Issues With The Game

Localh8778 · 06-29-2017, 02:00 AM

I have been playing this game since the very beginning, but there are some issue with the game that no matter the edition or patch have never been solved and I was wondering if 1) The makers are aware of these or 2) if everyone has these issues or if maybe I'm doing something wrong.

1) The game does things that just doesn't make sense. For example, Chris Sale won 21 games for the Red Sox and won the Cy Young award in my previous season. The next season, they moved him to the bullpen, put their closer Craig Kimbral, who has a stamina of 27, in the rotation, and put a created player with 1 1/2 stars as their closer. Sale has hardly been used, Kimbral has yet to go longer than 4 innings in a start, and the kids ERA is over 7.

2) Players who aren't home run hitters are immediately moved to the bench and are worthless. Guys like Elvis Andrus, Dexter Fowler, Starlin Castro aren't seen as top tier guys they're seen as bench players and when they're contracts expire they're free agents asking for league minimum.

3) Anyone over the age of 35 drops to 2 stars or less and is terrible. At 34 Albert Pujols hit .300 with 39 HR and over 100 RBI, the next year he turns 35, drops 3 stars and hits .195 with 8 HR and 32 RBI? That's not realistic.

I understand that these variables could happen in certain extreme cases, but this isn't an extreme cases, this is the norm with every single team in my game, star players are benched the next year, non-home run hitters don't matter, and 35+ and in the case of starting pitchers younger, are awful. What can be done about this?

pgjocki · 06-29-2017, 02:02 AM

Have you changed the TC or LTM settings?

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dkgo · 06-29-2017, 09:44 AM

in 2010 at age 30 adam dunn had 38 homers and a 892 OPS

in 2011 at age 31 adam dunn had 11 homers and a 569 OPS

real life is so unrealistic

The Game · 06-30-2017, 12:54 AM

As far as the Pujols thing chnage your age modifier to 9.975 for hitters & pitchers. I have played that way since OOTP 12 and i have about 7 players in my EBL league still doing ok over age 40.
Pujols has 611 HR in my league and retired in 2016 at age 37. Actually retired in 2018 after not playing in the majors for 2 yrs.

What ratings changed for Sale? Sale in my league, which dates back to OOTP 13, was a starter until his final 2 seasons. Kimbrel has over 600 saves and is still active in 2027.

Calvert98 · 06-30-2017, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Localh8778

1) Chris Sale won 21 games for the Red Sox and won the Cy Young award in my previous season. The next season, they moved him to the bullpen, put their closer Craig Kimbral, who has a stamina of 27, in the rotation, and put a created player with 1 1/2 stars as their closer. Sale has hardly been used, Kimbral has yet to go longer than 4 innings in a start, and the kids ERA is over 7.

If this is how they started the season, this is the one that is really odd. I can't recall seeing this or haven't seen it yet in version 18.

When this happened, was Sale getting rocked at that time? Or did the he start-off the season in the bullpen?

Calvert98 · 06-30-2017, 05:23 AM

To “the Game’s” note about Sale, that is why I ask; I wonder if something happened during the season (his actual performance took a dive), and that is why he was moved to the bullpen, and then Kimbral put into the rotation given his consistency.

If however he was placed in the bullpen at the start of the season after winning 20+ games, that would be really strange.

06-29-2017, 02:00 AM	#1
Localh8778 Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 12	Issues With The Game I have been playing this game since the very beginning, but there are some issue with the game that no matter the edition or patch have never been solved and I was wondering if 1) The makers are aware of these or 2) if everyone has these issues or if maybe I'm doing something wrong. 1) The game does things that just doesn't make sense. For example, Chris Sale won 21 games for the Red Sox and won the Cy Young award in my previous season. The next season, they moved him to the bullpen, put their closer Craig Kimbral, who has a stamina of 27, in the rotation, and put a created player with 1 1/2 stars as their closer. Sale has hardly been used, Kimbral has yet to go longer than 4 innings in a start, and the kids ERA is over 7. 2) Players who aren't home run hitters are immediately moved to the bench and are worthless. Guys like Elvis Andrus, Dexter Fowler, Starlin Castro aren't seen as top tier guys they're seen as bench players and when they're contracts expire they're free agents asking for league minimum. 3) Anyone over the age of 35 drops to 2 stars or less and is terrible. At 34 Albert Pujols hit .300 with 39 HR and over 100 RBI, the next year he turns 35, drops 3 stars and hits .195 with 8 HR and 32 RBI? That's not realistic. I understand that these variables could happen in certain extreme cases, but this isn't an extreme cases, this is the norm with every single team in my game, star players are benched the next year, non-home run hitters don't matter, and 35+ and in the case of starting pitchers younger, are awful. What can be done about this?

06-29-2017, 02:02 AM	#2
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06-30-2017, 12:54 AM	#4
The Game Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Inside The Game Posts: 30,937	As far as the Pujols thing chnage your age modifier to 9.975 for hitters & pitchers. I have played that way since OOTP 12 and i have about 7 players in my EBL league still doing ok over age 40. Pujols has 611 HR in my league and retired in 2016 at age 37. Actually retired in 2018 after not playing in the majors for 2 yrs. What ratings changed for Sale? Sale in my league, which dates back to OOTP 13, was a starter until his final 2 seasons. Kimbrel has over 600 saves and is still active in 2027. __________________ Go today don't wait for tomorrow It isn't promised, all the time you get borrowed Don't live your life for other people Don't bottle your emotions till they crack and fill a couple just sorrows Take your mind and refocus go get a paper write your goals out Throw your middle fingers to all your haters "Stay Strong"

06-29-2017, 09:44 AM	#3
dkgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,152	in 2010 at age 30 adam dunn had 38 homers and a 892 OPS in 2011 at age 31 adam dunn had 11 homers and a 569 OPS real life is so unrealistic

06-30-2017, 05:23 AM	#6
Calvert98 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 579	To “the Game’s” note about Sale, that is why I ask; I wonder if something happened during the season (his actual performance took a dive), and that is why he was moved to the bullpen, and then Kimbral put into the rotation given his consistency. If however he was placed in the bullpen at the start of the season after winning 20+ games, that would be really strange.