Unknown Players In Capped Tournaments

bclemens6 · 05-17-2020, 03:24 PM

Hey all,

I'm reasonably new to the OOTP Perfect Team scene (and OOTP in general), and I've been having a blast with it so far. I'm really enjoying the tournament setup, and particularly capped tournaments. I ran into a setup today that I hadn't seen before, and wanted to ask the community whether it's a valid strategy to pursue for myself or a little bit of an exploit.

In a Gold/Non-Live/1750 capped tournament, I ran into a team (who I won't name, that's not the point here) with only six position players. I thought that was kind of weird; did they have some good hitting pitchers? Nope, they actually had only 18 players overall, and left the spots in the lineup empty, which led to some players named J. Unknown getting the start at three spots in their lineup. It appears that J. Unknown is selected randomly from the player base -- my opponent had plenty of bronzes playing slightly out of position, but they also had a Diamond future legend Joey Bart at catcher.

This seems like a strategy that is probably worth pursuing given that you already need to semi-punt some positions in capped tourneys (or at least use some Belanger/young Clemente type cards that are low-rating). But it also feels a little weird to me to purposefully design my team this way, so I wanted to get a general sense of whether that's just considered a neat little strategic optimization or somewhat unsporting before trying it myself. What say you?

daves · 05-17-2020, 03:48 PM

Some teams join tournaments but don't set rosters. If the game can't recall a set roster and the roster is not set, then here comes Joe Unknown to fill the gaps.

bclemens6 · 05-17-2020, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daves

Some teams join tournaments but don't set rosters. If the game can't recall a set roster and the roster is not set, then here comes Joe Unknown to fill the gaps.

That totally makes sense -- I'm just wondering if it's reasonable to do that on purpose. Like, literally put only six position players on your roster so that you're fielding three Joe Unknown's every day whether you want to or not.

tomnov · 06-08-2020, 06:43 AM

I almost did the same thing tonite.
I'm playing my first weekend of PT and I entered my 2nd tournament; didn't realize it was a non-live players only league.
Entered because I saw it was silver and below, didn't see that it was non-live cards.
Only had 9 qualifying pitchers and 11 qualifying hitters.
Won the first game with my best pitcher, but lost with weaker pitchers and tired bullpen after that.

05-17-2020, 03:24 PM	#1
bclemens6 Bat Boy Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 2	Unknown Players In Capped Tournaments Hey all, I'm reasonably new to the OOTP Perfect Team scene (and OOTP in general), and I've been having a blast with it so far. I'm really enjoying the tournament setup, and particularly capped tournaments. I ran into a setup today that I hadn't seen before, and wanted to ask the community whether it's a valid strategy to pursue for myself or a little bit of an exploit. In a Gold/Non-Live/1750 capped tournament, I ran into a team (who I won't name, that's not the point here) with only six position players. I thought that was kind of weird; did they have some good hitting pitchers? Nope, they actually had only 18 players overall, and left the spots in the lineup empty, which led to some players named J. Unknown getting the start at three spots in their lineup. It appears that J. Unknown is selected randomly from the player base -- my opponent had plenty of bronzes playing slightly out of position, but they also had a Diamond future legend Joey Bart at catcher. This seems like a strategy that is probably worth pursuing given that you already need to semi-punt some positions in capped tourneys (or at least use some Belanger/young Clemente type cards that are low-rating). But it also feels a little weird to me to purposefully design my team this way, so I wanted to get a general sense of whether that's just considered a neat little strategic optimization or somewhat unsporting before trying it myself. What say you?

05-17-2020, 03:48 PM	#2
daves Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,855	Some teams join tournaments but don't set rosters. If the game can't recall a set roster and the roster is not set, then here comes Joe Unknown to fill the gaps. __________________

06-08-2020, 06:43 AM	#4
tomnov Minors (Double A) Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 118	I almost did the same thing tonite. I'm playing my first weekend of PT and I entered my 2nd tournament; didn't realize it was a non-live players only league. Entered because I saw it was silver and below, didn't see that it was non-live cards. Only had 9 qualifying pitchers and 11 qualifying hitters. Won the first game with my best pitcher, but lost with weaker pitchers and tired bullpen after that.