TRTR : Day 17

Marc Duffy · 03-12-2007, 04:03 PM

The Expansion Wizard behind the Curtain

In previous versions of OOTP, if you wanted to expand an existing league, you were more or less out of luck.

http://www.ootpbaseball.net/clubhous...gid=26&id=1295

Gastric ReFlux · 03-12-2007, 04:03 PM

first reply

zukes · 03-12-2007, 04:08 PM

ChuckkieB · 03-12-2007, 04:14 PM

Expansion is an awesome feature and one that I am looking forward to utilizing.

Kelric · 03-12-2007, 04:15 PM

On the expansion question, what if, to use the example from the article, I didn't know that November 17th was the day of expansion and I had told the game to sim until December. If prior to this I had the game set to automatically run expansion, would it blow right through the expansion draft and everything without me getting to protect my players or would it notify me that I had to create a protection list and let me create it?

spleen1015 · 03-12-2007, 04:21 PM

spleen1015 · 03-12-2007, 04:21 PM

spleen1015 · 03-12-2007, 04:24 PM

7th even!

Mike D · 03-12-2007, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelric

On the expansion question, what if, to use the example from the article, I didn't know that November 17th was the day of expansion and I had told the game to sim until December. If prior to this I had the game set to automatically run expansion, would it blow right through the expansion draft and everything without me getting to protect my players or would it notify me that I had to create a protection list and let me create it?

It would tell you. You get a news item and as long as you didn't change it to not notify you for messages, you'll be fine

btheflash · 03-12-2007, 04:30 PM

The amount of people you can protect(0-30), are you protecting people on your 40-man roster, or your entire organization, or what?

Mike D · 03-12-2007, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by btheflash

The amount of people you can protect(0-30), are you protecting people on your 40-man roster, or your entire organization, or what?

I'm pretty sure that it's the entire organization, but I haven't tested expansion myself.

Edit: I'll check now, but I'm sure someone with knowledge with post with the answer first.

Faroo6 · 03-12-2007, 04:32 PM

This will probably be the first way I play with real rosters. Expand to 32 teams and take over one. I remember Acclaim's All-Star Baseball had this and it was the only way I played that game. Expand, draft, and see how long it took to become competitive.

BruceM · 03-12-2007, 04:40 PM

How does the game deal with the next amateur draft after expansion in regards to draft order?

Does it give the expansion teams the #1 & #2 pick, and how does it determine who picks first?

TIA

Mike D · 03-12-2007, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by btheflash

The amount of people you can protect(0-30), are you protecting people on your 40-man roster, or your entire organization, or what?

It appears entire organization. But like I said, someone with more knowledge will be by shortly with more info.

spleen1015 · 03-12-2007, 04:47 PM

14th!

Mike D · 03-12-2007, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BruceM

How does the game deal with the next amateur draft after expansion in regards to draft order?

Does it give the expansion teams the #1 & #2 pick, and how does it determine who picks first?

TIA

It gives the first pick in the amatuer draft to the team that selected 2nd in the expansion draft.

CobaltJays · 03-12-2007, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike D

It appears entire organization. But like I said, someone with more knowledge will be by shortly with more info.

If you have a full minor league system with six affiliates, does the computer focus more on players who are ready for the majors? Can you get by without having to protect some top prospects down in A-ball?

rasnell · 03-12-2007, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelric

On the expansion question, what if, to use the example from the article, I didn't know that November 17th was the day of expansion and I had told the game to sim until December. If prior to this I had the game set to automatically run expansion, would it blow right through the expansion draft and everything without me getting to protect my players or would it notify me that I had to create a protection list and let me create it?

As long as you are in human manager mode, it will stop and give you a message. If you are in commissioner mode, it will continue on as people would want in multi-season sims. I'm not sure what happens if you are the human manager and in vacation mode -- it might continue beyond the expansion.

It's such a nice new feature to have.

cephasjames · 03-12-2007, 06:57 PM

So we can only expand an even number of teams? What about when a league folds one team and then adds three? This must not be possible then.

What if I don't want my minors to expand along with my majors, can I prevent this?

Kelric · 03-12-2007, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rasnell

As long as you are in human manager mode, it will stop and give you a message. If you are in commissioner mode, it will continue on as people would want in multi-season sims. I'm not sure what happens if you are the human manager and in vacation mode -- it might continue beyond the expansion.

That kind of sucks, then. I play in Commish mode but run one team so I can never get fired or really have to deal with the owner demands.

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btheflash Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 79	The amount of people you can protect(0-30), are you protecting people on your 40-man roster, or your entire organization, or what?

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cephasjames Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Michiana Posts: 2,528	So we can only expand an even number of teams? What about when a league folds one team and then adds three? This must not be possible then. What if I don't want my minors to expand along with my majors, can I prevent this? __________________ Most in circle format at silvam14's photobucket site. CAMPAIGN for League Associations in OOTP10

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