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One of the things about being a commish is that I hate it when things go wrong for another manager that I benefit from. It sucks. But when its also part of the setup/rules I know I shouldn't change it (and wouldn't if I wasn't the one involved). Still its annoying (in this case more for another coach than me). I won't mention names. You can figure it out if you want to.
Anyway...
The current setup for recruiting is this:
There's a 2,000 RP limit for recruiting each session. You can change it eacg session. But things can happen like accidentally changing it or forgetting its there.
I went through the database for this season (not prior seasons) and no one has changed that 2,000 RP max per session limit this season. So when I see that I wonder if its really necessary?
Should this be removed? Should we keep the option there? I know we all like options when we need them, at the same time is it more of a potential negative than a positive? I think one time a coach accidentally changed it to a lower number (or maybe tabbed and it became a letter or something and was saved to ZERO making the bid to be 0.).
I think its useful in U1/U2. But maybe not as much here.
Thoughts?
Readers Comments
This was a photo I took from one of Max's games last year. The parents posted comments like:
- Sometimes you just gotta floss
- I say the attacker gets 2 kills for this
Very hateful parents...haha
There is no need to change anything.
The limit protects you from "surprise" bankruptcy - and can be easily adjusted if necessary.
I don’t understand the point of changing this rule. It would never occur to me to spend 2000 RP on a young player who can’t even blow his nose!
(That said, I don’t have enough experience to know whether it’s a good thing or a bad one.)
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I think there is value in having the option available to limit the max spent, as a way of ensuring you have RP leftover for a bid next session if a win this session came at a higher price than hoped. It seems to only come into play when there are multiple recruits being sought in a session, however that's exactly why I would want it. I can envision getting a 4* or 5* player early, and have my sights set on a key player next session too. The 3* guy I'm bidding on would be a bonus, however I would want to cap the RP spent to a set amount and if he comes under that, great. If not, I'm okay with saving RP for next session.
By way of options if a change is considered:
Raise the default to 3000 instead. If you didn't change it, you didn't need to, and that would cover almost any 2-player bid session. People who like the 2000 limit can make a point of amending it for themselves each session.
Could the limit be optional? Like a checkbox to turn it on, just like the conditional bids can turn "on" or "off" a later auction bid based on an earlier win?
A few seasons ago I did the same thing as Alton - two purchases planned but lost the second because I forgot the limit existed. Last season I benefited as Al did by paying a few hundred RP less than I should for a player because someone else (I think it was Pierre) had his bid restricted to 2,000 because he forgot the limit existed. So I feel like I've seen both sides of the coin.
On balance, I can't see it's needed. If you accidentally bid 10,000 RP on a player you don't actually pay 10,000, it's still the second bid + 1. So I'm not sure it makes any difference when it comes to single bids.
I can absolutely see Kevin's argument that this matters for multiple bids but I'd be interested if anyone has actually used the RP limit in this way or whether it's just a theoretical situation.
