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Sabermetric Baseball · 10-12-2009, 07:06 PM

OOTP currently features suspensions for "failing a drug test", however it's basically just a randomized player selected (with personality ratings apparently factored in).

I'd like to see actual steroid usage in the game, with it evident in ratings. So if I have Barry Bonds and his power jumps from an 8 to a 10 in one offseason, it's as much cause for concern as it is for celebration.

This could add a whole new dynamic to the game, and then drug test suspensions would be applied to teams who have actually benefited from the steroids use - rather than teams just randomly losing a player who is no better or worse than they'd be otherwise.

If you wanted to take it one step further, steroids could also factor into prolonging a player's career (or shortening it once they've stopped using).

10-12-2009, 07:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sabermetric Baseball Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 136 Thanks: 4 Thanked 35x in 16 posts	Steroids! OOTP currently features suspensions for "failing a drug test", however it's basically just a randomized player selected (with personality ratings apparently factored in). I'd like to see actual steroid usage in the game, with it evident in ratings. So if I have Barry Bonds and his power jumps from an 8 to a 10 in one offseason, it's as much cause for concern as it is for celebration. This could add a whole new dynamic to the game, and then drug test suspensions would be applied to teams who have actually benefited from the steroids use - rather than teams just randomly losing a player who is no better or worse than they'd be otherwise. If you wanted to take it one step further, steroids could also factor into prolonging a player's career (or shortening it once they've stopped using).