How To Doomsday Draft in OOTP

Calmac · 02-20-2025, 12:11 AM

Hello, I was very interested when John Bois used NBA 2k14 draft class system to fill all new players with absolutely terrible 0 stat guys. It’s a pretty cool experiment.

I’d like to try and do this in OOTP to see what happens to the league as teams adjust to the lack of new talent.

What is the best way (if possible) to accomplish this in OOTP? Is there an easier way then manually setting draftees to the lowest stats? Can I turn off all other possible player pipelines?

Thank you for your help

Link to where the idea is from:

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/6/...-of-basketball

Calmac · 02-22-2025, 02:12 PM

Update:

For lack of a better method (cannot get draft import to work), I've been deleting players with potential of better than half a star, and then copying to get the number of players above 900.

The biggest current issue is that while most of these players do not randomly improve, some players (out of nearly 1800 of these players in the minor leagues at this point) a handful are randomly developing into 2 or 3 star players.

I've set the talent randomness to 1 in order to try and prevent this, but it is still occurring.

Any ideas on how make it so drafted players cannot develop?

My next attempt at this goal I'll be editing stats to make players who are the absolute worst in every stat enter the draft, to hopefully prevent dev randomness from having any big effect.

20_range · 02-22-2025, 02:53 PM

I remember really enjoying this video. The oitp simulation is so good though that it might smooth out the results over time, and still generate realistic stats based on this level of play. If pitchers and hitters are equally bad you might end up with realistic results.

One way you could do the spirit of the Jon bois thing is if only hitting or pitching declined, like if all pitchers suddenly could throw 150mph or something

02-20-2025, 12:11 AM	#1
Calmac Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2025 Posts: 2	How To Doomsday Draft in OOTP Hello, I was very interested when John Bois used NBA 2k14 draft class system to fill all new players with absolutely terrible 0 stat guys. It’s a pretty cool experiment. I’d like to try and do this in OOTP to see what happens to the league as teams adjust to the lack of new talent. What is the best way (if possible) to accomplish this in OOTP? Is there an easier way then manually setting draftees to the lowest stats? Can I turn off all other possible player pipelines? Thank you for your help Link to where the idea is from: https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/6/...-of-basketball

02-22-2025, 02:53 PM	#3
20_range All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2022 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,458	I remember really enjoying this video. The oitp simulation is so good though that it might smooth out the results over time, and still generate realistic stats based on this level of play. If pitchers and hitters are equally bad you might end up with realistic results. One way you could do the spirit of the Jon bois thing is if only hitting or pitching declined, like if all pitchers suddenly could throw 150mph or something __________________ I do logo requests @20_range on discord for easier discussions

02-22-2025, 02:12 PM	#2
Calmac Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2025 Posts: 2	Update: For lack of a better method (cannot get draft import to work), I've been deleting players with potential of better than half a star, and then copying to get the number of players above 900. The biggest current issue is that while most of these players do not randomly improve, some players (out of nearly 1800 of these players in the minor leagues at this point) a handful are randomly developing into 2 or 3 star players. I've set the talent randomness to 1 in order to try and prevent this, but it is still occurring. Any ideas on how make it so drafted players cannot develop? My next attempt at this goal I'll be editing stats to make players who are the absolute worst in every stat enter the draft, to hopefully prevent dev randomness from having any big effect.