OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - trying to do my own expansion; can't figure out an easy way. please help!

nyy26wc · 09-08-2013, 04:52 PM

I see a flaw in your system. The yellow group would be the players that each existing team ranks as #16, 17, 18, 19 in their organization. So, let's say that the Cardinals consider X, Y, Z and ZA to be #16-19 in their organization. But, let's say that the I'm the GM of an expansion team that I consider ZB to be #16. So, I would want to select ZB as 1st round pick. Your system only accesses how the existing team evaluates its players, it doesn't access how an expansion team might evaulate them.

I also know how you can do this--

1) Using a copy of your league, hold an expansion draft. Each team protects 15 players and each team can only lose 1 player.

2) After the 1st go around for the draft, write down on paper, or type into Excel, the players each team lost.

3) Make another copy of the league. Make sure this copy is a copy of the original league and is before any expansion drafting.

4) Expand the league. This time, set the settings for each team protects 18 players and each team can only lose 1 player.

5) After the new expansion teams are created, then immediately go into each team, go to each player who was drafted and use the editor to change his team to the expansion team that selected him. You do need to be in commissioner mode to do this.

6) Hold the expansion draft. Once again, either write down each team's 2nd round draftees or type them into Excel.

7) Make another copy of the league. Make sure this copy is a copy of the original league and is before any expansion drafting.

8) Expand the league. This time, set the settings for each team protects 21 players and each team can only lose 1 player.

9) After the new expansion teams are created, then immediately go into each team, go to each player who has already been drafted and use the editor to change his team to the expansion team that selected him. You do need to be in commissioner mode to do this.

10) Hold the expansion draft.

Then, when the draft is over and the new expansion teams are created, they will have the players they already had from the 1st 2 times the expansion draft was run, as well as the final time.

09-08-2013, 04:52 PM	#3
nyy26wc All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 679	I see a flaw in your system. The yellow group would be the players that each existing team ranks as #16, 17, 18, 19 in their organization. So, let's say that the Cardinals consider X, Y, Z and ZA to be #16-19 in their organization. But, let's say that the I'm the GM of an expansion team that I consider ZB to be #16. So, I would want to select ZB as 1st round pick. Your system only accesses how the existing team evaluates its players, it doesn't access how an expansion team might evaulate them. I also know how you can do this-- 1) Using a copy of your league, hold an expansion draft. Each team protects 15 players and each team can only lose 1 player. 2) After the 1st go around for the draft, write down on paper, or type into Excel, the players each team lost. 3) Make another copy of the league. Make sure this copy is a copy of the original league and is before any expansion drafting. 4) Expand the league. This time, set the settings for each team protects 18 players and each team can only lose 1 player. 5) After the new expansion teams are created, then immediately go into each team, go to each player who was drafted and use the editor to change his team to the expansion team that selected him. You do need to be in commissioner mode to do this. 6) Hold the expansion draft. Once again, either write down each team's 2nd round draftees or type them into Excel. 7) Make another copy of the league. Make sure this copy is a copy of the original league and is before any expansion drafting. 8) Expand the league. This time, set the settings for each team protects 21 players and each team can only lose 1 player. 9) After the new expansion teams are created, then immediately go into each team, go to each player who has already been drafted and use the editor to change his team to the expansion team that selected him. You do need to be in commissioner mode to do this. 10) Hold the expansion draft. Then, when the draft is over and the new expansion teams are created, they will have the players they already had from the 1st 2 times the expansion draft was run, as well as the final time. Last edited by nyy26wc; 09-08-2013 at 10:45 PM.