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Old 04-26-2019, 04:30 PM   #21
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i've never looked. is the ai spending on it when those things are disabled?

scouting discoveries may be part of that budget? but, not much value in accurate scouting on those unless your complex is perpetually maxed out. even then, using the fifo method will cast out older/mil-scouted players in complexe from past discovery additions.

i'd say it should be zeroed for AI if no int'l leagues exist for sure... and, i hope they don't change the way it works, lol. splitting 24m between 3 instead of 4 is nice.
It appears to me that the AI does in fact spend money on international leagues even when they are not enabled.

So why not mimic internationals being on by having the accuracy of the ones generated affected by how much you spend on international scouting? Same with the international amateurs? Not sure it's being handled the best way in it's current form.
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Old 04-26-2019, 06:34 PM   #22
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here is my scouting budget with international scouting zeroed out. The other is the AI controlled Orioles. Ordinarily I cannot see the AI scouting budget. However, if I turn on commish mode, this is what you will see with the AI controlled teams'.
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Old 04-26-2019, 07:46 PM   #23
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In my fantasy leagues, I usually put the most money into International scouting and have had great results doing that.
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Old 04-26-2019, 08:13 PM   #24
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yes, but if you don't have the international leagues enabled...it is pointless.
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Old 04-26-2019, 08:19 PM   #25
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International scouting has Zero impact on a conventional or IRL MLB setup. That would only be for players actually playing in any International League who are currently on that foreign teams roster.

As soon as they are free agents they are counted as Major Leaguers. Now maybwe the leagues that have purchasing and inter league trades on need International Scouting.

But not 1 MLB teams needs International Scouting in the conventional setup. Because the only time it would ever come into play is for posted players which are extremely rare.

So either the manual is completely wrong. Or the game mechanics are really bizarre for standard setups which I assume most people play. I would further assume quickstarts with out any Int league are played even more.

So the question is why is International Scouting even a listed item for MLB teams in setups? It should be disabled unless trading between major leagues is turned on.

Or the entire scouting system changed.
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Old 04-26-2019, 09:02 PM   #26
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International scouting has Zero impact on a conventional or IRL MLB setup. That would only be for players actually playing in any International League who are currently on that foreign teams roster.

As soon as they are free agents they are counted as Major Leaguers. Now maybwe the leagues that have purchasing and inter league trades on need International Scouting.

But not 1 MLB teams needs International Scouting in the conventional setup. Because the only time it would ever come into play is for posted players which are extremely rare.

So either the manual is completely wrong. Or the game mechanics are really bizarre for standard setups which I assume most people play. I would further assume quickstarts with out any Int league are played even more.

So the question is why is International Scouting even a listed item for MLB teams in setups? It should be disabled unless trading between major leagues is turned on.

Or the entire scouting system changed.
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Old 04-27-2019, 06:42 AM   #27
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Scouting discoveries is the reason I would assume.

Scouting discoveries neither play in foreign leagues nor are they FAs.

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Old 04-27-2019, 09:00 PM   #28
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They are amateurs...and scouted as amateurs I believe...they should be scouted as internationals IMO.
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Old 04-28-2019, 10:10 AM   #29
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They are amateurs...and scouted as amateurs I believe...they should be scouted as internationals IMO.
This is what the manual says:


"Whether you are scouting major leagues, minor leagues, internationally, or amateurs, the basic output is the same: individual scouting reports for the scouted players. However, when scouting internationally, there is also a possibility that your scouting team will turn up a "hidden player," someone from abroad who other teams are not yet aware of. When this happens, you will have a chance to sign the player before any other team.

This "hidden player" feature is an option that can be enabled or disabled during game creation in the Player Options section of the Game Options page. After a game has been created, you can adjust it by navigating to OOTP Menu >> Game Setup >> Player & Picture Options.

If hidden players are disabled, you can still scout internationally, but you will only receive individual scouting reports, and will not be able to find hidden players."


This has led me to believe that international scouting only affects the chance of a scouting discovery.


