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Originally Posted by GoCanes
I was able to do this by doing the following to the teams csv file. Open the file with notepad and uncheck wordwrap. Then remove all the E, W and C's in the file. In the current database that comes with the game they are the 5th item over in each line and has the word NULL for all other teams pre 1969. You can either go with NULL for each E, W or C or you can just leave it blank. Just DO NOT remove any of the commas. Now you will have to reset you playoff step up each year, but at least you won't have to redo your league structure.
As a side note for those that want to, you can move Cincinnati and Atlanta to the East and St. Louis and Chicago to the West for 1969 thru 1993 by reversing the E and W after each of these teams' for each year in the same file.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks GoCanes. I had mentioned that option in the OP. Good to know that it works. I was concerned about it messing up expansion, but if you say it works I'll give it a shot. I'll probably use a spreadsheet to do it and then after saving it, replace any double quotes that pop up in Notepad with blank spaces, as the original Teams.csv file has no double quotes surrounding any entry, be it text or numeral. As for playoffs, I'll probably use a custom format and try to keep it so that somewhere between 25% and 33% of the teams make it, though sometimes it'll be a little below 25%. With no divisions, it'll always be best on best and that's what I'm shooting for...Just trying to avoid situations similar to the 1984 Royals and 1987 Twins getting in, and to the 1993 Giants not making the playoffs.