Research/Test Sims

ELDoro · 01-13-2013, 04:07 PM

Hey guys I have an idea to run test sims to find out which defensive position is the most important with a great defensive specialist at that position.

My Plan: Clone about 30 teams, give 15 of them a defensive specialist at a particular position and 15 just have an average glove there. Do this over and over for each position and see what positions seems to make the biggest difference.

My questions:
1. Has anyone else already done this?
2. Any tips on doing this?
3. Anything any of you all would like to see added to this?
4. Any similar ideas I could waste my time on?

Thanks

nebradska · 01-13-2013, 06:02 PM

Make all hitters and pitchers (and other fielders) equal, remove trades, turn injuries/fatigue off, turn coaches/scouts off, set the same lineups for each team, override AI management, and neutralize park effects to minimize confounding factors.

I think there's already some conventional wisdom on what your results should be, but it will be interesting to see if OOTP mirrors that.

ezpkns34 · 01-13-2013, 06:24 PM

1 - Definitely what nebradska said to minimize other variabless

2 - Possibly think about doing 10 teams with great, 10 with average & 10 with bad players at the positions of interest. Maybe there's a minimal difference between great & average, but a large difference between average & bad? Or maybe the opposite, where there's not a lot of difference between bad & average? Maybe something like ll 90 defensive ratings for great, 55 for average & 25 for bad

ELDoro · 01-13-2013, 07:25 PM

Thanks for the input guys.

Is there an easy way to "average" out all players or to clone teams?

thanks

nebradska · 01-13-2013, 07:54 PM

I'm thinking the easiest way would be to just create one custom player and clone him. I don't know how many clones you can make at one time, though, so this might be more tedious than I realize. I don't know a way to mass-edit players' ratings.

01-13-2013, 04:07 PM	#1
ELDoro All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 535	Research/Test Sims Hey guys I have an idea to run test sims to find out which defensive position is the most important with a great defensive specialist at that position. My Plan: Clone about 30 teams, give 15 of them a defensive specialist at a particular position and 15 just have an average glove there. Do this over and over for each position and see what positions seems to make the biggest difference. My questions: 1. Has anyone else already done this? 2. Any tips on doing this? 3. Anything any of you all would like to see added to this? 4. Any similar ideas I could waste my time on? Thanks __________________ MLNB Commish: https://statsplus.net/mlnb/

01-13-2013, 07:25 PM	#4
ELDoro All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 535	Thanks for the input guys. Is there an easy way to "average" out all players or to clone teams? thanks __________________ MLNB Commish: https://statsplus.net/mlnb/

01-13-2013, 06:02 PM	#2
nebradska Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Illinois Posts: 229	Make all hitters and pitchers (and other fielders) equal, remove trades, turn injuries/fatigue off, turn coaches/scouts off, set the same lineups for each team, override AI management, and neutralize park effects to minimize confounding factors. I think there's already some conventional wisdom on what your results should be, but it will be interesting to see if OOTP mirrors that.

01-13-2013, 06:24 PM	#3
ezpkns34 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 753	1 - Definitely what nebradska said to minimize other variabless 2 - Possibly think about doing 10 teams with great, 10 with average & 10 with bad players at the positions of interest. Maybe there's a minimal difference between great & average, but a large difference between average & bad? Or maybe the opposite, where there's not a lot of difference between bad & average? Maybe something like ll 90 defensive ratings for great, 55 for average & 25 for bad

01-13-2013, 07:54 PM	#5
nebradska Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Illinois Posts: 229	I'm thinking the easiest way would be to just create one custom player and clone him. I don't know how many clones you can make at one time, though, so this might be more tedious than I realize. I don't know a way to mass-edit players' ratings.