Stadiums are a huge part of Football yet a small part of GLB. Here are some fun ways to do more with them.
Show Stadium Name on Team Page - Right now people only see the Stadium name if they look at your stadium. That's rare to say the least. Why not have the name of a teams stadium displayed under the team name and have the name be a link to the stadium page?
Naming Rights Allows the owner to let the CPU choose a random endorsement sponsor's name for the Stadium, with the negative being a one time reduction of fan support, and the positive being a one time sum and smaller annual additional source of team funding that varies based upon the prior seasons concession sales (ie popularity good games etc). Random events might occur each season such as Contract Ends which means you get to do it again, Sponsor Renamed which gives another but smaller fan base hit, and Sponsor Scandal which ends the contract and generates a hit to fan base support (think Enron). Unless a Scandal or Contract End event occurs, once the stadium name is sold to a sponsor the Stadium can not be renamed unless the team is reset to Rookie.
Memorial Stadium Another off season option to rename the Stadium after a former player on the team who is retired and has been for at least five seasons. This generates a permanent fan base plus to the team, the amount of which varies upon the HoF ranking of the player chosen. Once this option is used the Stadium can not be renamed unless the team is reset to Rookie.
Stadium Road Naming Promotion Show (or allowed to be built) around the stadium four roadways leading past the stadium complex. Hovering shows some generic name. But if a player uses the Stadium Construction Road Naming option, for a cost he can set the name of one of these roads. A pull down occurs showing the names of all retired players who played for this team and also all former GMs. The benefit of the action is to generate a fan base boost, the amount of which will vary upon the Hall of Fame standing of the retired player or the win loss record of the team while the GM was GM of the club. Usable only once per road, and is reset if the team is reset to Rookie.
Player Statue Promotion Outside the stadium allow the placement of four statues to be built. These would be of retired players from the team like the Road promotion. The effect would be the same, a boost to fan support.
Stadium Restaurant Allow the placement of a restaurant in a corner of the stadium graphic. Selected under Stadium Construction, this generates additional medium and high level fan income and shows one of various options graphically (think the Bucanneers Boat, or a Pool Area or a Patio or Booth layout and whatever else fun Bort and company can come up with).
JumboTron Stadium Construction choice. Either requires a Domed Stadium (see below) or it swaps 200 level seating for a huge video screen. There could be up to five steps in construction representing larger screens that cost more and replace more seats and provide better benefits. The benefits are permanent increased fan base support (ie +3/2/1 to season starting fan base each season for a level 1 jumbotron). Reset with the stadium if team goes back to Rookie.
Vary Stadium Graphic by Time of Day There should be a night time stadium graphic that shows during night time hours at GLB central, lights on parking lots etc.
Vary Stadium Graphic During Game When a Game is being processed (ie you can not spend skill points etc) have the stadium graphic changed to a filled stadium and parking lots. BETTER YET, for the ten minutes before a game starts to actually process (theres got to be a way to do this) have the graphic show cars in the lot and people walking into the stadium. This way we can get a last call for our AI changes. Then switch it to the filled stadium and players on the field etc. Have that graphic stay there until the game is completed processing and is viewable, then it goes back to the empty stadium.
(Boston Luddites posted before seeing the below)
Game Play Changing Chrome, these changes would effect game play some what
Game Play Role
These options would bring additional meaning to "Home Field Advantage". They are set when the player builds the stadium, aka the team is reset to Rookie. Buying an extant team will get you whatever stadium is there.
Wind Options would include Variable, Slight, Strong and Domed. Variable Wind would randomly interfere to varying degrees with passing and kicking quality from game to game in no predictable way (say range from 0 to -1%). Think Bowl Stadiums like the old Vet, Three Rivers etc, good to cool passing games in favor of your running game. Slight and Strong Winds would create a plus to pass and kick distance in one direction and a negative in the other all game long. OAI would include a new setting "Receive or Take Wind First Half" that would be triggered only when a team is set to receive in the first half in a Slight or Strong Wind stadium. Have Slight or Have Strong Against Slight Against Strong Wind could be optional setting in Inputs as well. Dome Stadiums would have no effect from Wind. Windy Stadiums would also have a plus to fan base support in the first four games of the season and a negative during the last four games and playoffs, with Variable being least effected and Strong the Most and Domed not at all. The effects of wind are increased by 50% at Mountain, Basin, Tundra and Tropical Stadiums cumulative (ie Mountain Tundra its 100%).
