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Originally Posted by Drstrangelove
Maybe it's me or this isn't what you're expecting, but yea, that's how it actually works. Under default, some teams are weaker than others. E.g., c. 2016, Oakland can't compete with Boston, Miami can't compete with the Dodgers. Some people like to sim the way MLB actually works. Nonetheless, there are other options like manually changing all the markets and making them the same size, setting all the budgets to the same amount, making stadiums the same size, etc. If that's what you want, you're able to do that as you please. I'd suspect that in some of the leagues, they do just that so it's an even board.
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Hi drstrangelove, thank you for your thoughts.
Unfortunately, my argument was taken out of context and I did not try to argue that Oakland should be like Boston. What I was trying to argue was that, in OOTP19, winning has a much smaller effect on increasing fan interest. As you can see from my Detroit's example given above, even after four seasons winning 100+ games, the fan interest remains largely unchanged. In OOTP18, going to playoffs for four straight seasons would probably increase your fan interest to 90 (if not 100). And sustained success would eventually increase the fan loyalty, leading to higher budget for your team. By contrast, in OOTP19, fan interest is harder to move, meaning that your team's budget will only increase slightly (and will never see a large boost that comes when fan loyalty/market size improves), even when you have a sustained success.
Never have I tried to argue that Oakland should have the same budget/market size/fan loyalty as Boston, or that disparity between the two teams is unfair. But rather, I am making the point that by making the fan interest so hard to move, a sustained success is your sim leads to very little tangible changes to your team.
Hope this helps,