Player Personality Blurbs

[rpriske]

Do those little personality blurbs reflect things in the game or are they just flavour (that could be pretty much random)?

Things like "Was a business major" could be reflected in financial dealings, but I am more concerned with the "not a team player" comments.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by rpriske

Do those little personality blurbs reflect things in the game or are they just flavour (that could be pretty much random)?

Both. But, if you have the "Show & Use Player Personality Ratings" option turned on in your game, these blurbs can be highly important. They are verbal clues to combinations of these personality traits:

• Leader Ability
• Loyalty
• Desire for Winning
• Greed
• Intelligence
• Work Ethic

As you go through player profiles and compare those personality blurbs, you will start seeing correlations to high or low ratings in certain personality traits as indicated in their BNN Player Pages. With more experience, you will realize how some of these traits affect player development and performance.

For example, I never bother with players that have "Low" or "Very Low" ratings in both Intelligence and Work Ethic because those guys are likely not to ever play up to their potential. Read more about personality traits here: Out of the Park Baseball Manual

Here are some examples:

• "Doesn't demand a lot of attention and often goes unnoticed" = Low Leader Ability
• "[Player] had an illustrious academic track record, etc." = High Intelligence
• "He's got a huge ego." = High Greed
• "[Player] never shows a lack of effort." = High Work Ethic
• "He has trouble keeping up." = Low Intelligence

Caveats:

• Some blurbs really are just window-dressing, like "Just an average Joe" which basically means, well, he's just average overall.
• Sometimes you see a combination blurb, like "Not a leader, but doesn't cause any trouble either" which seems to mean Low Leader Ability but also Low Greed.
• This is from the manual and applies to both blurbs and traits:

Note: The effects of personalities are unpredictable, just as in the real world. Personalities might affect the game in ways other than what is described above, and personalities are not absolutes! For example, a player with a high loyalty might elect not to sign an extension with your team. Players will not always behave precisely according to their player personalities.

[buffalo_pete]

"Unintelligent players are also more prone to drug suspensions."

This amused me.

[s3nn3n]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

For example, I never bother with players that have "Low" or "Very Low" ratings in both Intelligence and Work Ethic because those guys are likely not to ever play up to their potential.

Does this also mean that a young player (18) with a low PA (23) but Very High Intelligence and Work Ethic can improve his PA over time?

[TGH-Adfabre]

Pa?

[s3nn3n]

PA=Potential Ability. I'm probably carrying this over from Football Manager, lol. Does a players Potential rating ever change?

[PSUColonel]

Right...CA & PA are what we should be referring abilities as.

[TGH-Adfabre]

Originally Posted by s3nn3n

PA=Potential Ability. I'm probably carrying this over from Football Manager, lol. Does a players Potential rating ever change?

Yes, players can receive increases and decreases to their Potential and their actual ratings. It happens all the time.

[s3nn3n]

So Very High Intelligence and Work Ethic will improve his PA over time?

[rpriske]

I think the proper term is 'could' rather than 'will'.

Nothing is ever concrete.

[TGH-Adfabre]

Originally Posted by s3nn3n

Does this also mean that a young player (18) with a low PA (23) but Very High Intelligence and Work Ethic can improve his PA over time?

A number of things go into this and none of them grantee that he will improve.
1) At 18 he is probably a long time from fully developed, he can be an early or late bloomer but he represents a greater risk at a young age.
2) His 23 POT rating is an assessment of all of his other ratings. Really you want to look at his hitting ratings to see what is below par and hopefully will improve.
3) It is my understanding that high Work Ethic and Intelligence give him better odds of improving and developing more potential. They help his odds but are not an indicator of certain success.

[s3nn3n]

Ok thanks.

[mpejkrm]

Originally Posted by TGH-Adfabre

A number of things go into this and none of them grantee that he will improve.
1) At 18 he is probably a long time from fully developed, he can be an early or late bloomer but he represents a greater risk at a young age.
2) His 23 POT rating is an assessment of all of his other ratings. Really you want to look at his hitting ratings to see what is below par and hopefully will improve.
3) It is my understanding that high Work Ethic and Intelligence give him better odds of improving and developing more potential. They help his odds but are not an indicator of certain success.

Also remember that potential ratings are based off their potential compared to other players of that position. There's an option to make potential ratings based towards all players but I find this option to be more challenging.