Latitude Tundra, Northern, Southern, Tropical would be the choices, with players Tundra and Northern taking morale hits for playing in Southern and Tropical Stadiums in the first eight games of the season and teams from the Tropical and Southern teams taking a morale loss playing in the North and Tundra the last 8 games. Southern Teams would have fan boosts during the By the play offs the southern teams have adapted and the tropics have cooled enough that there is no effect during the playoffs (unless we really want an Ice Bowl, but its hard to balance that way). Fan support could be effected as well, with northern teams losing fan support in the cold games and southern teams losing fan base in the hot games. Domed Stadiums would negate any effect of Latitude upon play.
Altitude Mountain, Lowland and Basin (Coastal and Valleys) would be the choices. Mountain Stadiums would cause visiting non Mountain teams to suffer a Stamina reduction, and the Basin Teams would do the same to Non Basin Teams, with greater penalties to the Mountains visiting Basins and vice versa. Thin Air versus Hot Humidity. Mountain would receive a negative to fan base during the last half of the season, Basin during the first half of the season and Lowland would have no effect on fan base support. Domed Stadiums would negate the effects on Play.
Attitude Rural, Suburban, or Urban would be the options. Urban Stadiums would receive a bonus to medium and high income fan base support, and a reduction to low fan base support (urban poor is poor) and have a 20% increase to stadium construction costs. Rural would receive a significant bonus to low fan support and a reduction to medium and high income fan support (farmer john loves the Pack, but doesn't own a lexus or a luxury box) and a 30% reduction to stadium construction costs. Suburban Stadiums would basically be a bump, no change from the standard.
Field Type Soft Turf, Grass, NextTurf, AstroTurf are the options. Soft Turf reduces pass and kick quality by 1% and reduced all Stadium Construction Costs by 10% due to grounds upkeep savings. Grass is normal, no changes. NextTurf increases all player speed by 0.5% and increases stadium construction costs by 10%. AstroTurf reduces all home player staminas by 1% all visiting player staminas by .5% and reduces stadium construction costs by 20%. Turf can be changed in the off season for a significant expense. Soft Turf and Grass can not be used in Domed Stadiums.
New Stadium Teams can reset their stadium settings and wipe all stadium construction for a cost of 10% of the total stadium construction cost (demolition) and then the cost of the new construction. This can only happen during the off season and only once every five seasons.
Show Stadium Name on Team Page - Right now people only see the Stadium name if they look at your stadium. That's rare to say the least. Why not have the name of a teams stadium displayed under the team name and have the name be a link to the stadium page?
Naming Rights Allows the owner to let the CPU choose a random endorsement sponsor's name for the Stadium, with the negative being a one time reduction of fan support, and the positive being a one time sum and smaller annual additional source of team funding that varies based upon the prior seasons concession sales (ie popularity good games etc). Random events might occur each season such as Contract Ends which means you get to do it again, Sponsor Renamed which gives another but smaller fan base hit, and Sponsor Scandal which ends the contract and generates a hit to fan base support (think Enron). Unless a Scandal or Contract End event occurs, once the stadium name is sold to a sponsor the Stadium can not be renamed unless the team is reset to Rookie.
Memorial Stadium Another off season option to rename the Stadium after a former player on the team who is retired and has been for at least five seasons. This generates a permanent fan base plus to the team, the amount of which varies upon the HoF ranking of the player chosen. Once this option is used the Stadium can not be renamed unless the team is reset to Rookie.
Stadium Road Naming Promotion Show (or allowed to be built) around the stadium four roadways leading past the stadium complex. Hovering shows some generic name. But if a player uses the Stadium Construction Road Naming option, for a cost he can set the name of one of these roads. A pull down occurs showing the names of all retired players who played for this team and also all former GMs. The benefit of the action is to generate a fan base boost, the amount of which will vary upon the Hall of Fame standing of the retired player or the win loss record of the team while the GM was GM of the club. Usable only once per road, and is reset if the team is reset to Rookie.
Player Statue Promotion Outside the stadium allow the placement of four statues to be built. These would be of retired players from the team like the Road promotion. The effect would be the same, a boost to fan support.
Stadium Restaurant Allow the placement of a restaurant in a corner of the stadium graphic. Selected under Stadium Construction, this generates additional medium and high level fan income and shows one of various options graphically (think the Bucanneers Boat, or a Pool Area or a Patio or Booth layout and whatever else fun Bort and company can come up with).
