Statistical accuracy?

[Twincitiesfan]

Question for Arlie, during your beta testing how good have the stats been? In other words have you been able to simulate a career and be content with the stats that were produced? Keep up the great work and I can't wait to check out this game, thanks.

[cody8200]

Yeh, they have been good overall. Arlie has been tweaking them bit by bit but overall they are definetely looking good.

[MrHaroldG]

Now that you mention it, I was wondering if quarterback sacks will count against the quarterback's rushing yards as they do in real life?

[Arlie Rahn]

Here's how I do sacks. They count again the team rushing yards (and attempts), but I do not count them against a QBs individual rushing stats. Instead, you have two lines tracked for QBs: rushing attempts and rushing yards, as well as sacks and yards loss. If you add the two together you will get his Net rushing yards. I have found that keeping them seperate helps people better judge a QB's rushing ability. If you add them together, it's sometimes hard to see if a QB is a good runner with poor instincts for avoiding sacks (or bad OL) or simply a poor runner. Again, since you will see the tracked sacks and yards loss, people can combine the two if they wish when evaluating a player. If, however, I decided to combine the two in stat tracking, there would be no way to see a QB's performance in only rushing attempts.

[SkyDog]

[QUOTE=Arlie Rahn]Here's how I do sacks. They count again the team rushing yards (and attempts), but I do not count them against a QBs individual rushing stats. Instead, you have two lines tracked for QBs: rushing attempts and rushing yards, as well as sacks and yards loss. If you add the two together you will get his Net rushing yards. I have found that keeping them seperate helps people better judge a QB's rushing ability. If you add them together, it's sometimes hard to see if a QB is a good runner with poor instincts for avoiding sacks (or bad OL) or simply a poor runner. Again, since you will see the tracked sacks and yards loss, people can combine the two if they wish when evaluating a player. If, however, I decided to combine the two in stat tracking, there would be no way to see a QB's performance in only rushing attempts.[/QUOTE]Good call. :)

[BYU 14]

[QUOTE=SkyDog]Good call. :)[/QUOTE] I agree, I still have a hard time getting a handle on this in TCY, this will help with gameplanning immensely.

[SkyDog]

[QUOTE=BYU 14]I agree, I still have a hard time getting a handle on this in TCY, this will help with gameplanning immensely.[/QUOTE]It's a sitution where the real-life way of stat tracking just doesn't make a ton of sense.

[Huckleberry]

Agree that it's a good call for gameplanning and analytical purposes. However, I'd like a column that combines the two for national leaders purposes only because that's the way it is IRL. Sure it's dumb, but that's the way it is.