Not solely yours. Just you and your partners. Who else have to asked for opinions on players? Skippos has said that he would get up to 4 people's opinions which is fair enough really.
I'd just like to make this clear, it's not an attack on his character, in the slightest. The issue for me is that it's either solely his opinion of a player, or the opinion if him and one other person, which isn't really fair. Best it was just left as it was tbh.
You're missing the fact that there are available database updates that others have made, and that could have been used. If there was no database available, then making your own is the only way. However, there are available databases for FM. I'd rather have one made by someone else that we can all be informed is in use, and therefore all have access to, than have one Eds has made and, in his opinion, is more accurate than the others, if only he has access to it.
Okay your argument falls down here. Eds either uses - The 2011/12 database - Someone from fmbase's database - The above but with his own corrections to it. If it's A or B, Eds still knows exactly who is rated well and who plays well. If it is C, Eds still knows the same. He's at an equal advantage each way. The fact that he's edited it means sfa as the end result is he knows the ratings, the same as every other possible outcome. The positive in him editing it is that it's more realistic, so we might be rewarded for actually drafting fucking good players as opposed to fucking good players only on FM. If he used the '11/12 db then yehaa, everyone who has FM knows it. What it means is half of us are at an advantage and half are not. The half that are will know the intricacies and draft based on them. This way, we draft based on the now and nobody's at an advantage. You're all being sooky cunts.
I haven't asked for Teacups' help in creating the DB - only in recruiting players. Ask him - he'll tell you that any Serie A (for example) players outside of Juve or Napoli I've essentially left to his judgement.
Oh. Well in which case, it could easily be his sole opinion. And again, that's not a character attack, the changes he's made can be his honest opinion of a player, but it's subjective and will change from person to person.
So what, you propose we use the '11/12 database. Essentially do a whole auction based on the season that started 18 fucking months ago? Are you fucking mental? Or, do you propose he uses a third party database recently updated? I'm sure that was done by one person too with all their fucking biases. I'd much prefer Eds' biases than a random bloke's.
Better half of us have an advantage than one person/team. At least that way the spot for number one can be contested between more than one team. I'm not saying he'll definitely be the out and out winner, but there is no doubt that he has more of an advantage.
So, in short, you're trusting some random stranger over Eds. Gw etc. In informing people the db we're using, those who have FM are automatically far better off than those who aren't. This way, they're not.
So what, allow those with FM13 an advantage? This way everyone bar eds is on a level playing field and I'd much prefer to trust his honour and have everyone equal than allow 10 blokes a massive advantage.
The difference being everyone has those DBs available to help them in A or B but only Eds knows in C. Which puts him at an advantage in the draft if someone is thinking "yeh he goes alright in real life but is a bit shit in FM, lets leave him". I'm not particularly fussed, just wanted to point out that flaw Off recent form, that order. Kosc getting a boost ahead of Per for being much better in 11/12
But if he's using the random bloke's database, he's still got a fucking advantage AS HE'S SEEN THE FUCKING RATINGS. f m d