How many fudge and go to Commissioner Mode?

ForeverRoyalKC · 06-19-2021, 02:32 PM

How many here have tried to find that player you needed via trade, waiver wire or free agent and just couldnt find the one you wanted? Then said "Screw it! Time for Commissioner mode!" so you could get the player you wanted? I am walking that fine line to do it myself right now!

Curve Ball Dave · 06-19-2021, 02:48 PM

I only use my Commissioner Mode powers for good

I never use it to give my team an unfair advantage.

I use it to rename a guy or give him a different jersey number or picture. I also use to generate fictional minor league free agents and import historical players.

venflaalachi · 06-19-2021, 03:04 PM

I don't control any teams in my main league, and use commish powers mostly to give players nicknames from big accomplishments or playoff success.

ashantewarrier · 06-19-2021, 03:34 PM

I only use commissioner mode to regenerate facegen pictures, change weird player names, add nicknames, and adjust coaching staffs if there are unrealistically too many foreign coaches.

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Sweed · 06-19-2021, 03:40 PM

I play the game straight and true. I take what the game gives me and "I like it that way". Last summer I bought a new computer and OOTP crashed on, it all the way to reboot, without any warning. Wasn't an OOTP problem and Acer sent me a new rig after they couldn't fix it with two visits to their service center.

It bothers me to this day that I lost games in progress to these crashes. This means even though the only recourse was to play them again I don't have what was supposed to happen.

I could never use commissioner mode to steer things my way. It would ruin the league for me.

Reed · 06-19-2021, 04:14 PM

I play the game straight. I play the game as Commissioner and GM of a team. I don't manage the team, set lineups or rotations etc.. I sometimes hope my mediocre team goes on a long losing stretch so I can get a very gold draft pick but then they usually go on a winning streak just finishing below the playoff teams.

andyhdz · 06-19-2021, 04:30 PM

Ok I'll bite I use commish mode cheats on injuries for mine and sometimes other teams. What you say that my star player will suddenly be gone for the season and half of the next? Nah I'll edit to say he's gone just for the season. See you during spring training!

And if it's a 3 month injury well it's 2127 in my world so modern medicine suddenly makes that an 8 week injury instead. Sometimes for star players on other teams I hate for them to go down so I'll adjust that too. I don't use commish powers for free agency though or to magically make players mine.

hfield007 · 06-19-2021, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by andyhdz

Ok I'll bite I use commish mode cheats on injuries for mine and sometimes other teams. What you say that my star player will suddenly be gone for the season and half of the next? Nah I'll edit to say he's gone just for the season. See you during spring training!

And if it's a 3 month injury well it's 2127 in my world so modern medicine suddenly makes that an 8 week injury instead. Sometimes for star players on other teams I hate for them to go down so I'll adjust that too. I don't use commish powers for free agency though or to magically make players mine.

I've edited the injury files to make injuries less lengthy overall lol.

ezpkns34 · 06-20-2021, 02:31 AM

In historical leagues I used to use it (haven't played historical in a bit). If I saw one of the big name players was rated comically low, would boost them cause who wants to play in a world where Ken Griffey Jr sucked? Needless to say it helped out the AI 95% of the time, but would do it to players on my team too

Reed · 06-20-2021, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by hfield007

I've edited the injury files to make injuries less lengthy overall lol.

I have done the same and have gotten rid of all injuries over 45 days. I guess my wish list would include a slider to limit the length of injuries.
I play historical to find good players that I didn't know about or to see how good some players really were but long injuries would hide them.

fredbeene · 06-20-2021, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ForeverRoyalKC

How many here have tried to find that player you needed via trade, waiver wire or free agent and just couldnt find the one you wanted? Then said "Screw it! Time for Commissioner mode!" so you could get the player you wanted? I am walking that fine line to do it myself right now!

Never to forces trades.
ALWAYS to adjust ratings
Usually POTENTIAL.

MikeS21 · 06-21-2021, 07:55 AM

I use Commissioner Mode to force roster adjustments if, say, a real-life trade is made. And sometimes (not often) the AI makes one of those trades that are idiotic and would never happen in real life in a million years.

But mostly, I use it for generating photos and adjusting nicknames and the like. Occasionally I will expand the league or adjust schedules.

But loading my team with superstars from other teams sort of defeats the purpose.

jjuengel · 06-21-2021, 12:03 PM

To each their own, but I never use Commissioner Mode for evil (like forcing trades). I do always have Commissioner Mode turned on for my modern day game. Some of what I use it for:

1) Correcting gross rating errors -- like Tyler O'Neill's speed rating of 36 despite being in the Top 10 in Statcast sprint speed.

2) Adding/adjusting positional eligibility if the team actually uses the player at that spot IRL and if he's actually competent there -- like Dylan Carlson in CF this year for STL (had an 11 CF rating).

3) Adjusting Morales, Roster/Option Status, etc. back to normal if I mis-click and accidentally promote/demote the wrong player.

