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chucksabr · 10-20-2013, 11:49 PM

I believe Spring Training is hard-coded to start in early March. But what if your league is in Australia? A true major league there would play, what, October to March/April? They need spring training starting in August/September.

As for me, I'm contemplating a short major league season in a country with a start date of May 1. Early March spring training would be far too early. I'd need an April 1 start.

So how about adding an option to allow the player to choose either going with an early March default start, or changing the start date to a date of his choosing? Ninety percent of games will ignore this, but the other 10% will be grateful for the option. That's thousands of gamers right there.

EDIT: I see upon further review that the game can automatically adjust spring training start based on your season start date when creating the game. If your league evolves with changing start dates, though, this won't help you. But I guess most leagues won't. So, never mind.

10-20-2013, 11:49 PM	#1
chucksabr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: In the canyons of your mind Posts: 3,194	Spring Training: Change Start Date Option I believe Spring Training is hard-coded to start in early March. But what if your league is in Australia? A true major league there would play, what, October to March/April? They need spring training starting in August/September. As for me, I'm contemplating a short major league season in a country with a start date of May 1. Early March spring training would be far too early. I'd need an April 1 start. So how about adding an option to allow the player to choose either going with an early March default start, or changing the start date to a date of his choosing? Ninety percent of games will ignore this, but the other 10% will be grateful for the option. That's thousands of gamers right there. EDIT: I see upon further review that the game can automatically adjust spring training start based on your season start date when creating the game. If your league evolves with changing start dates, though, this won't help you. But I guess most leagues won't. So, never mind. __________________ The (English) Baseball League (est. 1888): A History The 1932 Season is Underway Dynasty Mission \| Creation Story \| Subscribe 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 (Great War Hiatus) 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 The OOTP Interview about the Baseball League Last edited by chucksabr; 10-20-2013 at 11:54 PM.