KBO Teams Signing Too Many Foreign Free Agents & Immediately Releasing Them

Etalyx · 06-05-2025, 08:45 PM

I ran into a potentially nasty bug regarding team AI in my KBO save playing as the GM of the Kiwoom Heroes. In the KBO, teams of course can only have up to 3 foreign players on the roster (either 2 pitchers and 1 fielder or 2 fielders and 1 pitcher). My game world started in 2025 and is in its third year of play in 2027, and I noticed the AI for a couple KBO teams confused by this limit, signing 6 foreign players in the same day, and releasing 3 of them that same day (apparently throwing their money away in the process). We're also well into the season in May at this point, not in the offseason.

It seems the team (in this case, the NC Dinos) may have sent out 6 contract offers simultaneously, gotten them all accepted by the players who received them, and then were forced to release enough players for their team to conform to the league rules. Didn't notice this at all in the previous season I played as a GM.

Attached a crude screenshot for reference (was playing on the TV at the time sorry for quality): https://i.imgur.com/Xd0p2fz.jpeg

All six of the news lines from "Today" are signings by the same team, NC Dinos, three of whom were immediately released as demonstrated by the picture of the free agent portrait on the signing.

This has happened to a couple other teams since with same-day signings and releases, though not to the same scale yet. The problem is teams accidentally losing a large chunk of their budget to this phenomenon. Since KBO team budgets are ~7-20 million dollars give or take, losing a few million (or more) on poorly timed signings is a potentially big issue for the teams and staying competitive with their limited budgets.

Not sure there's anything I can do locally to change their behavior, so wanted to report it to potentially have their decision-making fixed in the future.

While I'm here, one much smaller KBO bug that should be much easier to fix is the Military Service page under Organization. It shows players who are back on the team already as still under Military Service, but with negative service time. So if a player who is undergoing their mandatory military service time has ~12 months left to serve, another player who is already back on the same list may show -459 days and not get removed from the list.

Loving the KBO playthrough otherwise, thank you and keep up the great work!

06-05-2025, 08:45 PM	#1
Etalyx Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2025 Posts: 1	KBO Teams Signing Too Many Foreign Free Agents & Immediately Releasing Them I ran into a potentially nasty bug regarding team AI in my KBO save playing as the GM of the Kiwoom Heroes. In the KBO, teams of course can only have up to 3 foreign players on the roster (either 2 pitchers and 1 fielder or 2 fielders and 1 pitcher). My game world started in 2025 and is in its third year of play in 2027, and I noticed the AI for a couple KBO teams confused by this limit, signing 6 foreign players in the same day, and releasing 3 of them that same day (apparently throwing their money away in the process). We're also well into the season in May at this point, not in the offseason. It seems the team (in this case, the NC Dinos) may have sent out 6 contract offers simultaneously, gotten them all accepted by the players who received them, and then were forced to release enough players for their team to conform to the league rules. Didn't notice this at all in the previous season I played as a GM. Attached a crude screenshot for reference (was playing on the TV at the time sorry for quality): https://i.imgur.com/Xd0p2fz.jpeg All six of the news lines from "Today" are signings by the same team, NC Dinos, three of whom were immediately released as demonstrated by the picture of the free agent portrait on the signing. This has happened to a couple other teams since with same-day signings and releases, though not to the same scale yet. The problem is teams accidentally losing a large chunk of their budget to this phenomenon. Since KBO team budgets are ~7-20 million dollars give or take, losing a few million (or more) on poorly timed signings is a potentially big issue for the teams and staying competitive with their limited budgets. Not sure there's anything I can do locally to change their behavior, so wanted to report it to potentially have their decision-making fixed in the future. While I'm here, one much smaller KBO bug that should be much easier to fix is the Military Service page under Organization. It shows players who are back on the team already as still under Military Service, but with negative service time. So if a player who is undergoing their mandatory military service time has ~12 months left to serve, another player who is already back on the same list may show -459 days and not get removed from the list. Loving the KBO playthrough otherwise, thank you and keep up the great work!