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dinosauryoshi · 07-11-2023, 04:15 AM

Hi all,

I'm a recent baseball convert and recently started working on some fictional world league in my head, I then discovered that OOTP's customisation is so deep that it might just be possible to make my idea and see how it pans out. I'd really appreciate it if someone told me how possible this idea is before I buy the game. I've scoured the forums here, and it seems most stuff is possible, but if anything I set out isn't, it would be great to know if a variation of it would be.

The League
So, the league will be split into 4 leagues of 20 teams, each with two conferences of 10 teams. Likely:

1. North America
2. Europe & Africa
3. Asia
4. South America/Oceania

The teams will play only those in their own league for the regular season, but for the playoffs they'll then play teams from all other leagues. This seems to be possible using the 'association' feature? I was thinking a playoff format of something like:

- The top team from each conference makes it to the final 16 automatically (filling 8 of the slots).
- The 2nd placed teams from each conference qualify automatically for a wildcard round, and play the 8 remaining teams with the best records across all 8 leagues.
- Those that win in the wildcard round go through to the final 16.

Player Generation

I know that each league has to have a nation. I'd set each league to have its nation as some central location that makes sense. E.g Asia might be China. As far as I understand it teams then don't have to be from that country to play in the league? Of course I'd want teams from all over Asia to play in the Asia league.

Could I make it so that players are generated into the overall draft pool based on countries in the league, rather than the league location? I'd want players being created from all countries, not just the one stated as the home of the league. This goes for all 4 leagues.

Finally for the draft, it seems possible to have an overall and regional one. Does that mean I could have for example 3 rounds where all teams can pick players from anywhere in the world, followed by the next 10 rounds being players from their region, followed by the final rounds being only players from their own country? Or am I asking too much?! I would do this for the inaugral draft, but then also for any subsequent yearly drafts.

It sounds like the game can randomly generate fictional players to start with, which is great.

In this fictional world I'll make all countries have more or less the same level of baseball talent.

I know I'd need to work out salary caps and all that complex stuff, but I'm sure I can figure that out if the above overarching structure is possible.

Thanks very much for reading my lengthy post

07-11-2023, 04:15 AM	#1
dinosauryoshi Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2023 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 411	World League idea (is this possible?) Hi all, I'm a recent baseball convert and recently started working on some fictional world league in my head, I then discovered that OOTP's customisation is so deep that it might just be possible to make my idea and see how it pans out. I'd really appreciate it if someone told me how possible this idea is before I buy the game. I've scoured the forums here, and it seems most stuff is possible, but if anything I set out isn't, it would be great to know if a variation of it would be. The League So, the league will be split into 4 leagues of 20 teams, each with two conferences of 10 teams. Likely: 1. North America 2. Europe & Africa 3. Asia 4. South America/Oceania The teams will play only those in their own league for the regular season, but for the playoffs they'll then play teams from all other leagues. This seems to be possible using the 'association' feature? I was thinking a playoff format of something like: - The top team from each conference makes it to the final 16 automatically (filling 8 of the slots). - The 2nd placed teams from each conference qualify automatically for a wildcard round, and play the 8 remaining teams with the best records across all 8 leagues. - Those that win in the wildcard round go through to the final 16. Player Generation I know that each league has to have a nation. I'd set each league to have its nation as some central location that makes sense. E.g Asia might be China. As far as I understand it teams then don't have to be from that country to play in the league? Of course I'd want teams from all over Asia to play in the Asia league. Could I make it so that players are generated into the overall draft pool based on countries in the league, rather than the league location? I'd want players being created from all countries, not just the one stated as the home of the league. This goes for all 4 leagues. Finally for the draft, it seems possible to have an overall and regional one. Does that mean I could have for example 3 rounds where all teams can pick players from anywhere in the world, followed by the next 10 rounds being players from their region, followed by the final rounds being only players from their own country? Or am I asking too much?! I would do this for the inaugral draft, but then also for any subsequent yearly drafts. It sounds like the game can randomly generate fictional players to start with, which is great. In this fictional world I'll make all countries have more or less the same level of baseball talent. I know I'd need to work out salary caps and all that complex stuff, but I'm sure I can figure that out if the above overarching structure is possible. Thanks very much for reading my lengthy post