Is this draft/feeder leagues formula still valid?

rexrowland · 06-25-2018, 03:03 PM

Way back in July 2011, Biggio509 posted a formula for figuring the number of rounds a draft should have and the number of teams the feeder leagues should have to fill that draft.

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=211757

{rounds needed = 5 * number of minor league levels}
{feeder teams needed = (number of teams in league * number of draft rounds)/6}

For whatever reason (I had too many draft rounds as a default setting?), as I set up a new league in OOTP19, the game figured I should have 576 feeder teams (96 college + 480 high school teams). Using Biggio's formula, I should only need 160 feeder teams for my 32-team major league (each major league team has 6 minor league affiliates).

Before I delete 400+ unnecessary teams, I would just like to know if this formula is still applicable to OOTP19. Thanks.

stealofhome · 06-25-2018, 03:13 PM

It is pretty much still accurate. The total number of teams you need changes based on what ratio you're using for HS/College. I've posted a few thoughts here:

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...52&postcount=2

jimmysthebestcop · 06-26-2018, 02:42 AM

I don't think I could ever play with feeders turned on as I like to play with all of the Indy and most foreign leagues and with the feeders for MLB on the sim speeds are absolutely horrible.

Its a 6th gen i7 overclocked too. Wonder if more cores would help sim speed. I'm not sure. I would like to test a 16 core Ryzen chip against OOTP sim speeds.

subtle · 06-26-2018, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmysthebestcop

I don't think I could ever play with feeders turned on as I like to play with all of the Indy and most foreign leagues and with the feeders for MLB on the sim speeds are absolutely horrible.

Its a 6th gen i7 overclocked too. Wonder if more cores would help sim speed. I'm not sure. I would like to test a 16 core Ryzen chip against OOTP sim speeds.

If you ever test this, I'd love to find out the results. When OOTP went multi-thread, it definitely made a huge difference.

On another note, pertaining to the OP, does the game scale your feeder leagues according to the level of talent needed in the draft? One time, I deleted half of the MLB affiliated minor leagues and let the MLB teams draft the free agents created as a result. Due to the density of talent in the minors, the game then diluted the heck out of drafts for a long time until there was whatever talent equilibrium it tries to create. I wasn't sure how creating feeder leagues would affect that process.

06-25-2018, 03:03 PM	#1
rexrowland Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 97	Is this draft/feeder leagues formula still valid? Way back in July 2011, Biggio509 posted a formula for figuring the number of rounds a draft should have and the number of teams the feeder leagues should have to fill that draft. http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...d.php?t=211757 {rounds needed = 5 * number of minor league levels} {feeder teams needed = (number of teams in league * number of draft rounds)/6} For whatever reason (I had too many draft rounds as a default setting?), as I set up a new league in OOTP19, the game figured I should have 576 feeder teams (96 college + 480 high school teams). Using Biggio's formula, I should only need 160 feeder teams for my 32-team major league (each major league team has 6 minor league affiliates). Before I delete 400+ unnecessary teams, I would just like to know if this formula is still applicable to OOTP19. Thanks.

06-25-2018, 03:13 PM	#2
stealofhome Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,282	It is pretty much still accurate. The total number of teams you need changes based on what ratio you're using for HS/College. I've posted a few thoughts here: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...52&postcount=2

06-26-2018, 02:42 AM	#3
jimmysthebestcop Banned Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 1,727 Infractions: 0/2 (5)	I don't think I could ever play with feeders turned on as I like to play with all of the Indy and most foreign leagues and with the feeders for MLB on the sim speeds are absolutely horrible. Its a 6th gen i7 overclocked too. Wonder if more cores would help sim speed. I'm not sure. I would like to test a 16 core Ryzen chip against OOTP sim speeds.