Post by Beacons on Mar 22, 2004 13:20:29 GMT -5
New Bonus Point System
I welcome input to this system change, but I do think that we want to slightly modify the bonus point arrangement. The purpose of the bonus point system is to let everybody improve his prospects and also to give the bottom teams a little help rebuilding. The problem is a team locked in last place for three years could pile up 24 bonus points. That would probably be enough for them to make all their hitters brilliant at getting hits and all their pitchers brilliant at avoiding hits. This eliminates a lot of strategy from the game.
Awarding Bonus Points
The first big change is that now that we have 8 teams per division, the last place team in each league will get 8 bonus points instead of 6. This isn’t a big change, but will help overcome some of the extra cost of the other changes.
First Place – 1 Bonus Point
Second Place – 2 Bonus Points
Third Place – 3 Bonus Points
Fourth Place – 4 Bonus Points
Fifth Place – 5 Bonus Points
Sixth Place – 6 Bonus Points
Seventh Place – 7 Bonus Points
Eighth Place – 8 Bonus Points
Point Costs
Batting Talents or Ratings
Improving Batting Average 2 points
Improving Doubles 1 point
Improving Triples 1 point
Improving Homers 1 point
Improving Walks 1 point
Improving Avoiding Strike Outs 1 point
· Improving a rating above 7 or a talent to brilliant costs an additional point
Miscellaneous Position Player Skills
Learning a new related position 1 point (Teaching a 3B, C, or OF to play 1B) (Teaching an OF a new OF position) (Making a SS a 2B, 1B, or 3B) (Making a 2B a 3B or 1B)
Learning a new unrelated position 4 points (making a LF a SS)
Improving arm strength or range 1 point
Improving fielding percentage by .15 points 1 point
Improving bunting or running ratings 1 point
Improving injury rating or character 1 point
Pitching Talents or Ratings
Avoid Hits 2 points
Avoid Doubles 1 point
Avoid Homers 1 point
Avoid Walks 1 point
Get Strikeouts 1 point
Velocity 1 point
· Improving a rating above 7 or a talent to brilliant costs an additional point
Miscellaneous Pitcher Skills
Pitching Endurance 1 point
Giving a reliever a starter rating 3 points
Holding runners or ranger 1 point
Improving ground ball percentage by 10% 1 point
Improving injury rating or character 1 point
Stadium Bonus Points
Build a totally new stadium – 4 Bonus Points
Add 1,000 seats to existing stadium – 2 Bonus Points
Change 20 points of ballpark factor – 1 Bonus Point
Fictional Players
Every year we have been adding 6 fictional players to the amateur draft to spice things up with the likes of Sid Finch and Roy Hobbs. There are only two more fictional players who are likely to dominate as much as Finch and Hobbs (Joe Hardy and King Kelly). However, I would like to expand this to 8 fictional players since the league is expanding to 16 teams. It’ll help to keep the draft class strong.
Joe
I welcome input to this system change, but I do think that we want to slightly modify the bonus point arrangement. The purpose of the bonus point system is to let everybody improve his prospects and also to give the bottom teams a little help rebuilding. The problem is a team locked in last place for three years could pile up 24 bonus points. That would probably be enough for them to make all their hitters brilliant at getting hits and all their pitchers brilliant at avoiding hits. This eliminates a lot of strategy from the game.
Awarding Bonus Points
The first big change is that now that we have 8 teams per division, the last place team in each league will get 8 bonus points instead of 6. This isn’t a big change, but will help overcome some of the extra cost of the other changes.
First Place – 1 Bonus Point
Second Place – 2 Bonus Points
Third Place – 3 Bonus Points
Fourth Place – 4 Bonus Points
Fifth Place – 5 Bonus Points
Sixth Place – 6 Bonus Points
Seventh Place – 7 Bonus Points
Eighth Place – 8 Bonus Points
Point Costs
Batting Talents or Ratings
Improving Batting Average 2 points
Improving Doubles 1 point
Improving Triples 1 point
Improving Homers 1 point
Improving Walks 1 point
Improving Avoiding Strike Outs 1 point
· Improving a rating above 7 or a talent to brilliant costs an additional point
Miscellaneous Position Player Skills
Learning a new related position 1 point (Teaching a 3B, C, or OF to play 1B) (Teaching an OF a new OF position) (Making a SS a 2B, 1B, or 3B) (Making a 2B a 3B or 1B)
Learning a new unrelated position 4 points (making a LF a SS)
Improving arm strength or range 1 point
Improving fielding percentage by .15 points 1 point
Improving bunting or running ratings 1 point
Improving injury rating or character 1 point
Pitching Talents or Ratings
Avoid Hits 2 points
Avoid Doubles 1 point
Avoid Homers 1 point
Avoid Walks 1 point
Get Strikeouts 1 point
Velocity 1 point
· Improving a rating above 7 or a talent to brilliant costs an additional point
Miscellaneous Pitcher Skills
Pitching Endurance 1 point
Giving a reliever a starter rating 3 points
Holding runners or ranger 1 point
Improving ground ball percentage by 10% 1 point
Improving injury rating or character 1 point
Stadium Bonus Points
Build a totally new stadium – 4 Bonus Points
Add 1,000 seats to existing stadium – 2 Bonus Points
Change 20 points of ballpark factor – 1 Bonus Point
Fictional Players
Every year we have been adding 6 fictional players to the amateur draft to spice things up with the likes of Sid Finch and Roy Hobbs. There are only two more fictional players who are likely to dominate as much as Finch and Hobbs (Joe Hardy and King Kelly). However, I would like to expand this to 8 fictional players since the league is expanding to 16 teams. It’ll help to keep the draft class strong.
Joe
