Classic Players and the Master League
Cray said:
what if i dont want classic players in my ML!?
Classic players that are unlocked but not placed on a team will not appear in your first ML season. But they will become available for signing during your first off-season. The computer controlled teams will sign these guys too, I think.
So the only way to keep classic players out of multiple ML seasons is to not unlock them. This is what Riot has done in his option file at pesfan.com. I hear he's going to release another update by this weekend, so I'm going to wait until then. The one out now is pretty current though.
Also, if you begin a ML with classic players already on your team, their ages will be set to 17 and their ability ratings will be lowered. They do seem to grow quickly and regain much of their prior greatness. Though I did read somewhere that their final earned ratings in the ML usually don't end up exactly the same as their default ratings.
If you change the names and ability ratings of the fictional PES and WE team members, in the ML their names will remain changed but their ability ratings will be reset to their default levels. Riot got around this by matching a real-life player with a similar ability level to each fictional player. So the names remain changed and the ML ratings reset doesn't matter.
This is what I think I know about the ML's quirks. Hope it helps.