In my humble opinion I sincerely feel that in case of player linking (i.e. linking the created player with the on-disk players) the attributes and skills should not get overwritten with the created player (i.e. it should remain the same as the on-disk players). I say this because BigAnt knows the skill & Attribute system better than any one of us, and thus the way they would have rated the on-disk players would be a much better reflection of their real life counterpart. This would ensure that we would not have an over-rated virat kohli just because someone thought he is the best batsman ever to play cricket

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