Explanation?

[Vince]

Now, by all means, this is far from a complaint. I'm actually quite excited about it. But what gives?

On my entire team, I only have one player who does not have a Solid or better rating in at least one of his attributes. However, this player just put up a tie for the best star rating of anyone on my team ever, which includes an Excellent Scorer/Weak Passer with Solid Experience at forward. I'm wondering how?

Esteban José Pinilla (8590509)
24 years, solid form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is tranquil and dishonest.
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities.

Nationality: España
Assessed value: 129 000 US$
Wage: 1 440 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Isla Vista Vandals
Warnings: 0


Stamina: excellent Goaltending: wretched
Playmaking: passable Passing: inadequate
Winger: passable Defending: wretched
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: inadequate

Pinilla posted a 3.5 star output this afternoon played as an offensive winger.

[Vince]

For reference, Kuscu, his opposite, has Solid Winger and PM, Weak Passing, and Inadequate Experience, and in Passable form put up 3 stars offensively today.

[daedalus]

Pinilla becomes roughly a passable winger with passable passing while playing offensively. He's in solid form so he'll be playing over his usual abilities, a 1/2-star boost isn't uncommon. His passable playmaking skill also adds to his overall rating.

[Nyarlahotep]

What Daed said, or it was that he was trying to impress some soccer groupie in the stands.

[Matt2You]

Without trying to solve this with math; I simply think stars are unreliable. I am not sure if they round up or down or whatever--but sometimes a half star doesn't make much of a difference--sometimes even a whole star doesn't seem to. They place different weight on different abilities and it just sucks... it confuses and that is about it.