OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - Improving player evaluation (being able to calculate expected/projected performance)

Jason Moyer · 04-09-2005, 11:09 PM

It would be nice if the AI did a better job of player evaluation, but I'm not sure this is the answer.

In terms of having tools to predict player performance...I'm guessing real GM's would like to be able to do that? I mean, if the game tells you what a player is going to do, that seems a bit like cheating. Most of the game involves using the vague scouting, stats, and ratings to make those evaluations yourself. Having the game tell you "this player will hit .320 with 23 homeruns and 85 walks" is akin to playing pacman and having an arrow pop up on the screen telling you which way to move. I like OOTP's customizability, but I can't imagine why anyone would play, even now, with the ratings set to anything but off or 1-5. If you're interested in an experience that parallels real life, that's about the level of detail you'd have to limit yourself to.

04-09-2005, 11:09 PM	#5
Jason Moyer Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 5,002	It would be nice if the AI did a better job of player evaluation, but I'm not sure this is the answer. In terms of having tools to predict player performance...I'm guessing real GM's would like to be able to do that? I mean, if the game tells you what a player is going to do, that seems a bit like cheating. Most of the game involves using the vague scouting, stats, and ratings to make those evaluations yourself. Having the game tell you "this player will hit .320 with 23 homeruns and 85 walks" is akin to playing pacman and having an arrow pop up on the screen telling you which way to move. I like OOTP's customizability, but I can't imagine why anyone would play, even now, with the ratings set to anything but off or 1-5. If you're interested in an experience that parallels real life, that's about the level of detail you'd have to limit yourself to. __________________ "I pretty much popped everything cold turkey. We were doing steroids they wouldn't give to horses." -- Tom House "I was very fortunate to have a pitching coach by the name of Tom House...Tom, I really miss those days that we spent in the weight room and out on the field working together." -- Nolan Ryan's HoF Induction Speech Last edited by Jason Moyer; 04-09-2005 at 11:11 PM.