Recruiting in TCY

[rhinoruss]

I love TCY but the recruiting part is frustraing to me because there are so many options that I really have no idea where to begin. I've built my Boise State prestiege to 91 so I'd think I'd be able to do pretty well with recruiting but I'm not. Is there a former post on recruiting or does anyone have any good tips on how they do it....what you look for, how you prioritize, etc..

Thanks!

[cthomer5000]

Russ,

I think this thread (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11063&highlight=recruiting) has some pretty good starting information. Darkiller was basically also wondering where to start, and myself and others responded with our thoughts on recruiting.

[rhinoruss]

Originally posted by cthomer5000
Russ,

I think this thread (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11063&highlight=recruiting) has some pretty good starting information. Darkiller was basically also wondering where to start, and myself and others responded with our thoughts on recruiting.

Thanks. Do you have a link to the thread or the name so I can search for it?

[cthomer5000]

Originally posted by rhinoruss
Thanks. Do you have a link to the thread or the name so I can search for it?

in my post, the words "this thread" are the link.

[JeeberD]

Click on where it says "this thread". The different colored text means that it's a link...

[rhinoruss]

Sorry, I'm color blind and they looked the same....I can't tell if it's a link unless it is a totally different color. Thanks again though!

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by rhinoruss
Sorry, I'm color blind and they looked the same....I can't tell if it's a link unless it is a totally different color. Thanks again though! Don't worry, I'm not color blind and sometimes I miss them. I always bold and underline links when I post them...

[rhinoruss]

If you have the best scouts in the country why don't they just do a great job recruiting for you if you let them? Why is your recruiting score horribly low if your great scouts do their job? Anyone know?

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by rhinoruss
If you have the best scouts in the country why don't they just do a great job recruiting for you if you let them? Why is your recruiting score horribly low if your great scouts do their job? Anyone know? Depends on how good a senior class you graduate. The recruiting score compares the potential of your incoming freshman class to the ratings of your outgoing senior class. Once I build a very strong team, I rarely get an extremely high recruiting score.

[Franklin]

Originally posted by SkyDog
Depends on how good a senior class you graduate. The recruiting score compares the potential of your incoming freshman class to the ratings of your outgoing senior class. Once I build a very strong team, I rarely get an extremely high recruiting score.

That explains a lot. I never knew that.

[Ben E Lou]

Dola--

Note that I broke 90 in each of the first 8 seasons, then never did it again, despite having top-notch classes.

Year Team Record Post Rank Perf Acad Recr TV Tick Don Score
2026 Columbus 11-1 Yes 3 95 77 52 84 84 90 84
2025 Columbus 11-1 Yes 1 100 73 56 100 84 98 88
2024 Columbus 11-1 Yes 2 98 77 82 82 82 95 87
2023 Columbus 11-1 Yes 4 93 74 89 98 87 84 86
2022 Columbus 11-1 Yes 3 96 74 75 59 84 73 80
2021 Columbus 11-1 Yes 3 97 74 73 90 86 90 86
2020 Columbus 10-2 Yes 9 82 78 62 93 83 94 83
2019 Columbus 8-4 Yes 15 70 72 49 48 75 56 64
2018 Columbus 11-1 Yes 2 98 73 86 52 76 83 81
2017 Columbus 11-1 Yes 5 93 75 55 88 80 87 82
2016 Columbus 10-2 Yes 8 87 75 4 74 68 79 72
2015 Columbus 10-2 Yes 9 84 74 1 81 78 76 73
2014 Columbus 12-0 Yes 2 99 74 53 94 66 95 84
2013 Columbus 12-0 Yes 7 95 76 54 45 47 83 73
2012 Columbus 10-2 Yes 14 91 75 68 77 37 84 75
2011 Columbus 9-3 Yes 28 81 75 63 60 36 73 68
2010 Columbus 9-3 Yes 30 83 76 97 81 38 72 73
2009 Columbus 9-3 Yes 34 81 73 100 34 32 74 67
2008 Columbus 10-2 Yes 22 87 78 100 79 29 86 76
2007 Columbus 8-3 No 30 83 75 100 40 25 83 69
2006 Columbus 4-7 No 103 78 75 100 74 16 14 58
2005 Columbus 4-7 No 106 79 74 100 1 10 75 60
2004 Columbus 1-10 No 125 45 67 91 77 8 41 50
2003 Columbus 1-10 No 125 42 64 100 46 2 0 38

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by Franklin
That explains a lot. I never knew that. This question will be in the new FAQ.

[rhinoruss]

But what I mean is why do those scouts recruit such scrubs? Why don't they ever land big time guys?

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by rhinoruss
But what I mean is why do those scouts recruit such scrubs? Why don't they ever land big time guys? That I can't tell you. I'd never consider having my scouts recruit for me, so I've never explored this portion of the game. Perhaps others can give you more insight on this...

[Icy]

I have been thinking on letting my scouts to recruit, that way i can only practice gameplans and advance fast during the season so i can have a good amount of drafts to import at FOF2k4.
I suposse that the better scouts you have the better prospects they will recruit right? or is a "hidden" in game AI that recruits them no mather how good are your scouts? Anyway i think this could be a new chalenge to TCY as you will be limited to the AI recruits so you will be in same conditions than the computer teams.