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celamantia
The real advantage to home field is:
- Knowing the stadium,
- The crowd being behind you
How do we translate that to SimDynasty?
Knowing the stadium is easy. How to play off the wall, the way the ball hops on the surface, tricky corners... this all boils down to Range. Give everyone on the home team a boost of a few points on their range for home games.
Dealing with the crowd is a bit tougher. What's the most likely physical effect of this? I'm guessing it's going to affect the pitcher much, and since we're dealing with emotional support and calmness, that smells like Control. Give home team pitchers a few points bonus for Control on their home turf.
How does this sound? It will give a slight home-field advantage without upsetting game balance too much...
--Chris
Home field advantage
November 07, 2002 at 05:51PM View BBCode
At one point the concept of Home Field Advantage was brought up, and I know it's on Tyson's list to implement. I think I've figured out the way to do it.The real advantage to home field is:
- Knowing the stadium,
- The crowd being behind you
How do we translate that to SimDynasty?
Knowing the stadium is easy. How to play off the wall, the way the ball hops on the surface, tricky corners... this all boils down to Range. Give everyone on the home team a boost of a few points on their range for home games.
Dealing with the crowd is a bit tougher. What's the most likely physical effect of this? I'm guessing it's going to affect the pitcher much, and since we're dealing with emotional support and calmness, that smells like Control. Give home team pitchers a few points bonus for Control on their home turf.
How does this sound? It will give a slight home-field advantage without upsetting game balance too much...
--Chris
jer2911
November 07, 2002 at 08:17PM View BBCode
That sounds good to me. I also think that maybe subtracting a point or two from opponents range and control might be good too. I know a lot more about the bay area teams than others, but I know that Oaklands drummers can get on the nerves of opposing pitchers (and fans too I'm sure), and SF's brick wall and strange stadium layout have hurt other teams as well. These detrimental effects to the visiting team should probably be less than the positive effects to the home team, because good players will still play well, regardless of the stadium they are in.
Anonymous
On the other hand, if you want fans to annoy the away team, you could subtract slightly from Contact for the away team... that would make a certain amount of sense...
--Chris
November 07, 2002 at 08:33PM View BBCode
Well, if you subtract while away and add when at home, you're never playing at your rating. Since there's nothing between home and away, adding 4 and subtracting 2, for example, would be exactly the same as adding 6 and subtracting nothing.On the other hand, if you want fans to annoy the away team, you could subtract slightly from Contact for the away team... that would make a certain amount of sense...
--Chris
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