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rink23 · 02-10-2018, 04:55 AM

I know there is a little more than a month before the new version comes out, but I just purchased OOTP 18 last night because I am burned out on Madden and am ready for baseball to commence.
I wanted to set up a 30-team league with each franchise represented by the best team it had from 2000-16.
Except for a couple of cases, World Series champions would get first choice, followed by WS qualifiers, CS qualifiers etc. Tie-breakers for the most part would be regular-season record.
Unfortunately, this would leave out the 2017 Houston and Dodgers team which both would have qualified. This will mean the 2006 Astros, who won the NL, will be playing in the AL West. The Dodgers will be represented by their 2012 team.
I will be running and managing the 2004 STL Cardinals.
While that team did not win the World Series, getting run over by a freight train disguised as the Boston Red Sox, it was a much better team than the 2006 and 2011 squads that did and should do much better in this kind of format.
Anyway, I set the league up the way I thought I was supposed too, but when I opened it up, it was all fictional players.
Was there a box I did not check or is it something else?
Any help would be appreciated.

02-10-2018, 04:55 AM	#1
rink23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 24,208	Setting up historical league issue I know there is a little more than a month before the new version comes out, but I just purchased OOTP 18 last night because I am burned out on Madden and am ready for baseball to commence. I wanted to set up a 30-team league with each franchise represented by the best team it had from 2000-16. Except for a couple of cases, World Series champions would get first choice, followed by WS qualifiers, CS qualifiers etc. Tie-breakers for the most part would be regular-season record. Unfortunately, this would leave out the 2017 Houston and Dodgers team which both would have qualified. This will mean the 2006 Astros, who won the NL, will be playing in the AL West. The Dodgers will be represented by their 2012 team. I will be running and managing the 2004 STL Cardinals. While that team did not win the World Series, getting run over by a freight train disguised as the Boston Red Sox, it was a much better team than the 2006 and 2011 squads that did and should do much better in this kind of format. Anyway, I set the league up the way I thought I was supposed too, but when I opened it up, it was all fictional players. Was there a box I did not check or is it something else? Any help would be appreciated.