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[Eugene Church]

CD, as I told you, I just created the Freemans in my league, letting the AI create their ratings... I did not let you choose all of the details... you make things too complex and too detailed.

It would take me too much time if I did it the way you wanted me.

All I did was created two players in two of my leagues...I looked at their ratings and saw they were average and could complete in my leagues... I was not going to make them super superstars.with ungodly ratings.. that would ruin my leagues to have outrageous stats... I made one of them one year older than the other... that's all I did... all of the L/R, birthplace and other details you might like, I did not do that... I was not going to spend a lot of time on your players.

Be happy that I included your players.

I am not going to make any changes in their personal data or ratings.

Sorry.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Of course I am, EC. No need to change their personal data and all, either. Not a problem for me, either. Just so you know.

I prefer players to have as realistic ratings as possible, and I often prefer lower-scoring environments as well, I believe. Some players might prefer higher-scoring environments, and I have no problem with that, at all, either.

You and I, though, for instance, often seem to prefer lower-scoring games, much like those when you were younger, or even before you were born, if I'm not too mistaken here. Right? Just wondering, that's all. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

What are your current strategy and roster settings for the IPA, EC, at least? If not also your usual financial settings for it, and/or any other settings you think that I might be interested in seeing for it?

I'd, for instance, like to set up my various game worlds, whether past, present, or future ones, so that nobody makes more than, say, a few million dollars, at most, per season, even in the 21st Century, if I'm ever able to play into it, or start in it, actually. And I don't want default pitching rotations to be greater than four pitchers, normally, if they don't have to be. Among certain other things that I don't want to see in them, either, if I don't absolutely have to have those things in them at all.

Anyway, I have that project I really want and need to finish up as soon as possible, at least for now, so I can hopefully get back to doing more graphics and certain other things just as soon as possible, of course, so I'll close this here. Thank you for your time and attention and all here, then, EC, as always. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

CD, I play a very simple game.

My settings are for 1950s baseball...both stats-wise and financially... I let the AI do all the roster changes and contracts... I really don't care about the finances... I pay no attention to finances at all.

I pretty much let the league play out and I watch it and report on it.

Graphics are probably the most important thing in my leagues... l really love well-created and well-created color combinations, based on my concept of what looks good, of course... but I think I have a good eye and most people would be pleased with the graphics of my leagues... well-done graphics really help me get immersed in my leagues... they come alive because of good graphics... people who don't get good graphics are missing out on a great part of the game... I see a lot of dynasty leagues that don't have good graphics... I don't read them.

Stats are very important, too... I want home-run leaders to be in the 40 to 60 HR range... RBIs to be 120 to 150... League BA .250 to .260... team fielding to around .975... League ERAs around 4.00... team wins around 95 maximum on the average... .260 League BA... team HR leaders 150 to 200 each year... team scoring leader 750 to 800 runs a year.

I use no finances in my South Island Leagues... it's a semi-pro league with a very short 14-game schedule, played only on Sunday afternoon.
I want more errors and more runs as the level is just better than high school, but not as good as college... or pro ball.

.950 FA for the league fielding average... more scoring... team leader might score 6 runs a game with league average 4.50 ERA.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Think you could share some screenshots of your usual settings for your IPA, perhaps? Also, jg2977, could you do the same for your IPA? I'd like to compare them, if I can, in fact, and see which of you has settings more like I'm probably looking for here, please.

Thanks in advance if you do so, of course, you two. I'll get back to you as soon as I possibly can with more graphics and all here, but it may still be a while yet before I can, you know. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Think you could share some screenshots of your usual settings for your IPA, perhaps? Also, jg2977, could you do the same for your IPA? I'd like to compare them, if I can, in fact, and see which of you has settings more like I'm probably looking for here, please.

Thanks in advance if you do so, of course, you two. I'll get back to you as soon as I possibly can with more graphics and all here, but it may still be a while yet before I can, you know. CD out.

What is your favorite season or era in baseball history?... pick a season that you like the stats output and use that year for your settings... that is the easiest way to do it.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Well, as you may know, I like good speed, good pitching, good defense, and versatility on my teams that I typically run, if not also youth and/or good hitting. Not so much a fan of long balls, though, to be honest.

I prefer non-DH settings and four-pitcher rotations by default with generally no more than about a third of an active roster consisting of pitchers, whether during most of the season or after the roster expansion deadline, for starters. For 25-man rosters, I generally prefer teams to have no more than about 8 or 9 pitchers on a typical roster at any time, and for starters to usually be able to last in their starts until late in the sixth inning, if not at least into the seventh inning, with the bullpen typically covering the rest of the game from whenever the starters get removed. In essence, I probably prefer much more of a National League-style game, when i watch or manage games out, where pitchers hit and all, more often than not, with double-switches often common, for instance.

I'm not a fan of artificial turf nor non-retractable domed stadiums, as a general rule. I really liked following Whitey's Cardinals when they were running and gunning like they were, so to speak. I wonder what they could have done had Busch Stadium had natural grass instead of artificial turf while he was still managing them, in truth, every so often.

I liked players like Ozzie and Bruce and Willie, among others, of course, but there were probably some players I didn't like then, as well. I can't exactly remember who those players might be or were, at the moment, if that was the case when I was about 30 or so years younger than now, or at least not well, most likely.

Ideally, I'd like to see pitchers in my various worlds have good chances at getting at least 300 wins, if not more than that, with at least 2,000 strikeouts with ERAs below 3.00, on average, at the very least, and pitching for at least as many innings as they get for themselves, strikeouts-wise, if they're starting pitchers. I don't like pitch counts, generally, either. But I really don't know of any sufficiently good way to prevent the game from potentially basing just how long a starting pitcher can go in most games on them, if the game is often doing so for default stamina and all here, as of yet.

