[johnnybourbon]

Originally Posted by dim13

I use promotion/relegation. I am really glad Markus gave us this option in the game. I did it manually in OOTP65 and it was kind of a pain. Now it's not much of a chore.

I have 10 Levels in my Baseball Universe.

Level 1 (20 teams) - 2 leagues with 10 teams each league (plus 1 wild card each league).
- the 2 10th place teams play in a relegation game at the end of the season - loser relegated. I schedule the game as an exhibition game after the season.

Levels 2-10 (10 teams each level). Playoffs - 1 wild card, best of 5 series, winner promoted. 10th place team automatically relegated.

Level 10 - 10th place team is replaced with a brand new team. This keeps the game fresh with new blood added each year.

At first I deleted the 10th place team in level 10 and recreated a new team - but after playing 45 years, the new team always finished last and only lasted 1 season. I restarted my game and now just replace the team name, logos, etc. with the new team coming in the league - all players are kept.

I have the league paramters/attributes set up perfectly in each league so the players are better at each higher level. The team promoted usually finishes near the bottom the next year at the higher level, and the team relegated usually finishes near the top in the lower league the following year.

I started with my team in Level 10 and it's a real challange to get promoted each year and avoid relegation once promoted.

gosh. thats a doozy of a universe. I would never be able to keep it up. Just one question...do you have any outstanding players that don't make the leaderboards/HOF b/c their team doesnt consistently stay at a single level?