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SkyDog · 06-20-2008, 07:35 AM

NOTE: If you have questions about these, please post them here and don't PM them. I can't always be available to answer questions immediately, and someone else might be able to help you out before I can.

EDIT: New settings with RonCo's development/aging modifiers put in on 7/3/2008.

Back again with these for the latest and greatest version of OOTP9. The settings I used for the last version still hold up quite well in this one, but I like this approach a bit better. Give these puppies a try if you want a fictional league and don't want to tinker with the settings year after year.

For those who are unfamiliar, I like setting up fictional leagues with settings that don't necessarily mirror the last 5-10 years of baseball, but more the last 25ish years. I want my league to have better pitching, rarer 50-HR seasons, a little more base-stealing prowess, etc. In my ideal world, I'd love to have my league churn out stats where a guy might just lead the league in homers with 40 or so, but where 60 is a possibility once every 100 or so years, and someone might even chase Aaron, where pitchers finish what they start more than they do these days, but a great closer has a shot at saving 50, where 55-65 SBs usually leads the league, but where every now and then a guy comes along and flirts with 100, where once every hundred years someone might hit .400, but where the league ERA without the DH is usually not much above 4.00. And, I want all of this without having to change my settings every year or import predetermined settings every year that change what defines a "good" or "great" season.

The GREAT news is that ALL of the above are possible with <s>OOTP2007.</s> OOTP9.

I started by running 50 seasons with default 2008 settings to determine an OOTP9 norm for stat categories. I then grabbed all NL stat totals from 1980 through 2007 to create these settings (no AL...screw the DH).

First, most of the settings I use can all be found in the League Setup-->Strategy Tab.

GENERAL STRATEGIC TENDENCIES
USE OF RELIEVERS: Very Often
USE OF CLOSERS: Very Often
PITCHER ENDURANCE: Low
TYPICAL STARTING ROTATION SIZE: 5 Man Rotation
PINCH HIT FOR PITCHERS: Often
PINCH HIT FOR POSITION PLAYERS: Rarely
DEFENSIVE SUBSTITUTIONS: Normal
STEALING BASES: Normal
HIT & RUN: Rarely
BUNTING: Rarely

All of the "Traditional OOTP Creation Modifiers" are set to 1.000.

All of the "Sabermetric Player Creation Modifiers" are set to 1.000.

LEAGUE TOTALS (and modifiers)
NOTE: The totals are the 2008 season defaults, so if you start by using 2008 settings, all you have to edit are the modifiers.

AT BATS: 167353
HITS: 44522, 1.010
DOUBLES: 8919, .949
TRIPLES: 898, 1.456
HOME RUNS: 5451, .913
BASES ON BALLS: 16222, 1.162
HIT BY PITCHES: 1850, .679
STRIKEOUTS: 31828, .943
BABIP: .296

Then, under the last modifier section...
SP Endurance: 1.052
Stolen Base Attempts: .899
Stolen Base Success %: .969

I recommended the following AI options:

Ratings: 65
Stats: 33
Current Year: 1
2 Years Ago: 1

These AI options will help AI teams make better decisions

Per RonCo, I also recommend the following aging/dev settings to be used with these settings.

Batter Aging: 2.000
Batter Development: .500
Pitcher Aging: 1.750
Pitcher Development: .500

These numbers will cause career peaks to happen much more appropriately, and will reduce (but not eliminate) the very high number of over-40 players sticking around in the default settings.

More details can be found here:

OOTP9 QuickStart Fictional League With Logos, RonCo Dev, SkyDog Stats. - Front Office Football Central

06-20-2008, 07:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
SkyDog Front Office Football Central Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Souf Cackilacky Posts: 1,500	OOTP2009 SkyDog Fictional League Settings (Quick Start included) NOTE: If you have questions about these, please post them here and don't PM them. I can't always be available to answer questions immediately, and someone else might be able to help you out before I can. EDIT: *New settings with RonCo's development/aging modifiers put in on 7/3/2008.* Back again with these for the latest and greatest version of OOTP9. The settings I used for the last version still hold up quite well in this one, but I like this approach a bit better. Give these puppies a try if you want a fictional league and don't want to tinker with the settings year after year. For those who are unfamiliar, I like setting up fictional leagues with settings that don't necessarily mirror the last 5-10 years of baseball, but more the last 25ish years. I want my league to have better pitching, rarer 50-HR seasons, a little more base-stealing prowess, etc. In my ideal world, I'd love to have my league churn out stats where a guy might just lead the league in homers with 40 or so, but where 60 is a possibility once every 100 or so years, and someone might even chase Aaron, where pitchers finish what they start more than they do these days, but a great closer has a shot at saving 50, where 55-65 SBs usually leads the league, but where every now and then a guy comes along and flirts with 100, where once every hundred years someone might hit .400, but where the league ERA without the DH is usually not much above 4.00. And, I want all of this without having to change my settings every year or import predetermined settings every year that change what defines a "good" or "great" season. The GREAT news is that ALL of the above are possible with <s>OOTP2007.</s> OOTP9. I started by running 50 seasons with default 2008 settings to determine an OOTP9 norm for stat categories. I then grabbed all NL stat totals from 1980 through 2007 to create these settings (no AL...screw the DH). First, most of the settings I use can all be found in the League Setup-->Strategy Tab. GENERAL STRATEGIC TENDENCIES USE OF RELIEVERS: Very Often USE OF CLOSERS: Very Often PITCHER ENDURANCE: Low TYPICAL STARTING ROTATION SIZE: 5 Man Rotation PINCH HIT FOR PITCHERS: Often PINCH HIT FOR POSITION PLAYERS: Rarely DEFENSIVE SUBSTITUTIONS: Normal STEALING BASES: Normal HIT & RUN: Rarely BUNTING: Rarely All of the "Traditional OOTP Creation Modifiers" are set to 1.000. All of the "Sabermetric Player Creation Modifiers" are set to 1.000. LEAGUE TOTALS (and modifiers) NOTE: The totals are the 2008 season defaults, so if you start by using 2008 settings, all you have to edit are the modifiers. AT BATS: 167353 HITS: 44522, 1.010 DOUBLES: 8919, .949 TRIPLES: 898, 1.456 HOME RUNS: 5451, .913 BASES ON BALLS: 16222, 1.162 HIT BY PITCHES: 1850, .679 STRIKEOUTS: 31828, .943 BABIP: .296 Then, under the last modifier section... SP Endurance: 1.052 Stolen Base Attempts: .899 Stolen Base Success %: .969 I recommended the following AI options: Ratings: 65 Stats: 33 Current Year: 1 2 Years Ago: 1 These AI options will help AI teams make better decisions Per RonCo, I also recommend the following aging/dev settings to be used with these settings. Batter Aging: 2.000 Batter Development: .500 Pitcher Aging: 1.750 Pitcher Development: .500 These numbers will cause career peaks to happen much more appropriately, and will reduce (but not eliminate) the very high number of over-40 players sticking around in the default settings. More details can be found here: OOTP9 QuickStart Fictional League With Logos, RonCo Dev, SkyDog Stats. - Front Office Football Central __________________ "I suspect Markus is more like Yoda, without the wisdom"---An unnamed member of the FOBL. Last edited by SkyDog; 07-05-2008 at 10:36 PM.