Posted by jetwildcat on 2/3/2011 1:08:00 PM (view original):
OR's 2x model just doesnt make sense to me, whether its linear or multiplicative (i'm not sure what he means)
for example
if D is our baseline (1x), D+ is 1.333x, C- is 1.667x, C is 2x
say you want to compare D+ to C-, you're talking about a ratio of C- = 1.25xD+. then C=1.2xC-. it just wouldnt make sense anymore.
if it truly goes up in a linear fashion, and A=4x while A-=3.667x, you're dealing with a difference of 1.09x. I REALLY find that difficult to believe, that the "average" A- is that close to the "average" A
if it's 2x and it's multiplicative, then it would be 1.26x each third of a grade (if D=1, D+=1.26, C-=1.59, C=2). this is also possible but it seems a little severe. I can think of at least a few instances where i've tried to bump off a D prestige sim with a B d1 team...if i had a 4x prestige advantage, there's no way i'd have had as much trouble.
despite popular opinion of a lot of successful coaches i'm not sippin the kool-aid here.
I can't make out the math you are trying to express, and I am pretty lucid when it comes to math.
why would anyone lie to you or anyone about this - sippin the kool-aid? - I don't get what you are implying?
figuring out the real ratio in d1 is fairly easy due to how many sims recruit, I had even forgot how I did it the last time until I read this thread, I will verify the 2x, last time I checked, it was 2x for a full grade, 3x for two grades, 4x for three grades, but if someone told me it was 1.7, 2.4, and 3.1, it would not shock me either, too bad, I just got done recruiting in a world where I probably could have gotten an exact answer as I took on several sims, but another chance will come. My gut says the 2x / 3x ratio was accurate, as I seem to recall I was considered and went ahead at almost the exact points I would have thought, but I really was not paying that much attention at the time to nail it to the dollar, or to the % in this case.
For anyone with the will to do so, just take out a sim competitor, do the math, after a few tries, the ratio should jump out at you too.
I don't play much d2/d3, but I would have to prove to myself the ratio's are the reason for the difference and not the equality effect of promises, as there is just very little reason to program prestige different in d2/d3. nor is it logical to program the effect of promises different, hence, since money is way different in d1 vs d3, prestige gets trumped by the fixed value of promises, but I am guessing at this, I will try to verify it for myself, although at one time, few if any played d3 better than I did, so I am not a complete dolt at d3 either.