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Originally Posted by congokurtz
Deju, thanks for replying. If by the buttons on the top right you mean the inning situations of (early 1st-6th), late (7th & 8th), last (9th) and the scoring situations of close, closer and tied, I understand how to use those to fine tune, but it seems you can't fine tune for mop up situations, which you were able to do in prior versions. In your post you say the settings for ALL Time and All Scores override those special situations. Shouldn't it be the other way around? If that's not the case how would one go about unsetting the All Time All scores. Now if special situations override all times-all scores then RonCo may have helped me find my answer to addressing mop up situations. I could use the All Time, All scores as a mop up. And like RonCo said, If I understand the new system correctly, I too like the older system better which gave you more control over specific situations, such as separating being ahead by 1 to 3 runs or behind by 1 to 3 runs. The new system lumps them together. Also, I'm still befuddled by the defensive substitutions pulldown menu on the strategy page. I would like to see a leading by 1,2,3,4 runs "or more" situation. So for instance if leading by a run in the 7th I don't want to take out my big hitter for defensive purposes but if leading by 2 runs or more I would. As it is now it's all 2,3 or 4 runs "or less" situation. Then again, maybe I'm misunderstanding how it works. It would help if they updated the manual to reflect the current version.
Thanks for all your replies.
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It seems to me that when you hit one of the ALL buttons and set a strategy, it applies to all times or all scores. Then, if you set a slightly different setting when one of the specific button is pressed, it applies only to that PARTICULAR time or score. That's what I see when I monkey around with it.
I also see what you are saying about the defensive substitutions settings. "Leading by 5 runs or less" means leading by 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 run. I guess the way it was designed was to ask "what lead do you feel safe with that you do NOT need to do defensive substitutions?" Below this number, or if you are
losing, you are expected to want to leave your offensive (but defensively-challenged) batters in the lineup.
Yes, the logic is restrictive. When you say "if leading by a run in the 7th I don't want to take out my big hitter for defensive purposes but if leading by 2 runs or more I would," I don't think you can get there with these selections! If you choose "Leading by 1 run," then the guy comes out which is not what you want. If you choose "Leading by 2 runs or less," then the guy comes out anyway, since you are winning by either one OR two runs.
Long story made short: I think if you want more flexibility with these strategy and defensive substitution settings, you will want to look for a OOTPB
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