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  • Miles_Yuhas
    MVP
    • Mar 2004
    • 2689

    #391
    Re: Owner Mode Tips

    Every year I fall in the hole early and gain it back at the end, but never get enough to get level 2 seating. I don't know what to do. I am in 2011 and my team is ranked #1 every year, but I always get knocked out in the first round. TO much thanks that a lot of my good players get injured in the last week of the season and are out for the playoffs. The curse lives!!(I'm not the Sox but I just said that for fun)

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    • gambit816
      Rookie
      • Feb 2003
      • 253

      #392
      Re: Owner Mode Tips

      Be warned, this is kind of long:

      Well, it took 4 tries, but I finally made enough money by the end of my first year to buy level 2 seating. I had tried and failed to do it with the Pirates (I like a challenge), and decided not to buy level 2 seats at the start, preferring instead to buy 3-4 different concession stands and a shop that sells t-shirts, jackets, and sweatshirts. I traded away players like Matt Lawton, who was making 6 mil. a yr. to play RF for Pittsburgh, and got the payroll down into the 30's. Couldn't make the playoffs, of course. I tried keeping the players they had, adding some free agents. Couldn't make the playoffs.

      Then, I decided to give it one more shot, and chose the 30th ranked Royals. I did not add seats right away, bought ice cream, pizza and sodas, and my usual merchandise shop. I kept the concession prices as is, lowered the jackets and sweatshirts one notch, and the t-shirts to $13. My tickets are $50/$25. I'm now entering the final month and a half of the season, and I have 4.3 million in the bank, just in time to buy more seats for a playoff run, since I'm 2 games back.

      This is how I've done it so far, and I hope it helps someone else. In addition to using the tips on the board so far, you also have to find what your team's strength is. I noticed that the Royals triple-A team was quite highly ranked. This allowed me to trim just a few high priced folks off the roster, and promote from within. The Royals pitching is kind of weak, but they've got some decent arms down on the farm, so I brought them up. I kept a close eye on the standings screen, especially the runs scored, runs allowed stats. We were scoring more runs than anyone in the division, but giving up more too. It's true what other posters say, you have to make the playoffs, or at least be in contention to keep the fans coming in the second half. I kept demoting and calling up until I had the right pitching rotation to stay no more than 3-5 games back. I kept the ticket prices at 50/25 for the entire first half, and only when I sold 100% of my level one seats in the second half did I raise it to 60/30. When the season started, I gave away a promotion for every single home game that ranked below a 4 for the entire season, and even a few of those 4's here and there. Sometimes it was only a 1000 keychains, but it was something. So find your team's strength (promoting cheaply from the minors, you have power hitters so you sign a few front line arms), don't worry as much about trimming salary, because you'll need some of those pricey guys to stay in the hunt, and that's the key. Also give away something for every single game below a 4, and stay away from the all in one concession stands if you have a small market team. They cost more to run than you'll make, and the smaller stands do very well. Hope this helps!

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      • gambit816
        Rookie
        • Feb 2003
        • 253

        #393
        Re: Owner Mode Tips

        Be warned, this is kind of long:

        Well, it took 4 tries, but I finally made enough money by the end of my first year to buy level 2 seating. I had tried and failed to do it with the Pirates (I like a challenge), and decided not to buy level 2 seats at the start, preferring instead to buy 3-4 different concession stands and a shop that sells t-shirts, jackets, and sweatshirts. I traded away players like Matt Lawton, who was making 6 mil. a yr. to play RF for Pittsburgh, and got the payroll down into the 30's. Couldn't make the playoffs, of course. I tried keeping the players they had, adding some free agents. Couldn't make the playoffs.

        Then, I decided to give it one more shot, and chose the 30th ranked Royals. I did not add seats right away, bought ice cream, pizza and sodas, and my usual merchandise shop. I kept the concession prices as is, lowered the jackets and sweatshirts one notch, and the t-shirts to $13. My tickets are $50/$25. I'm now entering the final month and a half of the season, and I have 4.3 million in the bank, just in time to buy more seats for a playoff run, since I'm 2 games back.