4) Changing the Max Roster Players to 27 when I play a double header (the extra player rule that OOTP hasn't coded yet).

5) Adding/changing nicknames, player history, updating FaceGens, and other cosmetic stuff.

In previous versions, I've had to use it to compensate when there was something in the OOTP model way out of whack -- like a run of a few versions where P's would typically fail to move a runner over around 90% of the time, but most of these issues appear to have been slowly but surely corrected by OOTP22.

swoboda · 06-21-2021, 12:08 PM

My play 'em all out league is always single season so I use it to reduce injury length and I am always less helpful to the team I manage to keep it challenging. I applaud the injury slider suggestion.

JerseyPirate · 06-21-2021, 12:39 PM

I had never used it in OOTP 21 but I have used it in my current save. I've been very frustrated with this version because of the high volume of injuries, usually late in the season, of players who are not fragile. So I have shortened injuries and lowered injury settings when needed.

I've also tinkered with prospect settings to boost potential to see what happens. It's been fun to follow the progress of these players and see if they actually become elite talents. I've been dominating and it's fun. Once my team gets too good, I will start over. I am getting to the point where I'm trading my better players as they near free agency to restock my minors because I have rookies ready to take over.

Vegas Vic · 06-21-2021, 01:01 PM

The only time I ever use it is to set pitch limits for my minor league pitching prospects. For some reason, those are sometimes greyed out and I'm unable to change them without entering Commissioner mode. I'm assuming that's because whatever minor league manager is in control does not allow any changes.

I don't think this is unrealistic or "cheating", as a real-life major league organization would certainly have some say in pitch counts for their highly rated pitching prospects.

brotherblues · 06-23-2021, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by jjuengel

To each their own, but I never use Commissioner Mode for evil (like forcing trades). I do always have Commissioner Mode turned on for my modern day game. Some of what I use it for:

1) Correcting gross rating errors -- like Tyler O'Neill's speed rating of 36 despite being in the Top 10 in Statcast sprint speed.

2) Adding/adjusting positional eligibility if the team actually uses the player at that spot IRL and if he's actually competent there -- like Dylan Carlson in CF this year for STL (had an 11 CF rating).

3) Adjusting Morales, Roster/Option Status, etc. back to normal if I mis-click and accidentally promote/demote the wrong player.

4) Changing the Max Roster Players to 27 when I play a double header (the extra player rule that OOTP hasn't coded yet).

5) Adding/changing nicknames, player history, updating FaceGens, and other cosmetic stuff.

In previous versions, I've had to use it to compensate when there was something in the OOTP model way out of whack -- like a run of a few versions where P's would typically fail to move a runner over around 90% of the time, but most of these issues appear to have been slowly but surely corrected by OOTP22.

For #4 I'd say it's unnecessary because you can promote/demote in between games anyway.

22tbrads22 · 06-23-2021, 04:17 PM

Even better, how many fudge and go straight to the force quit task manager. been known to do so myself in times of rage.

brotherblues · 06-23-2021, 06:12 PM

Is there a way to quit challenge mode and go commish mode?

Raidergoo · 06-23-2021, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by 22tbrads22

Even better, how many fudge and go straight to the force quit task manager. been known to do so myself in times of rage.

I absolutely cannot.

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06-19-2021, 02:32 PM	#1
ForeverRoyalKC All Star Starter Join Date: May 2015 Location: Hop, skip and a jump from Pomme De Terre Lake, MO. Posts: 1,223	How many fudge and go to Commissioner Mode? How many here have tried to find that player you needed via trade, waiver wire or free agent and just couldnt find the one you wanted? Then said "Screw it! Time for Commissioner mode!" so you could get the player you wanted? I am walking that fine line to do it myself right now!

06-19-2021, 02:48 PM	#2
Curve Ball Dave Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,387	I only use my Commissioner Mode powers for good I never use it to give my team an unfair advantage. I use it to rename a guy or give him a different jersey number or picture. I also use to generate fictional minor league free agents and import historical players. __________________ "Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing"-Warren Spahn.

06-19-2021, 04:30 PM	#7
andyhdz All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Fresno, CA by way of Texas Posts: 1,754	Ok I'll bite I use commish mode cheats on injuries for mine and sometimes other teams. What you say that my star player will suddenly be gone for the season and half of the next? Nah I'll edit to say he's gone just for the season. See you during spring training! And if it's a 3 month injury well it's 2127 in my world so modern medicine suddenly makes that an 8 week injury instead. Sometimes for star players on other teams I hate for them to go down so I'll adjust that too. I don't use commish powers for free agency though or to magically make players mine. __________________ *************************************** It's your game. Play it how you like it. ***************************************

06-21-2021, 12:08 PM	#14
swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,229	My play 'em all out league is always single season so I use it to reduce injury length and I am always less helpful to the team I manage to keep it challenging. I applaud the injury slider suggestion. __________________ "...If you want to look ahead to the bottom of the ninth, the Mets will be sending up Buddy Harrelson, Jerry Buchek , and Don Bosch, we'll be right back after this word from Rheingold Beer" The late great Lindsey Nelson

