Financial Question

Klew1986 · 05-20-2016, 07:56 PM

So I have a fictional game that started in 1980 and am currently in 2017 season. I started with financial settings from 1980 and thought I would enjoy using those settings. However, I have found I keep wanting to go back to current day financials. At this point, would it be okay to go to modern day financials? If so, I assume I should wait until off-season to do that?

Klew1986 · 06-05-2016, 07:11 AM

Would this effect the game in a negative way?

Spanish Lefty · 06-05-2016, 03:11 PM

You can change the financial settings, but that will mess up with the current players contracts, because there is a huge difference.

What I do is, every year, when the World Series ends, I go to the financial tab under "league settings" and multiply every cell by x1.03 to x1.05. Sometimes x1.02... others I leave it the same.

It has to be done gradually.

Bluenoser · 06-05-2016, 05:50 PM

Changing the financial settings will have no affect on current contracts, it will only affect things going forward. You should be fine if you're changing from 1980 to 2016 financials. It will just take a while before you'll see the overall affect on player and other contracts. As they come up for renewal the 2016 settings will be used.

Spanish Lefty · 06-05-2016, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

Changing the financial settings will have no affect on current contracts, it will only affect things going forward. You should be fine if you're changing from 1980 to 2016 financials. It will just take a while before you'll see the overall affect on player and other contracts. As they come up for renewal the 2016 settings will be used.

Well, if a good player signed a 7-year contract with the 1986 financial settings and suddenly you change to 2016 settings, you get a 80.000/year for a superstar in an environment where 507.500 is the league minimum.

That is what I meant with "it will mess up"

boggs26 · 06-05-2016, 06:53 PM

Would it be best to do the switch over the course of a few seasons? Jump maybe 3 or 4 years each off season until you're caught up to the present? That way you won't have massive contact discrepancies

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NoOne · 06-05-2016, 09:35 PM

on the main league settings page, look for "assign Financials..." or some such string of words... there are at least 2 relevant options... read carefully as to which is the one you want to use.

this may have some side-effects... i think one will re-do market sizes? just check out the manual if the tittle of the function isn't clear to you. always make a backup first when doing this stuff, too.

otherwise, some teams will greatly benefit from any long-term contract of a potentially extremely large contract... 10-20 years all would be 'normal' to your settings. it would probably cause a noticeable bump in contract sizes for a short period of time, while teams had extra budget room from the ultra cheap left-over contracts. it wouldn't be game-breaking, imo.

MrBojangles · 06-06-2016, 12:09 AM

Good advice. I am 8 years into my season and I had just assumed that financials would adjust themselves.

Bluenoser · 06-06-2016, 05:02 AM

You can click the "assign fictional contracts to personnel, players, and fictional financials to teams" in that order, all finances (including current contracts) will be updated to reflect your changes.

If you assign fictional financials to teams, be sure and check the team financials page after. You may not agree with market sizes, fan interest/loyalty that is assigned by the game. Adjust accordingly.

05-20-2016, 07:56 PM	#1
Klew1986 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,727	Financial Question So I have a fictional game that started in 1980 and am currently in 2017 season. I started with financial settings from 1980 and thought I would enjoy using those settings. However, I have found I keep wanting to go back to current day financials. At this point, would it be okay to go to modern day financials? If so, I assume I should wait until off-season to do that?

06-05-2016, 09:35 PM	#7
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	on the main league settings page, look for "assign Financials..." or some such string of words... there are at least 2 relevant options... read carefully as to which is the one you want to use. this may have some side-effects... i think one will re-do market sizes? just check out the manual if the tittle of the function isn't clear to you. always make a backup first when doing this stuff, too. otherwise, some teams will greatly benefit from any long-term contract of a potentially extremely large contract... 10-20 years all would be 'normal' to your settings. it would probably cause a noticeable bump in contract sizes for a short period of time, while teams had extra budget room from the ultra cheap left-over contracts. it wouldn't be game-breaking, imo. Last edited by NoOne; 06-05-2016 at 09:39 PM.

06-06-2016, 05:02 AM	#9
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,539	You can click the "assign fictional contracts to personnel, players, and fictional financials to teams" in that order, all finances (including current contracts) will be updated to reflect your changes. If you assign fictional financials to teams, be sure and check the team financials page after. You may not agree with market sizes, fan interest/loyalty that is assigned by the game. Adjust accordingly. Last edited by Bluenoser; 06-06-2016 at 05:04 AM.

06-05-2016, 07:11 AM	#2
Klew1986 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,727	Would this effect the game in a negative way?

06-05-2016, 03:11 PM	#3
Spanish Lefty Minors (Single A) Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 69	You can change the financial settings, but that will mess up with the current players contracts, because there is a huge difference. What I do is, every year, when the World Series ends, I go to the financial tab under "league settings" and multiply every cell by x1.03 to x1.05. Sometimes x1.02... others I leave it the same. It has to be done gradually.

06-05-2016, 05:50 PM	#4
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,539	Changing the financial settings will have no affect on current contracts, it will only affect things going forward. You should be fine if you're changing from 1980 to 2016 financials. It will just take a while before you'll see the overall affect on player and other contracts. As they come up for renewal the 2016 settings will be used.

06-05-2016, 06:53 PM	#6
boggs26 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 45	Would it be best to do the switch over the course of a few seasons? Jump maybe 3 or 4 years each off season until you're caught up to the present? That way you won't have massive contact discrepancies Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

06-06-2016, 12:09 AM	#8
MrBojangles All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: low and inside Posts: 568	Good advice. I am 8 years into my season and I had just assumed that financials would adjust themselves.