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weppnesp · 07-22-2014, 11:05 PM

A common complaint is that people who sim games (let the AI run things) will not do as well as when they control things in-game (from micro-managing pitch by pitch to the genteel taking over when runners are in scoring position).

How about this for a quantitative test of your ability over the AI

[1] Form a league of two teams: (1) 2014 Yankees and (2) a duplicate of that team

[2] Turn off all story-lines, injuries, suspensions

[3] Create a 150 game season

[4] Play it out however you like best playing team 1

[5] If you win 95 games then you have a statistically significant result and you are probably better than the AI

[6] if you repeat this process for 5 seasons (repeat 2014 for 5 seasons, do not go to 2015) and keep an average of 88 games per season you are surely better than the AI

What do you think? Who is willing to give it a shot?

The results may help Marcus develop a better AI plus you can now make a comparison with other players. A nice controlled experiment.

07-22-2014, 11:05 PM	#1
weppnesp Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 15	How much better than the AI are you? A common complaint is that people who sim games (let the AI run things) will not do as well as when they control things in-game (from micro-managing pitch by pitch to the genteel taking over when runners are in scoring position). How about this for a quantitative test of your ability over the AI [1] Form a league of two teams: (1) 2014 Yankees and (2) a duplicate of that team [2] Turn off all story-lines, injuries, suspensions [3] Create a 150 game season [4] Play it out however you like best playing team 1 [5] If you win 95 games then you have a statistically significant result and you are probably better than the AI [6] if you repeat this process for 5 seasons (repeat 2014 for 5 seasons, do not go to 2015) and keep an average of 88 games per season you are surely better than the AI What do you think? Who is willing to give it a shot? The results may help Marcus develop a better AI plus you can now make a comparison with other players. A nice controlled experiment.