Talent declines in Version 5

winger4740 · 05-26-2004, 02:35 AM

Can anyone explain to me how talent declines happen in the game (specifically OOTP5, but I'm guessing it's the same)? My team's system was totally stacked to start the year, a 16 team league and I had 9 prospects 4 star or above and all but 3 have had major talent declines. The latest drop was my 27 yeare old star CF (6-12-4 ratings for Avg-HR-BB) who is hitting over .350 w/ over 40 HRs and 20 steals with about 30 games to go in the season. He had talent declines in Average, HR, and avoiding Ks. I would have understood if he were injured, but he has durable injury rating and has never been hurt in his career. I asked about it on the league message board and someone said they had noticed team cycles in player development (as in a particular team will get mostly increases or mostly decreases for a few years and then it will turn around for them). We are playing with no scouts, coaches, or minor leauge managers. If anyone can tell me if the cycle idea is true or what would explain the declines, I would appreciate it. I'd heard it's random, but I think there should be a code to not give someone having that kind of season declines during the season.

KurtBevacqua · 05-26-2004, 08:00 AM

I think you were just hosed by the gods of randomness. I've never heard of the cycle theory before.

Henry · 05-26-2004, 08:33 AM

So much depends on how you set up the league, which rosters sets, what variables you set, whether you edited any players, etc.

What your apparently seeing is not "common" in V6 and certainly the career curves in V6 are better than those in V5.

ALso, are you using the latest version of V5 (5.14b) ?

05-26-2004, 02:35 AM	#1
winger4740 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: AL, soon to be Baton Rouge Posts: 3	Talent declines Can anyone explain to me how talent declines happen in the game (specifically OOTP5, but I'm guessing it's the same)? My team's system was totally stacked to start the year, a 16 team league and I had 9 prospects 4 star or above and all but 3 have had major talent declines. The latest drop was my 27 yeare old star CF (6-12-4 ratings for Avg-HR-BB) who is hitting over .350 w/ over 40 HRs and 20 steals with about 30 games to go in the season. He had talent declines in Average, HR, and avoiding Ks. I would have understood if he were injured, but he has durable injury rating and has never been hurt in his career. I asked about it on the league message board and someone said they had noticed team cycles in player development (as in a particular team will get mostly increases or mostly decreases for a few years and then it will turn around for them). We are playing with no scouts, coaches, or minor leauge managers. If anyone can tell me if the cycle idea is true or what would explain the declines, I would appreciate it. I'd heard it's random, but I think there should be a code to not give someone having that kind of season declines during the season.

05-26-2004, 08:00 AM	#2
KurtBevacqua Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,968	I think you were just hosed by the gods of randomness. I've never heard of the cycle theory before. __________________ "The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. The radical vice of all these schemes, from a sociological point of view, is that C is not allowed a voice in the matter, and his position, character, and interests, as well as the ultimate effects on society through C's interests, are entirely overlooked. I call C the Forgotten Man" - William Graham Sumner

05-26-2004, 08:33 AM	#3
Henry Hall of Fame Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,498	So much depends on how you set up the league, which rosters sets, what variables you set, whether you edited any players, etc. What your apparently seeing is not "common" in V6 and certainly the career curves in V6 are better than those in V5. ALso, are you using the latest version of V5 (5.14b) ?