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1998 Yankees · 10-28-2006, 08:55 AM

Tullius,

I will give some brief responses and then let other members fill in more details for you.

1. I have been satisfied with the way that the game handles my rookie and short season A leagues. The only bad things that I have seen are:

AI moves players up and down all minor league levels too often.
AI will sign too many bad players, especially pitchers, who get dumped in the rookie league and never get used.

As far as ranking, Short Season A is higher than Rookie if you use the leagues the way they came with the game. Some people have had problems when they add or delete minor leagues, and the game not understanding which league is higher than the other.

2. Yes, but you must be the commissioner to do this. Just before the draft, click your league button and then Inaugural Draft. Then click the Continue Draft tab near the top of the window (not the button on the bottom). You will see a list of the players to be drafted. Right-click on any name and select Open Player Profile. If you are the commissioner, an Editor tab will appear to the far right. Click that, and make any changes to the player that you care to make. Edit all the players that you want to change before proceeding with the draft.

3. There are many potential problems when creating a universe. I will tell you what I have found to be the biggest: bigness itself. That is, bigger is not necessarily better in the OOTPB universe. My first universe contained almost every league that comes with the game; I chose to have them all included for realism. The problems that I had with that universe:

Too many players, too many teams meant too many transactions, messages, news articles. This slows the game down considerably and requires very large file space. I have cut back to the American Major Leagues and their minor leagues only.
A very large universe has too much happening to pay attention to and enjoy. I found myself not knowing or caring what was going on in several of my leagues which was a waste of time, mine and my computer's.

Well, I intended to be brief, but failed. However, I hope this helps you and I call upon other OOTPB members to comment further in answering your questions.

10-28-2006, 08:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
1998 Yankees Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yankee Stadium Posts: 6,002	Tullius, I will give some brief responses and then let other members fill in more details for you. 1. I have been satisfied with the way that the game handles my rookie and short season A leagues. The only bad things that I have seen are: AI moves players up and down all minor league levels too often. AI will sign too many bad players, especially pitchers, who get dumped in the rookie league and never get used. As far as ranking, Short Season A is higher than Rookie if you use the leagues the way they came with the game. Some people have had problems when they add or delete minor leagues, and the game not understanding which league is higher than the other. 2. Yes, but you must be the commissioner to do this. Just before the draft, click your league button and then Inaugural Draft. Then click the Continue Draft tab near the top of the window (not the button on the bottom). You will see a list of the players to be drafted. Right-click on any name and select Open Player Profile. If you are the commissioner, an Editor tab will appear to the far right. Click that, and make any changes to the player that you care to make. Edit all the players that you want to change before proceeding with the draft. 3. There are many potential problems when creating a universe. I will tell you what I have found to be the biggest: bigness itself. That is, bigger is not necessarily better in the OOTPB universe. My first universe contained almost every league that comes with the game; I chose to have them all included for realism. The problems that I had with that universe: Too many players, too many teams meant too many transactions, messages, news articles. This slows the game down considerably and requires very large file space. I have cut back to the American Major Leagues and their minor leagues only. A very large universe has too much happening to pay attention to and enjoy. I found myself not knowing or caring what was going on in several of my leagues which was a waste of time, mine and my computer's. Well, I intended to be brief, but failed. However, I hope this helps you and I call upon other OOTPB members to comment further in answering your questions. Last edited by 1998 Yankees : 10-28-2006 at 09:03 AM.