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mitchkenn · 01-29-2021, 05:55 PM

usually when i want to create a new game season, i just start a new historical league in either 1901 or 1871 and slowly expand it with fictional teams,players ... after a while, it slowly becomes a semi-historical (emphasis on semi ...). My last league lasted 63 years but i ended up running 3 different teams in commish mode and it just got to be more a hassle than enjoyment.

so i decided to try the opposite. Created a fictional league but inserted about what would be 50% real players. i grabbed a bunch of logos from the boards, but made a lot myself, made uniforms (some with the game jersey maker, some with justfan's great program. They are far from great, but work good enough for me, so i'm pleased with them.. Then i went to Baseball Reference and found lists for rookies for seasons 1871-2020. Hand picked (every unscientifically and not too objectively) players for my drafts. (Typed the players and base numbers up in Word pad, so i can edit up coming draft players.) While not enough to FILL the drafts, the game will create the rest.

All in all, it's taken me 2 and a half months - working on it about 4-5 hours a day. And today, i actually began playing (simming) 10 games of spring training.

Just was wondering how long any one else take to create their leagues? i just hope that my attention span lets me keep it going for more than my last one.

01-29-2021, 05:55 PM	#1
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	how long to create a new league? usually when i want to create a new game season, i just start a new historical league in either 1901 or 1871 and slowly expand it with fictional teams,players ... after a while, it slowly becomes a semi-historical (emphasis on semi ...). My last league lasted 63 years but i ended up running 3 different teams in commish mode and it just got to be more a hassle than enjoyment. so i decided to try the opposite. Created a fictional league but inserted about what would be 50% real players. i grabbed a bunch of logos from the boards, but made a lot myself, made uniforms (some with the game jersey maker, some with justfan's great program. They are far from great, but work good enough for me, so i'm pleased with them.. Then i went to Baseball Reference and found lists for rookies for seasons 1871-2020. Hand picked (every unscientifically and not too objectively) players for my drafts. (Typed the players and base numbers up in Word pad, so i can edit up coming draft players.) While not enough to FILL the drafts, the game will create the rest. All in all, it's taken me 2 and a half months - working on it about 4-5 hours a day. And today, i actually began playing (simming) 10 games of spring training. Just was wondering how long any one else take to create their leagues? i just hope that my attention span lets me keep it going for more than my last one. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.