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I will once again suggest the adjustment for the ABSOLUTE BLASPHEMY OF INTENTIONAL FOULING in this game.

It keeps happening and happening and happening over and over again and most of the time it absolutely makes no sense.

Today, once again the team started to intentionally foul once the clock was under a minute (only a 4-point game) and as always it ended up being a double-digit difference.

Not to mention that the coach also subbed out the best two shooters on the team after the intentional fouls. Like... You are supposed to take threes after you foul but the coach subs out the best shooters? Make it make sense. (The game engine is also very prone to making nonsense substitutions at the last minute as we all know).

Honestly, I don't even remember one occasion where it was successful, but it just keeps happening. I don't even remember winning a game where you are trailing a couple of possesions with a few minutes left on the clock - unless it is one of those weird comeback games in which teams suddenly start to make all of their threes -.

Of course, I doubt anything will change, but I guess I will keep complaining :)

The message below is from the prevoius thread and was sent in December 2023:

"Hi again everyone,

Just wanted to mention one more thing after witnessing it twice in two different games within a five-minute span. It's about intentional fouling.

Don't you think that it is a bit excessive to directly foul the opponent down 6 with one minute left on the clock? I believe many teams would try to defend a possesion and then start with the intentional fouling because you immediately make it a 3-possesion game with 50 seconds left once you start to foul as soon as the clock hits the 1-minute mark.

Like maybe we can create some conditions about the number of possesions that is needed to take the lead or smtg. along the lines of this as I believe that it is not really realistic to foul at that part of the game."

This one also from December 2024:

"Hello everyone!

Just want to mention this once again because it absolutely does not make any sense to me to start fouling right after the clock is under 1 minute.

It is very illogical and should be adjusted.

Thank you!"

You know that the final score of a game is calculated before the game starts.

You know that the final score of a game is calculated before the game starts.

Yes, I do. But still, if the intentional foul formula affects the outcome, it matters. If it does not affect it, it can still be fixed so that the live viewing experince would be better.

The final score of the game is calculated by the series of events you will eventually see in the play-by-play, so the intentional fouling does matter because it's the actual events being simulated to determine the final score of the game.

The physical simulation of the game happens in the 15 minutes between when your roster locks and when the play-by-play starts, but the simulation is 100% event-by-event based on the players and tactics submitted for the game, not just "pick a random score and then make up a story".

Thank you for that clarification.