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Originally Posted by Spritze
Back in the days before re-calc this happened quite a lot in historical leagues and yes weirdly enough it was always the same players, Clemente, Spahn, Cepeda etc. For some reason OOTP just hated their particular sets of skills. They generally ended up playing very few years in the majors and normally only had one or two good years and a lot of pine time.
It was the implementation of recalc which made this challenge mosey on off into the sunset.
Nothing wrong with playing with re-calc off however. Just be willing to accept these sorts of oddnesses. Comes with the territory.
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Have to disagree. I actually ran a series of tests with OOTP9, to see what exactly the differences were between using recalc or no recalc (and also neutral vs real stats). Having recalc off did not produce extreme differences from real life, and certainly nothing like what was described in the OP. Whether you have recalc on or off, you will get some players who have better or worse careers than in real life, but with recalc off the "surprises" have a somewhat higher level of unpredictability. However, 80-90% of players will perform pretty much as they did IRL. Recalc off did not cause star players, including the ones named in this thread, to sit on the bench in my tests. I happen to like playing with recalc off, and I hate to see people discouraged from using that option if they find it appealing.
I can't speak to how the game performed in versions prior to OOTP9, and perhaps recalc was necessary to offset flaws in the player development model. However, I think you should look at other possible explanations for the problems described here.