League Tournament

Miracle · 09-01-2004, 10:04 PM

Is there any way to do a tournament? I was thinking of oganizing a Spring Training Shootout or a Tourny for the non-playoff teams. It would be one elimination, all the playoffs team or like 8 teams. Also, if there is a way I'd like to challenge a league for a League vs. League shootout. My top teams vs. yours. I'm asking this cuz I saw it done on bball sims, so I'm wondering.

rem · 09-01-2004, 10:35 PM

I think you can't do it with using an exhibition setup.

Cuss16 · 09-01-2004, 10:35 PM

I dont know any other way than to schedule the games in manually and keep track of the playoff tree by hand.

Miracle · 09-01-2004, 10:51 PM

Damn..maybe OOTP should have a tourny feature.

rem · 09-02-2004, 12:23 AM

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sporr · 09-02-2004, 11:24 AM

Baseball Maelstrom has had a post-season tourney for non-playoff teams since our beginning. It's always been triple-elimination. We schedule the games manually and keep track of the bracket by hand. It works out well because it gives owners an extra incentive to stay interested in their teams even if they're out of the playoff race. What's really neat is that OOTP treats the games as post-season games for stat purposes.

We have one going on now since we're into playoff time. You can see the bracket here: http://www.baseballmaelstrom.com/maeltourn.htm

Miracle · 09-02-2004, 04:02 PM

that looks like what I want to do, umm..how cna I set that up..if you could write it here or PM me please.

Jeremy Weimer · 09-02-2004, 04:08 PM

Sporr always has to upstage the n00bies.

sporr · 09-02-2004, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Miracle

that looks like what I want to do, umm..how cna I set that up..if you could write it here or PM me please.

Well, first you need to create some kind of bracket by hand, including dates for games played. I simply used Excel and constructed it to fit a triple-elimination format. Once that is done, you need some way to seed the teams to decide who will play who in the first matchups. We use a combination of team record, league that won the WS, head to head record, run differential, and a coin toss to break ties.

Once you have these things in place, it's simply a matter of going into league setup and scheduling the games. We have our Tourney set to begin the day after the regular season. Doing this allows OOTP to treat all of the games as post-season games so they don't get added to the regular season stats. At the end of each day, we schedule the next day's games based on the updated bracket. Do this until the Tourney ends and it should work out just fine for you.

Miracle · 09-02-2004, 05:04 PM

You do this all in the league file? Wen it comes to the playoffs you copy the league file and make it something else, than you go to schedule and edit the teams and everything elsE?

Thats what I got from it.

sporr · 09-02-2004, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miracle

You do this all in the league file? Wen it comes to the playoffs you copy the league file and make it something else, than you go to schedule and edit the teams and everything elsE?

Thats what I got from it.

We use the actual league file to do this since we like to keep track of our tourney and any injuries, etc. that occur are carried over that way. We don't edit the teams since they are teams that already exist in our league. They are just teams that didn't make the playoffs.

Miracle · 09-02-2004, 05:36 PM

ahh I see, so you guys schedule these games like after playoffs or before on in between playoff series?

sporr · 09-02-2004, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Miracle

ahh I see, so you guys schedule these games like after playoffs or before on in between playoff series?

Yep, we schedule them right with the playoff games that the game schedules. On some days there are both playoff and tourney games, on other days just tourney games. The tourney ends near the end of the League Championship Series. This works out well since the focus can then be on the World Series.

09-01-2004, 10:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
Miracle Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Danbury, CT Posts: 233 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	League Tournament Is there any way to do a tournament? I was thinking of oganizing a Spring Training Shootout or a Tourny for the non-playoff teams. It would be one elimination, all the playoffs team or like 8 teams. Also, if there is a way I'd like to challenge a league for a League vs. League shootout. My top teams vs. yours. I'm asking this cuz I saw it done on bball sims, so I'm wondering.

09-01-2004, 10:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 4,998 Thanks: 7 Thanked 7x in 5 posts	I think you can't do it with using an exhibition setup. __________________ Born To Play: Commissioner, Baltimore Orioles GM MLB 93: Baltimore Orioles OTBA: Washington Filibusters 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

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Cuss16 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: BC, CANADA Posts: 2,994 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	I dont know any other way than to schedule the games in manually and keep track of the playoff tree by hand. __________________

09-02-2004, 12:23 AM	#5 (permalink)
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 4,998 Thanks: 7 Thanked 7x in 5 posts	^^^^^^^^^ Yes!!!! Yes!!!! Yes!!!! Yes!!!! Yes!!!! Yes!!!! Yes!!!! Yes!!!! Yes!!!! __________________ Born To Play: Commissioner, Baltimore Orioles GM MLB 93: Baltimore Orioles OTBA: Washington Filibusters 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

09-02-2004, 11:24 AM	#6 (permalink)
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,275 Thanks: 2 Thanked 35x in 2 posts	Baseball Maelstrom has had a post-season tourney for non-playoff teams since our beginning. It's always been triple-elimination. We schedule the games manually and keep track of the bracket by hand. It works out well because it gives owners an extra incentive to stay interested in their teams even if they're out of the playoff race. What's really neat is that OOTP treats the games as post-season games for stat purposes. We have one going on now since we're into playoff time. You can see the bracket here: http://www.baseballmaelstrom.com/maeltourn.htm __________________ Baseball Maelstrom - Commish/ St Louis Cardinals USBA - Las Vegas Scorpions

09-01-2004, 10:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
Miracle Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Danbury, CT Posts: 233 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Damn..maybe OOTP should have a tourny feature.

09-02-2004, 04:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
Miracle Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Danbury, CT Posts: 233 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	that looks like what I want to do, umm..how cna I set that up..if you could write it here or PM me please.

09-02-2004, 04:08 PM	#8 (permalink)
Jeremy Weimer Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Mounds View, MN Posts: 3,376 Thanks: 2 Thanked 4x in 2 posts	Sporr always has to upstage the n00bies.

09-02-2004, 05:04 PM	#10 (permalink)
Miracle Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Danbury, CT Posts: 233 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	You do this all in the league file? Wen it comes to the playoffs you copy the league file and make it something else, than you go to schedule and edit the teams and everything elsE? Thats what I got from it.

09-02-2004, 05:36 PM	#12 (permalink)
Miracle Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Danbury, CT Posts: 233 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	ahh I see, so you guys schedule these games like after playoffs or before on in between playoff series?

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