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Originally Posted by Brad K
Well then recalc only doesn't work.
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It does work in general, but it doesn't work the way development is supposed to work, especially with a case like Koufax. I wonder if the post-recalc development solution was implemented in a limited way for historical recalc leagues, where it does not work the same way that it does in non-recalc leagues. Clearly that is what is happening.
But I have no idea why OOTP Developments would do that, unless it was afraid that some users would get upset if stars such as Koufax suddenly declined too much. But what I saw in my test with him is absurd. It would seem to me that coding it to apply in this more limited way would be harder than coding it to work exactly the way it already does in non-historicals, but applicable only to players whose real life stats ran out in the database.
The one thing this has done for me is to reinforce my permanent conversion from recalc leagues to development-only. I used to be a recalc-only player for nearly 20 years, but once I started playing with historical minors and started using development, I started enjoying the game more than ever. I can't go back to recalc now, especially if this is how the development engine going to handle certain players when there are no more stats to recalc.
As it is, there are so many instances of real-life historical stats that were skewed by usage decisions, freak injuries, drugs, military service, roster changes, transactions, and countless other factors. Imposing those sudden and drastic changes on the human GM and manager doesn't appeal to me now, especially when those conditions aren't necessarily in my game. I would rather let the development engine give players a chance to develop and improve or decline more on their own and relative to what's actually happening in my game. I suppose that recalc still makes sense if you want to play strict historical replays, but it's not for me anymore.