Thanks so much for your blog. It got my hopes up because it looks like the game is really turning into what I hoped it would. But it brought up a few questions I hope you can answer.
1. Are League Equivalencies on a slider?
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start by adding the major leagues with 8 teams in each the American and National Leagues. I add a full compliment of minor leagues to give me a good representation of baseball in the 1930's. I have two AAA leagues (International and American Association) that will work together so I can have a AAA 'Little World Series'. Next, I create the Southern League, Texas League and Eastern League as my "AA" Leagues. I then add 4 Class A Leagues, 6 Class B Leagues and 4 Class 'C' leagues. I could add Class D but I figure that is enough for now. I should add I have tweaked the overall player skill at each level so that the leagues get progressively worse just like it would be in real life. When it is all said and done my 1930's major league association has 19 affiliated minor leagues that range in size from 4 to 8 teams.
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Up until you wrote this I had no idea it was even possible to go below Rookie. Can you give a description of how to set up L.E.?
2. Is there a suggested equivalency for each level?
3. How is affiliation set up?
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Even though I am using fictional players I try to tilt things a little in favour of the Yankees, Red Sox, Cardinals and other traditionally strong organizations of the era by giving them upwards of 15 minor league affiliates while the Browns, Phillies and Senators have just 6 or 7.
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Do you set it up through the minor league team or major league team?
4. How easy is it to set up the salaries?
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In my case I set the average salaries for less than one percent of the modern day standard. So in my 1930's universe the average ticket price to a game will be 50 cents, teams get around $100,000 a year revenue from radio broadcasting rights and an average player will earn around $15,000. I am guessing this will give me around $500,000 a year average revenue for a team. Of course, for the Pacific Coast League and the foreign leagues I will make these numbers lower so players can jump leagues when enticed by an Major salary.
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Did it feel really overwhelming trying to figure it out?
5. Did you feel like your head was going to explode because of all the choices in front of you? Or were you so happy that you wet your pants?