Owners' nationalities in historical leagues

01010010 · 08-27-2014, 10:53 PM

I started a real player/team game with the 1946 season, the year before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. However, I was looking at the team owners and I've got owners from Japan, China, Cuba, Dominican Republic, etc. Obviously not realistic given the historical context.

Where did I go wrong in setting up the league that would cause this to happen? I think I will manually change the owners' nationalities for now, but I'm hoping there's a change I can make in the setup that in the future will result in a higher percentage of American owners as was the case back then.

01010010 · 08-28-2014, 02:13 AM

I should add that this applies to the fictional pitching coaches, hitting coaches, etc.

so49as · 08-28-2014, 08:26 AM

I believe, ,when setting up the league, these nationalities are controlled by the "Default Player Origin" setting. I can't think of exactly where that is off the top of my head, but it's in the same location as International Free agents, Rookie draft pool nationality, etc...

Hope this helps.

Orcin · 08-28-2014, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by so49as

I believe, ,when setting up the league, these nationalities are controlled by the "Default Player Origin" setting.

Whoa... wut? This doesn't just control created players?

JohnHoward · 08-29-2014, 01:51 PM

I always thought owner nationalities were random for the most part. Almost the first thing I do when I set up any league is to go through the owners and change their nationalities. Takes about a minute.

so49as · 08-29-2014, 02:37 PM

I just ran a test, importing the 1954 season. I changed the "Default Player Origin" to 100% Nepal. All players import with the correct nationalities. All owners and personnel (except for imported managers) are from Nepal.

01010010 · 08-30-2014, 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by so49as

I just ran a test, importing the 1954 season. I changed the "Default Player Origin" to 100% Nepal. All players import with the correct nationalities. All owners and personnel (except for imported managers) are from Nepal.

Good idea on the test, it sounds like that's the trick. I'm guessing that when I created the league, it was set to modern major league defaults. It never occurred to me that the default player origin nationalities would apply to owners and coaching staffs as well. Thanks.

FYI in case anybody looks to avoid this issue in the future, the setting is at:

Game Settings\League Settings\Players\Default Player Origin (big red edit button)

08-27-2014, 10:53 PM	#1
01010010 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: N/A Posts: 102	Owners' nationalities in historical leagues I started a real player/team game with the 1946 season, the year before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. However, I was looking at the team owners and I've got owners from Japan, China, Cuba, Dominican Republic, etc. Obviously not realistic given the historical context. Where did I go wrong in setting up the league that would cause this to happen? I think I will manually change the owners' nationalities for now, but I'm hoping there's a change I can make in the setup that in the future will result in a higher percentage of American owners as was the case back then.

08-28-2014, 02:13 AM	#2
01010010 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: N/A Posts: 102	I should add that this applies to the fictional pitching coaches, hitting coaches, etc.

08-28-2014, 08:26 AM	#3
so49as Major Leagues Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 325	I believe, ,when setting up the league, these nationalities are controlled by the "Default Player Origin" setting. I can't think of exactly where that is off the top of my head, but it's in the same location as International Free agents, Rookie draft pool nationality, etc... Hope this helps.

08-29-2014, 01:51 PM	#5
JohnHoward All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 624	I always thought owner nationalities were random for the most part. Almost the first thing I do when I set up any league is to go through the owners and change their nationalities. Takes about a minute.

08-29-2014, 02:37 PM	#6
so49as Major Leagues Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 325	I just ran a test, importing the 1954 season. I changed the "Default Player Origin" to 100% Nepal. All players import with the correct nationalities. All owners and personnel (except for imported managers) are from Nepal.