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BPS · 07-09-2008, 11:11 PM

We read in the manual:

OOTP generates a 'proposed' league total for each category. The overall performance of players over the course of a season will ultimately produce approximately that number. For example, if the league total for home runs is 5400, then the total home run output each season will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 5400.

For my AAA league in 1871 the proposed triples and HRs are: 898 and 5451. Now these numbers can't be the "proposed" stats for the league as this implies more than 5 HRs per triple which is not what one saw in 1871 (HRs were relatively rare and triples were relatively common).

But I notice that the modifiers are not set equal to one. So it seems that maybe the game is doing what it can via modifiers to generate proper stats.

We read in the manual:

To make this more intuitive, the right column contains a modifier column, similar to the other modifiers we have seen, with a default setting of 1.000-you guessed it, equivalent to modern professional baseball level. These modifiers are a more intuitive way of modifying the league totals. For example, if you want 10% more home runs, you could leave the league total at 5400, and just change the home runs modifier to 1.100. Editing the totals directly and editing the modifier have identical effects, so you can use either. Just remember that they work in opposite ways.

Okay so because HRs are common in modern baseball and rare in 1870s baseball the modifier for HRs should be really small, like maybe 0.05. But the actual modifier see in my game for HRs is 4! If the above paragraph of the manual is correct, we should see 4 times MORE HRs in my 1871 league than in modern baseball.

Really odd.

But when the season is played out HRs are really rare, as they should be, and players generally hit at most 1 or 2 HRs.

So what is the relationship between the numbers in league totals and modifiers and the stat output of the game? What is the relationship between the manual discussion of league totals and modifiers and what one sees in the game?

Remember, the situation I'm describing above is for an AAA league in 1871 which might be why I'm seeing odd things.

What am I missing?

07-09-2008, 11:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
BPS Major Leagues Join Date: May 2004 Location: 1968 Cat Olympics Posts: 430 Thanked 4x in 3 posts	League Totals and Modifiers We read in the manual: OOTP generates a 'proposed' league total for each category. The overall performance of players over the course of a season will ultimately produce approximately that number. For example, if the league total for home runs is 5400, then the total home run output each season will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 5400. For my AAA league in 1871 the proposed triples and HRs are: 898 and 5451. Now these numbers can't be the "proposed" stats for the league as this implies more than 5 HRs per triple which is not what one saw in 1871 (HRs were relatively rare and triples were relatively common). But I notice that the modifiers are not set equal to one. So it seems that maybe the game is doing what it can via modifiers to generate proper stats. We read in the manual: To make this more intuitive, the right column contains a modifier column, similar to the other modifiers we have seen, with a default setting of 1.000-you guessed it, equivalent to modern professional baseball level. These modifiers are a more intuitive way of modifying the league totals. For example, if you want 10% more home runs, you could leave the league total at 5400, and just change the home runs modifier to 1.100. Editing the totals directly and editing the modifier have identical effects, so you can use either. Just remember that they work in opposite ways. Okay so because HRs are common in modern baseball and rare in 1870s baseball the modifier for HRs should be really small, like maybe 0.05. But the actual modifier see in my game for HRs is 4! If the above paragraph of the manual is correct, we should see 4 times MORE HRs in my 1871 league than in modern baseball. Really odd. But when the season is played out HRs are really rare, as they should be, and players generally hit at most 1 or 2 HRs. So what is the relationship between the numbers in league totals and modifiers and the stat output of the game? What is the relationship between the manual discussion of league totals and modifiers and what one sees in the game? Remember, the situation I'm describing above is for an AAA league in 1871 which might be why I'm seeing odd things. What am I missing?