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question about scouting
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| kieran17 |
Posted on 24-09-2011 22:32
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i've been trying to scout some u23 riders but when i click on the monitor botton and the box comes up to select a scout the box is empty even though i've got some free scouts
any ideas where i'm going wrong or how i can change this
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 24-09-2011 23:51
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Your scout has to be in the region that the rider is from.
For example, if you want to monitor a British rider(just to make it easy), your scout has to be currently scouting in Britain to monitor that rider.
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| kieran17 |
Posted on 24-09-2011 23:56
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interesting, kinda makes sense
so with someone from britain it easy as theres only one area to scout but say someone from italy where there is more than one area does it matter where in italy your scouting |
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 25-09-2011 00:00
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Unfortunately, yes. If you have an Italian rider, you will have to send your scout to the right region of the country. The only way to find the right region is to keep sending your scout to the different regions and find out where he is.
Or you could just go into an editor and find out 
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| kieran17 |
Posted on 25-09-2011 00:08
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thanks for the info
a few more questions if you dont mind
how many scouts do u normally have - i know it will depend on your team and if you've got enough money but in general
and with the scout's stats what effect does it have on scouting is it how many riders there likely to find or is in their more likely to be right in predicting how good the rider will be and their stats |
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 25-09-2011 01:28
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No problem. As for your questions:
1. As many as you can afford. I love finding young talents so I tend to prioritise scouts over other things. At the moment I have 6, but if you have a really small budget, then obviously 1 or 2 will have to do.
2. Not a clue, but somebody else might be able to tell you. I think it's to do with the speed of the reports they give but I don't know.
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| Smoku |
Posted on 25-09-2011 06:55
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To be honest no scouts at all. They cost a lot, make misjudgements and can only scout one area at once. And there is no guarantee someone interesting pops out in that particular region. Makes more sense to observe U23 results closely and take your chances. |
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 13-08-2012 13:34
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I decided to use this old thread instead of creating a new one.
Has anyone been able to figure out wether or not the stats of the scouts have any impact? What exactly is the difference between a scout with 10 in Classics and 1 in the same area?
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
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| ShortsNL |
Posted on 19-08-2012 22:52
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@ cactus-jack:
I can't answer your question for certain, but I can tell you this: I only use scouts with a minimum of 9/10 in everything. I have scouted and signed 3 Future Greats so far, and they are all turning out to become exactly that, according to the stars and the DB (after checking some max stats with the editor).
Of course 3 riders is not a big sample size, but so far I can only confirm that using a high end scout does live up to the expectation. |
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| Lachi |
Posted on 20-08-2012 08:35
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Are you sure that these numbers stand for the scouting accuracy. I thought it is rather which riders he will find. You can check the accuracy with an editor by comparing the potential of the riders to the scout result and I have never seen a accurate scout. |
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 20-08-2012 09:38
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I think I've come up with a (semi) sollution. I sent two scouts out, one with top stats and the other one with the lowest I could find. The only difference I could see was that the best scout found 31 riders in the same time period that the crap scout found 14.
I've tried this on several different regions and the same thing happens. I didn't notice any difference in what type of riders they found, though.
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 20-08-2012 16:56
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Did you send them to the same region or different regions?
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 20-08-2012 16:58
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Two "equal" regions. By that I mean regions with relatively the same number of riders.
There's a fine line between "psychotherapist" and "psycho the rapist"
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| ShortsNL |
Posted on 20-08-2012 23:32
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Did the riders they both find get the same 'readings' from both scouts? |
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