05-27-2011, 03:11 PM
I don't know if I completely agree with you DJ. Last season we had ST. Louis who was a rebuilding team take the wild card. They followed it up this season with winning 97 games. Those 97 games would have been enough to win the NL West or East. It was bad luck that Chicago and Houston had good seasons and are in the same divison because 97 is typically enough to win the wild card. If they did not have the dc issues at the start of the season, they could have maybe won 100+.
I am all for trying anything that will promote parody within the league for better competition, I just don't understand the logic that lowering the ratings of players will do that. Yes rating will drop on the Chicago's, Houston, Toronto's, Florida's, etc etc but the ratings will also drop on the other teams as well. How will that help them close the gap?
I don't think what we see now in FCM is far off of what we see in real life.
Here are the ALCS and NLCS since 2000
2000 ALCS NYY vs SEA / NLCS NYM vs STL
2001 ALCS NYY vs SEA / NLCS ARZ vs ATL
2002 ALCS ANA vs MIN / NLCS SFG vs STL
2003 ALCS NYY vs BOS / NLCS FL vs CHC (fucking bartman)
2004 ALCS NYY vs BOS / NLCS STL vs HOU
2005 ALCS CHW vs LAA / NLCS STL vs HOU
2006 ALCS DET vs OAK / NLCS STL vs NYM
2007 ALCS BOS vs CLE / NLCS COL vs ARZ
2008 ALCS TBR vs BOS/ NLCS PHI vs LAD
2009 ALCS NYY vs LAA/ NLCS PHI vs LAD
2010 ALCS TX vs NYY / NLCS PHI vs SFG
in the past decade you have seen 4 repeat matchups in back to back years. You have also seen a repeat of some of the same teams over and over. You have also seen 2 teams win multiple championships (NYY and BOS). When you say that the league is not a mimic of real life, I don't follow that at all.
If you want to find a way to make the league have more parody, I am all for it and I will do whatever it takes to make more people have fun. I am just not in agreement that the lowering of talent levels will achieve your goal.
I also have no issues with even swaping teams with someone if they want to play a front runner for a change (personally, I like the underdog role more). I would even be willing to take on the SEA situtation and let HB take over CHC.
I am all for trying anything that will promote parody within the league for better competition, I just don't understand the logic that lowering the ratings of players will do that. Yes rating will drop on the Chicago's, Houston, Toronto's, Florida's, etc etc but the ratings will also drop on the other teams as well. How will that help them close the gap?
I don't think what we see now in FCM is far off of what we see in real life.
Here are the ALCS and NLCS since 2000
2000 ALCS NYY vs SEA / NLCS NYM vs STL
2001 ALCS NYY vs SEA / NLCS ARZ vs ATL
2002 ALCS ANA vs MIN / NLCS SFG vs STL
2003 ALCS NYY vs BOS / NLCS FL vs CHC (fucking bartman)
2004 ALCS NYY vs BOS / NLCS STL vs HOU
2005 ALCS CHW vs LAA / NLCS STL vs HOU
2006 ALCS DET vs OAK / NLCS STL vs NYM
2007 ALCS BOS vs CLE / NLCS COL vs ARZ
2008 ALCS TBR vs BOS/ NLCS PHI vs LAD
2009 ALCS NYY vs LAA/ NLCS PHI vs LAD
2010 ALCS TX vs NYY / NLCS PHI vs SFG
in the past decade you have seen 4 repeat matchups in back to back years. You have also seen a repeat of some of the same teams over and over. You have also seen 2 teams win multiple championships (NYY and BOS). When you say that the league is not a mimic of real life, I don't follow that at all.
If you want to find a way to make the league have more parody, I am all for it and I will do whatever it takes to make more people have fun. I am just not in agreement that the lowering of talent levels will achieve your goal.
I also have no issues with even swaping teams with someone if they want to play a front runner for a change (personally, I like the underdog role more). I would even be willing to take on the SEA situtation and let HB take over CHC.
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