Hey Brewster,
no sweat. I appreciate the interest and have no problem answering questions.
I see your point. The thing is, my sheets only use the level at which a player played the most during a given year. So say a guy gets 310 ABs at AA, hits .290/.365/.505. He gets called up to AAA and gets 120 ABs, hits .243/.312/.405. My spreadsheets only use the AA numbers. This guards somewhat against the kind of thing you are talking about. It also guards somewhat against inflated numbers for guys repeating a given league (which scouts often take into account).
As for High Heat...it's a few things. One is that Pudge and I were going to go about doing a roster set together (he has been updating my set for transactions since the summer). He has since backed out for time reasons. I am still talking with 3DO about some things but for a few reasons, I don't see much coming from that.
Mostly it's because 3DO has said NOTHING about its product, leaving what has traditionally been a VERY supportive community in the dark. High Heat is a good game that has the ability to be great but never has, and likely never will, realize that. Their customer support has been terrible since its inception and there is no regard for those of us mod makers (be it rosters, stadiums, uniforms, Eric's editor) who have kept that series going. I resent that and it's really the biggest reason OOTP has gotten my attention. I was getting a surprising amount of people who said they would contribute money to the development of this year's set for High Heat (about 60% of those who responded said they would give something). That made me feel good. But I have a feeling this is the year High Heat crashes and burns, and they'll have nobody to blame but themselves.
Take care,
GH
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