Potential and Scouting
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Re: How can i tell my prospects potential?
The manual also states that Scouts will "understand the game better" if they have better coaching/tactics attributes, although it's not clear what that means. They also mention that nationality of the scout and location of assignment comes into play (e.g. sending a Swedish scout to scout Sweden may get him eyes on a few additional players).
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Re: How can i tell my prospects potential?
what? scouts dont even need to see games. you can scout players in the middle of summer and get a fully detailed scouting report backbatdad wrote: If your scout sees a guy have a bad game and rates him...he will rate him low. A good game will rate him high. Need to see him a ton of times.
scouts are largely random and they over-rate every moderately decent prospect. they will frequently take a 50/120 CA/PA 17 year old and tell you, unanimously, that he has 1st line potential, key player, five star future
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Re: How can i tell my prospects potential?
Yes that is true. But also go look at the reports, and you will see....when you scout the player individually...and they see him play a game...there is a box summary of the game that is shown, and well...the better the game the kid has the better the scouts sees of him.
Scouts are not largely random...they always give a result within the parameters of the player's potential. And no they are not always unanimous. Not even close. Maybe when you go and read reports they have changed to show what the head scout says or the last guy that saw him says, and yes that can be an issue. But....they also have their own opinions nad that is easily seen from the report card, and the notes...which are quite often different from each other, even if they all say potential first liner.
Love how you are new, and telling me what is going on. Not the case. You are not correct.
Scouts are not largely random...they always give a result within the parameters of the player's potential. And no they are not always unanimous. Not even close. Maybe when you go and read reports they have changed to show what the head scout says or the last guy that saw him says, and yes that can be an issue. But....they also have their own opinions nad that is easily seen from the report card, and the notes...which are quite often different from each other, even if they all say potential first liner.
Love how you are new, and telling me what is going on. Not the case. You are not correct.
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Re: How can i tell my prospects potential?
are you always so antagonistic? every thread you're basically calling people out or insulting them
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Re: How can i tell my prospects potential?
Hands off batdad!!Obalobex wrote:are you always so antagonistic? every thread you're basically calling people out or insulting them
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Re: How can i tell my prospects potential?
He doesn't seem antagonistic to me.
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Re: How can i tell my prospects potential?
Is there really? I had never seen this. Always learning something about this game.batdad wrote:Yes that is true. But also go look at the reports, and you will see....when you scout the player individually...and they see him play a game...there is a box summary of the game that is shown, and well...the better the game the kid has the better the scouts sees of him.
It's probably obvious but under which tab?
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Re: How can i tell my prospects potential?
Yes there is...scouting tab on the individual player-report card- Drop down menu and it is there. each scout reports. When I am looking at a player I ALWAYS look at this because it tells me things like if the guy has any hockey sense. The grade varies A, A- A+ B B- all the way to F-. This stat really helps me determine whether a guy of marginal ability can succeed at a higher level. Hockey sense can overcome quite a few things.
Look at Taylor Leier in your db. In mine his hockey sense is a B+, but his numbers and attributes look like he is at best an AHLer for his career. Yet I had him score 15 goals for me and if I were to continue in that game know I could get him to at least 20 (he got 15 on third line with ZERO pp time) Plan was 2nd line and 2nd PP for the next season.
Look at Taylor Leier in your db. In mine his hockey sense is a B+, but his numbers and attributes look like he is at best an AHLer for his career. Yet I had him score 15 goals for me and if I were to continue in that game know I could get him to at least 20 (he got 15 on third line with ZERO pp time) Plan was 2nd line and 2nd PP for the next season.
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Re: How can i tell my prospects potential?
Obalobex wrote:are you always so antagonistic? every thread you're basically calling people out or insulting them
No not the case at all. Just when people beat a drum that does not exist.
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Re: Potential and Scouting
sorry guys i've been reading and playing and I'm trying to understand where you're getting the numbers from for CA/PA.
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Re: Potential and Scouting
From a saved game, the EHM:EA Assistant http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... &start=225ryazer24 wrote:sorry guys i've been reading and playing and I'm trying to understand where you're getting the numbers from for CA/PA.
Or using the database itself and the Pregame Editor http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... =88&t=6745 or EHM Updater http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... 10&t=11154
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Re: Potential and Scouting
... but many of us would consider that "cheating". They are not visible for a reason.nino33 wrote:From a saved game, the EHM:EA Assistant http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... &start=225ryazer24 wrote:sorry guys i've been reading and playing and I'm trying to understand where you're getting the numbers from for CA/PA.
Or using the database itself and the Pregame Editor http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... =88&t=6745 or EHM Updater http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... 10&t=11154

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Re: Potential and Scouting
Yeah, I'd be one of the many...Tasku wrote:... but many of us would consider that "cheating". They are not visible for a reason.nino33 wrote:From a saved game, the EHM:EA Assistant http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... &start=225ryazer24 wrote:sorry guys i've been reading and playing and I'm trying to understand where you're getting the numbers from for CA/PA.
Or using the database itself and the Pregame Editor http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... =88&t=6745 or EHM Updater http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... 10&t=11154
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Re: Potential and Scouting
Yeah, didn't mean that comment at you, although I quoted your post. Just felt I should "add" that to the end of your post, if you know what I mean.nino33 wrote: Yeah, I'd be one of the many...

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Re: Potential and Scouting
I didn't think you meant it at me! HaHaTasku wrote:Yeah, didn't mean that comment at you, although I quoted your post. Just felt I should "add" that to the end of your post, if you know what I mean.nino33 wrote: Yeah, I'd be one of the many...
I do certainly value the tool from a testing/editing perspective
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Re: Potential and Scouting
I see its for EHM 2007, does EHM:EA also apply?
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Re: Potential and Scouting
TBL rosters (all other custom rosters) have been uploaded here in the EHM 2007 database format, and must be imported manually to EHM: EA upon download. Thence, one can view the database even with the EHM 2007 editor.ryazer24 wrote:I see its for EHM 2007, does EHM:EA also apply?
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I'm not sure what "it" you're referring to...ryazer24 wrote:I see its for EHM 2007, does EHM:EA also apply?
There is no way of editing an EHM:EA database at this time (i.e. no way to edit just the database)
An EHM:EA database is created by importing an EHM07 database, so the Pregame Editor/EHM Updater are still used to edit the EHM07 database before it's imported into EHM:EA
The EHM:EA Assistant allows some direct editing of an EHM:EA saved game (you have to have a game running and then the EHM:EA Assistant reads the game data). Changes made using the EHM:EA Assistant affect only that particular saved game, the actual database is unchanged