I don't understand why...

Murcer · 04-27-2014, 09:04 AM

On player profiles, the League column uses the League Abbreviation that the user provides for Major Leagues but then hard codes the values for minor leagues and feeder leagues.

For example, from my screenshot, I have one "major league" with the League Abbreviation "MLB" and then I have two minor leagues which I've given the abbreviations "Class A" and "Class B". Likewise, I only have one feeder league which is sort of a hybrid college/HS so I gave it the abbreviation "feed" (I am very creative).

However, as you can see, the game only picks up the abbreviation from the one major league (MLB). Both minor leagues and the feeder league abbreviations are hard coded (as "COL", "AA", and "A") and don't appear as I've named them.

I'd like to suggest/plead/ask that these all be handled the same way. Thanks!

Questdog · 04-27-2014, 09:53 AM

The game is not showing the abbreviations of the minor leagues, but the level.

If you have one minor league, then showing the league abbreviation would be fine, since you could easily remember the level, but when there are dozens of minor leagues, seeing their abbreviations in a player's history is next to useless.

What we need is for Markus to allow us to label the levels.

Murcer · 04-27-2014, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Questdog

The game is not showing the abbreviations of the minor leagues, but the level.

If you have one minor league, then showing the league abbreviation would be fine, since you could easily remember the level, but when there are dozens of minor leagues, seeing their abbreviations in a player's history is next to useless.

What we need is for Markus to allow us to label the levels.

That might be a more difficult change to make. If the dev team would simply show the league abbreviation for every league in that view, the user would need to know to somehow note the level within their league abbreviation.

I like things to be clear so I even put hints in the team name field; if you look at my screenshot, you'll see "oakB" and "oakA" which are the minor league affiliates for my MLB Oakdale team.

Anyway, this has always bothered me so I thought I'd throw it out there.

04-27-2014, 09:04 AM	#1
Murcer Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 271	I don't understand why... On player profiles, the League column uses the League Abbreviation that the user provides for Major Leagues but then hard codes the values for minor leagues and feeder leagues. For example, from my screenshot, I have one "major league" with the League Abbreviation "MLB" and then I have two minor leagues which I've given the abbreviations "Class A" and "Class B". Likewise, I only have one feeder league which is sort of a hybrid college/HS so I gave it the abbreviation "feed" (I am very creative). However, as you can see, the game only picks up the abbreviation from the one major league (MLB). Both minor leagues and the feeder league abbreviations are hard coded (as "COL", "AA", and "A") and don't appear as I've named them. I'd like to suggest/plead/ask that these all be handled the same way. Thanks! Attached Images

04-27-2014, 09:53 AM	#2
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	The game is not showing the abbreviations of the minor leagues, but the level. If you have one minor league, then showing the league abbreviation would be fine, since you could easily remember the level, but when there are dozens of minor leagues, seeing their abbreviations in a player's history is next to useless. What we need is for Markus to allow us to label the levels.