TheDominator ha scritto:
what i don't understand is, if you are going to bid on a player, why the hell do you watch that player for days, wait till the counter is >12 hours, and then bid last second
that is such an asshole thing to do.
If you want to bid on a player, bid on him right away, don't fuck up everyone's plans. If i'm competing with someone else for a player, i'll bid on him right away and try to beat the offer.
Why wait? If i know someone outbid me, i can bid for SOMEONE ELSE.
fuck
dom, there can be several reasons for that...
and one of them is exactly what you just wrote; the worst other teams of my conference do in the free agency, the better for me.. so if they miss on the player they are bidding on and on other players that pass by in the meantime, it's better for my team's chances.
but there are more.. in no particular order:
- the opportunity to "bid for SOMEONE ELSE" goes both ways.. maybe i was planning on grabbing other guys, and once they grow over the budget i established for them, i realize i have to sign someone else for that position.. and if i realize it when your player bidding is expiring and i feel like he is going for a fair price, i won't care if it's late in the bidding, i just make my bid.
- revenge.. Â no need to explain further i guess
- other possible strategies i don't feel like going into it..
- non strategies matters.. like being away for a day or two, and making a bid once i come back and realize that player of my interest is going..
- or like having missed that player bidding before, or just changing my mind before his bidding is over..
- or like having to wait for my co-GM to fill in on the matter
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bottom line, you should not let your hopes grow up about your offers until the player gets beyond the 12hrs left mark (minimum raise -> 0.5) and you feel like you're offering market value..