        This is how I've done it so far, and I hope it helps someone else. In addition to using the tips on the board so far, you also have to find what your team's strength is. I noticed that the Royals triple-A team was quite highly ranked. This allowed me to trim just a few high priced folks off the roster, and promote from within. The Royals pitching is kind of weak, but they've got some decent arms down on the farm, so I brought them up. I kept a close eye on the standings screen, especially the runs scored, runs allowed stats. We were scoring more runs than anyone in the division, but giving up more too. It's true what other posters say, you have to make the playoffs, or at least be in contention to keep the fans coming in the second half. I kept demoting and calling up until I had the right pitching rotation to stay no more than 3-5 games back. I kept the ticket prices at 50/25 for the entire first half, and only when I sold 100% of my level one seats in the second half did I raise it to 60/30. When the season started, I gave away a promotion for every single home game that ranked below a 4 for the entire season, and even a few of those 4's here and there. Sometimes it was only a 1000 keychains, but it was something. So find your team's strength (promoting cheaply from the minors, you have power hitters so you sign a few front line arms), don't worry as much about trimming salary, because you'll need some of those pricey guys to stay in the hunt, and that's the key. Also give away something for every single game below a 4, and stay away from the all in one concession stands if you have a small market team. They cost more to run than you'll make, and the smaller stands do very well. Hope this helps!

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        • Kamasutra
          Rookie
          • Feb 2005
          • 182

          #394
          Re: Owner Mode Tips

          Originally posted by gopadres
          I started out doing a fantasy draft (wanted my team in owner mode to be different than my team in dynasty). I followed the advice of some in here to get cheap talent. I have David Wright, Doug Mirabelli, Brandon Webb, Jason Westbrook to name a few. I then went through (also on the advice from this thread) and scheduled a ton of promos. For the high impact games (7/10-10/10), I would raise ticket prices to 60-65 and 35-40. I had four concession stands and one store throughout the season. I was making around 500k-600k per home game.

          Once I made it to playoffs, I bought a soda stand and one more store. I had 6 mill in the bank for the division series. I started making over 1 million per game. I'm one game into the NLCS and will hopefull be able to upgrade seating, scoreboard, and a few concessions by the end of the playoffs.

          Definitely some good advice in here! Thank you.
          sounds like you're on the right track, I pretty much did the same things. Way to go. You basically understood the main concept: owner mode is not dynasty mode. Good luck with your franchise..

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          • Kamasutra
            Rookie
            • Feb 2005
            • 182

            #395
            Re: Owner Mode Tips

            Originally posted by gopadres
            I started out doing a fantasy draft (wanted my team in owner mode to be different than my team in dynasty). I followed the advice of some in here to get cheap talent. I have David Wright, Doug Mirabelli, Brandon Webb, Jason Westbrook to name a few. I then went through (also on the advice from this thread) and scheduled a ton of promos. For the high impact games (7/10-10/10), I would raise ticket prices to 60-65 and 35-40. I had four concession stands and one store throughout the season. I was making around 500k-600k per home game.

            Once I made it to playoffs, I bought a soda stand and one more store. I had 6 mill in the bank for the division series. I started making over 1 million per game. I'm one game into the NLCS and will hopefull be able to upgrade seating, scoreboard, and a few concessions by the end of the playoffs.

            Definitely some good advice in here! Thank you.
            sounds like you're on the right track, I pretty much did the same things. Way to go. You basically understood the main concept: owner mode is not dynasty mode. Good luck with your franchise..

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            • Macar91
              Running of the Bulls
              • Mar 2005
              • 2574

              #396
              Re: Owner Mode Tips

              The easiest way to win in Owner Mode

              First, go to Roster Management on the Main Menu. Go to the Pirates and drop everyone but Oliver Perez, and Sean Burnett. Then pick up the worst guys and set your lineup. Save the roster and enter Owner Mode. Set the "Default Rosters" to Off and set budget to Large. Then go to Roster Management and go to Payroll. Sign all of your guys to 3yr. contracts for 300K each. Then go toCreate/Edit player. Edit all of your MLB players to your liking and still pay thm only 300K per yr. I had only a $35 Mil. payroll but won over 100 games and won the WS. I also turned a large profit.
              Originally posted by billmatic
              Radman is more like the ******** homeless man's version of Okur.

