Please help a total newb...I'm TERRIBLE - Page 3

mcdog512 · 03-01-2019, 06:32 PM

Findest2001, keep us posted on how this team goes and if you start a new one.

Hoping you can turn it around.

zrog2000 · 03-01-2019, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by mcdog512

Findest2001, keep us posted on how this team goes and if you start a new one.

Hoping you can turn it around.

I kind of want to make this a challenge and see how long it takes to rebuild.

Findest2001 · 03-01-2019, 06:36 PM

I checked that as well, still no "screenshot" option

Findest2001 · 03-01-2019, 06:40 PM

Since I can't do screenshots the most I can say is that I only have one bronze colored card on my team. The rest are silver (i.e. 70-79)

I've even got a 83 i think yasmani grandal and a 80 or 81 trevor story.

Findest2001 · 03-01-2019, 06:51 PM

Did this work?

Findest2001 · 03-01-2019, 06:54 PM

and here's my depth chart.

I figured out one major thing I understood incorrectly...

I was reading the league number as my winning pct... so this last one I thought I had improved to .302 pct when in fact it's how they designate league sims i guess?

Findest2001 · 03-01-2019, 06:58 PM

And here is my collection

Orcin · 03-01-2019, 07:02 PM

First of all, you earned 77pp while taking the screenshots, so that's a lot faster pace than you originally claimed.

Findest2001 · 03-01-2019, 07:02 PM

It's a lot faster pace than I've ever seen before. I finally sold my useless cards for 5pp each...

Findest2001 · 03-01-2019, 07:07 PM

Well, now that I finally got those pics up, any help with management would be appreciated. I thought I set things up properly, but with my team I really feel like I should be a .500 team. Is that normal? Do I need like an all silver or gold team just to win in the bronze league? That doesn't make sense if that's the case...

Again, appreciate everyone's assistance so far. I think I understand a little more.

Dogberry99 · 03-01-2019, 07:19 PM

Why are most of your players not ever playing?

Orcin · 03-01-2019, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Dogberry99

Why are most of your players not ever playing?

Excellent question. Apparently, there were some major changes to the roster a few games ago.

mwadsit · 03-01-2019, 07:41 PM

You don't need an all silver or all gold team to compete in the Bronze league. You will likely need one (if not several diamonds) to win it. Every bronze league likely has one or two people that spend money on a new team and haven't yet had the chance to be promoted out of bronze or have had a team in bronze for a while and slowly built up a good squad. There's also the chance that an awesome Bronze team just happened to run into another awesome Bronze team early in the playoffs and had to hang back another year.

So while the average team in Bronze is a lot lower than Silver or Gold, the top top Bronze teams likely would have no issue winning a Silver or Gold team, and just have to get a little lucky in the playoffs to advance.

mwadsit · 03-01-2019, 07:43 PM

Can you also post a screenshot of the last couple of pages of your transaction history? I have a feeling you'll find your PP generation to be quite a bit higher than you were originally stating. A .484 win rate in bronze also isn't that bad. Maybe try having the AI set a complete lineup with depth charts for you as a base point, and you can make your own edits from there.

Orcin · 03-01-2019, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by mwadsit

Maybe try having the AI set a complete lineup with depth charts for you as a base point, and you can make your own edits from there.

Be careful that you don't click "Ask AI to set up complete team" or you could find several players sidelined for 14 days.

chazzycat · 03-01-2019, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Findest2001

I thought I set things up properly, but with my team I really feel like I should be a .500 team.

well good news! you are just a couple games under .500...it's not nearly as bad as we first thought.

You should have someone backing up shortstop, but otherwise I don't see glaring issues with your team.

dkgo · 03-01-2019, 08:57 PM

your team is 59-63...

you said you were winning around 20% of your games

you did **** up by wasting all the free PP you get on packs, but you are around .500 and gaining a couple hundred points per day unlike what you've said, which is completely fine and expected for completely new players. you will be able to upgrade most positions by the start of next season and are probably one of the only active managers in the league

Findest2001 · 03-01-2019, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by mwadsit

Can you also post a screenshot of the last couple of pages of your transaction history? I have a feeling you'll find your PP generation to be quite a bit higher than you were originally stating. A .484 win rate in bronze also isn't that bad. Maybe try having the AI set a complete lineup with depth charts for you as a base point, and you can make your own edits from there.

Theres a total of i think 4 achievements in there. The rest is me selling all the excess cards I got from the packs, but now that I have no more excess cards I won't be receiving that income anymore.

I literally sold all of my reserve team except for 5 players, and I'm not even sure I should keep them, but I didn't know if there were injuries in this mode or not...

