I've heard a few complaints lately concerned with Virtual Sports' non-inclusion of the sub rule in Dream Team (or SuperCoach).
The argument here is that Dream Team is designed to be as similar to the AFL as possible. The salary cap is always identical to the AFL's, the number of teams per league has always been the same as the AFL (bar 2011 due to odd number of teams), and there has always been a constant effort to reflect or predict positional changes as they happen in the AFL.
But there has been no such inclusion or even mention of the sub rule and what it could mean for DT, bar the occasional poor score. Should it be included in the game? Many coaches will probably be against such a change, wanting the competition to go back to (or as close as possible to) what it was in 2010 and prior. I personally am open to the idea - the game of AFL is constantly changing, and DT should change with it to be as innovative and relevant as it can possibly be.
So how could we incorporate the Sub-Rule? Some suggestions so far:
1. Everyone nominates a player on their field which will only be awarded the half points
2. Every coach has the 'real-time' ability to sub out one player per round and replace them with a bench player during lockout (or something similar). For instance, Ablett injures his knee on 23 after the first quarter, and coaches can log on and replace him (presumably before the game finishes) with, I don't know, Reece Conca, who is on their midfield bench.
3. Have a 23rd player who is nominated as the sub and can come on to replace your worst score on the field. Could be a weekly thing, or possibly restricted to a few times a year.
There are obvious problems will all the above:
1. No point - everyone will just pick their worst player
2. Dream Team will never go 'real-time' and disadvantage a majority of coaches
3. Would affect league results post lock-out
Which brings me to my suggestion:
Keep it as simple and as realistic as possible. You select one player for the Green Vest and one for the Red Vest, as you would for your Captains and Emergencies prior to lockout. The Green Vest player then receives only the DT points he accumulates in the first half. Similarly, the Red Vested player is only credited with points attained after half-time. Whether or not those scored get doubled, I haven'y decided yet...
Anyway, the advantages here are that it is realistic, simple, and it adds another aspect of strategy to DT. New stats will be generated on which players have good 1st halves vs 2nd halves, etc. Picking your Vested players would be next to as important as picking your captain.
What do you guys think?
The argument here is that Dream Team is designed to be as similar to the AFL as possible. The salary cap is always identical to the AFL's, the number of teams per league has always been the same as the AFL (bar 2011 due to odd number of teams), and there has always been a constant effort to reflect or predict positional changes as they happen in the AFL.
But there has been no such inclusion or even mention of the sub rule and what it could mean for DT, bar the occasional poor score. Should it be included in the game? Many coaches will probably be against such a change, wanting the competition to go back to (or as close as possible to) what it was in 2010 and prior. I personally am open to the idea - the game of AFL is constantly changing, and DT should change with it to be as innovative and relevant as it can possibly be.
So how could we incorporate the Sub-Rule? Some suggestions so far:
1. Everyone nominates a player on their field which will only be awarded the half points
2. Every coach has the 'real-time' ability to sub out one player per round and replace them with a bench player during lockout (or something similar). For instance, Ablett injures his knee on 23 after the first quarter, and coaches can log on and replace him (presumably before the game finishes) with, I don't know, Reece Conca, who is on their midfield bench.
3. Have a 23rd player who is nominated as the sub and can come on to replace your worst score on the field. Could be a weekly thing, or possibly restricted to a few times a year.
There are obvious problems will all the above:
1. No point - everyone will just pick their worst player
2. Dream Team will never go 'real-time' and disadvantage a majority of coaches
3. Would affect league results post lock-out
Which brings me to my suggestion:
Keep it as simple and as realistic as possible. You select one player for the Green Vest and one for the Red Vest, as you would for your Captains and Emergencies prior to lockout. The Green Vest player then receives only the DT points he accumulates in the first half. Similarly, the Red Vested player is only credited with points attained after half-time. Whether or not those scored get doubled, I haven'y decided yet...
Anyway, the advantages here are that it is realistic, simple, and it adds another aspect of strategy to DT. New stats will be generated on which players have good 1st halves vs 2nd halves, etc. Picking your Vested players would be next to as important as picking your captain.
What do you guys think?