 03:38 PM	#1
brewertoby Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: CC Texas Posts: 138	What am I doing wrong all the sudden? I'm running a fictional league and every year for the draft, I would import a couple of real players into the draft. All the sudden though, when I import the players, it makes them Free Agents instead of placing them in the draft pool. I can't for the life of me figure out what I'm doing differently. Any help would be greatly appreciated. __________________ Any time OOTP makes an AI mistake, I will just imagine that Ned Yost was coaching the other team.

11-15-2011, 12:51 PM	#2
joefromchicago Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,725	Not sure what the problem is here, since I've never tried what you're doing. The issue, though, may be that the real-life players you're importing already have histories -- in other words, if you import real-life Albert Pujols into your league, he's going to have a lot of experience in the majors and minors. The game may look at him and say "he's not eligible for the rookie draft because he's not a rookie -- look at all those games he's played already." Even a real-life rookie is going to have minor league experience, so he wouldn't be considered a rookie in your league. __________________ American-Ethnic (and Canadian) Namesets Historical Minor League Schedules 1870s City/Team Nickname Randomizers "It's Usually Sunny in Philadelphia" weather mod Negro League Schedules