IFA- scouted as major league

IAFA- scouted as minor league (not amateur)


What's left? The lower levels of foreign leagues. And I don't believe those players are accessible.
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This is what the manual says:


"Whether you are scouting major leagues, minor leagues, internationally, or amateurs, the basic output is the same: individual scouting reports for the scouted players. However, when scouting internationally, there is also a possibility that your scouting team will turn up a "hidden player," someone from abroad who other teams are not yet aware of. When this happens, you will have a chance to sign the player before any other team.

This "hidden player" feature is an option that can be enabled or disabled during game creation in the Player Options section of the Game Options page. After a game has been created, you can adjust it by navigating to OOTP Menu >> Game Setup >> Player & Picture Options.

If hidden players are disabled, you can still scout internationally, but you will only receive individual scouting reports, and will not be able to find hidden players."


This has led me to believe that international scouting only affects the chance of a scouting discovery.


IFA- scouted as major league

IAFA- scouted as minor league (not amateur)


What's left? The lower levels of foreign leagues. And I don't believe those players are accessible.
I think that is legacy stuff still in the manual they don't really write a new each year.

The hidden player thing doesn't even work that way for many versions now.

Scouting discoveries is something every team gets xxx number of each year if that option is turned on under settings. Almost none of them will be scouted over 1 star. They might pop and gain potential because they can be stored many times for 4-5 years in the International system before getting to your minor league.

It is not effected by international scouting at all. Part of your scouts job is to go find unsigned amateur talent. Their ratings are based on Amateur Scouting until they gain minor league experience and then count as Minor League scouting.
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Old 04-29-2019, 08:49 AM   #31
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In my fantasy leagues, I usually put the most money into International scouting and have had great results doing that.
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Old 04-29-2019, 10:03 AM   #32
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I think that is legacy stuff still in the manual they don't really write a new each year.

The hidden player thing doesn't even work that way for many versions now.

Scouting discoveries is something every team gets xxx number of each year if that option is turned on under settings. Almost none of them will be scouted over 1 star. They might pop and gain potential because they can be stored many times for 4-5 years in the International system before getting to your minor league.

It is not effected by international scouting at all. Part of your scouts job is to go find unsigned amateur talent. Their ratings are based on Amateur Scouting until they gain minor league experience and then count as Minor League scouting.

I agree that the manual is updated infrequently.


However, there is no evidence that scouting discoveries are scouted as amateurs. Do you have some way to show that, or is that just how you think it should be, or what makes the most sense to you? I can say from experience that even with no international budget that yes you still receive discoveries but perhaps the international budget affects the quality of the discoveries or the accuracy of their scouting report.


Because as I showed above, if the international scouting does not affect discoveries, it seems to affect absolutely nothing that I can think of, and we should all make it zero.
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Old 04-30-2019, 12:30 AM   #33
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Scouting Discoveries are scouted as Amateurs because they have ZERO professional time. That's what being amateur is means!!!!!!!! Teams gain them no matter what. Scouting just pulls back the veil on their abilities.

They don't gain professional service time until they are promoted to your teams minor league system. Then they are scouted as Minor Leaguers.

If they get cut with Zero pro time they are still amateurs. If you promote them to minor leagues and they get 1 day of pro time when they are on the free agent list they are scouted as major league.

Same thing with draft picks. You cut a draft pick before he plays 1 day. He is still an amateur when he is a free agent. But you cut him after he has 1 day then he scouts as a major leaguer on the free agent list.

International Scouting is only for players on current international rosters. Say your a Japan GM everyone on a MLB roster is now scouted as an International Player. Because they are on the current roster. If they are cut again counted as Major League.

This is how its always been in the manual for scouting budget and scouting gm. No idea where this talk of discoveries comes into it. Discoveries has basically nothing to with scouting except to show what their ratings are while they are in your IFA system
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Old 04-30-2019, 07:10 AM   #34
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Scouting Discoveries are scouted as Amateurs because they have ZERO professional time. That's what being amateur is means!!!!!!!! Teams gain them no matter what. Scouting just pulls back the veil on their abilities.

They don't gain professional service time until they are promoted to your teams minor league system. Then they are scouted as Minor Leaguers.

If they get cut with Zero pro time they are still amateurs. If you promote them to minor leagues and they get 1 day of pro time when they are on the free agent list they are scouted as major league.

Same thing with draft picks. You cut a draft pick before he plays 1 day. He is still an amateur when he is a free agent. But you cut him after he has 1 day then he scouts as a major leaguer on the free agent list.

