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Sabermetric Sociologist · 04-30-2022, 04:57 PM

I'm unsure how the school frequencies for prospect creation are weighted, since I don't know how to open and read an XML file, but I'm seeing far too many prospects come out of the same schools. I'm using a real world startup. I've played a few seasons in OOTP 23, and each season I see roughly ten kids from certain high schools (Brother Rice in Illinois, Archbishop Moeller in Ohio) and at least fifteen-to-twenty from Texas Tech, LSU, UCLA, and even Dallas Baptist. Other JUCO schools seem overpowered too, including Scottsdale Community College, though I do love the nickname of their mascot, the Fighting Artichokes.

I get that some programs are stronger than others, but it takes away from the realism factor when entire teams worth of 25 players are headed to the pros and other smaller schools produce no minor leaguers. I haven't seen a single player from an HBCU in four seasons even after filtering through looking for them.

Is it possible to add more variety to the schools prospects graduate from? I would love to see some D2 and D3 kids progress through the ranks and take a crack at the show.

04-30-2022, 04:57 PM	#1
Sabermetric Sociologist Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: New York, NY Posts: 29	Too many draft prospects coming from the same schools I'm unsure how the school frequencies for prospect creation are weighted, since I don't know how to open and read an XML file, but I'm seeing far too many prospects come out of the same schools. I'm using a real world startup. I've played a few seasons in OOTP 23, and each season I see roughly ten kids from certain high schools (Brother Rice in Illinois, Archbishop Moeller in Ohio) and at least fifteen-to-twenty from Texas Tech, LSU, UCLA, and even Dallas Baptist. Other JUCO schools seem overpowered too, including Scottsdale Community College, though I do love the nickname of their mascot, the Fighting Artichokes. I get that some programs are stronger than others, but it takes away from the realism factor when entire teams worth of 25 players are headed to the pros and other smaller schools produce no minor leaguers. I haven't seen a single player from an HBCU in four seasons even after filtering through looking for them. Is it possible to add more variety to the schools prospects graduate from? I would love to see some D2 and D3 kids progress through the ranks and take a crack at the show.