Rotating Interleague Schedule

oman19 · 08-21-2009, 03:01 PM

Hey GMO someone suggested I post here instead of PM'ing you about a schedule. I was wondering if it was possialbe to get a couple of schedules where interleague play was rotated by divisioin. AL East plays the NL East one year. Al East plays the NL Central the next. AL east plays the NL West the year after then back to the start.

It is an MLB style league. I would LOVE for it to be balanced and would be willing to move the Astros to the AL West if that helped it be Balanced. If it's not possiable to balance it that is fine. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

gmo · 08-22-2009, 01:27 AM

Having the ability to rotate the interleague across the divisions that way at least near cleanly is not very feasible with the 5/5/4;5/6/5 MLB configuration. If you are willing to go to six 5-team divisions, that helps a lot.

Balanced I am not so sure about. I am looking at 14 games per division opponent and 9 per interdivision opponent as one possibility and as another 12 and 9-10.

oman19 · 08-22-2009, 12:55 PM

Yeah I would be willing to go to 6 divisions of 5 teams. I will move Houston over to the AL West. I appreciate any help or ideas you may have.

gmo · 08-23-2009, 11:23 AM

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# 30 team schedules, 162 games
# Designed for the following configuration:
# 2 subleagues, each with 3 divisions, each with 5 teams
#
#
# 12 games against 4 other teams in division (6H/6A)
# 9-10 games against 10 other teams in subleague (3-6H/3-6A)
# 3-6 games against 5 teams of one division in other subleague (0-3H/0-3A)
#
#
# Because of odd number of teams in subleagues
# interleague games required at all times
# Mostly one such series at a time and occasionally three
# All teams play pair of home-and-home 2-game series
# against one interleague opponent immediately after All-Star Break
#
# Interleague matchups by division are as follows in sibling files:
# 1 : SL1_D1 vs SL2_D1 ; SL1_D2 vs SL2_D2 ; SL1_D3 vs SL2_D3
# 2 : SL1_D1 vs SL2_D2 ; SL1_D2 vs SL2_D3 ; SL1_D3 vs SL2_D1
# 3 : SL1_D1 vs SL2_D3 ; SL1_D2 vs SL2_D1 ; SL1_D3 vs SL2_D2
#
# No homestands or roadtrips longer than 14 games
# No team plays more than 20 straight days without an offday
#
# All game times set at 7:05pm
#
# Season begins first Monday on or after April 1st
# Season thus ends late September/early October
# All-Star Game set for first Tuesday on or after July 9th
#
Attachments now found in this post below.

gmo · 08-23-2009, 11:28 AM

The game will automatically season-to-season cycle through schedules that fit the parameters for the league. If there are 3 such files, each one will appear once every 3 years.

Within the game there are already some schedules that fit the same parameters as the above schedules. So if you simply add these new to the schedules folder in the game the cycling would be through all the matching files and not just the new three.

To get the cycling to be only through these new schedules you must make it so those other matching schedules are not considered by the game. I recommend making a "storage" subfolder within the schedules folder into which to copy the schedules that fit the league parameters but that you do not want to use. Being in that subfolder makes it so the game cannot find them when searching out schedules over which to cycle season-to-season.

The new schedules are of the format with names like "ILY_BGN_G162_SL1_D1_T5_D2_T5_D3_T5_SL2_D1_T5_D2_T 5_D3_T5_C...", so you would want to put into the storage folder all the schedules already in the game that match that naming scheme. I believe there are 6 such. Then you can put the new schedule files in the schedule folder, and since those will now be the only ones there visible with the matching parameters only those 3 will be cycled across.

If there was only one matching schedule (not the case here) the game would mix up the teams within each division to vary that one schedule season-to-season. The games would all stay the same, but the teams playing in them would vary. E.g., everywhere Boston slotted into a game then the next season it may be Toronto slotted in, Tampa Bay might stay in the same slots, New York may replace Toronto, etc.

