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Originally Posted by baseball_newbie
Are all the ratings for the players set in the database. So they would be updated each year according to the database? Im just trying to get a grips of how it works.
So say someone was drafted in say 1970, are his ratings updated each year to match how he progressed each year? or is it that hes just given the potential and he may or may not reach the level he did in real life? or is that the same if you set them to go in the amaetuer draft it doesent update otherwise it does?
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A player is imported into the game from the database with potential and talent ratings based on his real-life career statistics. Once a player is in OOTP, however, he's not affected ever again by the database. He's given the potential, as you say, and whether or not he reaches or exceeds the level he hit in real life depends solely on future development within the game. In one person's universe, Babe Ruth might hit 800 homeruns; in another, he might flame out much earlier. It's obviously much more likely that he will be a star, given the potential ratings he'll import with, but in your historical universe, anything can (and does) happen. That's what makes it so much fun.
p.s. Glad your post set the mark - I was hoping that would happen
