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Originally Posted by Orioles1966
Better custom playoff system-Have a blank page(per round) and let me fill in the blanks(larger leagues have playoff problems). It might be fixed on the next update according to Matt Arnold.
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It really isn't possible to have a truly flexible and open-ended playoff format creation system within any in-game menu-drive system. Even one to recreate the myriad of current and past playoff formats isn't really doable. There are just too many variables.
However, it is possible to create a schedule file-like playoff customization system that, because it isn't constrained by a menu system, could create any past or current playoff format, or even formats that don't exist at all. If you can imagine it, you could probably recreate it.
I have been developing and refining such a playoff system for some time now. It's too late for OOTP 20, but it could be done for next year. Keep in mind the system I have in mind is an 'advanced user' level feature, but the compensation is a truly flexible, open-ended system.
At some point I'll finalize the details, write them up, and pass them along to Matt et. al.
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Originally Posted by Orioles1966
Ability to manually rainout games. I do a lot of changes with schedule editor and some teams have played too many games towards the end of the season and if I catch it in time then I could manually postpone it and then make correct changes. Too few games isn't a problem because they can be added at the end of the season.
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The entire question of postponed and rescheduled games needs more work.
The first thing to note is that OOTP is actually quite unrealistic in that every league plays out its schedule in full every season. In real life, especially in the minors, clubs do
not play out the full schedule because of postponements. Indeed, this is one of the unique aspects of baseball, yet OOTP does not recreate it.
OOTP should differentiate between the majors and minors when it comes to both postponement rates and the manner in which games are rescheduled. Also, it should allow clubs to sometimes not play out its full original schedule.