online League FA strategy

jazzrack · 01-28-2005, 02:43 PM

I wasn't sure where to put this so move it if you deem it is needed.

anyway, I recieved a pm from a GM, here is the important part

Quote:

I'm a little fuzzy about the free agency thing. Do we send bids for everyone that we want or just a few at a time? I have about 6 or 7 guys that I'm interested in - just not sure how this whole process goes.

he is new to online leagues so i want to help him out but I think he is asking about startegy. So i have 2 problems.

1. i am the commish & a gm so anything other than basic general info starts to creep into a fuzzy area.

2. I am not the best person to ask about online league FA startegy, my track record in not good

so i ask for the input of my fellow ootp online league player to help him out. I have told him to look for this conversation

thanks

fhomess · 01-28-2005, 03:00 PM

As far as I know, you can only bid up to a certain amount on players at any one time. This is based on the available money number. I don't think you'll be able to offer players more than your available cash until someone else outbids you. The question really is: Do you want to bid for as many players as you can until you reach that number, or do you want to leave some cash for raising offers to your favorite FA targets? That's more of a personal preference decision and how you think the bidding will go.

sporr · 01-28-2005, 03:55 PM

Personally, I read his question to be asking about the technical aspects of bidding rather than the strategy elements involved.

disposableheros · 01-28-2005, 04:01 PM

i find it works well if you only bid on scrubs in FA

jazzrack · 01-28-2005, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sporr

Personally, I read his question to be asking about the technical aspects of bidding rather than the strategy elements involved.

well i sent the technical answers to him just in case

he did end up starting his own thread

01-28-2005, 03:00 PM	#2
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01-28-2005, 03:55 PM	#3
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	Personally, I read his question to be asking about the technical aspects of bidding rather than the strategy elements involved.