FOF2k4: Balance Sheet bug?

DaddyTorgo · 01-02-2005, 09:39 PM

Wondering if anyone else has noticed balance sheets not computing properly for computer-teams. I'm engaged in a career where I'm trying to play strictly with regards to financing (ie...taking over teams that are financially out of it and resurrecting them) and looking through the balance sheets after having rescued Cleveland I'm finding weird things. For instance Baltimore went from -26 million to +22 million, yet their trend % is 0. From looking further, it looks like this is just affecting teams that go from negative cashflow the previous year to positive this year (and not the other way around) or that are in the cashflow negative side of the ledger both years (doesn't seem to matter if they loose more one year or the other though).

Pyser · 01-03-2005, 01:19 AM

i dont think thats a bug. i think its just math.

DaddyTorgo · 01-03-2005, 01:38 AM

is it? cuz if the balance grows from say a negative 5 million to a positive 5 million, that's not a 0% change. I would think it should be represented as...an actual change.

Unless i'm just the dumbest math-person alive (very possible).

SackAttack · 01-03-2005, 02:22 AM

me fail math?

Honolulu Blue · 01-03-2005, 03:47 AM

Answering the instant question, FOF computes change based on percentage in the same direction. So a swing from profit to loss (or the other way) would be like dividing by zero - it confuses the computer and wouldn't make much sense any way you tried to do it.

End substantive comment. Begin rant.

You know, Jim has had this "balance sheet" since FOF Classic. IT IS NOT A BALANCE SHEET! IT IS AN INCOME STATEMENT! I've told him this, more than once, but he hasn't done anything about it. Ever. I rant not because it matters much, but because it seems like such an easy fix.

Thank you. I feel better now.

henry296 · 01-03-2005, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

is it? cuz if the balance grows from say a negative 5 million to a positive 5 million, that's not a 0% change. I would think it should be represented as...an actual change.

Unless i'm just the dumbest math-person alive (very possible).

the formula for % change is Change divided by beginning value. When they are both positive it is easy. 5 million to 10 million is a 100% increase. 5 million/5 million.

When the base is a negative number, you get some funny rusults. negative 5 million to 5 million is a 10 million increase, but the base is -5 million. Theerfore it is -200% change. Therefore, Jim must have defaulted to 0% change if the previous year is negative.

Todd

01-03-2005, 01:19 AM	#2
Pyser Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Los Angeles	i dont think thats a bug. i think its just math.

01-03-2005, 01:38 AM	#3
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	is it? cuz if the balance grows from say a negative 5 million to a positive 5 million, that's not a 0% change. I would think it should be represented as...an actual change. Unless i'm just the dumbest math-person alive (very possible).

01-03-2005, 02:22 AM	#4
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	me fail math?

01-03-2005, 03:47 AM	#5
Honolulu Blue Dynasty Boy Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan	Answering the instant question, FOF computes change based on percentage in the same direction. So a swing from profit to loss (or the other way) would be like dividing by zero - it confuses the computer and wouldn't make much sense any way you tried to do it. End substantive comment. Begin rant. You know, Jim has had this "balance sheet" since FOF Classic. IT IS NOT A BALANCE SHEET! IT IS AN INCOME STATEMENT! I've told him this, more than once, but he hasn't done anything about it. Ever. I rant not because it matters much, but because it seems like such an easy fix. Thank you. I feel better now.

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