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07-03-2011, 01:10 PM | #1 |
Bat Boy
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: CT, USA
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Player Popularity in Small Markets
I've found that the formula for determining player popularity seems off. This wouldn't be an issue if it didn't effect the fans so much. I am a lonely Pirates fan and have managed them starting a few different times. At the end of the season for many of my players neither the local nor national reputations makes sense. I'll have a player like Sean Gallagher who I might have started 5 times and spent most of the season in the minors come out as very popular on both. Meanwhile I'll have a player like Jeremy Bonderman who started 30 games, led the team in ERA and Wins and was my only starter with an ERA below 5.00 be insignificant.
I've had the same issues with position players as well. This is killing me because I end up having to resign bad players just to keep the fans happy. At the end of one season I lost Gallagher and Ross Ohlendorf (who had a horrible year) and then signed Albert Puljos (who had won the triple crown) and my sum fan interest dropped. Maybe it was from the loss of Pirates fans who had heart attacks when the Bucs spent money I'm sure that the system seems fine for the big salary teams but for the small markets it is a little off and unlike OOTP11 or 12 I can't turn it off. |
07-04-2011, 01:38 PM | #2 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Aug 2003
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I've only recently started looking at player popularity, but I'm pretty sure the logic built around it is ... uh ... irregular.
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07-04-2011, 02:50 PM | #3 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: North of England Gods Country
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The popularity ratings are sometimes strange, I usually play fiction with a fictional city file and always go through the rosters and edit the popularity of a player not all but some. I figure if a player plays for his hometown team or a team within his county (state) then he should be bumped up a bit in popularity, say over a player who was born on the otherside of the country.
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07-04-2011, 08:19 PM | #4 | |
Minors (Double A)
Join Date: Dec 2007
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How do you edit popularity in iOOTP? |
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07-05-2011, 01:15 PM | #5 |
Hall Of Famer
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Location: North of England Gods Country
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Sorry novae I should have made myself clearer, I was talking in general about popularity over the OOTP versions. At this moment in time I haven't purchased iOOTP as it doesn't give me the depth I like with OOTP so have no idea if you can change the popularity in iOOTP, I do however change them in OOTP so sorry for the confusion.
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07-05-2011, 01:45 PM | #6 | |
Minors (Single A)
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Canada
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When I see this in OOTP, I chalk it up to some kind of off-field factor, like community involvement, or being well liked by the media. |
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07-05-2011, 05:49 PM | #7 |
Minors (Double A)
Join Date: Dec 2007
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No problem ukhotstove. I know that we can change popularity settings in OOTP, but not in iOOTP. At least not yet - lol.
Though, I wish I could have changed Scott Richmond's popularity since he tanked my market/loyalty and fan interest when I released him. |
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