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Thu May 09, 2013 4:14 pm
Hey guys,
We often get questions to our support e-mail about the Mystery games, usually what they are and how to play them, so I wanted to spend a little time today talking about them.
We offer three "Mystery"player sets: Back to the '90s, Back to the '80s, and The '70s Game. Each mystery game generally plays the same as a normal Baseball Online player set with one exception: for each available player there are 5 different Strat-O-Matic cards but only one of the five cards is used. The card used is never revealed to you until the end of the season.
For example, in the Back to the '90s set, Rickey Henderson's 5 years are 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1996. You might get his MVP year, or you might get a sub-par year. You can try to determine which card he has from how he plays for you, but beware of an unlucky (or lucky) string of dice rolls on a card. Even his MVP year may under-perform leading you to believe it's another card, only to turn it around once you trade him to another team.
The stat line shown for each player is the average of the 5 seasons. However don't use that to determine how a player 'should' perform for you as it might not represent the card you have. Also, no two players are the same; even if they're averages are similar. For example, let's say both Player A and Player B shows a 5-card average of .300. However in Player A's 5 seasons he hit .361, .300, .306, .293, and .240. Player B hit .300 in all 5 of his seasons. Do you take the chance on Player A to try and get his .361 season or do you play it safe and take Player B knowing you will get a card which hit .300. To view the 5 possible seasons a player has, just click on their name and you can see the cards just like any other player set.
Although the hitting and pitching probabilities will vary for each year for each player, all other ratings are the same for all 5 years. For example, although Henderson hit .325 in 1990, .268 in 1991, etc., and his probabilities for getting base hits and homeruns will vary depending on which year your league has, his fielding, stealing, baserunning and bunting ratings are always the same. Similarly, although Kevin Brown will strike out more hitters if his year were 1998 as opposed to 1993, his endurance, hold, balk and wild pitch ratings are constant and known.
The only other differences between the 'Mystery' games and are other player sets are the free agent penalties and minimum salary. The default free agent penalty is 5/10/20% (5% for games 1-41, 10% for games 42-80, 20% for games 81+), as opposed to the straight 20% it is for other player sets. The cheapest available player has a $750,000 salary, up from $500,000 in standard player sets.
This is my personal favorite type of game we offer and I hope this clears up some questions on the Mystery Games. If you have any other questions, or ideas for future blogs, please e-mail us at onlinegameuspport@strat-o-matic.com. Talk to you all next weeK!
-John
We often get questions to our support e-mail about the Mystery games, usually what they are and how to play them, so I wanted to spend a little time today talking about them.
We offer three "Mystery"player sets: Back to the '90s, Back to the '80s, and The '70s Game. Each mystery game generally plays the same as a normal Baseball Online player set with one exception: for each available player there are 5 different Strat-O-Matic cards but only one of the five cards is used. The card used is never revealed to you until the end of the season.
For example, in the Back to the '90s set, Rickey Henderson's 5 years are 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1996. You might get his MVP year, or you might get a sub-par year. You can try to determine which card he has from how he plays for you, but beware of an unlucky (or lucky) string of dice rolls on a card. Even his MVP year may under-perform leading you to believe it's another card, only to turn it around once you trade him to another team.
The stat line shown for each player is the average of the 5 seasons. However don't use that to determine how a player 'should' perform for you as it might not represent the card you have. Also, no two players are the same; even if they're averages are similar. For example, let's say both Player A and Player B shows a 5-card average of .300. However in Player A's 5 seasons he hit .361, .300, .306, .293, and .240. Player B hit .300 in all 5 of his seasons. Do you take the chance on Player A to try and get his .361 season or do you play it safe and take Player B knowing you will get a card which hit .300. To view the 5 possible seasons a player has, just click on their name and you can see the cards just like any other player set.
Although the hitting and pitching probabilities will vary for each year for each player, all other ratings are the same for all 5 years. For example, although Henderson hit .325 in 1990, .268 in 1991, etc., and his probabilities for getting base hits and homeruns will vary depending on which year your league has, his fielding, stealing, baserunning and bunting ratings are always the same. Similarly, although Kevin Brown will strike out more hitters if his year were 1998 as opposed to 1993, his endurance, hold, balk and wild pitch ratings are constant and known.
The only other differences between the 'Mystery' games and are other player sets are the free agent penalties and minimum salary. The default free agent penalty is 5/10/20% (5% for games 1-41, 10% for games 42-80, 20% for games 81+), as opposed to the straight 20% it is for other player sets. The cheapest available player has a $750,000 salary, up from $500,000 in standard player sets.
This is my personal favorite type of game we offer and I hope this clears up some questions on the Mystery Games. If you have any other questions, or ideas for future blogs, please e-mail us at onlinegameuspport@strat-o-matic.com. Talk to you all next weeK!
-John