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alanohio · 11-16-2025, 08:02 PM

My Take on Normalization in Perfect Team

In my opinion, normalization plays a bigger role in Perfect Team than most people realize — not in the sense of making players “the same,” but in keeping the entire environment from blowing up.

If PT ran without normalization, the ratings you see on cards (especially the extreme ones) would produce some absolutely wild distortions. A 170+ hitter in a raw environment would put up videogame numbers, deadball pitchers would suffocate offense, and certain era-quirk cards could create loops where the entire league’s run environment spirals out of control. Fun for a week — but a balance nightmare.

So, to me, normalization isn’t about realism. It’s about compression. It limits the ceiling so the differences between cards still matter, but the magnitude of those differences doesn’t wreck the ladder. Offline fictional leagues can get away with turning normalization off because you’re the only human competing; in PT, hundreds of optimized teams would immediately exploit the most unbalanced eras, and the meta would be unplayable within days.

Personally, I’d still love to see a one-season PT “normalization-off” experiment just for the chaos — imagine a .480 hitter or a modern reliever with a 0.20 ERA — but long-term, I think normalization is what keeps PT a strategy game instead of an era-exploiting arms race.

Just my two cents.

ROBGISBRI · Yesterday, 12:29 PM

Three years in a row losing a tie breaker 163rd game. Really OOTP can we be a little more realistic.....Why do I feel if I buy coins I will amazingly be in the WS next season....Do Better OOTP....This may be the last year I play Perfect Team if a more realistic outcome can't be achieved...There has to be a better way....Ratings seem to mean nothing...past performance seem to mean nothing....Development is non-existent............................

Fabtron7 · Yesterday, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROBGISBRI

Why do I feel if I buy coins I will amazingly be in the WS next season.

You won’t. (Unless you buy a lot of them and use them very wisely… but even then probably not).

Yesterday, 12:29 PM	#82
ROBGISBRI Bat Boy Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Jacksonville, Fl Posts: 6	Wtf ootp 26 Three years in a row losing a tie breaker 163rd game. Really OOTP can we be a little more realistic.....Why do I feel if I buy coins I will amazingly be in the WS next season....Do Better OOTP....This may be the last year I play Perfect Team if a more realistic outcome can't be achieved...There has to be a better way....Ratings seem to mean nothing...past performance seem to mean nothing....Development is non-existent............................

11-16-2025, 08:02 PM	#81
alanohio Minors (Single A) Join Date: Dec 2024 Posts: 66	My Take on Normalization in Perfect Team In my opinion, normalization plays a bigger role in Perfect Team than most people realize — not in the sense of making players “the same,” but in keeping the entire environment from blowing up. If PT ran without normalization, the ratings you see on cards (especially the extreme ones) would produce some absolutely wild distortions. A 170+ hitter in a raw environment would put up videogame numbers, deadball pitchers would suffocate offense, and certain era-quirk cards could create loops where the entire league’s run environment spirals out of control. Fun for a week — but a balance nightmare. So, to me, normalization isn’t about realism. It’s about compression. It limits the ceiling so the differences between cards still matter, but the magnitude of those differences doesn’t wreck the ladder. Offline fictional leagues can get away with turning normalization off because you’re the only human competing; in PT, hundreds of optimized teams would immediately exploit the most unbalanced eras, and the meta would be unplayable within days. Personally, I’d still love to see a one-season PT “normalization-off” experiment just for the chaos — imagine a .480 hitter or a modern reliever with a 0.20 ERA — but long-term, I think normalization is what keeps PT a strategy game instead of an era-exploiting arms race. Just my two cents.