customized playoffs question

baseballfanmas · 07-19-2017, 01:06 PM

Hi all, I have a league created that is mirrored from a real life league in my home state. 2 divisions of 10 teams each, east and west division. Top 8 teams from each division make the postseason.

First round is cross division best 2 of 3 series with higher seed hosting every game. Top seed in east division plays 8th seed in west division and so on.

Then from there it gets dicey. The 8 remaining teams them move to a neutral location, and it becomes a double elimination tournament.

I want to implement that exact playoff setup for my league in OOTP. Is that even possible? I think that I could do one or the other, but not both. I don't think I can split playoff formats like this on OOTP, and if there is a way can someone tell me how?

I have a feeling my options are going to be to just do the 8 team double elimination and nothing else, or to just do 16 teams in a regular playoff format. If anybody can help, I'd appreciate it.

NoOne · 07-19-2017, 01:50 PM

Edit: hehe, double elimination round?? okay, nevermind.. unless you can combine formats, this won't be possible, either way go click "customize playoffs), and play arond.

maybe some hack involving a split season format? second season would mimic the first round of playoffs, even if short, then a custom playoff with double elimination? unfortunately you'd have to make a custom schedule each year to get the matchups correct, but not too many games to schedule and you can do a series at a time -- anyway, get creative if not exactly available.

old post info:

as long as the seeding can fit, yes.... from what i see, looks fine.

basically, you'll have to set it up with the # of teams,wildcardslast... but, then have to change all of the matchups to crosscut as you want...

i assume that would work.. simply double-check the custom format the following year. i don't see any reaon why it would change.

Phantom Player · 07-19-2017, 01:53 PM

Can we have neutral-location playoff games now? I haven't noticed it being an option in 18, but I haven't played in a month or so.

NoOne · 07-19-2017, 02:13 PM

think that's just cosmetic except for park factors...

not familiar with the details, since i haven't tried anythign quite like that... it's all in the gui, they won't hide anything on you.

Orioles1966 · 07-19-2017, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Phantom Player

Can we have neutral-location playoff games now? I haven't noticed it being an option in 18, but I haven't played in a month or so.

I have requested neutral site regular season games in the past and so far it's been heard upon deaf ears. Seems like they don't want to mess with the schedule editor.

baseballfanmas · 07-19-2017, 03:07 PM

I don't care so much about the neutral site games, I just want to be able to go from a best of 3 series with 16 teams and change it to an 8 team double elimination bracket. What I'm getting so far is that there's no easy way to do that.

baseballfanmas · 07-20-2017, 06:01 PM

Another question, I have an association going where I have 8 different leagues of 8 teams a piece. I want the regular season champion and the postseason tournament champion (or runner-up if the regular season champ also wins the tournament) of each separate league to qualify for the association playoffs. Is there a way to do this? I know I've done something like it before on a different version of OOTP

07-19-2017, 01:06 PM	#1
baseballfanmas All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 661	customized playoffs question Hi all, I have a league created that is mirrored from a real life league in my home state. 2 divisions of 10 teams each, east and west division. Top 8 teams from each division make the postseason. First round is cross division best 2 of 3 series with higher seed hosting every game. Top seed in east division plays 8th seed in west division and so on. Then from there it gets dicey. The 8 remaining teams them move to a neutral location, and it becomes a double elimination tournament. I want to implement that exact playoff setup for my league in OOTP. Is that even possible? I think that I could do one or the other, but not both. I don't think I can split playoff formats like this on OOTP, and if there is a way can someone tell me how? I have a feeling my options are going to be to just do the 8 team double elimination and nothing else, or to just do 16 teams in a regular playoff format. If anybody can help, I'd appreciate it.

07-19-2017, 01:50 PM	#2
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	Edit: hehe, double elimination round?? okay, nevermind.. unless you can combine formats, this won't be possible, either way go click "customize playoffs), and play arond. maybe some hack involving a split season format? second season would mimic the first round of playoffs, even if short, then a custom playoff with double elimination? unfortunately you'd have to make a custom schedule each year to get the matchups correct, but not too many games to schedule and you can do a series at a time -- anyway, get creative if not exactly available. old post info: as long as the seeding can fit, yes.... from what i see, looks fine. basically, you'll have to set it up with the # of teams,wildcardslast... but, then have to change all of the matchups to crosscut as you want... i assume that would work.. simply double-check the custom format the following year. i don't see any reaon why it would change. Last edited by NoOne; 07-19-2017 at 01:55 PM.

07-19-2017, 01:53 PM	#3
Phantom Player Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Atlanta Posts: 118	Can we have neutral-location playoff games now? I haven't noticed it being an option in 18, but I haven't played in a month or so.

07-19-2017, 02:13 PM	#4
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	think that's just cosmetic except for park factors... not familiar with the details, since i haven't tried anythign quite like that... it's all in the gui, they won't hide anything on you.

07-19-2017, 03:07 PM	#6
baseballfanmas All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 661	I don't care so much about the neutral site games, I just want to be able to go from a best of 3 series with 16 teams and change it to an 8 team double elimination bracket. What I'm getting so far is that there's no easy way to do that.

07-20-2017, 06:01 PM	#7
baseballfanmas All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 661	Another question, I have an association going where I have 8 different leagues of 8 teams a piece. I want the regular season champion and the postseason tournament champion (or runner-up if the regular season champ also wins the tournament) of each separate league to qualify for the association playoffs. Is there a way to do this? I know I've done something like it before on a different version of OOTP