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Hello, everyone. Not many likely remember me, but I have returned from a long absence in recent months. It feels great to be back playing! As you may know, the game owners have previously divulged that normalization exists in the game. You may have noticed your backup players performing surprisingly well or sluggers like Ruth having a potentially record-breaking home run season only to hit a brick wall in the later stages of the season. Perhaps your struggling team had multiple late-season sweeps or your league-leading team was on the receiving end. This is by design. Many players probably enjoy this, while many others do not. So I have a solution that may please everyone and increase the profitability of the game in the process.
We have Standard and Advanced leagues. Back in the day, Advanced leagues were used albeit functionally identical, but nowadays I've noticed it's almost exclusively Standard leagues. So if we're all in the same player pool, and the functionality exists, why not repurpose Advanced leagues to be normalization free? That way we can put an end to the debates, the conflict, and the frustration of the highly competitive players. Meanwhile, the more casual players can enjoy higher win rates, more credits, and more fun. But they can always join Advanced leagues. Everyone wins.
You may ask: What about the records? Wouldn't those be effectively disrupted? Well, yes. The solution would be to separate the records for Standard and Advanced leagues, starting at the time of implementation. Nothing is lost, yet new territory is ready to be explored. How strong of a team can you design? Who is the best manager? Who will have the winningest season, the most home runs, the best ERA? There is a ton of excitement to be had.
Above all: This game we love has its roots in the Strat-O-Matic Baseball board game, released in 1961! There was, and is still, no normalization in the physical version of the game. Yet we're playing with normalization online. Why is that? Is it necessary? Please give us the option of playing the game we love in its natural form. Thank you all for reading. If anyone knows of a way to show this to Strat-O-Matic, I would greatly appreciate your assistance. Have a wonderful day and best of luck on the field!
We have Standard and Advanced leagues. Back in the day, Advanced leagues were used albeit functionally identical, but nowadays I've noticed it's almost exclusively Standard leagues. So if we're all in the same player pool, and the functionality exists, why not repurpose Advanced leagues to be normalization free? That way we can put an end to the debates, the conflict, and the frustration of the highly competitive players. Meanwhile, the more casual players can enjoy higher win rates, more credits, and more fun. But they can always join Advanced leagues. Everyone wins.
You may ask: What about the records? Wouldn't those be effectively disrupted? Well, yes. The solution would be to separate the records for Standard and Advanced leagues, starting at the time of implementation. Nothing is lost, yet new territory is ready to be explored. How strong of a team can you design? Who is the best manager? Who will have the winningest season, the most home runs, the best ERA? There is a ton of excitement to be had.
Above all: This game we love has its roots in the Strat-O-Matic Baseball board game, released in 1961! There was, and is still, no normalization in the physical version of the game. Yet we're playing with normalization online. Why is that? Is it necessary? Please give us the option of playing the game we love in its natural form. Thank you all for reading. If anyone knows of a way to show this to Strat-O-Matic, I would greatly appreciate your assistance. Have a wonderful day and best of luck on the field!