Findest2001 · 03-01-2019, 10:09 PM

Oh, and the money I made on the cards I used to buy 3 pitchers, and since then my team is 8-2 in the last 10 after losing 6 in a row, so hopefully something is working. It's a small sample, but, time will tell. Thanks again everyone.

zrog2000 · 03-02-2019, 10:06 AM

This seems like a big troll job. How can you mistake a winning percentage by that much? It's the difference between losing just about every single game and losing only half of them. How can a team possibly earn just 166 PP in 10 calendar days? That's an outright lie for several reasons. Look at all the quick sold cards. How were there that many of them if packs weren't being bought again and again?

03-01-2019, 06:51 PM	#45
Findest2001 All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Boston Posts: 960	Did this work? Attached Images

03-01-2019, 06:54 PM	#46
Findest2001 All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Boston Posts: 960	and here's my depth chart. I figured out one major thing I understood incorrectly... I was reading the league number as my winning pct... so this last one I thought I had improved to .302 pct when in fact it's how they designate league sims i guess? Attached Images

03-01-2019, 06:58 PM	#47
Findest2001 All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Boston Posts: 960	And here is my collection Attached Images

03-01-2019, 07:19 PM	#51
Dogberry99 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Wichita Falls, TX Posts: 1,328	Why are most of your players not ever playing? __________________ "And, Masters, do not forget to specify, when time and place shall serve, that I am an [censored]." (Much Ado About Nothing 5.1.255-256) Primary Team Collection Rewards (Cards & Packs) F2P Theme Team Movers F2P Theme and Adam Schlesinger Memorial Team

03-01-2019, 08:57 PM	#57
dkgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,152	your team is 59-63... you said you were winning around 20% of your games you did **** up by wasting all the free PP you get on packs, but you are around .500 and gaining a couple hundred points per day unlike what you've said, which is completely fine and expected for completely new players. you will be able to upgrade most positions by the start of next season and are probably one of the only active managers in the league Last edited by dkgo; 03-01-2019 at 09:00 PM.

03-01-2019, 06:32 PM	#41
mcdog512 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Pack Robert Gibson; November 9, 1935 – October 2, 2020 Posts: 2,339	Findest2001, keep us posted on how this team goes and if you start a new one. Hoping you can turn it around.

03-01-2019, 06:36 PM	#43
Findest2001 All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Boston Posts: 960	I checked that as well, still no "screenshot" option

03-01-2019, 06:40 PM	#44
Findest2001 All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Boston Posts: 960	Since I can't do screenshots the most I can say is that I only have one bronze colored card on my team. The rest are silver (i.e. 70-79) I've even got a 83 i think yasmani grandal and a 80 or 81 trevor story.

03-01-2019, 07:02 PM	#48
Orcin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 9,798	First of all, you earned 77pp while taking the screenshots, so that's a lot faster pace than you originally claimed.

03-01-2019, 07:07 PM	#50
Findest2001 All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Boston Posts: 960	Well, now that I finally got those pics up, any help with management would be appreciated. I thought I set things up properly, but with my team I really feel like I should be a .500 team. Is that normal? Do I need like an all silver or gold team just to win in the bronze league? That doesn't make sense if that's the case... Again, appreciate everyone's assistance so far. I think I understand a little more.

03-01-2019, 07:41 PM	#53
mwadsit Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Feb 2019 Posts: 29	You don't need an all silver or all gold team to compete in the Bronze league. You will likely need one (if not several diamonds) to win it. Every bronze league likely has one or two people that spend money on a new team and haven't yet had the chance to be promoted out of bronze or have had a team in bronze for a while and slowly built up a good squad. There's also the chance that an awesome Bronze team just happened to run into another awesome Bronze team early in the playoffs and had to hang back another year. So while the average team in Bronze is a lot lower than Silver or Gold, the top top Bronze teams likely would have no issue winning a Silver or Gold team, and just have to get a little lucky in the playoffs to advance.

03-01-2019, 07:43 PM	#54
mwadsit Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Feb 2019 Posts: 29	Can you also post a screenshot of the last couple of pages of your transaction history? I have a feeling you'll find your PP generation to be quite a bit higher than you were originally stating. A .484 win rate in bronze also isn't that bad. Maybe try having the AI set a complete lineup with depth charts for you as a base point, and you can make your own edits from there.

03-01-2019, 10:09 PM	#59
Findest2001 All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Boston Posts: 960	Oh, and the money I made on the cards I used to buy 3 pitchers, and since then my team is 8-2 in the last 10 after losing 6 in a row, so hopefully something is working. It's a small sample, but, time will tell. Thanks again everyone.

03-02-2019, 10:06 AM	#60
zrog2000 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 1,335	This seems like a big troll job. How can you mistake a winning percentage by that much? It's the difference between losing just about every single game and losing only half of them. How can a team possibly earn just 166 PP in 10 calendar days? That's an outright lie for several reasons. Look at all the quick sold cards. How were there that many of them if packs weren't being bought again and again? Last edited by zrog2000; 03-02-2019 at 10:08 AM.