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Old 02-23-2016, 02:01 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Cryomaniac View Post
Is the issue with three team ties that the game cant schedule a game with an unknown opponent? So where it should be Day 1 A v B, Day 2 A/B v C the game cant handle not knowing who is going to play C so just doesnt schedule the game, hence it leaves C out completely?
In the testing I did last year and the year before, sometimes OOTP would settle a three-way tie correctly*, other times it would not. I never was able to discern any pattern. Where it tends to have the most trouble is when clubs are simultaneously tied for playoff positions, e.g. a tie for the division title and wild card spot.

I've got a Wordpad file stuffed full of the various tie-breaking rules used by leagues, baseball and otherwise.

*Other than sometimes the wrong club getting to be the home club in a match-up.
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