austinmdavidson wrote:
What if...and hear me out on this...some new players are actually just good? Just asking questions folks.
There are some simple reasons why this isn't very likely although obviously possible:
1. Newer players have no idea how others draft their cards- so the chances of them having a good auto draft strategy right off the bat is highly unlikely- this would be magnified by the fact that at higher caps there is a premium on certain players.
2. Newer players would not usually get that salary does not match performance and know which cards it tends to poorly reflect on and which positively reflect on.
3. Platoon options- only intuitive to some degree- some of this is experiential
4. Pitching- while its not random- there is definitely a large 'Hal' factor involved. You could have the 4 top starters and still get utterly lit up- no matter what park you are in -- or conversely those same 4 pitchers might really do well.
5. Building on 4-- as has gone on for numerous discussions here: BLACK BOX STATS-- while everyone has a different take on the black box, Im pretty sure at this point we all agree that it exists and affects the game. This tends to randomize some of the results, making it even tougher for newer players to know which players tend to over or under perform.
There's more, but Ill leave the above part here.
PS- the thread again, was about 20-40 newer names Ive seen play in high cap leagues- some of which I have no doubt were actually new or relatively new player- and again, it was pretty clear to me for just the reasons Ive outlined above that they were actually new.
Im not drawing any specific conclusions based on a single person who may or may not be an outlier to what this post was about, bc thats not what I was referencing.
PPS- Salty has to do with my last name- and although Im sure some folks feel it fits my personality, Im only actually salty in regards to certain things- like being a principled human being, and not a bigoted schmuck- not that there is any of that going on in particular on this thread.
PPPS- Ive looked at your stadium choices - to be frank, those aren't the choices most newer players would come up with-- without already understanding how the game works- again, you could definitely be an outlier on understanding how SoM online works- it would be kind of crazy, given how long it takes most folks to get even some of this, but who knows- Im not that smart.