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Milty,

In defense of "secret formulas" and fearful managers...

When I go to McDonald's, I avoid the grilled chicken wrap. Just because it was offered to increase the customer base doesn't mean I have to embrace it. I'll just stick to what I enjoy.

I have zero, and I mean complete zero, doubt that I could navigate the ATG and Mystery formats with the same winning percentages I have with 20XX. I would just rather spend my time and money on the 20XX game. Trust me, it's not out of "worry".

With regard to the new daily game, I already played it as a beta tester and it wasn't for me. I'm not sure how picking a team from the entire field of available players with daily changing player prices is the authentic "GM/manager experience", but if you like that idea, then by all means, enjoy! No need to disparage others who don't agree with your assessment though. People play these games for all kinds of reasons. Just because they're not your reasons doesn't justify trying to minimize their records.

Milty,

In defense of "secret formulas" and fearful managers...

When I go to McDonald's, I avoid the grilled chicken wrap. Just because it was offered to increase the customer base doesn't mean I have to embrace it. I'll just stick to what I enjoy.

I have zero, and I mean complete zero, doubt that I could navigate the ATG and Mystery formats with the same winning percentages I have with 20XX. I would just rather spend my time and money on the 20XX game. Trust me, it's not out of "worry".

With regard to the new daily game, I already played it as a beta tester and it wasn't for me. I'm not sure how picking a team from the entire field of available players with daily changing player prices is the authentic "GM/manager experience", but if you like that idea, then by all means, enjoy! No need to disparage others who don't agree with your assessment though. People play these games for all kinds of reasons. Just because they're not your reasons doesn't justify trying to minimize their records.

Well said and you experience as a play tester which you described leads me to believe that I would have a similar reaction to the game. As I said, it's not my cup of tea but for those that is, I hope they enjoy it.

J-Pav, do you receive email or sms notifications every time someone uses the phrase 'secret formula'? Have you looked into IP protection?

Actually...I do!

And get back to the draft thread...you're up for a ballpark selection!!

Rookie cards will start of based on projections.

I'm guessing we're talking about the daily game?

One of the problems (or twists) with the cards, is that a guy who goes 1-1 with a home run does NOT get a card full of home runs costing $40 mil. Rather, the cards are ALL normalized to projections.

This is all fine and dandy, it's just not something I'm interested in analyzing and assessing every single day for an entire season.