Question about starting league - what market size do you use?

Eric · 03-09-2015, 10:27 PM

I've been planning on starting a league for the past week and I'm about to pull the trigger - or at least hit press the 'start game'. The plan for me is to be the GM and manager for one team.

What do you do about market size? I've seen the thread about using the draft budget to set market size. However what do people do for market size and why? I'm torn between have different market sizes and having everybody with the same market size. Just looking for insight between pros and cons.

megamanmatt · 03-10-2015, 02:09 AM

I tend to use the draft budget to set it initially and then just let it go on it's own for the most part. I'll occasionally tweak it if a team moves into another's market or when one leaves though.

jpeters1734 · 03-10-2015, 09:15 AM

it really just depends on how you want your league's finances to look like. you want the average to be around 6 or you run the risk of there being either too much or too little cash flow in the league. I usually don't go below 3 or 04 and above 10 or 11

darkcloud4579 · 03-10-2015, 08:32 PM

I do whatever i can to neutralize market sizes since OOTP doesn't model them right and they're more hassle than they're worth. I put national tv contracts, share them across the league and zero out merchandise, local tv deals and don't let teams set their own ticket prices.

Still get competitive leagues without the annoyance of that feature.

Tram2Whitaker · 03-11-2015, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkcloud4579

I do whatever i can to neutralize market sizes since OOTP doesn't model them right and they're more hassle than they're worth. I put national tv contracts, share them across the league and zero out merchandise, local tv deals and don't let teams set their own ticket prices.

Still get competitive leagues without the annoyance of that feature.

It is a hassle and annoyance. I don't believe I've successfully done it before; although I set the entire league to 20 once.

darkcloud4579 · 03-11-2015, 01:31 PM

I did create a financial mod called GMExcel which opens in Excel or Open Office or whatever. It's had thousands of downloads over the past few years and it makes the financials work better, but it's external and it takes a lot of work.

That link will take you to the thread. You can download it here.

Honorable_Pawn · 03-11-2015, 03:42 PM

First I put all of the league-creation default market size data in Excel. Then I keep that total within a percent or two and design my factors in relation to that total.

03-09-2015, 10:27 PM	#1
Eric All Star Starter Join Date: May 2002 Location: Folsom, CA Posts: 1,233	Question about starting league - what market size do you use? I've been planning on starting a league for the past week and I'm about to pull the trigger - or at least hit press the 'start game'. The plan for me is to be the GM and manager for one team. What do you do about market size? I've seen the thread about using the draft budget to set market size. However what do people do for market size and why? I'm torn between have different market sizes and having everybody with the same market size. Just looking for insight between pros and cons.

03-10-2015, 02:09 AM	#2
megamanmatt Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeville, Minnesota Posts: 2,416	I tend to use the draft budget to set it initially and then just let it go on it's own for the most part. I'll occasionally tweak it if a team moves into another's market or when one leaves though. __________________ "The Minneapolis Lakers moved to Los Angeles, where there are no lakes; The Oilers moved to Tennessee where there is no oil; the Jazz moved to Salt Lake City where they don't allow music; The Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles and then back to Oakland, no one in Los Angeles seemed to notice." Note to self: Princess Kenny was really off-putting.

03-10-2015, 09:15 AM	#3
jpeters1734 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Juust a bit outside... Posts: 5,617	it really just depends on how you want your league's finances to look like. you want the average to be around 6 or you run the risk of there being either too much or too little cash flow in the league. I usually don't go below 3 or 04 and above 10 or 11 __________________ "Cannonball Coming!" Go Bucs!! Founder and League Caretaker of the Professional Baseball Circuit, www.probaseballcircuit.com An Un-Official Guide to Minor League Management in OOTP 21 Ratings Scale Conversion Cross-Reference Cheat Sheet

03-10-2015, 08:32 PM	#4
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,305 Blog Entries: 32	I do whatever i can to neutralize market sizes since OOTP doesn't model them right and they're more hassle than they're worth. I put national tv contracts, share them across the league and zero out merchandise, local tv deals and don't let teams set their own ticket prices. Still get competitive leagues without the annoyance of that feature. __________________ Godfather of Fast-Sim OOTP My Mods: GMExcel 24 Major League Women's Baseball (OOTP24) quickstart Indian Premier League \| 300+ years of baseball quickstart \| Expatriate League quickstart \| Off-Field Injuries Update \| Women's Name File for OOTP \| My (outdated) market calculator & financial spreadsheets

03-11-2015, 01:31 PM	#6
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,305 Blog Entries: 32	I did create a financial mod called GMExcel which opens in Excel or Open Office or whatever. It's had thousands of downloads over the past few years and it makes the financials work better, but it's external and it takes a lot of work. That link will take you to the thread. You can download it here. __________________ Godfather of Fast-Sim OOTP My Mods: GMExcel 24 Major League Women's Baseball (OOTP24) quickstart Indian Premier League \| 300+ years of baseball quickstart \| Expatriate League quickstart \| Off-Field Injuries Update \| Women's Name File for OOTP \| My (outdated) market calculator & financial spreadsheets

03-11-2015, 03:42 PM	#7
Honorable_Pawn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 6,407	First I put all of the league-creation default market size data in Excel. Then I keep that total within a percent or two and design my factors in relation to that total. __________________ PBA Quickstart for OOTP Background Images Collection All PBA games broadcast live on Steam.