Starting a League

[Mattymo]

How come all the "standard leagues" are set up as being equal to Modern-day Major League Performance? I was hoping I wouldn't have to do this myself, as I have no idea what I need to do to make it realistic. The salaries are also all equivalent to MLB.

I'm definitely not new to OOTP, so I don't want to start with one of the quickstarts, has anyone found a setup that's working for them?

I really wanted to do a Historical League, but I want it to sim to 2006 and have it be just like today's MLB, except the minors would be all screwed up. Ugh I'm overwhelmed, but I'm sure it'll grow on me.

[spark240]

Originally Posted by Mattymo

I really wanted to do a Historical League, but I want it to sim to 2006 and have it be just like today's MLB, except the minors would be all screwed up. Ugh I'm overwhelmed, but I'm sure it'll grow on me.

How historical do you need it to be, if the pre-2006 part is just for history? (Hope that made sense, and I'm not trying to be smart, it's a real question.) Do you need an in-game history back to 1901, or would some other year do?

I think somebody mentioned a while back that 1946 is a good starting point for a historical league if your primary concern with minors is having them look right by the time you get to 2006. That is, starting in '46 you can basically have all the current affiliated leagues, or their antecedent leagues under different names.

I've already done a moderate amount of work on such a world, although mine isn't 100% committed to historicism. It starts in '46 with an arrangement that substantially (but not exactly) reflects the reality of that year, but I'm trying to design it to *diverge* from subsequent history so that by the time I reach 2006 it will look very different indeed. (For example, the PCL will be an independent league, and the highest level of baseball on the west coast.)

[Mattymo]

Originally Posted by spark240

How historical do you need it to be, if the pre-2006 part is just for history? (Hope that made sense, and I'm not trying to be smart, it's a real question.) Do you need an in-game history back to 1901, or would some other year do?

I think somebody mentioned a while back that 1946 is a good starting point for a historical league if your primary concern with minors is having them look right by the time you get to 2006. That is, starting in '46 you can basically have all the current affiliated leagues, or their antecedent leagues under different names.

I've already done a moderate amount of work on such a world, although mine isn't 100% committed to historicism. It starts in '46 with an arrangement that substantially (but not exactly) reflects the reality of that year, but I'm trying to design it to *diverge* from subsequent history so that by the time I reach 2006 it will look very different indeed. (For example, the PCL will be an independent league, and the highest level of baseball on the west coast.)

interesting...I just decided to set up a league starting in 2006 with just MLB and Japan in order to get used to the game, as the learning curve is much steeper than I thought. I will keep this idea in mind though for the future.