With multiple matching schedules like the three above (the case here), the game does not do mixing like that but only mixes through loading the different schedules. I have tried to add some mixing across the set of three files so that, e.g., the first game in one is BAL@BOS, in another it is BOS@NYY, and in the last it is NYY@TAM. However those exact 3 schedules will repeat every three years with the cycling. Every time the East divisions match up the first game will be BAL@BOS.

oman19 · 08-25-2009, 12:25 AM

THX for the help GMO found the 6 files and put them in a storage folder as you said. Just unzipped and put the new ones in. Just going through my off-season so excited to see if I did it right. Thanks again.

gmo · 08-25-2009, 01:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oman19

THX for the help GMO found the 6 files and put them in a storage folder as you said. Just unzipped and put the new ones in. Just going through my off-season so excited to see if I did it right. Thanks again.

Glad the file management made sense. When you get to the preseason or whatever point where you can import a schedule you may need to do that and load up one of those three. I am not sure if a league that has been going will go out and grab a new file. An import may be required to initiate the cycling process on those 3 files.

cephasjames · 08-25-2009, 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oman19

Hey GMO someone suggested I post here instead of PM'ing you about a schedule. I was wondering if it was possialbe to get a couple of schedules where interleague play was rotated by divisioin. AL East plays the NL East one year. Al East plays the NL Central the next. AL east plays the NL West the year after then back to the start.

It is an MLB style league. I would LOVE for it to be balanced and would be willing to move the Astros to the AL West if that helped it be Balanced. If it's not possiable to balance it that is fine. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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oman19 · 08-25-2009, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmo

Glad the file management made sense. When you get to the preseason or whatever point where you can import a schedule you may need to do that and load up one of those three. I am not sure if a league that has been going will go out and grab a new file. An import may be required to initiate the cycling process on those 3 files.

Yeah I had to load it during the pre-season but now I'm staring my 2nd season and it grabbed the right one just fine.

On another note GMO. I would love to learn how you go about making your schedules. If there is anyway when you have some spare time sometime to either talk on yahoo or e-mail me or something to teach me that would be amazing. I want to make the same schedules you made but just make 5 different ones for each thing so I don't play the same teams after the all star break every time and also alternate home and aways. I know it's a big request (at least I think it is) hence why it might be just easier for me to learn how. Although if you have the time to make them all the more power to you. I just don't want to tax your time to much is all.

Also how would that work if I made 5 schedules from each. Is there a way to make it so it picks those schedules once every 5 times? Again thx for your help.

gmo · 08-28-2009, 01:25 AM

If I understand you correctly you just want different versions of each of the 3 files above. If you wanted to get all combinations I think it would be 8 of each of the three. If you only want 5 of them so the repeat is every 15 years instead of the current 3, that is fine. To get the cycling correct, the names just need to be in the right order, which can be controlled by the # near the end of the filename. I gave you 1-3, and others would just need different specified numbers.

The easiest thing would probably just be me putting them up here.

oman19 · 08-28-2009, 01:51 AM

Yeah I just want to play each each team in that 2 game series after the all-star break so 30 schedules total along with mixing up if I play teams home one year or away the next. As it stands now I always play Milwaukee when I see them the home and home after the all star break for example and I might always get the reds away. I know it's a pretty big task or seemed to be one to me when I tried.

So to make it short yes same version of those. Along with my other request in another post if at all possiable. GMO YOUR THE MAN!!!!!!!!!

gmo · 09-01-2009, 08:49 PM

Subsequent attachments contain total of 30 schedules which are variations on the description given above. The variations provide mixing of matchups. Each attachment contains six files. Files are numbered so as to rotate through files and vary interleague opponents. Every three files in series cover the three divisions of the other league.

oman19 · 09-01-2009, 10:36 PM

Honestly amazing gmo.

RchW · 09-01-2009, 10:51 PM

Wow I am running this exact league and independently I moved Houston to the AL West.

I will check out these schedules.

Thanks to GMO for all the work.

oman19 · 09-02-2009, 01:24 AM

To funny RcW that we both even moved the same team ot the West.....I'm just finishing my 3rd 100 year test sim. I got the aging modifier/ development modifiers as close as I'm going to get. I want to start playing again and now with these schedules I will.

Orcin · 07-06-2011, 09:17 AM

Sorry for the newbie question, but will these schedules work with OOTP12?

Also, do they require Houston to move to the AL West? I was thinking of moving Milwaukee to the AL Central and Kansas City to the AL West.

ashantewarrier · 07-10-2011, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orcin

Sorry for the newbie question, but will these schedules work with OOTP12?

