Broken Bat - Suggestions: Ballpark Renovations

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#11216	10/29/2014 6:13:04 am
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2790 Novi Doubledays III.4	As a possible alternative to Franchise Fees, I had an idea to use the ballpark to achieve the same end while giving some control to the individual owners. The idea is add "Condition" (expressed as a percentage) to the ballpark page: [img]http://postimg.org/image/twu3f5kjd/[/img] The ballpark would then be set to deteriorate by a set amount (say 5% ) over the course of a season. If left in this deteriorated condition, the club's rating and fan mood would take a small hit. In the offseason a new button would be added to the "Modify ballpark" page which would be labelled "Renovate Ballpark". If an owner chooses to renovate their ballpark in the offseason, for a fee equivalent to what the franchise fee would have been for that team's league level, then the hit to fan mood and rating would return it to it's former, pristine state. If, on the other hand, an owner chooses to neglect to maintain their ballpark, these hits would accumulate each offseason and become a major drag on both mood and rating. This strikes me as a more organic way to achieve the same effect that the franchise fees would, while adding another real world feature to Broken Bat. Updated Wednesday, October 29 2014 @ 6:13:20 am PDT Updated Wednesday, October 29 2014 @ 6:13:45 am PDT

#11222	10/29/2014 10:22:47 am
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5201 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	My concern about franchise fees is that they are linear. Everyone in III pays the same fee regardless of whether they are rich or poor. This suggestion has the same deficiency IMO.

#11223	10/29/2014 10:28:20 am
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2790 Novi Doubledays III.4	The deterioration could be tied, at least to a degree, to attendance. More attendance, more wear and tear. Attendance should roughly reflect each team's income. If that's anywhere close to a 1-to-1, I would think there would be a way to automatically scale the costs of renovations to match each team's income.

#11233	10/29/2014 5:10:19 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	http://postimg.org/image/twu3f5kjd [img]http://postimg.org/image/twu3f5kjd[/img] Updated Wednesday, October 29 2014 @ 5:10:31 pm PDT

#11236	10/29/2014 5:44:36 pm
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2790 Novi Doubledays III.4	Yeah, I tried to get the image to display. Couldn't get it to work.