Sim 6 - 7 - Allstar Discussion

[KingsGM-old]

4th best in the league at 69% winning record. We need to go up even some more.

[NetsGM]

how could it be that in the last game of the sim aginst the bulls emeka played at C and Darko at PF

Because when sammy went down I switched my depth chart to:
C: Emeka, Darko, Emeka
PF: Gooden, Darko, Gooden

[SpursGM-old]

Went from 8-6 to 5-9...despite the big turnaround inthe Raps game.  Haven't analyzed yet but definately not what I had hoped for.

[CelticsGM]

did I announce it can't get worse? Well, I was wrong, it can easily get worse.

I get the same record as before, finishing the sim 5-7, but the way this was "accomplished" has me shaking my head.
In the first part I went 1-5 (instead of 3-3) losing 3 times to the Magic (who went 4-6 the rest of this sim, nuff said !!!) and to the Nuggets and Bulls, who I all beat the first time.
In the second part I only lose two close ones (Hawks ??? and Clippers) and beat the rest of those beatable teams.

Still, I'm searching for some creditability in FBB. How can a team I blow out one sim do the same to me when we re-do the sim when we both use the exact same game settings and lineups (we weren't allowed to change them, I hope, for god's sake) ?
 

[CelticsGM]

...
So let me start with this complete domination:

No, wait, let me continue with the other side of the domination medal:

-12 Mavs. LeBron torched Posey for 42 on 18-27 shooting, TMac with a subpar 23/5 and another home loss
-3 @ Mavs. TMac with a great 38 (on below 50%) but Kris Humphries completely dominated Hoffa: 33/14 on 55% shooting (vs. Hoffa's 15/12). Ouch ...

(btw, as far as i remember you lost at least  one, if not both Mavs games in the first sim too)

Great performances and a great sim for the Kings. Now, lets take that 1st seed.

Completely agree. this is a heck of a team.

If you can avoid the Mavs in rd 1 you might even get to the 2nd roundd and win the title ...
     

[KingsGM-old]

Your argument is pretty much the same as your team: laughable.


btw good luck in the lottery (it's Christmas time afterall!)





   

[BlazersGM]

Sim 6 best ever for me 4-0, sim 7 terrible (why the hell i was changing rotations), went 2-6, lots of close games lost, team remains at #8 tough, it's gonna be tough battle.

[CelticsGM]

Early re-sim winners:

Warriors +6
(what a turnaround, they really really lucked out big time here. Instead of being 2 games behind the conf lead they now have a comfortable cushion to Kings and Clippers)
Lakers +4
Pacers +3
(and took the division lead - for the first time in AGES !)
Magic, Sixers, Mavs +3
Kings +2
(they had a fantastic first sim, even for their skyhigh standards, and amazingly did even better the 2nd time around. And still lost ground to the top)

and the losers:

Nuggets -3
(no dramatic droppoff but the lose 9 GAMES on the Warriors in one re-sim)
Hawks, Nets, Spurs -3
Raptors, Wizards, TWolves -4
Hornets -5
(call that a negative swing: from 1.5 games out of the division lead and 4 games ahead of the Pacers they lose 8 GAMES (!!!) on the Pacers here and drop 4 behind them)


And talking bout losers, count me too:
First, my Celtics did finish with the same sim record but due to those crappy losses to the Magic i'm now not 2.5 games behind the 8th playoff spot (and 3 games behind the Magic at #7) but 3.5 behind #8 (and a full 6 games behind the Magic still at #7). AAARRGH !!!
And second, for whatever reason my guy Lenard was NOT INVITED to the Allstar game this time. I mean can anyone explain this ???

(well, at least the East swept the crappy West this time winning all three All Star Weekend contests and my soph Escamilla still was part of the winning Sophomore team, so it's not all bad...)
 

[PacersGM]

how could it be that in the last game of the sim aginst the bulls emeka played at C and Darko at PF

Because when sammy went down I switched my depth chart to:
C: Emeka, Darko, Emeka
PF: Gooden, Darko, Gooden

huh did i miss something? on day 68 emeka played at pf  sammy had his second injury and you lost after that day 69 emeka played C

if i remember right there is no change during a sim allowed  

thanks for the answer and the good work you did i wish a merry christmas.

[KingsGM-old]

how could it be that in the last game of the sim aginst the bulls emeka played at C and Darko at PF

Because when sammy went down I switched my depth chart to:
C: Emeka, Darko, Emeka
PF: Gooden, Darko, Gooden

during sim?

[KingsGM-old]

celtics- Lenard should at least play for .50 team to make the all star.

 

[CelticsGM]

celtics- Lenard should at least play for .50 team to make the all star.

 

I was exactly 2 games better during the first sim, way below .500 and he still made the AllStar team. And there was Trevor Wells from the last place Knicks on the East squad too ...
 

[HawksGM]

Yea, I was only 1 game out the first time the sim was simmed, the second time around i'm 6 games out of the 8th spot, don't like it but hey i'd rather have that happen then have to lose the league

[HornetsGM]

Well that really sucks. Oh well.

[NetsGM]

huh did i miss something? on day 68 emeka played at pf sammy had his second injury and you lost after that day 69 emeka played C

if i remember right there is no change during a sim allowed

If you would like to run the sim, I will allow you to update your lineup when an injury occurs.  Deal?

Jesus christ.  Everything I do gets put up under a microscope.  One of your guys improves in a TC, people claim that you're cheating.  Meanwhile Ben Gordon and Shaun Livigingston turn from scrubs to beasts, nobody says a peep.  You "reach" and draft Lincoln Lord over Arbogast, and people say you must be looking at the ratings, even though you spelled out your reasoning entirely.  You make a good trade and people say you're looking at players ratings.

Let me ask you this.  Would I have spent the MANY HOURS on the stats program if I would simply look at the ratings?  Would I continue to tabulate stats in excel, convert them manually to mysql commands, and update the database?  The whole point of the stats endeavor is so that you can get a better feel on a players abilities (particularly defensive) than what is represented on the ratings.  If I would cheat and simply check the real ratings within FBB, would I have spent the time to do so?  Would I have allowed other people access to stats?  Of course not.  That stats program that you guys used took me probably over 25 HOURS of coding to setup.  It takes me probably an hour after each sim to update it.  Now why would I do that if I was checking player ratings in FBB.  I WOULDN'T.

But every friggin thing you do gets put under a microscope.  The commish never has good training camps, he always cheats.  The commish never makes good trades, he always cheats.  Whenever you go on a winning streak, you're fixing the results.  I am about to break up my team for the sole reason that people think I can't be this good without cheating.

I must say it sucks being the commish.