FOF2k4 Free Agent Aggravation
 

Almost every single AI controlled team allows its Hall of Fame caliber QB/RB etc go to free agency during his prime and sign with someone else. This aint MLB. You almost never see this happen in the NFL. Has anyone figured out a way to rectify this within the game?

I know this isn't the answer you want to hear, but...the way to rectify it is to join a multi player league.

People that use "aggravate" for "irritate" irritate me.

Thanks for the helpful reply. And aside from the pleasant alliteration that aggravation provided, whats wrong with the use of the word there?

"Aggravate" means to worsen. One "aggravates" an injured ankle by playing on it.
"Irritate" means to bother. The way FOF free agents move around "irritates" some players.

I personally don't have a problem with it. It has improved quite a bit through the various patches, and I'd rather play against harder-to-beat AI teams, due to retooling of their teams, than ones who get saddled with salary cap burden QB's.

QB Free Agency = paradise lost?

From Merriam-Webster online:

1 obsolete a : to make heavy : BURDEN b : INCREASE


2 : to make worse, more serious, or more severe : intensify unpleasantly

3 a : to rouse to displeasure or anger by usually persistent and often petty goading b : to produce inflammation in

I think I was going for usage 3a. And thanks for the actual answer in your para.2. The problem that I've seen with this, however, is that teams that have a stub QB are vying for a title every year with him, then lose him to FA, and immediately become also-rans. Doesn't make sense. There should be something introduced to the AI logic which causes the AI teams to value certain skill positions, particularly QB, more highly. Its just "irritating" to see the best QB's hop around like Johnny Damon.

Methinks usage 3a is an inclusion due to years of misuse. It happens sometimes that a word is misused so commonly that the dictionaries start including it.

"Funnest" will make it into dictionaries at some point, if it hasn't already. :(

PWNED!

Do not pettily goad the toaster!

From hxxp://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=aggravate

Usage Note: Aggravate comes from the Latin verb aggravre, which meant “to make heavier,” that is, “to add to the weight of.” It also had the extended senses “to annoy” and “to oppress.” Some people claim that aggravate can only mean “to make worse,” and not “to irritate,” on the basis of the word's etymology. But in doing so, they ignore not only an English sense in use since the 17th century, but also one of the original Latin ones. Sixty-eight percent of the Usage Panel approves of its use in It's the endless wait for luggage that aggravates me the most about air travel.

Fixed it for you. ;)

EDIT: Whoops. Was channeling jbmagic there for a moment...

Regardless, it still could be aggravate since he's already been annoyed with other aspects of the game and FA just aggravates him.

If FOF is rousing displeasure through persistent and petty goading, I think you may be taking immersion to a whole new level.

Of course, if FOF is producing inflammation, I think you may be applying the patches incorrectly.

lol@!