OOTP 17 tiebreaker Q

Dale Sams · 08-23-2016, 12:10 AM

Pre wild card...in An OOTP 16 season...2005, Red Sox and Yanks tied for the division and a 1 game playoff was forced. This should not have happened. Head-to-head should have determined the division winner.

Has this been addressed?

Le Grande Orange · 08-23-2016, 01:05 AM

In real life, a tie-breaking playoff game would have occurred if the loser would have been eliminated from post-season contention. If the tied clubs were both in the post-season regardless (i.e. they had a better record than the second place clubs in the other divisions) then the division winner and wild card qualifier were determined by non-game tie-breakers.

In regards to that latter scenario, I don't think OOTP does that. It plays a tie-breaking game regardless.

bwburke94 · 08-23-2016, 03:10 PM

In real 2005, the loser of a one-game playoff would have been the wild card anyway, so no game was played. The Yankees won the head-to-head series, and as a result received the better seed.

Orioles1966 · 08-24-2016, 11:38 AM

What happens if you cancel tie-breaker games(because they are wrong) and then re-schedule the correct games,what happens too the original games(do they still get played)?

Le Grande Orange · 08-24-2016, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bwburke94

In real 2005, the loser of a one-game playoff would have been the wild card anyway, so no game was played. The Yankees won the head-to-head series, and as a result received the better seed.

They were also declared the division winners.

That scenario happened three times from 1995-2011:

2001: Houston won division title over St. Louis due to better head-to-head record (9-7)
2005: New York won division title over Boston due to better head-to-head record (10-9)
2006: San Diego won division title over Los Angeles due to better head-to-head record (13-5)

The International League has a three division winner and one wild card qualifier playoff format; however, in its case, a tie for a division title where both clubs advance to the post-season has the tied teams being declared division co-champions, and the non-game tie-breakers are used to determine which is classified as the division winner and wild card for playoff matchup purposes.

08-23-2016, 12:10 AM	#1
Dale Sams Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 20	OOTP 17 tiebreaker Q Pre wild card...in An OOTP 16 season...2005, Red Sox and Yanks tied for the division and a 1 game playoff was forced. This should not have happened. Head-to-head should have determined the division winner. Has this been addressed?

08-23-2016, 01:05 AM	#2
Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Up There Posts: 15,642	In real life, a tie-breaking playoff game would have occurred if the loser would have been eliminated from post-season contention. If the tied clubs were both in the post-season regardless (i.e. they had a better record than the second place clubs in the other divisions) then the division winner and wild card qualifier were determined by non-game tie-breakers. In regards to that latter scenario, I don't think OOTP does that. It plays a tie-breaking game regardless.

08-23-2016, 03:10 PM	#3
bwburke94 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Belchertown, MA, USA Posts: 4,522	In real 2005, the loser of a one-game playoff would have been the wild card anyway, so no game was played. The Yankees won the head-to-head series, and as a result received the better seed.

08-24-2016, 11:38 AM	#4
Orioles1966 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,869	What happens if you cancel tie-breaker games(because they are wrong) and then re-schedule the correct games,what happens too the original games(do they still get played)?