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#95302	02/14/2025 11:17:24 am	Mar 14th, 2068
wick Joined: 02/26/2018 Posts: 57 Bayonne Bleeders III.4	I know this has been talked about a bunch but this is really an immersion breaker AND makes improving your team over the years much more difficult. There is no way that a Round 1 draft board should literally contain 10 completely unsignable, complete waste of space no talent no ability trash players. IMO we really need to fine tune some way were there is a minimally viable first round board... and let it scale in quality from there, instead of dead ass random from R1. https://imgur.com/a/XHbpzce

#95303	02/14/2025 11:30:26 am	Mar 14th, 2068
amalric7 Joined: 01/20/2016 Posts: 2266 New York Lancers IV.2	I can empathise, I've certainly had my share of awful 1st round boards, but it (mostly) evens out over time. Had a decent board today myself, and while we'll have to wait and see how his hitting & fielding develop Fugate should prove very useful.

#95335	02/24/2025 2:55:07 am	Apr 18th, 2068
Favuz Joined: 02/26/2014 Posts: 664 Oxnard Sunsets IV.3	Damn, i've had some horrible 1st round boards myself, last year for example i got only one passable choice, and even him could be a cut next year if he drops down to 12, never had a 1st round like yours though. Yours would be acceptable for a round #3 or #4, at round #1 feels demoralizing. I saw that you botched also round 2, hope you rebound next year with a couple of 15 pot guys in first rounds, good luck! Updated Monday, February 24 2025 @ 2:56:01 am PST

#95336	02/24/2025 4:12:13 pm	Apr 19th, 2068
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9843 Haverhill Halflings II.1	I've had worse. But I agree its super annoying. That's why I've tried suggesting a few easy fixes.

#95409	03/23/2025 5:45:01 pm	Aug 1st, 2068
Bennett11 Joined: 06/03/2020 Posts: 19 Pittsburgh Pirates V.4	From 50-63 I had some good first few rounds, now my entire draft selection each round are butt

#95482	04/22/2025 7:46:00 pm	Jan 22nd, 2069
jclemen2 Joined: 11/22/2016 Posts: 197 Mount Prospect Skeletons Legends	I'm guessing steve doesn't want every 1st round pick to be a good one. Getting a bad board is equivalent to a real life early pick that doesn't ever pan out. I think on this type of thing he is looking big picture and needs some randomization for bad early round picks. He probably wants people who pick later in the day or week to still have good picks and still wants a good distribution of good picks in the following rounds. If it's randomly generated fairly for everyone then over time it should affect teams somewhat equally.

#95484	04/23/2025 10:52:33 am	Jan 28th, 2069
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9843 Haverhill Halflings II.1	It doesn't really though. Some people are getting three POT 17s on their first board, while others consistently get nothing higher than POT 12. In reality, a LOT of the POT 15/16s in the game are actually duds. So dud boards would still happen even if there was some guaranteed POT level. It just feels REALLY discouraging when your best option for several years in a row is POT 11...