Too many young players

Honolulu Blue · 06-16-2007, 04:50 AM

I started getting back into this game a few days ago when I ran into this problem. Of the 264 players in the draft pool, 127 are either 16 or 17 years old. That's almost half - far in excess of what any realistic MLB-style draft pool would be. I didn't recall this being a problem in previous versions.

I'm using the 2.0.2.53 version.

P.S. Apologies for the sketchiness of the attachment; it's only used to document what was discussed above.

Nutlaw · 06-16-2007, 06:14 PM

Do you have any feeder leagues active in your game universe?

injury log · 06-16-2007, 06:52 PM

I've noticed this as well, in a standard fictional league, no feeder leagues. It seems in the latest patch, the age range for created draft-eligibles was lowered by a year, from 17 to 23 down to 16 to 22 yrs old. While 16 is too young for a realistic MLB draft, 23 year old draftees are rare as well, although they exist; they seemed too common pre-patch.

Zeyes · 06-16-2007, 07:37 PM

One problem is that there's a hole in the created birthdates; for a draft in 2007 the highschoolers will be born between 01-01-1989 and 12-31-1990, and the college players between 01-01-1985 and 12-31-1987, leading to a discontinuity at age 18/19 which just doesn't exist in the real draft pool, perhaps due to the presence of repeat entries. It's especially noticeable if the draft happens very early in the year (say, March), as is the issue of having too many 16-year olds.

Edit: BTW, this isn't a problem with feeder leagues...in that case, the game seems to use the exact date of the draft as the cutoff point; i.e. if your college feeder has limits 18-21, the youngest players in the draft will be those who turn 22 exactly on the draft date. Perhaps the fictional draft pool generation should be changed so that it uses the draft date for the boundaries as well, instead of Jan 1st/Dec 31st.

Nutlaw · 06-16-2007, 10:37 PM

Tt 3706

Honolulu Blue · 06-17-2007, 05:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nutlaw

Do you have any feeder leagues active in your game universe?

No feeders. Draft is on June 15.

And thanks for the TT.

Nutlaw · 07-09-2007, 07:19 PM

This issue has been claimed fixed for the next patch. If you continue to see this issue after the patch is released, please post in Tech Support along with the above TT number. Thanks.

Nutlaw · 08-14-2007, 06:40 PM

This issue has been found not to be fixed by the testers. It was regressed and sent back to the developers for evaluation.

Nutlaw · 09-05-2007, 06:23 PM

This issue has now been marked as something to consider for the next full release of the game.

06-16-2007, 07:37 PM	#4
Zeyes All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 818	One problem is that there's a hole in the created birthdates; for a draft in 2007 the highschoolers will be born between 01-01-1989 and 12-31-1990, and the college players between 01-01-1985 and 12-31-1987, leading to a discontinuity at age 18/19 which just doesn't exist in the real draft pool, perhaps due to the presence of repeat entries. It's especially noticeable if the draft happens very early in the year (say, March), as is the issue of having too many 16-year olds. Edit: BTW, this isn't a problem with feeder leagues...in that case, the game seems to use the exact date of the draft as the cutoff point; i.e. if your college feeder has limits 18-21, the youngest players in the draft will be those who turn 22 exactly on the draft date. Perhaps the fictional draft pool generation should be changed so that it uses the draft date for the boundaries as well, instead of Jan 1st/Dec 31st. Last edited by Zeyes; 06-16-2007 at 07:43 PM.

06-16-2007, 06:14 PM	#2
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	Do you have any feeder leagues active in your game universe?

06-16-2007, 06:52 PM	#3
injury log Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 9,162	I've noticed this as well, in a standard fictional league, no feeder leagues. It seems in the latest patch, the age range for created draft-eligibles was lowered by a year, from 17 to 23 down to 16 to 22 yrs old. While 16 is too young for a realistic MLB draft, 23 year old draftees are rare as well, although they exist; they seemed too common pre-patch.

06-16-2007, 10:37 PM	#5
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	Tt 3706

07-09-2007, 07:19 PM	#7
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	This issue has been claimed fixed for the next patch. If you continue to see this issue after the patch is released, please post in Tech Support along with the above TT number. Thanks.

08-14-2007, 06:40 PM	#8
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	This issue has been found not to be fixed by the testers. It was regressed and sent back to the developers for evaluation.

09-05-2007, 06:23 PM	#9
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	This issue has now been marked as something to consider for the next full release of the game.