Ben E Lou
01-24-2014, 02:14 PM
Some info I posted at the CCFL that people in leagues that are converting might want to know:
Fan Loyalty is also equalized as of the end of 2037. (or whatever year your league was in) There's therefore a small change in loyalty when I hit End Season based on the 2037 performance. All teams are 77 at the end-season.
The teams that did best financially in 2037 get the top picks in the staff draft. This matters more than you might think because...
Some staff members have attributes that will make them suited for completely different roles post-conversion. For example, in FOF2K7, my HC has outstanding ratings in the five things that matter for HC in FOF2K7 (motivation, discipline, off/def playcalling, injury avoidance). Of those, only motivation and discipline matter for the HC in FOF7. And he's *terrible* in the other attributes, so player development, young talent, and scouting ability convert as you might expect: he sucks in all of them. There's virtually no chance that he'll be ATL's head coach next year, and he probably won't be anyone's HC. He looks like he could be a solid coordinator or assistant coach. Anyway, the point of that is that I would expect MASS changes in staff in the first staff draft, so even with the equalization, the teams that had strong finances pre-conversion still get a significant "win" for their pre-conversion financial success because of drafting higher. Addendum to this: in both the CCFL and IHOF's initial staff drafts, more than half of the league's teams hired new Head Coaches.
I strongly recommend that EVERYONE should start by hitting "recommend" on ticket prices post-conversion for that first offseason, and then tweak from there. To check this I found a team that increased significantly in population and average income in the equalization and quick-simmed through the first preseason. KC pre-conversion was 1.26M population and $10,000 average income. Post-conversion they are 2.02M population and $29,900 average income. If the financial engine were similar to that of FOF2K7, one would expect that leaving ticket prices as they were would bring a massive increase in attendance since the income level is three times as high and the population increased by more than 60% as well. However, if ticket prices are left static, KC's attendance drops from 44K to under 15K, and no one sits in any luxury boxes. You have all been warned.Here's a visual of my aforementioned HC's conversion:
http://www.fof-ihof.com/upload/Ben%20E%20Lou/jefferson_2k7.png
http://www.fof-ihof.com/upload/Ben%20E%20Lou/jefferson.png
Fan Loyalty is also equalized as of the end of 2037. (or whatever year your league was in) There's therefore a small change in loyalty when I hit End Season based on the 2037 performance. All teams are 77 at the end-season.
The teams that did best financially in 2037 get the top picks in the staff draft. This matters more than you might think because...
Some staff members have attributes that will make them suited for completely different roles post-conversion. For example, in FOF2K7, my HC has outstanding ratings in the five things that matter for HC in FOF2K7 (motivation, discipline, off/def playcalling, injury avoidance). Of those, only motivation and discipline matter for the HC in FOF7. And he's *terrible* in the other attributes, so player development, young talent, and scouting ability convert as you might expect: he sucks in all of them. There's virtually no chance that he'll be ATL's head coach next year, and he probably won't be anyone's HC. He looks like he could be a solid coordinator or assistant coach. Anyway, the point of that is that I would expect MASS changes in staff in the first staff draft, so even with the equalization, the teams that had strong finances pre-conversion still get a significant "win" for their pre-conversion financial success because of drafting higher. Addendum to this: in both the CCFL and IHOF's initial staff drafts, more than half of the league's teams hired new Head Coaches.
I strongly recommend that EVERYONE should start by hitting "recommend" on ticket prices post-conversion for that first offseason, and then tweak from there. To check this I found a team that increased significantly in population and average income in the equalization and quick-simmed through the first preseason. KC pre-conversion was 1.26M population and $10,000 average income. Post-conversion they are 2.02M population and $29,900 average income. If the financial engine were similar to that of FOF2K7, one would expect that leaving ticket prices as they were would bring a massive increase in attendance since the income level is three times as high and the population increased by more than 60% as well. However, if ticket prices are left static, KC's attendance drops from 44K to under 15K, and no one sits in any luxury boxes. You have all been warned.Here's a visual of my aforementioned HC's conversion:
http://www.fof-ihof.com/upload/Ben%20E%20Lou/jefferson_2k7.png
http://www.fof-ihof.com/upload/Ben%20E%20Lou/jefferson.png