International Scouting is only for players on current international rosters. Say your a Japan GM everyone on a MLB roster is now scouted as an International Player. Because they are on the current roster. If they are cut again counted as Major League.

This is how its always been in the manual for scouting budget and scouting gm. No idea where this talk of discoveries comes into it. Discoveries has basically nothing to with scouting except to show what their ratings are while they are in your IFA system

OK, say I stipulate that what you say about international scouting is correct. Functionally, what is the point of it other than say if I wanted to peruse the players on foreign rosters?


IAFA- scouted as minor league (as stated directly in manual and quoted above)

IFA- scouted as major league (as stated directly in manual and quoted above)


From a competitive POV, why do I want to put money in this? As soon as the player becomes available to me (in either IFA or IAFA) he is scouted using something other than international scouting. If you are correct, then discoveries are scouted as amateur, again not international.


So if I'm not the kind of player that likes to explore his universe for fun and flavor, international scouting seems to serve no purrpose and I can safely direct all money to other areas.
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Old 04-30-2019, 07:26 AM   #35
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Also, I'm going to quote this again:

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"Whether you are scouting major leagues, minor leagues, internationally, or amateurs, the basic output is the same: individual scouting reports for the scouted players. However, [b/]when scouting internationally[b], there is also a possibility that your scouting team will turn up a "hidden player," someone from abroad who other teams are not yet aware of. When this happens, you will have a chance to sign the player before any other team.

This "hidden player" feature is an option that can be enabled or disabled during game creation in the Player Options section of the Game Options page. After a game has been created, you can adjust it by navigating to OOTP Menu >> Game Setup >> Player & Picture Options.

If hidden players are disabled, you can still scout internationally, but you will only receive individual scouting reports, and will not be able to find hidden players."



How to parse this paragraph? It's vague because "scouting internationally" can be taken as general scouting outside your country or it can mean using the international scouting budget. Personally, given the context and the preceding sentence, I think it's the latter. So I disagree that discoveries are scouted as amateurs. If someone can point to some authority (manual or Dev post) that states they are scouted as amateurs I will happily agree and apologize.
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Also, I'm going to quote this again:

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"Whether you are scouting major leagues, minor leagues, internationally, or amateurs, the basic output is the same: individual scouting reports for the scouted players. However, [b/]when scouting internationally[b], there is also a possibility that your scouting team will turn up a "hidden player," someone from abroad who other teams are not yet aware of. When this happens, you will have a chance to sign the player before any other team.

This "hidden player" feature is an option that can be enabled or disabled during game creation in the Player Options section of the Game Options page. After a game has been created, you can adjust it by navigating to OOTP Menu >> Game Setup >> Player & Picture Options.

If hidden players are disabled, you can still scout internationally, but you will only receive individual scouting reports, and will not be able to find hidden players."



How to parse this paragraph? It's vague because "scouting internationally" can be taken as general scouting outside your country or it can mean using the international scouting budget. Personally, given the context and the preceding sentence, I think it's the latter. So I disagree that discoveries are scouted as amateurs. If someone can point to some authority (manual or Dev post) that states they are scouted as amateurs I will happily agree and apologize.
what he is saying, is this no longer appears to be the case,
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Old 04-30-2019, 11:53 AM   #37
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IAFA and scouting discoveries are scouted as "international".
Players with no experience (ie. draft) are amateurs.
Players on major league rosters (or FA with major league experience) are majors.
Players on minor league teams are minors.
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IAFA and scouting discoveries are scouted as "international".
Players with no experience (ie. draft) are amateurs.
Players on major league rosters (or FA with major league experience) are majors.
Players on minor league teams are minors.
Does the quality of Scouting Discoveries relates to how much money you put into International Scouting?

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IAFA and scouting discoveries are scouted as "international".
Players with no experience (ie. draft) are amateurs.
Players on major league rosters (or FA with major league experience) are majors.
Players on minor league teams are minors.
Well, there you go.
Guess I'm gonna need to bump up that international portion of the budget again. That's what I get for listening to rumors.
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Does the quality of Scouting Discoveries relates to how much money you put into International Scouting?

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Yes, both the quality of your scout for scouting internationals and the money you put in.
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