There has been a discussion about the fact that HBD, and HBD only, does not have a home field advantage built into the game.

This seems to many a huge and unexplainable error to a great game.

I have sent a ticket in on this subject and I encourage everyone else to do so also. I got a message back that issues like this are analyzed monthly. So lets get this into HBD ASAP!!

Anyone who has never sent in a ticket and wants to know how sitemail me for instructions!

Home Field Advantage...Good for you, Good for me...AND GOOD FOR HBD!!!

I'm sending one











Requesting that no home field advantage be added

Somethin' for nothin'.

HUGE and UNEXPLAINABLE?

No, not really.

You suggested 1%. That's not huge.
They didn't program it in because parks are different and should provide an advantage. That's explained.

Quote: Originally Posted By MikeT23 on 7/16/2009
That's not huge.

That's what his wife said...

Quote: Originally Posted By sche0707 on 7/16/2009I'm sending one











Requesting that no home field advantage be added

I'll second this.

You have to be effing kidding me.

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Quote: Originally Posted By swamphawk22 on 7/16/2009
I have made a series of nonsensical posts about the fact that HBD, and HBD only, does not have a home field advantage built into the game.

This seems to me and only me a huge and unexplainable error to a great game.

I have sent a ticket in on this subject and I encourage everyone else to do so also. I got a message back that issues like this are analyzed monthly. So lets get this into HBD ASAP!!

Anyone who has never sent in a ticket and wants to know how sitemail me for instructions!

Home Field Advantage...Good for you, Good for me...AND GOOD FOR HBD!!!

FTFY.

I'll also send in a ticket requesting no change be made.

Please do not add a "home field advanatage" to HBD merely to appease some rather vocal and persistent owners.

If, after careful study & consideration, you think it might be added, I'd respectfully ask that you ask owners for input at that time, and that you test it extensively even after that before any change is implemented.

I'm pretty sure that's how you'd do it anyway, but I just wanted to make sure you were aware that there is no consensus groundswell of support for the implementation of any sort of home field advantage.

Thanks!

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There's the ticket I sent for ya swamp. Keep fighting the good fight!

zbrent vs. swamphawk

if you want homefield advantage, build a team around your park effects. Nice concept

Quote: Originally Posted By MikeT23 on 7/16/2009
zbrent vs. swamphawk

Useful contribution as always, Mike.

Direct and to the point. Unlike your long-winded nonsense that I didn't read.

I really don't get your issue, swamphawk. You want "home field advantage" built into the SIM, so that the home team wins more often at home. And your argument, as I understand it, is that because "home field advantage" is a real-life thing AND a factor in other SIM games, that HBD is somehow deficient for not having it.

I suppose I see your point - in real life, the crowd might be a small factor. I'd guesstimate the crowd's effect as .001 out of .100. I'd further say that park factors, in real life, account for .010 of the "home field advantage". Lastly, I'd guesstimate that travel/home/family might have, at most, a .010 effect.

In HBD, there is no travel penalty (i.e. no numerical accounting for air travel, 4AM arrival times, long road trips, etc) nor is there any crowd effect. There is, however, a significant park factor effect that already exists in HBD.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that while HBD's "home field advantage" is negligible or absent, it's a 1 10th of 1% problem. You CAN give yourself a home field advantage if you build your team to suit an extreme park (hitter or pitcher friendly, I've seen it work both ways). HBD is deep, but it's not equipped to model the real-life issues that make up a "home field advantage".

I, for one, will not be sending a ticket. I think there are much more important things to address than a 1/10th of 1% problem. I appreciate you think otherwise - hey, everyone is entitled to an opinion - but you are not going to find much support for your campaign.