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              • Macar91
                Running of the Bulls
                • Mar 2005
                • 2574

                #397
                Re: Owner Mode Tips

                The easiest way to win in Owner Mode

                First, go to Roster Management on the Main Menu. Go to the Pirates and drop everyone but Oliver Perez, and Sean Burnett. Then pick up the worst guys and set your lineup. Save the roster and enter Owner Mode. Set the "Default Rosters" to Off and set budget to Large. Then go to Roster Management and go to Payroll. Sign all of your guys to 3yr. contracts for 300K each. Then go toCreate/Edit player. Edit all of your MLB players to your liking and still pay thm only 300K per yr. I had only a $35 Mil. payroll but won over 100 games and won the WS. I also turned a large profit.
                Originally posted by billmatic
                Radman is more like the ******** homeless man's version of Okur.

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                • gritzblitz56
                  Rookie
                  • Jul 2004
                  • 225

                  #398
                  Re: Owner Mode Tips

                  Originally posted by Macar91
                  The easiest way to win in Owner Mode

                  First, go to Roster Management on the Main Menu. Go to the Pirates and drop everyone but Oliver Perez, and Sean Burnett. Then pick up the worst guys and set your lineup. Save the roster and enter Owner Mode. Set the "Default Rosters" to Off and set budget to Large. Then go to Roster Management and go to Payroll. Sign all of your guys to 3yr. contracts for 300K each. Then go toCreate/Edit player. Edit all of your MLB players to your liking and still pay thm only 300K per yr. I had only a $35 Mil. payroll but won over 100 games and won the WS. I also turned a large profit.
                  That kind of takes the sport out of it, doesn't it?

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                  • gritzblitz56
                    Rookie
                    • Jul 2004
                    • 225

                    #399
                    Re: Owner Mode Tips

                    Originally posted by Macar91
                    The easiest way to win in Owner Mode

                    First, go to Roster Management on the Main Menu. Go to the Pirates and drop everyone but Oliver Perez, and Sean Burnett. Then pick up the worst guys and set your lineup. Save the roster and enter Owner Mode. Set the "Default Rosters" to Off and set budget to Large. Then go to Roster Management and go to Payroll. Sign all of your guys to 3yr. contracts for 300K each. Then go toCreate/Edit player. Edit all of your MLB players to your liking and still pay thm only 300K per yr. I had only a $35 Mil. payroll but won over 100 games and won the WS. I also turned a large profit.
                    That kind of takes the sport out of it, doesn't it?

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                    • USCTrojan83
                      Pro
                      • Mar 2005
                      • 591

                      #400
                      Re: Owner Mode Tips

                      Originally posted by Macar91
                      The easiest way to win in Owner Mode

                      First, go to Roster Management on the Main Menu. Go to the Pirates and drop everyone but Oliver Perez, and Sean Burnett. Then pick up the worst guys and set your lineup. Save the roster and enter Owner Mode. Set the "Default Rosters" to Off and set budget to Large. Then go to Roster Management and go to Payroll. Sign all of your guys to 3yr. contracts for 300K each. Then go toCreate/Edit player. Edit all of your MLB players to your liking and still pay thm only 300K per yr. I had only a $35 Mil. payroll but won over 100 games and won the WS. I also turned a large profit.
                      What is the point of releasing everyone? Why not just re-sign them on your roster then edit them? Seems like your doing alot more more than necessary...And isnt this a little unrealistic...

