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12-03-2014, 09:57 PM | #21 | |
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12-03-2014, 09:58 PM | #22 |
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Awesome, so many nifty shortcuts in the game.
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12-04-2014, 04:13 AM | #23 |
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Thanks again TGH.
That clears things up for me. Having signed a few upgrades in the pitching department and force starting certain guys I headed into season 3 with the Cubs and simmed a month at a time. We put up 92 wins and were a wild card team in the playoffs losing a heartbreaker at the bottom of the 10th against Washington when our closer couldn't seal the deal. The Cubs' 2nd year over .500 in the 3 seasons i've been in charge after going 5 seasons under .500 including my 1st year in charge. I need to try and upgrade our offense, though I just threw $22m a year at Strasbourg in FA >_> Anyway, I think I'm getting a feel for things now and I'm thankful for all the help guys. I think the next bit I need to read up on is the service/salaries/arbitration/rule 5/FA and all the financial side of things. I know after some of the FA signings I made I was $2m in the red for budgets but I cut an overpaid backup catcher to break even again. Is there like a soft limit in terms over going over the payroll projection as long as you get back under it? I'm playing in commish mode at the moment whilst I get used to things, so I wasn't sure if it let me go over briefly as I am the commish? |
12-04-2014, 10:14 AM | #24 |
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Playing in commissioner mode lets you get away with most anything. Plus you can edit the players' stats, or remove injuries (not as straight forward a process as one might think, I learned).
So a lot of the restrictions are being over-ridden. That said, commissioner mode is good way to learn the game.
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12-04-2014, 10:26 AM | #25 | |
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12-04-2014, 10:44 AM | #26 | |
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How the money is allocated to signing current players and renewals is not from the same pot. This can be confusing even after playing the game for 10+ years like me. Essentially, the money is spent and shows up as an expense in the Profit and Loss statement. However, the budgets gets increased by the amount of the cut current salary. It is tricky and does not operate the way real life budgets and expenses work, so you'll simply have to accept what the game generates as the financial answer. So the money is guaranteed and reduces your current year's profits, but it is also put back into the salary budgets.
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12-04-2014, 10:51 AM | #27 |
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Thanks Leo.
That makes sense now. One thing that I am finding annoying, unless I'm missing something, is a lack of notification when player and personnel contracts are about to expire... I may have turned something off in that regard as I've messed with the news filters but yeah, is there a way to get notifications to extend staff/players before their contracts actually expire? |
12-04-2014, 01:25 PM | #28 |
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For players I either check Front Office->Salaries. On that screen it shows how long they are contracted for.
You can also use Front Office->Upcoming Free Agents?? Something like that. This will tell you what players are set to be Free Agents. I do not know a simple way to check the coaches. I do not play with them. Someone should know one though. Be careful of (arb) players, because you can demote them, the game cannot project their service time. If you see (arb) next to a player go into their profile and check their service time. These rules are funky and can take a while to get used to.
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12-04-2014, 02:17 PM | #29 | |
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The arbitration issue and player option years can make for annoyances. Try never to offer player option years.
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12-05-2014, 03:06 AM | #30 |
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I guess coming from Football Manager, I'm used to getting a memo about contracts expiring at the start of the year, then with 6 months to go, then a month and then a week automatically.
It's probably a good idea to address all contracts at the start of each season and look into using manager notes too. |
12-06-2014, 07:11 AM | #31 |
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The good news is player contracts always expire at the same time - at the end of the season, I believe when you see Free Agents Listing on the schedule. Coaches are a bit different and I'm not as sure. I highly recommend the team screen - Front Office- Salaries tab to keep an eye on whose contract will be expiring this season and who's good for a few years.
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