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gosens · 09-06-2013, 01:02 PM

I'm not sure if this goes in the Tech Support forum as there were no crashes or error messages. If so I'll be happy to post it there.

This is about a historical league which is filled with 100% fictional players, 90% of them over 40 years old, and where there are more 60+ players than those under 30. I've counted a dozen players in their 70's as of 1999.

The good news is I started this historical league in 1947 and as of 1999 it is still running without a single crash. And the sim speed is better too!

At first I noticed a few odd players having stellar NHL careers like Guyle Fielder (perhaps the top all time minor leaguer in the real world). In hindsight I saw why: no new real NHLers were being added to the game. The original historic players retired (making room for the fringe players like Fielder), but only fictitious ones replaced them. The fictitious players do not retire, so now they are old but still playing.

In the 1980's and '90s, players aged 50+ were leading the scoring race. Few players make more than the minimum salary.

Let's hope the game will let me play past 2012... I'd love to see 25 years from now the first 100 year old NHLer!

Too bad Gordie Howe had to retire at age 51 (as in real life). With all those mediocre fictitious players filling the league, he had 8 seasons of 80+ goals starting in his 40's including 96 in his final year!

Settings:

Historical league, started 1947.
No expansion (league expanded anyway)
No expansion draft
Draft Rookies off I think?

09-06-2013, 01:02 PM	#1
gosens Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 66	NHL Oldtimers League - where nobody retires and no stars were born I'm not sure if this goes in the Tech Support forum as there were no crashes or error messages. If so I'll be happy to post it there. This is about a historical league which is filled with 100% fictional players, 90% of them over 40 years old, and where there are more 60+ players than those under 30. I've counted a dozen players in their 70's as of 1999. The good news is I started this historical league in 1947 and as of 1999 it is still running without a single crash. And the sim speed is better too! At first I noticed a few odd players having stellar NHL careers like Guyle Fielder (perhaps the top all time minor leaguer in the real world). In hindsight I saw why: no new real NHLers were being added to the game. The original historic players retired (making room for the fringe players like Fielder), but only fictitious ones replaced them. The fictitious players do not retire, so now they are old but still playing. In the 1980's and '90s, players aged 50+ were leading the scoring race. Few players make more than the minimum salary. Let's hope the game will let me play past 2012... I'd love to see 25 years from now the first 100 year old NHLer! Too bad Gordie Howe had to retire at age 51 (as in real life). With all those mediocre fictitious players filling the league, he had 8 seasons of 80+ goals starting in his 40's including 96 in his final year! Settings: Historical league, started 1947. No expansion (league expanded anyway) No expansion draft Draft Rookies off I think?