                      Theres good tips on this page I dont know why everyon is having such a difficult time with Owner Mode....The salary is compensated by the media contract!!! And to turn a substantial profit you NEED to get to the playoffs and win some games!!
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                      • USCTrojan83
                        Pro
                        • Mar 2005
                        • 591

                        #401
                        Re: Owner Mode Tips

                        Originally posted by Macar91
                        The easiest way to win in Owner Mode

                        First, go to Roster Management on the Main Menu. Go to the Pirates and drop everyone but Oliver Perez, and Sean Burnett. Then pick up the worst guys and set your lineup. Save the roster and enter Owner Mode. Set the "Default Rosters" to Off and set budget to Large. Then go to Roster Management and go to Payroll. Sign all of your guys to 3yr. contracts for 300K each. Then go toCreate/Edit player. Edit all of your MLB players to your liking and still pay thm only 300K per yr. I had only a $35 Mil. payroll but won over 100 games and won the WS. I also turned a large profit.
                        What is the point of releasing everyone? Why not just re-sign them on your roster then edit them? Seems like your doing alot more more than necessary...And isnt this a little unrealistic...

                        Theres good tips on this page I dont know why everyon is having such a difficult time with Owner Mode....The salary is compensated by the media contract!!! And to turn a substantial profit you NEED to get to the playoffs and win some games!!
                        NCAA Football
                        USC Trojans
                        NFL Football
                        Buffalo Bills
                        San Francisco 49ers
                        MLB Baseball
                        Los Angeles Angeles of Anahiem
                        Atlanta Braves
                        NHL Hockey
                        Los Angeles Kings

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                        • bobby4747
                          Rookie
                          • May 2003
                          • 1

                          #402
                          Re: Owner Mode Tips

                          I haven't tried this, but is it possible to get revenue for away games as well if you play them in your own park? I figure it must be possible if you can decide which park you play in before each game.

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                          • bobby4747
                            Rookie
                            • May 2003
                            • 1

                            #403
                            Re: Owner Mode Tips

                            I haven't tried this, but is it possible to get revenue for away games as well if you play them in your own park? I figure it must be possible if you can decide which park you play in before each game.

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                            • USCTrojan83
                              Pro
                              • Mar 2005
                              • 591

                              #404
                              Re: Owner Mode Tips

                              Originally posted by bobby4747
                              I haven't tried this, but is it possible to get revenue for away games as well if you play them in your own park? I figure it must be possible if you can decide which park you play in before each game.
                              Not to be mean, but Bobby4747 I know your new to this site as posts go, but please read the previous pages and this would have been answered for you.

                              Yes you gain revenue no matter where you play. So before you start the game you may play in your teams orignal home stadium and still accrue revenue. You will not get more revenue for playing at Yankee Stadium nor will you get less for playing at Kauffman Stadium (Royals) instead of your created park. You make money off that park only, so if you have 20,000 seats you can only make money off those 20,000 seats...hope this helps....
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                              USC Trojans
                              NFL Football
                              Buffalo Bills
                              San Francisco 49ers
                              MLB Baseball
                              Los Angeles Angeles of Anahiem
                              Atlanta Braves
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                              Los Angeles Kings

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                              • USCTrojan83
                                Pro
                                • Mar 2005
                                • 591

                                #405
                                Re: Owner Mode Tips

                                Originally posted by bobby4747
                                I haven't tried this, but is it possible to get revenue for away games as well if you play them in your own park? I figure it must be possible if you can decide which park you play in before each game.
                                Not to be mean, but Bobby4747 I know your new to this site as posts go, but please read the previous pages and this would have been answered for you.

                                Yes you gain revenue no matter where you play. So before you start the game you may play in your teams orignal home stadium and still accrue revenue. You will not get more revenue for playing at Yankee Stadium nor will you get less for playing at Kauffman Stadium (Royals) instead of your created park. You make money off that park only, so if you have 20,000 seats you can only make money off those 20,000 seats...hope this helps....
                                NCAA Football
                                USC Trojans
                                NFL Football
                                Buffalo Bills
                                San Francisco 49ers
                                MLB Baseball
                                Los Angeles Angeles of Anahiem
                                Atlanta Braves
                                NHL Hockey
                                Los Angeles Kings

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