In any case, I suppose I'd best get back to working on that current main writing project of mine, as soon as I possibly can, so I can hopefully then complete it sufficiently well for now as soon as possible and all. Thank you for your time and all, then, EC, as always. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

CD, try to keep your posts simple when you reply.

All I asked for was your favorite era and you wrote a novel.

Check out Baseball-Reference... look at the team stats from 1955 to 1959... that the period I use for my IPA... there are 4-man rotations... with 8 pitchers... I only have 21-man rosters, not 25... there will be more pitchers if you use the 25-man rosters... the stats will be similar to what you say you like.

Just pick a year from 1955 to 1959 and use it for your league... you should be happy with it... check my IPA season stats... if they look like something you want in your league, then take my advice and choose one of the seasons I mentioned.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Okay, thank you, will do as you suggest as soon as possible, then, EC. Please stay tuned. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Here are the team stats for the NL and AL in 1959... they did not steal bases back then, so you will have increase the number of stolen bases in your league settings.

Hope this helps you.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Thank you for the information, EC. Next chance I get to spend enough time working with any or all of my available dynasties to date, I'll try and see if I can find the appropriate statistical records for various seasons in them. I do have a dynasty now in the 1930's, I believe, for 19, but not really sure just what the latest year I've ever run games in is at the moment, with any version of OOTP I've played to date. I'll have to see later, if and when I can, though, of course. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Here are the 1959 LA Dodgers and Milwaukee Braves season stats.

Is this the type of stats you want.

Keep your reply simple and to the point... don't write another novel.

[Eugene Church]

CD, Here is my league settings for rosters.

I get 1950s-era baseball results with these settings... my stolen bases are too high, so I plan to cut down on them next year... they didn't steal bases much in the 1950s... I overdid it, I think.
I will drop back to "Normal" on stolen bases.

Run a test league with these settings and see what you get.

But I think the best way to get the stats you want is to find a MLB season with those stats and import that year in your game.

I ran test leagues when I first set up the Islandian Pro Alliance... and it has turned out well for me... I did make a few occasional adjustments along the way over the years... basically I want league batting average to be .260 and league ERA to be 4.00.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Thanks for the advice, and I'll try to keep it well in mind here for me in the future. I'm not sure yet what season or seasons would most likely give me the desired results just yet, though, unfortunately. Or if I'd have to mix certain settings or not, to get them easily enough, to be honest. EC. I'll have to do some digging, probably, of course, and go from there as possible and all.

What does that plus one on Hook for Relief Pitcher mean, for instance? Or the Hook for Starting Pitcher? What are the default settings, probably, for both kinds of pitchers, in terms of how long they might be able to pitch in games?

I generally go with a usual maximum of eight or nine pitchers and sixteen or seventeen position players per 25 players on an active roster, for most of any regular season, and usually allow 40 players after the roster expansion deadline, for teams in any of my leagues. I usually prefer teams to have deeper benches, with at least one player backing up every position, for sure. Just so you know.

Thank you for showing the above screenshot to me. And thanks for the advice, as always, too. I'll try to somehow actually get at least several more new graphics posted in this thread soon, as time and all then will allow me to here, of course, EC. Please stay tuned. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Default is the setting for normal or regular pulling of a pitcher when the starter gives up 4-6 runs... if I want it to be quicker than that, then I would change the "Default" setting to a "-1"

On the relief pitcher I don't him removed quickly so I made it "+1" which will let him stay in longer.

In my league I want the starter to complete games if possible or at least go 5, 6 or 7 innings.

I want to use 1, 2 or 3 pitchers a game.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

So higher is better, often, for hooks? Just wondering, that's all. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

So higher is better, often, for hooks? Just wondering, that's all. CD out.

+ numbers means it pull the pitcher quicker... - numbers mean it is slower to remove a pitcher.

The higher you go on the + number, the quicker the pitcher will be removed... the lower you go on - numbers, the slower a pitcher will be removed.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

So does that mean if Hook for starters is +1, they'd be pulled sooner? You said that if you wanted to have them removed quicker, you'd use negative numbers, in an earlier post, and if you didn't, you'd keep them at default or positive numbers. This confuses me, then. Please let me know. Thank you. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

So does that mean if Hook for starters is +1, they'd be pulled sooner? You said that if you wanted to have them removed quicker, you'd use negative numbers, in an earlier post, and if you didn't, you'd keep them at default or positive numbers. This confuses me, then. Please let me know. Thank you. CD out.

Sorry, EC has trouble with reasoning of this type... I was wrong.

If you want to pull a pitcher quicker, use negative numbers... that is, "pull them or hook them quicker from the game".

If you want to pull them slower, use positive numbers... that is, "leave them in the game longer" and not "hook them as quickly"..

The AI setting for my starter was "Default"... you can change that setting to positive or negative, depending on which way you want to go... I was happy with the AI's original settings for the starters, but not the relievers... I wanted to cut down on how often the AI changed relievers.

The best way to do control settings in your game is to pick a year that has stats you like... then use whatever ever settings the game sets up.

Keep it simple, CD.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Okay, thank you for the clarification. Hopefully, I'll be able to do a lot of game-playing and/or graphics designing and posting soon, or at least some of either, if not both, of course, Lord willing, whether or not I'm actually done with this project's first draft well enough by my birthday, then, EC. Chances don't look good that I'll be able to be done with it well enough by Saturday, though, but I'm still certainly going to try my best here to do so, you know. CD out.