Trouble setting up a fictional league with real players.

jabroni · 09-09-2020, 10:01 AM

I am trying to start a fictional league in 2020 but have the draft pool be populated with random rookies from all eras as well as fictional players. I like the league to be mostly fictional but with some random real players added in.

I have the settings "Automatically import historical rookies" and "Use random rookies from all eras" enabled but my draft pool is either fictional players or players populated from only current players from 2020.

Has anyone had this problem?

luckymann · 09-09-2020, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by jabroni

I am trying to start a fictional league in 2020 but have the draft pool be populated with random rookies from all eras as well as fictional players. I like the league to be mostly fictional but with some random real players added in.

I have the settings "Automatically import historical rookies" and "Use random rookies from all eras" enabled but my draft pool is either fictional players or players populated from only current players from 2020.

Has anyone had this problem?

Check the minimum and maximum years under the random rookies checkbox, you may have accidentally entered 2020 / 2020 for min / max.

jabroni · 09-09-2020, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by luckymann

Check the minimum and maximum years under the random rookies checkbox, you may have accidentally entered 2020 / 2020 for min / max.

Unfortunately it wasn't that. I have them set to No min/max.

luckymann · 09-09-2020, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by jabroni

Unfortunately it wasn't that. I have them set to No min/max.

Bugger. The only other idea I can think of is the database, but I can't see how that would really come into it. I feel you, so frustrating when things like this happen for no apparent reason. The only consolation I can offer is that it's usually something simple you've done / missed and hopefully one of the gurus will get on here and set you straight. Maybe do a screenshot of the settings page - I'll cross reference it against my fictional league that has random rookies enabled and works fine.

jabroni · 09-09-2020, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by luckymann

Bugger. The only other idea I can think of is the database, but I can't see how that would really come into it. I feel you, so frustrating when things like this happen for no apparent reason. The only consolation I can offer is that it's usually something simple you've done / missed and hopefully one of the gurus will get on here and set you straight. Maybe do a screenshot of the settings page - I'll cross reference it against my fictional league that has random rookies enabled and works fine.

This is currently pulling in tons of real players but 99% are from this year. I was hoping to have less real players with more randomness to the real players.

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luckymann · 09-09-2020, 11:20 AM

The number of real rookies that are imported - I believe - depends on how many players you need for your Draft that year. So the way to reduce that is to get more fictional players in there via Manual Import.

But the lack of variety in their era is inexplicable (to me at least) from that screenshot, which identically replicates mine.

09-09-2020, 10:01 AM	#1
jabroni Bat Boy Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Columbus, Indiana Posts: 8	Trouble setting up a fictional league with real players. I am trying to start a fictional league in 2020 but have the draft pool be populated with random rookies from all eras as well as fictional players. I like the league to be mostly fictional but with some random real players added in. I have the settings "Automatically import historical rookies" and "Use random rookies from all eras" enabled but my draft pool is either fictional players or players populated from only current players from 2020. Has anyone had this problem?

09-09-2020, 11:20 AM	#6
luckymann Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 13,436	The number of real rookies that are imported - I believe - depends on how many players you need for your Draft that year. So the way to reduce that is to get more fictional players in there via Manual Import. But the lack of variety in their era is inexplicable (to me at least) from that screenshot, which identically replicates mine.