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There were some crazy close games in the first round, with the top two seeds in the Big 8 having a bit of a scare. I'll be facing the PwnStars in a s30 D-III.1 semi-finals rematch. I love it.

Last edited by A-Dub at 10/27/2015 10:03:57 PM

Yeah. Sheesh. I'm grateful that Bacevic managed to not foul out earlier in the game guarding Vereker. That guy has always been a Sungrazers nemesis, and he would have ripped through my backup like a barracuda through a school of sardines.

That guy has always been a Sungrazers nemesis

Well, in that regard, your team is not alone. There are not many bigs that can stop the 2 time D.II.4 MVP effectively. Same can be said about any NT depth chart player. He's very well rounded.

Meek was 3rd, good call on him. Team record must count for a lot for MVP, I didn't deserve to have 4 guys getting votes. Fitch had a career year so nice to get him recognized. And Cates is my best player. But Lewis and Graham werent MVP caliber. Barthélémy at Philadelphia and Varakis at San Diego should have gotten votes even if on losing teams I think.

Yeah, but it wasn't as close as I had thought. Vereker ran away with the award. I thought maybe game rating and team record would hold some weight, but it seems that unless you're in first that may not the case. But to be honest, Vereker was the most valuable player to his team. I mean, he carries that team on his back.

what's the best way to spend scouting points? all the new options eat up 10 points each.

would group demonstration + regular interviewing for the rest be the best value?

I don't even go group demo, anymore. I look at what type of player I'm looking to train. Scout those 2 skills, then interview and scout

interesting. thanks for the tip!

I should've done that in previous seasons maybe. But drafting #1.... was hoping to find a 5 star MVP hidden among all the players. (Wishful thinking?) My 2 best other trainees are mid-height, so pretty much any player taken would be adaptable.

Guess another option is to do the combine for ages first, then scout the 18 year olds only. IDK. For any other teams that had high picks in the past... what worked best for you?

interesting. thanks for the tip!

I should've done that in previous seasons maybe. But drafting #1.... was hoping to find a 5 star MVP hidden among all the players. (Wishful thinking?) My 2 best other trainees are mid-height, so pretty much any player taken would be adaptable.

Guess another option is to do the combine for ages first, then scout the 18 year olds only. IDK. For any other teams that had high picks in the past... what worked best for you?

I would do the combine first, and then scout the 18 year olds and interview the ones with the highest skill level.

I would also kick myself in the nuts for investing 40k/week this season to have enough scouting points to do that after using up all my scouting points last season and finding no 18 year olds with more than 3 ball potential.

I think a lot depends upon how important getting an idea concerning a player's potential is to you.

If you are willing to just gamble on potential, you can spend 50 points every other season pretty easily (investing 10k per week nets 56 points every two seasons) and actually know all of the skills for every player. That pretty much also gives you their ages, since most 19 year-olds seem have at least one "strong" skill. So you can determine who is currently the best 19 year old and the best 18 year old. If you have to have an MVP or better to train, it is a huge gamble that the player will have the necessary potential, but if you are willing to train lower potentials, you at least know you are getting someone with strong starting skills. Personally, I'd rather draft an alll-star with 45+ TSP at 18 than an MVP with just 35. Other than the fact that the MVP could probably be sold for millions to some fool who doesn't understand that that gap doesn't even start to close until the all-star caps, and then does so slowly due to training speed having declined.

If you do want information on potential, there really isn't a way to get around having to spend 3 points per individual. I think doing something along the lines of what WFUnDina suggests makes a lot of sense in that case, since it means you aren't just randomly selecting players to scout & interview. Depending upon how many draft points you have, you could expand the number skills you look at before deciding who to scout and interview. If you invest 10k/week for drafting, every three seasons you could get all 10 skills and be able to scout & interview 11 players with 1 point left over. Skip one of the skill groups, and you could take a look at 14 players; skip two groups and you are up to 18 players.

I find the trickiest part of this approach is sticking to the investing and not spending any points many seasons. I've gone to using random.org to generate a new order for my draft list in seasons when I'm not selecting in top 5-8 so that I still feel like I'm doing something with my draft but don't waste spending the points when it won't really help me. That's helped me the past couple of seasons so this season I have points to spend. Now I just have to make myself realize that it doesn't make sense to do so when I'll be drafting 13th.

Great write up, thanks!

Next time i spend scouting points I'm definitely going to try your scout all skills method. (as opposed to the more traditional interview everyone way). The only risk is getting a starter potential or below, but whatever. I'm going down to D5 if possible anyway.

Almost tempted to draft blindly this season & save up for next season's draft. Or maybe just scout a handful of players and stop with the first decent result. idk, haven't decided yet.