Screenshot a day : Trade and contract negotiation

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by kq76

Ugg. Please do not make us press buttons a few dozen times to put in a contract amount when it would take much less effort just typing in the amount. Some of us also have systems where a player with a 1 or some other # at the end of his contract amount means something special. And with really small leagues 10K might not be the smallest amount we'll want to offer. Please keep it "in our hands".

You can type in the amount if you want...

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by battists

As a tester, I'm going out on a limb here, but I can't imagine that I'll get non-disclosure complaints about this:

You can type the contract amount OR use the push-buttons.

Damned. I'm too slow for Steve

[Muzamba]

Markus, you are in direct violation of the cease and desist court order. I must insist that you change your avatar to the new OOTPB logo immediately!

[kq76]

Originally Posted by disposableheros

my only hesitation about this method is the possibility of the player rejecting the offer on the first day of the sim and then changing his request (amount, years, both) after a good or bad sim (which happens often).

example for clarity:

player is asking for $5,000,000 for 3 years
GM offers and exports $4,000,000 for 3 years
player rejects offer on day 1 of the sim
players goes 12-22 with 3 HR and 10 RBI during the 1 week sim
player now wants $5,500,000 for 3
GM sees rejection and new request

What's the problem? Isn't that what happens now? Well, it does if you process movement before a sim, but I've never understood why you would do it after when the sim might change his demands.

The only problem I see with all this is that those leagues who have quirky rules to make up for faults in the game might lose the ability to implement some of those rules. For that reason, I think this automation should probably be optional.

[Hotblack Desiato]

Originally Posted by phenom

OTOH, would you want to be the commish who has to deal with "offer $3500 for the first year, $3750 the second, $4250 the third, $4400 the fourth" and get a "I want more money!" response?

Actually, with the way I leave offers, it would be more like:

"Offer $3500 for the first year, $3750 the second, $4250 the third, $4400 the fourth. If he rejects the first year amount but is satisfied with the second-through-fourth, increase the first year to $3650. If the first, third and fourth are acceptable but he rejects the third, offer $4350. If he rejects the first and third but is satisfied with the second and fourth...."

[phenom]

Originally Posted by Hotblack Desiato

Actually, with the way I leave offers, it would be more like:

"Offer $3500 for the first year, $3750 the second, $4250 the third, $4400 the fourth. If he rejects the first year amount but is satisfied with the second-through-fourth, increase the first year to $3650. If the first, third and fourth are acceptable but he rejects the third, offer $4350. If he rejects the first and third but is satisfied with the second and fourth...."

I can vouch for Hotblack Bullsiato's behaviour here.

And yes, I got all canuckian with the u in that word.