Playoffs?!?!?! You wanna talk about PLAYOFFS?!?!

elgringo79 · 12-30-2007, 10:49 PM

What gives???

I finished my AA season first in the division... but I am NOT in the playoffs!!! Instead it's the 2nd and 4th place teams in my division and the 1st and 2nd place teams in the other division. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE???

I just started playing OOTP a couple months ago. I'm playing in the manager career mode. My owner said my goal for the season was to make the playoffs. I was so excited to win the division, and now this. UGH.

can anyone tell me what's going on?

zekester91 · 12-31-2007, 11:10 AM

Just a guess but do you have spit season playoffs check in the set up of the league.

it is possible that the 4th place team had the best first half of the season and then tanked (I've done it in spit season formats where I've won the first half and then tried diffrent line ups since I already had my playoff spot) and the second place team had the best second half.

in split season playoffs the team with the best recored in the first half and the best record in the second half make the playoffs. Overall record does not play a role in determining who goes to the playoffs.

elgringo79 · 12-31-2007, 12:52 PM

Thanks! That would certainly explain it. The 4th place team was in first at the half, and the 2nd place team was farther out of it than I was at the half.

Just found the setting. Sure enough. Cost me a promotion (maybe). It saved the playoff schedule already, so there's no going back. Wish I could go back just one day to change the setting and see if I could get in, but one of the nice/not nice features of the game is you can't just reload from a saved point.

zekester91 · 12-31-2007, 01:00 PM

It's on the option tab of the league set up. The playoff mode drop down.

zekester91 · 12-31-2007, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elgringo79

but one of the nice/not nice features of the game is you can't just reload from a saved point.

you can, you just have to manual back up the league before you start playing, it's a pain to make daily save points, but I've re-loaded from save points (read Back-ups) before.

elgringo79 · 12-31-2007, 01:34 PM

thanks again.

I've done some back-ups along the way but can't see how you load from them. Not overly concerned about it tho.

Since I DID win the division, iron-man style, I took the liberty of promoting myself. I resigned, advanced a couple days so a new AA manager was hired, and then went to commissioner mode and appointed myself AAA manager. The old AAA manager was last in the division two years running, and I just turned a last place AA team into a first place team. So while this is technically cheating, it's still plausible. And if not for the split season playoffs, I would've met my owner's expectations, and how could they keep that bum at AAA with young hot shot manager like me at AA? :P

Le Grande Orange · 12-31-2007, 01:45 PM

For what it's worth, 9 of the 16 leagues in the real-world affiliated minors use the split-season format:

Southern League (AA)
Texas League (AA)
California League (A-Adv.)
Carolina League (A-Adv.)
Florida State League (A-Adv.)
Midwest League (A)
South Atlantic League (A)
Pioneer League (Rookie-Adv.)
Arizona League (Rookie)

Most of the independent minor leagues use the split-season format as well.

elgringo79 · 12-31-2007, 02:02 PM

oh. well...

12-30-2007, 10:49 PM	#1
elgringo79 Bat Boy Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 12	Playoffs?!?!?! You wanna talk about PLAYOFFS?!?! What gives??? I finished my AA season first in the division... but I am NOT in the playoffs!!! Instead it's the 2nd and 4th place teams in my division and the 1st and 2nd place teams in the other division. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE??? I just started playing OOTP a couple months ago. I'm playing in the manager career mode. My owner said my goal for the season was to make the playoffs. I was so excited to win the division, and now this. UGH. can anyone tell me what's going on?

12-31-2007, 11:10 AM	#2
zekester91 All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,122	Just a guess but do you have spit season playoffs check in the set up of the league. it is possible that the 4th place team had the best first half of the season and then tanked (I've done it in spit season formats where I've won the first half and then tried diffrent line ups since I already had my playoff spot) and the second place team had the best second half. in split season playoffs the team with the best recored in the first half and the best record in the second half make the playoffs. Overall record does not play a role in determining who goes to the playoffs. __________________ Bobby Bowden must have a hell of a recruiting pitch, "Son if you come on down to Tallahasee, you just might be able to watch me die during practice!" The road was closed while the Hartford Police Department's bomb squad came and blew up the chicken.

12-31-2007, 12:52 PM	#3
elgringo79 Bat Boy Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 12	Thanks! That would certainly explain it. The 4th place team was in first at the half, and the 2nd place team was farther out of it than I was at the half. Just found the setting. Sure enough. Cost me a promotion (maybe). It saved the playoff schedule already, so there's no going back. Wish I could go back just one day to change the setting and see if I could get in, but one of the nice/not nice features of the game is you can't just reload from a saved point. Last edited by elgringo79; 12-31-2007 at 01:01 PM.

12-31-2007, 01:00 PM	#4
zekester91 All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,122	It's on the option tab of the league set up. The playoff mode drop down. __________________ Bobby Bowden must have a hell of a recruiting pitch, "Son if you come on down to Tallahasee, you just might be able to watch me die during practice!" The road was closed while the Hartford Police Department's bomb squad came and blew up the chicken.

12-31-2007, 01:34 PM	#6
elgringo79 Bat Boy Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 12	thanks again. I've done some back-ups along the way but can't see how you load from them. Not overly concerned about it tho. Since I DID win the division, iron-man style, I took the liberty of promoting myself. I resigned, advanced a couple days so a new AA manager was hired, and then went to commissioner mode and appointed myself AAA manager. The old AAA manager was last in the division two years running, and I just turned a last place AA team into a first place team. So while this is technically cheating, it's still plausible. And if not for the split season playoffs, I would've met my owner's expectations, and how could they keep that bum at AAA with young hot shot manager like me at AA? :P

12-31-2007, 01:45 PM	#7
Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Up There Posts: 15,642	For what it's worth, 9 of the 16 leagues in the real-world affiliated minors use the split-season format: Southern League (AA) Texas League (AA) California League (A-Adv.) Carolina League (A-Adv.) Florida State League (A-Adv.) Midwest League (A) South Atlantic League (A) Pioneer League (Rookie-Adv.) Arizona League (Rookie) Most of the independent minor leagues use the split-season format as well.

12-31-2007, 02:02 PM	#8
elgringo79 Bat Boy Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 12	oh. well...