06-21-2021, 01:01 PM	#16
Vegas Vic Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: Palm Coast, FL Posts: 166	The only time I ever use it is to set pitch limits for my minor league pitching prospects. For some reason, those are sometimes greyed out and I'm unable to change them without entering Commissioner mode. I'm assuming that's because whatever minor league manager is in control does not allow any changes. I don't think this is unrealistic or "cheating", as a real-life major league organization would certainly have some say in pitch counts for their highly rated pitching prospects. __________________ "We’ll pop the top on a cold beverage and get back to work tomorrow.” - Satonori Tanioka, Rookie of the Year, 10 times League MVP, 15 Silver Slugger Awards, 17 times All Star selection.

06-19-2021, 03:04 PM	#3
venflaalachi Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 309	I don't control any teams in my main league, and use commish powers mostly to give players nicknames from big accomplishments or playoff success.

06-19-2021, 03:34 PM	#4
ashantewarrier Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somerset, NJ via Brooklyn, NY Posts: 2,308	How many fudge and go to Commissioner Mode? I only use commissioner mode to regenerate facegen pictures, change weird player names, add nicknames, and adjust coaching staffs if there are unrealistically too many foreign coaches. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ "I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being." -Jackie Robinson, #42 Brooklyn Dodgers *"Hitting is better than sex."* - Reggie Jackson

06-19-2021, 03:40 PM	#5
Sweed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 6,968	I play the game straight and true. I take what the game gives me and "I like it that way". Last summer I bought a new computer and OOTP crashed on, it all the way to reboot, without any warning. Wasn't an OOTP problem and Acer sent me a new rig after they couldn't fix it with two visits to their service center. It bothers me to this day that I lost games in progress to these crashes. This means even though the only recourse was to play them again I don't have what was supposed to happen. I could never use commissioner mode to steer things my way. It would ruin the league for me.

06-19-2021, 04:14 PM	#6
Reed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,609	I play the game straight. I play the game as Commissioner and GM of a team. I don't manage the team, set lineups or rotations etc.. I sometimes hope my mediocre team goes on a long losing stretch so I can get a very gold draft pick but then they usually go on a winning streak just finishing below the playoff teams.

06-20-2021, 02:31 AM	#9
ezpkns34 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 753	In historical leagues I used to use it (haven't played historical in a bit). If I saw one of the big name players was rated comically low, would boost them cause who wants to play in a world where Ken Griffey Jr sucked? Needless to say it helped out the AI 95% of the time, but would do it to players on my team too

06-21-2021, 07:55 AM	#12
MikeS21 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 279	I use Commissioner Mode to force roster adjustments if, say, a real-life trade is made. And sometimes (not often) the AI makes one of those trades that are idiotic and would never happen in real life in a million years. But mostly, I use it for generating photos and adjusting nicknames and the like. Occasionally I will expand the league or adjust schedules. But loading my team with superstars from other teams sort of defeats the purpose.

06-21-2021, 12:03 PM	#13
jjuengel Bat Boy Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 15	To each their own, but I never use Commissioner Mode for evil (like forcing trades). I do always have Commissioner Mode turned on for my modern day game. Some of what I use it for: 1) Correcting gross rating errors -- like Tyler O'Neill's speed rating of 36 despite being in the Top 10 in Statcast sprint speed. 2) Adding/adjusting positional eligibility if the team actually uses the player at that spot IRL and if he's actually competent there -- like Dylan Carlson in CF this year for STL (had an 11 CF rating). 3) Adjusting Morales, Roster/Option Status, etc. back to normal if I mis-click and accidentally promote/demote the wrong player. 4) Changing the Max Roster Players to 27 when I play a double header (the extra player rule that OOTP hasn't coded yet). 5) Adding/changing nicknames, player history, updating FaceGens, and other cosmetic stuff. In previous versions, I've had to use it to compensate when there was something in the OOTP model way out of whack -- like a run of a few versions where P's would typically fail to move a runner over around 90% of the time, but most of these issues appear to have been slowly but surely corrected by OOTP22.

06-21-2021, 12:39 PM	#15
JerseyPirate Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 172	I had never used it in OOTP 21 but I have used it in my current save. I've been very frustrated with this version because of the high volume of injuries, usually late in the season, of players who are not fragile. So I have shortened injuries and lowered injury settings when needed. I've also tinkered with prospect settings to boost potential to see what happens. It's been fun to follow the progress of these players and see if they actually become elite talents. I've been dominating and it's fun. Once my team gets too good, I will start over. I am getting to the point where I'm trading my better players as they near free agency to restock my minors because I have rookies ready to take over.

06-23-2021, 04:17 PM	#18
22tbrads22 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 153	Even better, how many fudge and go straight to the force quit task manager. been known to do so myself in times of rage.

06-23-2021, 06:12 PM	#19
brotherblues All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2020 Posts: 658	Is there a way to quit challenge mode and go commish mode?