[David Watts]

Originally Posted by Poweshow

It is strikingly apparent that anybody suggesting just doing promotion/relegation manually has never attempted to do it before. There is no right way to do it, there are always big problems with finances and the AI, things that cannot or are insanely difficult to make work. Structurally it can be done but simply having the structure of a promotion/relegation league is nowhere near the actual real-life counterpart.

I've been playing OOTP since it's 4th version. I never play MLB leagues, always play fictional leagues and accordingly I am always looking for new ways to play the game. Since OOTP 6, there have been very few new ways to play the game - little has that mattered, I've still logged more time on this game than any other - From a fictional player standpoint, new ways to play the game should/are/must be the #1 new feature request, and it's something we haven't gotten in some time, in the case of promotion/relegation, it's something that's been asked for since the beginning of OOTP-time... I'd argue almost monthly for the past decade or so and absolutely EVERY time a new game is discussed.

There is no anger from me towards Marcus or the rest of the OOTP staff, you guys have done an incredible job year after year after year after year.... But my god I get on these boards more than ever before a new game is released hoping for some promotion/relegation news.... unfortunately (or fortunately) this hope was squashed very early on this year, but it won't stop me from hoping for it every single subsequent year.




That said, IF somebody could assemble a guide to making a highly functional promotion/relegation league work, I'd be pretty happy. I don't think it's possible though, as anybody attempting to make a promotion/relegation league will soon find out...

I haven't seen him on these boards for quite some time, but I wonder if Cooleyvol could help you out. I think his online league uses promotion/relegation.