Broken Bat - Suggestions: Limit on manager switches?

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Post ID	Date & Time	Game Date	Function

#41749	11/12/2016 3:02:54 am
dmcc1 Joined: 02/02/2015 Posts: 79 Inactive	As nobody seems to be doing this don't you think it would have been better to mail Steve direct so he could look at it rather than post in the forums and give any unscrupulous characters that play the game some free advice on how to exploit a possible loophole?

#41750	11/12/2016 4:25:22 am
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2790 Novi Doubledays III.4	Personally, I don't feel this is much of an exploit. if somebody wants to play a shell game with managers, God bless. Now you have two crappy managers, good luck with that. If Steve feels this warrants a fix of some kind, how about adding a signing bonus to managers? Every time you sign a manager, you pay a one-time fee. Owners playing in the spirit that the game intended managers to operate will have to pay the fee once every great once-in-a-while, but an owner using this exploit would have to pay the fee every time they switch.

#41751	11/12/2016 4:36:34 am
MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive	When the spirit of the game gives some owners benefits just because they log in at the right time and rifle through hundreds of managers, I'm all for people exploiting a bad system. In fact, I'd considered it before, namely last year when I threw my season under the bus. The new managers are a disservice to the game. It's probably the worst somewhat recent change to the game. The other is not allowing runners to score on line drives (sac flies). I've considered suggesting eliminating that silly lack-of-base-running mandate, but since Steve added it to the mix he obviously thinks it makes sense (which is absolutely doesn't). I retract all my statements about fixing this loophole. Let owners go for it. Updated Saturday, November 12 2016 @ 4:40:47 am PST

#41752	11/12/2016 4:41:00 am
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2790 Novi Doubledays III.4	I'd bookmarked several guys as possible replacements to my manager on day one. A couple with all positive reports were still available into the regular season. JJ got one of them if I remember correctly. Updated Saturday, November 12 2016 @ 4:46:09 am PST

#41755	11/12/2016 8:29:46 am
newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive	As for the positives of posting these sorts of subjects in the forums instead of PMing Steve, I think it is positive to see the various points of view of the community before Steve commits some of his free time to making changes to the game. Yes, this is ultimately Steve's game, but he is only one person, and I like to think that most normal people can see the utility in getting second and third opinions on making changes to the game. Sure, it can be frustrating weighing all the pros and cons so publicly, but I think it makes all of us better informed on all the issues (non-dev side at least). Yes, there are lots of pure opinions in there, but I do my best to be honest in not stating opinion as fact. Edit: I don't know where these extra words are coming from... I used to do much better editing while typing. Fixed grammar. Updated Saturday, November 12 2016 @ 9:23:58 am PST

#41757	11/12/2016 10:59:08 am
amalric7 Joined: 01/20/2016 Posts: 2236 New York Lancers V.4	I got a manager I really like this last time around, but I actually went through the other new guys and bookmarked some good ones - which I've since recommended to new players of the game. I'm all heart. And I'm in the UK too. Training updates are around 1100GMT, or 0600EST if you prefer. Around. Updated Saturday, November 12 2016 @ 11:02:56 am PST

#41941	11/18/2016 12:59:06 pm
Squiddcatt Joined: 02/25/2016 Posts: 375 Inactive	I see the point of this but what has happened to me and I bet several other owners fire a manager pick one up for about 10 games or so In till you find a better manager also who would do that and somebody would pick up one of the managers so I fell like this is a waste of Steves time.

#41963	11/18/2016 9:01:16 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9592 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Yeah. That's why I was saying it would hurt people trying to play normally more than fix the rare cases of someone trying to exploit the system.

#41964	11/18/2016 10:29:11 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Is there an example of somebody whose swapping managers to frequently? I think we could fix this easily...I'm just not sure anyone is really exploiting the system in this manner. It would be a lot of effort for marginal gain. Steve

#41967	11/19/2016 12:16:02 am
AssumedPseudonym Joined: 10/26/2016 Posts: 1130 Deerfield Beach Rats V.7	I haven’t seen any evidence of it, myself, but I thought the potential of it happening warranted at least bringing it up.