Hot/Cold Streaks

Dr. Brian · 05-10-2013, 11:35 AM

What are they, meaning I'm asking do they have an effect on the player and his skills, like if a player is having a hot streak, his "numbers" change?

Or is it just information?

rpriske · 05-10-2013, 12:27 PM

I believe it is just information.

McGuiser · 05-10-2013, 05:00 PM

I think too that most likely the "cold" indicator is probably just a wake-up call to GMs who have not noticed recent player performance -- but I am not fully convinced.

It could indicate a performance penalty until the manager does something (benching or demotion, or maybe making a player happier by changing his spot in the lineup), or until some random time has elapsed.

And it is possible that a player who has gotten hot randomly gets a little performance bump for a while. I recall some computer football game that tracked the two teams' momentum and tweaked each play accordingly. I think there is a Newtonian law about teams with momentum tending to do well on the next play.

I'm not eager to pester the developers for an answer, since half of the fun of a complex game (like life) is looking for patterns and learning.

Slumps can last a long, long time in iOOTP, so it is difficult to tell if a cold player needs benching (which seems ineffectual to me) or demotion to the minors (in my experience, at least a month or two in the minors is needed to get a badly slumping player back to what is for him normal. I could be wrong.

The single action that in my experience that most easily ends a long slump is a trade to another team (not that this helps us manage our teams). I am resigned to working around players in slumps, assuming that there will not be a quick turnaround, although I have seen slumps end rather quickly as a player works through them when I have no better alternative.

05-10-2013, 11:35 AM	#1
Dr. Brian Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 76	Hot/Cold Streaks What are they, meaning I'm asking do they have an effect on the player and his skills, like if a player is having a hot streak, his "numbers" change? Or is it just information?

05-10-2013, 05:00 PM	#3
McGuiser Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 363	Slumps as another cosmic question I think too that most likely the "cold" indicator is probably just a wake-up call to GMs who have not noticed recent player performance -- but I am not fully convinced. It could indicate a performance penalty until the manager does something (benching or demotion, or maybe making a player happier by changing his spot in the lineup), or until some random time has elapsed. And it is possible that a player who has gotten hot randomly gets a little performance bump for a while. I recall some computer football game that tracked the two teams' momentum and tweaked each play accordingly. I think there is a Newtonian law about teams with momentum tending to do well on the next play. I'm not eager to pester the developers for an answer, since half of the fun of a complex game (like life) is looking for patterns and learning. Slumps can last a long, long time in iOOTP, so it is difficult to tell if a cold player needs benching (which seems ineffectual to me) or demotion to the minors (in my experience, at least a month or two in the minors is needed to get a badly slumping player back to what is for him normal. I could be wrong. The single action that in my experience that most easily ends a long slump is a trade to another team (not that this helps us manage our teams). I am resigned to working around players in slumps, assuming that there will not be a quick turnaround, although I have seen slumps end rather quickly as a player works through them when I have no better alternative.

05-10-2013, 12:27 PM	#2
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,425	I believe it is just information.