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#117	09/03/2011 12:00:00 am		Ignore
John-Paul Joined: 08/21/2011 Posts: 0 Inactive	In the rules it says that when one signs a new player then older players will tend to have more experience. Do this also means they tend to have higher skills? (be better as they are older and thereby have trained for longer). And are the chances of getting an older or younger player equally random or are older more common then younger or vice versa?
#131	09/12/2011 12:00:00 am
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Older players will tend to have higher skill levels, unless you sign a free agent in the 30+ years of age. In this case, his skills may have begun to decline especially as he approaches 35 years old. In the example of signing minor league players – college draftees will be older than high schools draftees so they will have higher skills levels, but the same maximum potential skills. The trade-off being whether you could use the couple of exact seasons of the high school draftee to train them more efficiently yourself. Steve
#965	07/03/2012 10:20:58 pm		Ignore
kdogkmg Joined: 06/28/2012 Posts: 0 Inactive	Is there a way to chose which players are in training? Or is there am age limit? How does it work?
#966	07/04/2012 7:10:03 am		Ignore
AmUnRA Joined: 06/17/2012 Posts: 299 Inactive	this has nothing to do with signing players but training works for all players and skills globally. The age, league (majors,aaa,aa,a,R) and also the overall skilllevel of the player determine the success. (a player with 120 SI wont train as fast as a player with 40 SI) with the training focus you can shift training from equal training on all skills to a more specialised training on one/two skills without abandoning training on other skills completly(e.g. instead of 14/14/14/14/14/14/14% -> 40/25/7/7/7/7/7%).
#967	07/04/2012 2:25:08 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Yes, training is for all players and all skills. It can be accelerated by having players at the right competition level and focusing on certain skills. Additionally, experience (which also increases skill levels), is primarily gained by playing at the major league level. Steve
#968	07/04/2012 2:25:59 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	From the game manual... - Training, Experience & Aging Players essentially have two limits on each skill. A base defines the starting point for the skill and a potential defines the maximum to which a skill can increase. Three factors determine where the player's current skill level is: training, experience & aging. Training: is primarily gained in the minor leagues and is especially effective for younger players. Even in the majors, the some training is gained. Players will get training in all categories, but a team can select a primary and second training focus for its players. These categories will receive additional training during the training cycle. Note: training occurs weekly on Friday morning (Pacific Time). Experience: is gained while playing in the majors and to a limited extent in the minor leagues (ie. Playing in spring training games). There are several ways in which experience is gained: with each at bat for hitters, with each batter faced for pitchers and with each inning played in the field for positional defense purposes. Age: is the final factor that effects where a current skill level is. As a player reaches 28-32 years old, certain skill levels begin to decline. Each skill declines starts at a slightly different point and can decline at different rates. After several years of decline, skill levels will be highly attenuated and may even drop below the base skill level. Steve

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