Talk:Total Popularity Index (proposal)

IDEA: First Impression Effect with regard to Transfers

The "First Impression" effect could also occur when a player is placed on the transfer list (obviously this would be a negative effect on TPI) to further deter Daytrading.
--Catalyst 03:46:25, 2005-12-23 (UTC)
Pros:

1. Daytrading is unrealistic and this works to combat it.
2. If a player asks for a trade in real life, that's going to be his first impression with the fans. They're not going to wait to find out if he's good on the field or not if he's already asking for a trade.

Cons:

1. Not everyone that relists a player before the player plays their first match is a daytrader. Some people just decide that they can't finance the player. Should we punish them?
2. We already have a TPI drop after the transfer has occured for players, do we really need to have an additional one when the player is listed?

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IDEA: Team Captain Effect

Players who serve as team captain gain more popularity or lose more popularity in accordance with the team's final match result.
--Catalyst 03:57:26, 2005-12-23 (UTC)
Pros:

1. This is realistic - team captains in real life have a certain amount of respect with the fans.
2. The captain is responsible for the team's performance in that he organizes the team's formations and strategy, so he should be praised/persecuted by fans.

Cons:

1. The team captain isn't really all that important in the match... it's not necessarily his fault if the team loses.
2. Teams that have an easy match can just put whatever player they want into the captain slot and get a free TPI boost... how is that realistic?

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