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Is it possible to own a team of cpu players in a completely cpu league?

The reason I ask is this, I've been away from GLB for some time and things have changed and I've also forgotten stuff as well.

I'd like to get back to coaching as I think this is one of the best bits of the game. I also see how there seems to be a huge lack of coaches in GLB, maybe it could be a way of getting folks into it if it isn't already available??

it's more possible now than ever before

buy a team, coord some CPU's

sounds fun

the problem is that cpus get hit with a huge penalty on human owned teams.

Originally posted by Guppy, Inc
the problem is that cpus get hit with a huge penalty on human owned teams.

Yep, so even against other CPU teams, you're gonna be hurting.

However, it's still a good way to test your AIs and gameplans for a season to work out any unexpected errors or bugs, and you can use the team forum as a base-camp for recruiting purposes. I've done this before, and if I ever start a team up again from scratch, I'll do this again.

Run experiments, try crazy shit, and expect to lose. It's a team full of CPU dots... absolutely nothing is at stake, so no worries.

Originally posted by Novus
Yep, so even against other CPU teams, you're gonna be hurting.

However, it's still a good way to test your AIs and gameplans for a season to work out any unexpected errors or bugs, and you can use the team forum as a base-camp for recruiting purposes. I've done this before, and if I ever start a team up again from scratch, I'll do this again.

Run experiments, try crazy shit, and expect to lose. It's a team full of CPU dots... absolutely nothing is at stake, so no worries.

Exactly , thanks

Lots of teams that need help..why waste time with CPU's

Originally posted by vinman
Lots of teams that need help..why waste time with CPU's

So he's not fired 3 days after he's hired.

Originally posted by vinman
Lots of teams that need help..why waste time with CPU's

Can I not own a human team and a CPU team at the same time?
I would like the option of being able to experiment with plays and AI without screwing around a human team

CPU team with a CPU owner > CPU team with a human owner

It's a pretty massive hit to the CPUs if you have 10+ on a roster. You can own one but I wouldn't recommend it unless you had plans for it down the road.

As far as testing AIs and custom plays, the CPUs will be so terrible that "testing" with such a roster is a waste of time. You could have an awesome custom play drawn up but you'll never know it because the CPUs will look like shit anyway.

Originally posted by Dub J
CPU team with a CPU owner > CPU team with a human owner

It's a pretty massive hit to the CPUs if you have 10+ on a roster. You can own one but I wouldn't recommend it unless you had plans for it down the road.

As far as testing AIs and custom plays, the CPUs will be so terrible that "testing" with such a roster is a waste of time. You could have an awesome custom play drawn up but you'll never know it because the CPUs will look like shit anyway.

Zoom out a bit... the plays themselves will run awfully, but you can still test to make sure that the AI calls the right plays in the right situations. That's worth testing. When I had my CPU-squad, I caught a couple of stupid bugs in my new made-from-scratch offensive AI thanks to testing that AI on my CPU-squad. There are always situations that come up in a game that you won't think to test on the built-in AI Tester.

But yeah, if you're wanting to see, "How will Weak-I HB Dive Weak do against 5-man fronts?", yeah, trying that with CPU dots is just dumb.

buy a team in Reg Pro 47 and you are good to go