Historical Question

bgresshrh · 03-20-2006, 01:04 AM

If there are no more ghost players, how accurately will historical replays be if there will not be enough players to fill a major league roster, let alone a minor league roster?

BaseballMan · 03-20-2006, 01:29 AM

Im not sure and i may be wrong but i didnt think ghost players had much effect on leagues. I thought they were mostly used so that minor leagues
could be simmed and the real/fictional players could develop.
Anyways i think we could just create clone players so i dont think it would be a problem.

battists · 03-20-2006, 08:24 AM

One possibility as well is that in this version, you could opt to have NO minor leagues, instead of the default 3 minor leagues that OOTP 6.5 had...

I think you'd still end up with a reserve roster, though.

Malleus Dei · 03-20-2006, 08:33 AM

According to Markus, you can have no minor league teams, in which case you still have reserves who practice a lot.

battists · 03-20-2006, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Malleus Dei

According to Markus, you can have no minor league teams, in which case you still have reserves who practice a lot.

Scooped!

Cras · 03-22-2006, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Malleus Dei

According to Markus, you can have no minor league teams, in which case you still have reserves who practice a lot.

Pratice! We are talking about practice man. Not a game! Not a game! We are talking about......practice.

Sorry I couldn't resist. I wonder then if you can control practice schedules like you could in FM 2005 and the CM games. SI had to take out the training because it was too complicated and detailed for most.

jbsnadb · 03-22-2006, 11:02 PM

As a native Philadelphian, I appreciate that.

cephasjames · 03-23-2006, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Malleus Dei

According to Markus, you can have no minor league teams, in which case you still have reserves who practice a lot.

Though not ideal, imo, that sounds like the best solution.

stl jason · 04-05-2006, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by bgresshrh

If there are no more ghost players, how accurately will historical replays be if there will not be enough players to fill a major league roster, let alone a minor league roster?

I started a historical league from 1903. After the first season ended, the game asked if I wanted to import real rookies (I said yes, but it then advised there weren't any in the database, and it would need to create fictional ones). Well, I assume something went wrong in the off-season process (or else the scout and GM for this team are completely inept); cause as I had the game running through the 1904 season, I noticed something odd.

On the league leaderboard, there was one pitcher who was light-years ahead of everyone else in wins (had 18 wins after the first 46 games). So I pulled up that team to check it out. Turns out, he was the only pitcher on the staff, so he was pitching every game (had 28 losses at that point as well.)

f.montoya · 04-05-2006, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Malleus Dei

According to Markus, you can have no minor league teams, in which case you still have reserves who practice a lot.

There are no stats for reserves who are practicing a lot. Stats are what OOTP is all about, man. STATS!! WE WANT STATS!!!!

Sorry for shouting.

cephasjames · 04-05-2006, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by f.montoya

There are no stats for reserves who are practicing a lot. Stats are what OOTP is all about, man. STATS!! WE WANT STATS!!!!

Sorry for shouting.

If they're good enough to make it to The Show, they'll get stats. Just pretend it's like they're just warming the bench until they get it. You don't produce stats sitting on the bench.

03-20-2006, 01:04 AM	#1
bgresshrh Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Vegas Posts: 12	Historical Question If there are no more ghost players, how accurately will historical replays be if there will not be enough players to fill a major league roster, let alone a minor league roster?

03-20-2006, 01:29 AM	#2
BaseballMan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 6,672	Im not sure and i may be wrong but i didnt think ghost players had much effect on leagues. I thought they were mostly used so that minor leagues could be simmed and the real/fictional players could develop. Anyways i think we could just create clone players so i dont think it would be a problem.

03-20-2006, 08:24 AM	#3
battists Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 18,506	One possibility as well is that in this version, you could opt to have NO minor leagues, instead of the default 3 minor leagues that OOTP 6.5 had... I think you'd still end up with a reserve roster, though.

03-22-2006, 11:02 PM	#7
jbsnadb All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,098	As a native Philadelphian, I appreciate that.