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retired_tye1234 · 07-12-2007, 07:19 PM

Scouting has improved a lot with the various incarnations of the game, I think it is safe to say tha no Llama uses the player search screen.

Anyone who does speak now or forever hold you peace.

creative36 · 07-12-2007, 08:26 PM

International management.

I'll be damned if I'm gonna waste the time of my club's scouts looking for any players I wouldn't already be looking for.
So, I'll use the Player Search screen to add a whole bunch of players to the National Pool.

If the International Management module gets a significant improvement in the future, I'll be more than happy to ditch the approach, since it sucks.

retired_jmeshew · 07-12-2007, 08:34 PM

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Originally posted by oglop44:
Just wondering how you guys get around actually lookin at players stats? I mean, do you have to solely rely on your scouts to find players? What if you're playing a team, one of their players gets man of the match, seems to be everywhere, are you allowed to just click on him and have a look? :S

This whole LLM idea sounds really good but after reading the guidelines I still don't feel I quite understand how the whole thing works. Can anybody help me out?

Think about it as trying to be as realistic as you can. In your example, if a guy gets a MOM against you, well obviously you've watched him play, you are your own scout. Of course you can look. I always look at the stats of the players that I am playing against when the scouting report on the club comes in. If the scout report says fast strikers are coming at me, I like to see how fast the scout thinks they are, so I know what to try to do do stop them. Make sense?

retired_davek · 07-12-2007, 09:34 PM

What Hogie said, pretty much to the letter.

retired_kygymrat · 07-12-2007, 09:37 PM

I read the other day that the better your scouts stats are the more players will be available on player search. Doesn't this mean the player search screen is now linked to what your scouts are doing?

retired_jmeshew · 07-12-2007, 09:45 PM

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Originally posted by jdw22:
I read the other day that the better your scouts stats are the more players will be available on player search. Doesn't this mean the player search screen is now linked to what your scouts are doing?

I think you misunderstood- the better your scout is, the more players will appear on his report screen. If you have a look at the search screen (not that i ever have, mind :p) you will see scouted players show up with the stars by thier name, but also tons of players which have no scouting report.

retired_jmeshew · 07-12-2007, 09:47 PM

I meant to add, and to go slightly off course, it would be cool if you could use the player search screen and filter by scouted players, so if you have, say, three or four scouts working, this would be like a master list of all players scouted by all scouts that meet whatever criteria you select. That would be useful.

retired_tye1234 · 07-12-2007, 10:15 PM

Agreed, but it should not be done on the Player search screen that sould be done on the Scouts page, just have a view all scouted players button.

retired_jmeshew · 07-12-2007, 11:32 PM

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Originally posted by Hogie:
Agreed, but it should not be done on the Player search screen that sould be done on the Scouts page, just have a view all scouted players button.

Okay, how about a search screen-esque type of option- an all scouted players screen, with the same filters available as you get on the search screen.

retired_cin4me9 · 07-12-2007, 11:51 PM

There's a player search screen. :eek:

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