Quick Question on historical league financials

silentrob · 08-17-2008, 07:08 PM

In historical leagues, does the game change the market size of the teams from year to year based on some kind of model of city population? I've played 4 seasons now, and I've seen average attendance, average ticket price, and so forth change. But no teams have experienced a change in market size during those 4 years.

Thanks if anyone can explain how this works.

No Pepper · 08-18-2008, 12:29 PM

I'm not sure how it works, but I do seem to remember someone saying that the market sizes change, but that it does so more slowly than in previous versions of the game.

silentrob · 08-18-2008, 02:31 PM

Thanks, I hope you are right. Maybe since I've started in an early year, none of the teams have enough market size to make the change yet. They all imported as 0, so I'll hope that over time some of the markets will enlarge enough to see some change. Given that American population was roughly doubling every 25 years up until the early 1920s when immigration quotas went into effect, it might not take long if the population models are correct. But then again, compared to today's city sizes, even a fast growing city in the late 1800s does not look very big. So it may be a while.

08-17-2008, 07:08 PM	#1
silentrob Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalispell, MT Posts: 230	Quick Question on historical league financials In historical leagues, does the game change the market size of the teams from year to year based on some kind of model of city population? I've played 4 seasons now, and I've seen average attendance, average ticket price, and so forth change. But no teams have experienced a change in market size during those 4 years. Thanks if anyone can explain how this works.

08-18-2008, 12:29 PM	#2
No Pepper All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,570	I'm not sure how it works, but I do seem to remember someone saying that the market sizes change, but that it does so more slowly than in previous versions of the game. __________________ Uniforms compatible with OOTP23/24 Historical Major League Baseball 1901-current Historical Major League Baseball 1871-1900 Historical Federal League Historical Negro Leagues

08-18-2008, 02:31 PM	#3
silentrob Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalispell, MT Posts: 230	Thanks, I hope you are right. Maybe since I've started in an early year, none of the teams have enough market size to make the change yet. They all imported as 0, so I'll hope that over time some of the markets will enlarge enough to see some change. Given that American population was roughly doubling every 25 years up until the early 1920s when immigration quotas went into effect, it might not take long if the population models are correct. But then again, compared to today's city sizes, even a fast growing city in the late 1800s does not look very big. So it may be a while.