Can you improve your school categories?

[7unholyconfessions7]

I believe coach experience gets a boost if you sign an extension, or maybe i'm thinking of program stability.

[TN - BRAVES FAN]

Quote: Originally Posted by dvdad

In the fourth year of Dynasty Academics C D+ C C Campus C C C C Coach Exp D+ C C C Coach Prestige D+ C C+ B Conference B B B B Championship C C+ B B+ Facilities C+ C+ B B Fans C+ B B+ B+ Pro D+ C C+ B Stability C B+ A A+ Tradition C C C C+ TV C+ C C+ C+

I don't get this guy's post...How are we suppose to know what school you're talking about, and what their ratings were during your 1st year...I guess Pogo must be a mind reader when he replied to this guy, or did I miss something and not read the school this guy's talking about?

[Ivan71]

I was under the impression that Academic Prestige changes with the players you graduate. After my first Dynasty year I had about 5 undergraduates that went pro. I didnt try to persuade them to stay, as a result my Academic Prestige went from an A to B+. My Pro Potential went from an A to A+. I know your Coach Prestige is effected by the promises you keep or break. Im guessing that Athletic Facilities might be effected based on the injuries you recieve during the season.

[dvdad]

Quote: Originally Posted by TN - BRAVES FAN

I don't get this guy's post...How are we suppose to know what school you're talking about, and what their ratings were during your 1st year...I guess Pogo must be a mind reader when he replied to this guy, or did I miss something and not read the school this guy's talking about?

Yes, you would have to be a mind reader to see the progression of ratings. I was using CMU, but I honestly don't see how that has any possible impact on the interpretation of the ratings.

I am tracking the ratings in a spreadsheet, and just copied and pasted it in here, in an attempt to show that several of the ratings that people are saying never change, do in fact change. I didn't write up a long explanation because I thought it was obvious that the grades were year to year changes for a given category.

You see, the first column is the categories, and the second column is the first year grades, and the next column is the second year grades...

[TDKing]

Quote: Originally Posted by MrChristofer

Everything changes...except for Academic Prestige and Campus Lifestyle.

Wrong! AP changes I went from a C+ to a B after year one. Not sure about CL. Maybe it depends on what type of players you recruit I haven't looked that deep into it yet. Stop recruiting dummies and see what happens... LOL!

[Deegeezy]

Quote: Originally Posted by xMeeks

Athletic Facilities : Goes up after winning consecutive bowl games. Academic Prestige: Unchangeable. Television Exposure: Depends on what conference your in. Campus Lifestyle: Unchangeable. Tradition: Unchangeable. Championship Contender: Changes after you win multiple bowl games, BCS bowls are a big boost. Fan Base: Changes after having consecutive winning seasons. Coach Prestige: Changes slowly after having consecutive winning seasons and bowl game titles. Coach Experience: Unchangeable. (Which is dumb if you ask me)

My coach experience went from a B+ to an A after one 4-8 season in my dynasty.

[Pogo27]

Quote: Originally Posted by TN - BRAVES FAN

I don't get this guy's post...How are we suppose to know what school you're talking about, and what their ratings were during your 1st year...I guess Pogo must be a mind reader when he replied to this guy, or did I miss something and not read the school this guy's talking about?

Uh... how do I have to be a mind reader to see which recruiting pitches grades changed? That was in his post. In fact...it was the only thing in his post.

I commented on the fact that most all of his recruiting pitches changed, thereby proving that most all of them are changeable. And then I commented on one of his pitches that didn't move, conference prestige, but obviously this CAN CHANGE because your TEAM CAN CHANGE CONFERENCES, which automatically adjusts your conference prestige.

And then I questioned the possibility of changing conference prestige without changing conferences...

[ChicagoSparty]

I was downgraded on Academic Prestige in my Virginia dynasty. A+ to start out, A the next year. I had one player transfer, no one left early.