How do you set cash to 'no minimum'?

TheSayWhatKid · 07-15-2007, 08:42 PM

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Initially increase their Media Contracts to an ungodly amount and have the contract expire 10 or more years in the future. Up the Merchandising Revenue to twice or three times the other teams. This will give the team a ton of extra money. Up the Cash and have no cash minimum, and lower the ticket price for the team. These ideas will create a ton of extra cash for the team. Hopefully the team will then spend the extra cash on free agents creating your evil empire.....

Hello everyone. Newbie here. I'm going to gm the Cubs like I think they might be run if Mark Cuban was allowed to buy them.

In the financial settings, to set cash to 'no minimum', do I just blank it out, or set it to zero?

Thanks in advance.

injury log · 07-16-2007, 02:51 AM

Unless I'm misunderstanding the quote, I think the poster meant to say 'no cash maximum', meaning teams can hold onto as much cash as they want. In any case, I'd probably set the cash max to a number no team could realistically reach. I don't know what happens if this is set to 0; knowing how OOTP works with other fields, this might give you the result you want, or it might give you the exact opposite of the result you want- it may make it that no team can keep any cash at all. Hopefully someone else can clarify this.

TheSayWhatKid · 07-16-2007, 05:00 AM

Thanks, maximum is what makes sense. I was puzzled by that in the other thread when I read it. Lowering the ticket prices to generate more income doesn't make any sense either.

injury log · 07-16-2007, 08:52 AM

Lowering ticket prices can make sense, for a team with low fan interest; it might be the only way to get a lot of fans to the park, and could raise revenue overall. It will not, of course, be a good idea in your scenario, as you point out.

Curtis · 07-16-2007, 07:30 PM

Don't set the Cash Maximum to zero. That means that all cash left over at the end of the season will vanish. In that same column there should be a checkbox for 'will you use a cash maximum?' Select it in such a way that the cash max line is ghosted out.

TheSayWhatKid · 07-16-2007, 08:47 PM

Thanks. Yes with the Cubs' fan base, I don't think lowering ticket prices is necessary. In fact, the game just has their market as 'average', and with their following around the country, and the number of people who buy Cubs merchandise around the country and also take vacation trips there to go to Wrigley Field, I'd say the market should be 'astronomical'.

Curtis · 07-16-2007, 10:26 PM

Market size in the game isn't set based on population, wealth or anything else you might think of. It's based on being large enough that that team can pay for the group of players it starts the game with. In 2007 a couple of teams may start slightly in the red, but most will be making a small profit from the beginning.

Many historical and historical/fantasy players edit the market sizes to more closely reflect their own version of reality. In my historical/fantasy I set the Cubs to 8 and the White Sox to 7, with no one being higher than 10.

Kelric · 07-17-2007, 12:10 PM

I just set my cash maximum to $999,999,999. Of course, I've never played long enough to come close to that in OOTP'07 yet as I keep restarting leagues.

TheSayWhatKid · 07-24-2007, 08:41 PM

I elected to not start a dynasty with the Cubs, because I just don't like them. I'm sticking with the A's or Red Sox, possibly the Pirates for a challenge.

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Curtis Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Watertown, New York Posts: 4,530 Thanks: 1 Thanked 108x in 91 posts	Don't set the Cash Maximum to zero. That means that all cash left over at the end of the season will vanish. In that same column there should be a checkbox for 'will you use a cash maximum?' Select it in such a way that the cash max line is ghosted out. __________________ 2012 — The year for Inside The Park 2!

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Curtis Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Watertown, New York Posts: 4,530 Thanks: 1 Thanked 108x in 91 posts	Market size in the game isn't set based on population, wealth or anything else you might think of. It's based on being large enough that that team can pay for the group of players it starts the game with. In 2007 a couple of teams may start slightly in the red, but most will be making a small profit from the beginning. Many historical and historical/fantasy players edit the market sizes to more closely reflect their own version of reality. In my historical/fantasy I set the Cubs to 8 and the White Sox to 7, with no one being higher than 10. __________________ 2012 — The year for Inside The Park 2!

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Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,983 Thanks: 7 Thanked 46x in 36 posts	I just set my cash maximum to $999,999,999. Of course, I've never played long enough to come close to that in OOTP'07 yet as I keep restarting leagues. __________________ Former Co-Commish and owner of the Boston Red Sox, 1783-1144, .609%, of the defunct Overlords Baseball League (1930-48). 17 Division wins, 9 ALCS wins, 5 World Series wins.

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07-16-2007, 02:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
injury log Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 4,714 Thanks: 189 Thanked 500x in 258 posts	Unless I'm misunderstanding the quote, I think the poster meant to say 'no cash maximum', meaning teams can hold onto as much cash as they want. In any case, I'd probably set the cash max to a number no team could realistically reach. I don't know what happens if this is set to 0; knowing how OOTP works with other fields, this might give you the result you want, or it might give you the exact opposite of the result you want- it may make it that no team can keep any cash at all. Hopefully someone else can clarify this.

07-16-2007, 05:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
TheSayWhatKid Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Thanks, maximum is what makes sense. I was puzzled by that in the other thread when I read it. Lowering the ticket prices to generate more income doesn't make any sense either.

07-16-2007, 08:52 AM	#4 (permalink)
injury log Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 4,714 Thanks: 189 Thanked 500x in 258 posts	Lowering ticket prices can make sense, for a team with low fan interest; it might be the only way to get a lot of fans to the park, and could raise revenue overall. It will not, of course, be a good idea in your scenario, as you point out.

07-16-2007, 08:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
TheSayWhatKid Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Thanks. Yes with the Cubs' fan base, I don't think lowering ticket prices is necessary. In fact, the game just has their market as 'average', and with their following around the country, and the number of people who buy Cubs merchandise around the country and also take vacation trips there to go to Wrigley Field, I'd say the market should be 'astronomical'.

07-24-2007, 08:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
TheSayWhatKid Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	I elected to not start a dynasty with the Cubs, because I just don't like them. I'm sticking with the A's or Red Sox, possibly the Pirates for a challenge.