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Forum: GM Game 2018-19 & 2019-20Wed at 6:54 pm
Thread: 2018-19 Gm Game - Messages to the BOG/Commisioner
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>flamesfan419</b></div><div>We do our free agents (RFA &amp; UFA) before July 1st, so there's no point waiting for RL to happen because we have to decide on new contracts ahead of that.
Plus the sheet that's used as a guideline for contracts usually doesn't get published until the latter part of May.
I've quietly wondered if this is the correct way of doing it based on a few (many) free agent signings back when v3 started compared with what that "real life" player was signed for.
But, that's just me and I understand and follow the rules set forth in our game. It just sucks when you're stuck with a guy whose "in game" contract is so horribly out of whack with what he got in real life.

My other thought on the whole topic is, we are relying on a group of 6-7 people to make the final determination on pretty much every free agent contract in our game.
I know because at this time last year I was one of those 6-7 people, and it wasn't always easy having to go back to someone and tell them they had to increase their offer to one that fit more in line with either some prediction sheet or what "we" felt was right.
What I'd like to see happen, just as an example, if we sign a FA to a certain contract and it turns out the real life number and term is much lower, we're given the option to change it to match. I mean if you've got a guy whose 50% higher in term &amp; cap than what his real life deal is, that's kind of stupid.

Don't take anything I've said the wrong way, the prediction sheet is a pretty good tool and surprisingly comes very close if not bang on with the numbers.</div></div>

Stupid thing is the Ennis deal in-game is fair value how he played this year.
Forum: GM Game 2018-19 & 2019-20Apr 10 at 3:17
Thread: 2018-19 GM Game - General Discussion
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>A_K</b></div><div>Yes. Each game will be it's own "simulation". Head to head voting results comprise the raw score (out of 50, ex. 27-23) and then for each game a luck factor is randomly generated to divide 6 pts between the two sides. Home ice is worth 1 point in each game (2-2-1-1-1) format. The team with 4+ wins is the winner, and I'll publish it as 4-0, 4-1, etc. depending on how many of the 7 games the loser wins.

If that sounds concerning, the luck and home-ice adjustments appear more significant than they really are - if the GM vote ends as a tie, the home team has a 52% chance of victory based on the couple hundred simulations I ran.

edit: i had the wrong coefficients</div></div>

do you have a link to the sim?
with the formuli?
Forum: GM Game 2018-19 & 2019-20Apr 9 at 7:46
Thread: 2018-19 Gm Game - Messages to the BOG/Commisioner
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>flamesfan419</b></div><div>I hear ya, and that's where it gets confusing in a small way.

Guy signs a new contract on Aug 14th
Doesn't count to us because it was after May 19th

Guys contract clause runs out June 30th
Doesn't count to us because it's not June 30th yet.

That's more what my thought process is/was.
We're looking away from crappy new contracts based on our games start date, but we're honoring contract clauses because we follow real life contract dates.

If that's the way we want to do it, WE in game should NOT be doing any UFA signings "in game" until it hits July 1st
This is a perfect example of how us doing things far ahead of real life finds some of us with craptastic contracts such as Thomas Hickey signed to 7yrs x $5M when he signed a "real life" contract only 41 days after our game started at 4yrs x $2.5M

That alone explains the problem with our game. We as team GM's "negotiate" a contract but then real life happens and the same player is signed to a much shorter, less expensive contract just days later.

This only happens when dealing with UFAs, because when it comes to our RFAs I am absolutely considering the idea of not re-signing any of mine until AFTER they sign their shiny new real life contract just so I don't get stuck with a possibly "bad contract". And it keeps a little more "realism" in our game because we're considering trades based of real life players with real life contracts.

No chance in Hell I could ever trade Hickey at $5M for now 6 more years, but a 5-6 Dman making $2.5 for only 3yrs might be much more attractive to a team needing to fill a hole due to injury.
**Please note, Hickey is simply brought up as an example I am familiar with**</div></div>

Shouldn't have handed out such a disastrous contract then.