JumboTron Stadium Construction choice. Either requires a Domed Stadium (see below) or it swaps 200 level seating for a huge video screen. There could be up to five steps in construction representing larger screens that cost more and replace more seats and provide better benefits. The benefits are permanent increased fan base support (ie +3/2/1 to season starting fan base each season for a level 1 jumbotron). Reset with the stadium if team goes back to Rookie.
Vary Stadium Graphic by Time of Day There should be a night time stadium graphic that shows during night time hours at GLB central, lights on parking lots etc.
Vary Stadium Graphic During Game When a Game is being processed (ie you can not spend skill points etc) have the stadium graphic changed to a filled stadium and parking lots. BETTER YET, for the ten minutes before a game starts to actually process (theres got to be a way to do this) have the graphic show cars in the lot and people walking into the stadium. This way we can get a last call for our AI changes. Then switch it to the filled stadium and players on the field etc. Have that graphic stay there until the game is completed processing and is viewable, then it goes back to the empty stadium.
(Boston Luddites posted before seeing the below)
Game Play Changing Chrome, these changes would effect game play some what
Game Play Role
These options would bring additional meaning to "Home Field Advantage". They are set when the player builds the stadium, aka the team is reset to Rookie. Buying an extant team will get you whatever stadium is there.
Wind Options would include Variable, Slight, Strong and Domed. Variable Wind would randomly interfere to varying degrees with passing and kicking quality from game to game in no predictable way (say range from 0 to -1%). Think Bowl Stadiums like the old Vet, Three Rivers etc, good to cool passing games in favor of your running game. Slight and Strong Winds would create a plus to pass and kick distance in one direction and a negative in the other all game long. OAI would include a new setting "Receive or Take Wind First Half" that would be triggered only when a team is set to receive in the first half in a Slight or Strong Wind stadium. Have Slight or Have Strong Against Slight Against Strong Wind could be optional setting in Inputs as well. Dome Stadiums would have no effect from Wind. Windy Stadiums would also have a plus to fan base support in the first four games of the season and a negative during the last four games and playoffs, with Variable being least effected and Strong the Most and Domed not at all. The effects of wind are increased by 50% at Mountain, Basin, Tundra and Tropical Stadiums cumulative (ie Mountain Tundra its 100%).
Latitude Tundra, Northern, Southern, Tropical would be the choices, with players Tundra and Northern taking morale hits for playing in Southern and Tropical Stadiums in the first eight games of the season and teams from the Tropical and Southern teams taking a morale loss playing in the North and Tundra the last 8 games. Southern Teams would have fan boosts during the By the play offs the southern teams have adapted and the tropics have cooled enough that there is no effect during the playoffs (unless we really want an Ice Bowl, but its hard to balance that way). Fan support could be effected as well, with northern teams losing fan support in the cold games and southern teams losing fan base in the hot games. Domed Stadiums would negate any effect of Latitude upon play.
Altitude Mountain, Lowland and Basin (Coastal and Valleys) would be the choices. Mountain Stadiums would cause visiting non Mountain teams to suffer a Stamina reduction, and the Basin Teams would do the same to Non Basin Teams, with greater penalties to the Mountains visiting Basins and vice versa. Thin Air versus Hot Humidity. Mountain would receive a negative to fan base during the last half of the season, Basin during the first half of the season and Lowland would have no effect on fan base support. Domed Stadiums would negate the effects on Play.
Attitude Rural, Suburban, or Urban would be the options. Urban Stadiums would receive a bonus to medium and high income fan base support, and a reduction to low fan base support (urban poor is poor) and have a 20% increase to stadium construction costs. Rural would receive a significant bonus to low fan support and a reduction to medium and high income fan support (farmer john loves the Pack, but doesn't own a lexus or a luxury box) and a 30% reduction to stadium construction costs. Suburban Stadiums would basically be a bump, no change from the standard.
Field Type Soft Turf, Grass, NextTurf, AstroTurf are the options. Soft Turf reduces pass and kick quality by 1% and reduced all Stadium Construction Costs by 10% due to grounds upkeep savings. Grass is normal, no changes. NextTurf increases all player speed by 0.5% and increases stadium construction costs by 10%. AstroTurf reduces all home player staminas by 1% all visiting player staminas by .5% and reduces stadium construction costs by 20%. Turf can be changed in the off season for a significant expense. Soft Turf and Grass can not be used in Domed Stadiums.
New Stadium Teams can reset their stadium settings and wipe all stadium construction for a cost of 10% of the total stadium construction cost (demolition) and then the cost of the new construction. This can only happen during the off season and only once every five seasons.
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