Playoff Tiebreakers

rburgh · 05-14-2023, 04:14 AM

I had a situation in one of my leagues where, with one game to go, there were 5 teams with a mathematical chance to win one of the last two wild card slots. Two teams were tied, one game ahead of three more tied teams. One of the lower tied teams was hosting one of the higher tied teams, the others all were playing games against teams not involved in that race.

So there could conceivably have been five teams tied for two spots or four teams tied for one spot. Would there have been a massive playoff or would some sort of tie breaking procedure have been involved? If the latter, what were the tie breaking criteria?

nutt · 05-14-2023, 04:24 AM

The four way would've been an easy A vs. B, C vs. D with winners playing a 164th game for the final spot.

The five-way is a nightmare scenario where it would've been one game, followed by two games, then another game.

kq76 · 05-14-2023, 06:18 AM

MLB doesn't do tiebreaker games anymore and by default OOTP doesn't either. There's an option to use them in the bottom right of Lg Settings > Options.

nutt · 05-14-2023, 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kq76

MLB doesn't do tiebreaker games anymore and by default OOTP doesn't either. There's an option to use them in the bottom right of Lg Settings > Options.

PT still uses them. I've been involved in two of them so far. That's what he is referring to.

kq76 · 05-14-2023, 07:48 AM

Ah, sorry. I didn't notice the board name.

05-14-2023, 04:14 AM	#1
rburgh All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 922	Playoff Tiebreakers I had a situation in one of my leagues where, with one game to go, there were 5 teams with a mathematical chance to win one of the last two wild card slots. Two teams were tied, one game ahead of three more tied teams. One of the lower tied teams was hosting one of the higher tied teams, the others all were playing games against teams not involved in that race. So there could conceivably have been five teams tied for two spots or four teams tied for one spot. Would there have been a massive playoff or would some sort of tie breaking procedure have been involved? If the latter, what were the tie breaking criteria?

05-14-2023, 04:24 AM	#2
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05-14-2023, 06:18 AM	#3
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 11,695	MLB doesn't do tiebreaker games anymore and by default OOTP doesn't either. There's an option to use them in the bottom right of Lg Settings > Options. __________________ My OOTP Wishlist \| My FAQ List OOTP Wiki \| Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project)

05-14-2023, 07:48 AM	#5
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 11,695	Ah, sorry. I didn't notice the board name. __________________ My OOTP Wishlist \| My FAQ List OOTP Wiki \| Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project)