Open Forum (Ask GMs)

[FTP-ashario]

Is there a way to put the ads back up for members?

no

I recently lost my membership and the display of the site was AWESOME, but ever since i brought membership, the layout has changed and made all the writing really small, and it now started from the very top of the page instead of 2inches below.
Which i enjoyed.

Text size has nothing to do with membership. I suspect you have something odd in your browser settings, or some malware running

[FTP-ashario]

I understand that the batsman's summary is worked out differently for 20/20 and OD, with greater emphasis to power in T20.

The batsman summary that we see under 'skills summary' in the player details page - is that closer to OD or T20?

The OD one is used

[FTP-ashario]

Is the amount of fitness players recover during the innings break linked to their endurance level.

No

last night I had a cap end spinner have the "tired message" flag up after 11 balls and tonight my ave FM get the "is tired message" after facing 3 balls.

Seems a bit harsh.

McN

Things like fatigue and endurance do affect starting energy.

[FTP-ashario]

Are match ratings a representation of a team's skill on paper, or how they actually performed in the match?

http://www.fromthepavilion.org/rules.ht ... tchratings

Also, are talents included in the match rating?

Skilled XXX ones are

[FTP-ashario]

31 years | 79,361 rating | $30,000 wage (0% discount)

Seeing as this player has never been sold and therefore should have a 10% discount does this mean his real wage is $33,000 and we don't see a discount? Or is this a bug? Or what's happening here?

undiscounted wage is >= 33k

[FTP-ashario]

Let's say I'm a team in either Australia or New Zealand, and my 'fully' rested XI is playing a PC match in Canada. The end time of this game (and thus the fatigue changes) occur AFTER the scheduled Monday fatigue update for these countries. Would my fully rested squad not be affected by that update?

Yes, the fatigue update would be applied to their fatigue prior to the game

[FTP-ashario]

Does form have an affect on endurance?

No

[FTP-ashario]

From the game rules;

Each week, the form of each player will gravitate towards reasonable. Players that play in one or more competitive matches (ie not friendly matches) during a week have a slightly higher chance of increasing in form.

If a player does not play any competitive matches, does he have an equal chance of gravitating from average up to reasonable as he does from capable down to reasonable?

No

Does the chance of gravitating up or down back to reasonable get bigger the further away from reasonable the player is?

Yes

Does the preceding week's form update have any effect on the current weeks?

No. Only the player's current form and whether they played at least one competitive match matters.

Is the "slightly higher chance" of increasing form that a player gets from playing competitive matches the same across match types?

Yes

Is there a bigger chance of increasing form if a player plays more matches?

No

[FTP-ashario]

Does the aggression settings of the non-striker have any impact on the run scoring of the batsman on strike?

No

[FTP-ashario]

Is there a set maximum rating that a youth pull can have, i.e 30k or is the ceiling only affected by the skill rating ceiling meaning that it could be entirely possible to pull a player who is reasonable skill in every skill and therefore a rating of more than 35k?

Youth pulls are capped at mid-reasonable for each skill

[FTP-ashario]

When players are pulled they are set to a certain training regime. Does anything specifically determine this or is it completely random? If so, any chance of it automatically being set to rest?

It is random. But we are looking at setting it to fielding as the default

[FTP-ashario]

Is there any reason why this guy I just recruited has a 3.5% wage discount and not the usual 5%, and no I'm not keeping him
Mors Furtim >> Brendan Harrington >> Details
Player Info
17 years | 9,200 rating | $400 wage (3.5% discount)
Left hand batsman | Right arm Fast medium
Talents Sturdy
Nationality USA USA
Form reasonable
Fatigue rested
Experience dreadful
Captaincy ordinary
Skills Summary
Batsman dreadful
Bowler atrocious
Keeper atrocious
Allrounder atrocious
Notes
Skills
Batting dreadful Endurance atrocious
Bowling atrocious Technique poor
Keeping atrocious Power poor
Fielding dreadful

Yes. The discounted wage can never fall below $400.

[FTP-ashario]

I have noticed with new teams and how fast they get supporters now that 5k stadium are becoming full with in 2 weeks and basically an instant upgrade to 7-8k is needed.
My affiliated team which has been around for about a season now is already filling 8k or close to in SOD and i had to do that upgrade with-in a few weeks of playing. And im almost due another upgrade.

I was wondering, If you think it is time to give new teams a starting ground of say 7.5k instead of the 5k (also increase the bots), so people dont need to do an instant upgrade?

As of EOS 43 the new default stadium will be 8k to help
We are also looking at messaging managers when they reach a certain level of supporters to consider a upgrade

[FTP-ashario]

Hey Ash

Does having higher fielding directly increase a wicket keepers chance of making stumpings?

Does having higher fielding directly increase a wicket keepers chance of making catches?

Does having higher fielding directly effect the amount of byes conceded?

No, not directly.

[FTP-ashario]

Do quicker bowlers (Fasties especially) have a higher chance of bowling no balls and/or wides compared to say a medium pacer or finger spinner?

Yes