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#18806	06/29/2022 9:39:13 am	Apr 4th, 2026	Ignore
cwb Joined: 02/08/2019 Posts: 67 Prairie View A&M Panthers III.1	Ok, so yearssss ago... when I was but a mere Beta tester... I had pitched the idea of recruiting pipelines. I think many people enjoyed the idea back then, but we never got around to implementing. So, I'm back... with a more refined vision. The idea is simple: You have the ability to establish a recruiting pipeline after you land a certain number of recruits from an area. The refined idea: Pipelines are tied to COACHES, not the teams or owners themselves. How many pipelines can a coach have? Coaches can have up to 3 pipelines at a time. Pipelines do not go away, unless they are replaced by another. How do you establish a pipeline? Pipelines are established after you recruit at least 3 players from a given state, province, or country. What is the benefit of a pipeline? A pipeline makes it so that you can now recruit players from that state, province, or country as if it were in-state. Pipelines would not trump something like the Division you play in. Do pipelines count for assistant coaches? Assistant coaches can develop pipelines, but only the head coach will give you a bonus. Assistant coach pipelines are deactivated until they are promoted to a head coach position (but you can still see them on their coach's profile). What happens if you hire a coach with the same pipeline as the state that you are in? That pipeline deactivates and the next one on the pipeline list is moved into activated position. In turn, there is a good chance that, once you fire your head coach and go to view him in the coaching pool, his #1 pipeline is actually your state! So pipelines can change? Yes! Pipelines go off of two things: (1) the number of recruits you have signed from a certain state, province, or country, and (2) the recency of those signings. So although you may have signed 3 recruits from Texas, California, and New York, if you signed 3 recruits from Florida in this recruiting cycle, then Florida would bump one of those states from your coach's top 3. I feel like this would add some fun strategy to the game. Do you try to establish a pipeline in a big state with more competition, or do you try to dominate a smaller country where few others thrive? What are your thoughts?
#18807	06/29/2022 9:52:52 am	Apr 4th, 2026	Ignore
Divac Joined: 01/16/2020 Posts: 323 Gettysburg Bullets V.10
#18808	06/29/2022 11:49:37 am	Apr 4th, 2026	Ignore
James Lebron Joined: 08/17/2021 Posts: 32 Florida Southern Moccasins V.5	could you please reduce that big picture a bit. it fills my entire screen and distorts this forum thread. its off topic anyway so at the least have some respect for the person that started this thread by refraining from posting such material. i've never seen anybody post stuff like that on your many, many posts on this forum. thank you.
#18810	06/29/2022 12:17:00 pm	Apr 4th, 2026	Ignore
TavesSoul Joined: 06/25/2020 Posts: 149 Nazareth Golden Flyers IV.8	Love the idea, I think my only thought is would it be better for pipeline states to be treated In-Region instead of In-State? So there's an advantage, but not the same advantage as your primary State. Outside of that, +1 from me.
#18826	07/02/2022 12:50:14 pm	Oct 8th, 2026	Ignore
TPS2.0 Joined: 02/05/2018 Posts: 166 Tennessee Volunteers III.4	+1 A good example that could be looked at is some of the NCAA football games.
#18827	07/02/2022 5:46:35 pm	Oct 8th, 2026	Ignore
El jefe Joined: 07/06/2018 Posts: 693 Temple Owls I.1	Good idea, but don't think the bonus should be equivalent to either in-state or in-region. Maybe somewhere slightly below the in-region bonus
#18878	07/11/2022 6:31:00 pm	Nov 4th, 2026	Ignore
cwb Joined: 02/08/2019 Posts: 67 Prairie View A&M Panthers III.1	Thanks for the feedback/support — I agree that in-region bonuses would be better than in-state (don’t want to make them too strong).

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