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winger4740 · 05-26-2004, 02:35 AM

Can anyone explain to me how talent declines happen in the game (specifically OOTP5, but I'm guessing it's the same)? My team's system was totally stacked to start the year, a 16 team league and I had 9 prospects 4 star or above and all but 3 have had major talent declines. The latest drop was my 27 yeare old star CF (6-12-4 ratings for Avg-HR-BB) who is hitting over .350 w/ over 40 HRs and 20 steals with about 30 games to go in the season. He had talent declines in Average, HR, and avoiding Ks. I would have understood if he were injured, but he has durable injury rating and has never been hurt in his career. I asked about it on the league message board and someone said they had noticed team cycles in player development (as in a particular team will get mostly increases or mostly decreases for a few years and then it will turn around for them). We are playing with no scouts, coaches, or minor leauge managers. If anyone can tell me if the cycle idea is true or what would explain the declines, I would appreciate it. I'd heard it's random, but I think there should be a code to not give someone having that kind of season declines during the season.

05-26-2004, 02:35 AM	#1
winger4740 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: AL, soon to be Baton Rouge Posts: 3	Talent declines Can anyone explain to me how talent declines happen in the game (specifically OOTP5, but I'm guessing it's the same)? My team's system was totally stacked to start the year, a 16 team league and I had 9 prospects 4 star or above and all but 3 have had major talent declines. The latest drop was my 27 yeare old star CF (6-12-4 ratings for Avg-HR-BB) who is hitting over .350 w/ over 40 HRs and 20 steals with about 30 games to go in the season. He had talent declines in Average, HR, and avoiding Ks. I would have understood if he were injured, but he has durable injury rating and has never been hurt in his career. I asked about it on the league message board and someone said they had noticed team cycles in player development (as in a particular team will get mostly increases or mostly decreases for a few years and then it will turn around for them). We are playing with no scouts, coaches, or minor leauge managers. If anyone can tell me if the cycle idea is true or what would explain the declines, I would appreciate it. I'd heard it's random, but I think there should be a code to not give someone having that kind of season declines during the season.