Also, do they require Houston to move to the AL West? I was thinking of moving Milwaukee to the AL Central and Kansas City to the AL West.

Yes they work with OOTP12! GMO is the man!!!!

oman19 · 07-17-2011, 01:51 AM

Yes they will work with 12.

Also it will work with any 2 sub league, 3 divisons of 5 teams set up.

ashantewarrier · 07-18-2011, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orcin

Sorry for the newbie question, but will these schedules work with OOTP12?

Also, do they require Houston to move to the AL West? I was thinking of moving Milwaukee to the AL Central and Kansas City to the AL West.

Also, it does not matter which team you move to the AL West just as long as you have the same league structure as the schedules. One league, two sub-leagues, with divisions of 5-5-5 for each, 30 teams total.

Orcin · 07-18-2011, 09:14 AM

One more noob question, please...

There are five sets of 6 files each... do I need all of them or just one set of 6? If the latter, I presume that the others are just there for variety of matchups?

08-21-2009, 03:01 PM	#1
oman19 All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Metro Detroit Area Posts: 1,305	Rotating Interleague Schedule Hey GMO someone suggested I post here instead of PM'ing you about a schedule. I was wondering if it was possialbe to get a couple of schedules where interleague play was rotated by divisioin. AL East plays the NL East one year. Al East plays the NL Central the next. AL east plays the NL West the year after then back to the start. It is an MLB style league. I would LOVE for it to be balanced and would be willing to move the Astros to the AL West if that helped it be Balanced. If it's not possiable to balance it that is fine. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

08-22-2009, 12:55 PM	#3
oman19 All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Metro Detroit Area Posts: 1,305	Yeah I would be willing to go to 6 divisions of 5 teams. I will move Houston over to the AL West. I appreciate any help or ideas you may have. Last edited by oman19; 08-22-2009 at 03:18 PM.

08-23-2009, 11:23 AM	#4
gmo Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Longmont, CO Posts: 3,162	# # 30 team schedules, 162 games # Designed for the following configuration: # 2 subleagues, each with 3 divisions, each with 5 teams # # # 12 games against 4 other teams in division (6H/6A) # 9-10 games against 10 other teams in subleague (3-6H/3-6A) # 3-6 games against 5 teams of one division in other subleague (0-3H/0-3A) # # # Because of odd number of teams in subleagues # interleague games required at all times # Mostly one such series at a time and occasionally three # All teams play pair of home-and-home 2-game series # against one interleague opponent immediately after All-Star Break # # Interleague matchups by division are as follows in sibling files: # 1 : SL1_D1 vs SL2_D1 ; SL1_D2 vs SL2_D2 ; SL1_D3 vs SL2_D3 # 2 : SL1_D1 vs SL2_D2 ; SL1_D2 vs SL2_D3 ; SL1_D3 vs SL2_D1 # 3 : SL1_D1 vs SL2_D3 ; SL1_D2 vs SL2_D1 ; SL1_D3 vs SL2_D2 # # No homestands or roadtrips longer than 14 games # No team plays more than 20 straight days without an offday # # All game times set at 7:05pm # # Season begins first Monday on or after April 1st # Season thus ends late September/early October # All-Star Game set for first Tuesday on or after July 9th # Attachments now found in this post below. Last edited by gmo; 09-01-2009 at 08:50 PM. Reason: Removed attachment as replaced by attachments in below post

08-28-2009, 01:51 AM	#11
oman19 All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Metro Detroit Area Posts: 1,305	Yeah I just want to play each each team in that 2 game series after the all-star break so 30 schedules total along with mixing up if I play teams home one year or away the next. As it stands now I always play Milwaukee when I see them the home and home after the all star break for example and I might always get the reds away. I know it's a pretty big task or seemed to be one to me when I tried. So to make it short yes same version of those. Along with my other request in another post if at all possiable. GMO YOUR THE MAN!!!!!!!!! Last edited by oman19; 08-28-2009 at 02:07 AM.

