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nyy26wc · 09-02-2013, 01:46 PM

I am pretty sure I can't do this, but will ask anyway.

I want to start a league in 2013, but have a full 1900-2012 fictious history. I tried doing it the normal way, by simming the entire period with fictional players. But I just didn't like the results.

I want to instead sim 1900-2012 with historical players. But, then I want everybody's name randomly changed. I want players who represented Bonds, Aaron, Ruth, etc. to comprise the all time HR leader lists. But, since those players will then reenter my league via my method of creating a random draft class, I need the players to originally have fake names. I also want to start out in 2012-13 offseason with today's players (obviously not on their real teams, but whereever they end up), but also need them to have their names changed.

I know that I could do this by changing everybody's name in the database, using VLOOKUP in Excel. But, I want to look up some of my favorites to see what numbers they had before I change everybody's names. So, I don't want to do that.

I know that I can hit the randomize names button during the 2012-13 offseason. But, I assume that's just going to be for the players already in the league and the oldtimers won't be affected.

09-02-2013, 01:46 PM	#1
nyy26wc All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 679	Historical players/fake names I am pretty sure I can't do this, but will ask anyway. I want to start a league in 2013, but have a full 1900-2012 fictious history. I tried doing it the normal way, by simming the entire period with fictional players. But I just didn't like the results. I want to instead sim 1900-2012 with historical players. But, then I want everybody's name randomly changed. I want players who represented Bonds, Aaron, Ruth, etc. to comprise the all time HR leader lists. But, since those players will then reenter my league via my method of creating a random draft class, I need the players to originally have fake names. I also want to start out in 2012-13 offseason with today's players (obviously not on their real teams, but whereever they end up), but also need them to have their names changed. I know that I could do this by changing everybody's name in the database, using VLOOKUP in Excel. But, I want to look up some of my favorites to see what numbers they had before I change everybody's names. So, I don't want to do that. I know that I can hit the randomize names button during the 2012-13 offseason. But, I assume that's just going to be for the players already in the league and the oldtimers won't be affected.