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battists · 07-31-2018, 02:54 PM

The biggest challenge with team nicknames is that it's not always the nickname itself being lame. It's just a certain combination of city and nickname that the computer can't realistically prevent, e.g. "Memphis Samurai." For example, if you had a team in Japan, "Samurai" might be a perfectly good nickname.

Some nicknames that we take for granted are peculiar taken out of context.

What is an "Astro"? (It comes from Houston and the fact that Houston was the hub of space exploration.)

What is a "Padre"? (It's actually Spanish for "father" and is named for the Spanish Franciscan friars who founded San Diego in 1769.)

There are actual sports franchises or colleges whose nickname is Ducks, Blue Wahoos, and Penmen (Penmen is the mascot for Southern New Hampshire University).

So, your best bet is to just edit the file yourself to take out names you don't like, and replace them with ones you do. Or just do what I do - when the computer generates team names, I keep the ones I like and manually change or move around those I don't.

07-31-2018, 02:54 PM	#5
battists Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 18,506	The biggest challenge with team nicknames is that it's not always the nickname itself being lame. It's just a certain combination of city and nickname that the computer can't realistically prevent, e.g. "Memphis Samurai." For example, if you had a team in Japan, "Samurai" might be a perfectly good nickname. Some nicknames that we take for granted are peculiar taken out of context. What is an "Astro"? (It comes from Houston and the fact that Houston was the hub of space exploration.) What is a "Padre"? (It's actually Spanish for "father" and is named for the Spanish Franciscan friars who founded San Diego in 1769.) There are actual sports franchises or colleges whose nickname is Ducks, Blue Wahoos, and Penmen (Penmen is the mascot for Southern New Hampshire University). So, your best bet is to just edit the file yourself to take out names you don't like, and replace them with ones you do. Or just do what I do - when the computer generates team names, I keep the ones I like and manually change or move around those I don't. __________________ Come check out my dynasty report, Funky Times!