09-01-2009, 10:51 PM	#14
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The big smoke Posts: 15,628	Wow I am running this exact league and independently I moved Houston to the AL West. I will check out these schedules. Thanks to GMO for all the work. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

08-22-2009, 01:27 AM	#2
gmo Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Longmont, CO Posts: 3,162	Having the ability to rotate the interleague across the divisions that way at least near cleanly is not very feasible with the 5/5/4;5/6/5 MLB configuration. If you are willing to go to six 5-team divisions, that helps a lot. Balanced I am not so sure about. I am looking at 14 games per division opponent and 9 per interdivision opponent as one possibility and as another 12 and 9-10.

08-23-2009, 11:28 AM	#5
gmo Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Longmont, CO Posts: 3,162	The game will automatically season-to-season cycle through schedules that fit the parameters for the league. If there are 3 such files, each one will appear once every 3 years. Within the game there are already some schedules that fit the same parameters as the above schedules. So if you simply add these new to the schedules folder in the game the cycling would be through all the matching files and not just the new three. To get the cycling to be only through these new schedules you must make it so those other matching schedules are not considered by the game. I recommend making a "storage" subfolder within the schedules folder into which to copy the schedules that fit the league parameters but that you do not want to use. Being in that subfolder makes it so the game cannot find them when searching out schedules over which to cycle season-to-season. The new schedules are of the format with names like "ILY_BGN_G162_SL1_D1_T5_D2_T5_D3_T5_SL2_D1_T5_D2_T 5_D3_T5_C...", so you would want to put into the storage folder all the schedules already in the game that match that naming scheme. I believe there are 6 such. Then you can put the new schedule files in the schedule folder, and since those will now be the only ones there visible with the matching parameters only those 3 will be cycled across. If there was only one matching schedule (not the case here) the game would mix up the teams within each division to vary that one schedule season-to-season. The games would all stay the same, but the teams playing in them would vary. E.g., everywhere Boston slotted into a game then the next season it may be Toronto slotted in, Tampa Bay might stay in the same slots, New York may replace Toronto, etc. With multiple matching schedules like the three above (the case here), the game does not do mixing like that but only mixes through loading the different schedules. I have tried to add some mixing across the set of three files so that, e.g., the first game in one is BAL@BOS, in another it is BOS@NYY, and in the last it is NYY@TAM. However those exact 3 schedules will repeat every three years with the cycling. Every time the East divisions match up the first game will be BAL@BOS.

08-25-2009, 12:25 AM	#6
oman19 All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Metro Detroit Area Posts: 1,305	THX for the help GMO found the 6 files and put them in a storage folder as you said. Just unzipped and put the new ones in. Just going through my off-season so excited to see if I did it right. Thanks again.

08-28-2009, 01:25 AM	#10
gmo Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Longmont, CO Posts: 3,162	If I understand you correctly you just want different versions of each of the 3 files above. If you wanted to get all combinations I think it would be 8 of each of the three. If you only want 5 of them so the repeat is every 15 years instead of the current 3, that is fine. To get the cycling correct, the names just need to be in the right order, which can be controlled by the # near the end of the filename. I gave you 1-3, and others would just need different specified numbers. The easiest thing would probably just be me putting them up here.

09-01-2009, 10:36 PM	#13
oman19 All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Metro Detroit Area Posts: 1,305	Honestly amazing gmo.

09-02-2009, 01:24 AM	#15
oman19 All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Metro Detroit Area Posts: 1,305	To funny RcW that we both even moved the same team ot the West.....I'm just finishing my 3rd 100 year test sim. I got the aging modifier/ development modifiers as close as I'm going to get. I want to start playing again and now with these schedules I will.

07-06-2011, 09:17 AM	#16
Orcin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 9,798	Sorry for the newbie question, but will these schedules work with OOTP12? Also, do they require Houston to move to the AL West? I was thinking of moving Milwaukee to the AL Central and Kansas City to the AL West.

07-17-2011, 01:51 AM	#18
oman19 All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Metro Detroit Area Posts: 1,305	Yes they will work with 12. Also it will work with any 2 sub league, 3 divisons of 5 teams set up. __________________ GENERATION 10: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment. My OOTP wishlist: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...-wishlist.html

07-18-2011, 09:14 AM	#20
Orcin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 9,798	One more noob question, please... There are five sets of 6 files each... do I need all of them or just one set of 6? If the latter, I presume that the others are just there for variety of matchups?