The Computer Generated a Player Named After Me

DannyMac180 · 04-05-2003, 12:22 AM

Douglas McAteer is a utility infielder for Denver in my fictional league. My name is Dan McAteer, I found this very interesting. Anyone have any McAteer's in there leagues?

koohead · 04-05-2003, 01:12 AM

Wow..pretty cool! Don't recall a McAteer in my league, but now I'll go double check. How is Douglas doing? Is he worthy of the McAteer name???

MVPlaya · 04-05-2003, 01:17 AM

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Is he worthy of the McAteer name???

haha

DannyMac180 · 04-05-2003, 01:20 AM

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Wow..pretty cool! Don't recall a McAteer in my league, but now I'll go double check. How is Douglas doing? Is he worthy of the McAteer name???

I thought this was pretty funny too. Unfortuantely Doug is such a marginal player that I didn't even notice him until the league's third year of existence. He was chosen 454th overall in the initial draft and only averages about 100 AB's per year, but anyways I thought it was really cool.

Dargone · 04-05-2003, 01:42 AM

That is really cool...

BrandonJ33 · 04-05-2003, 03:36 AM

McAteer is actually one of the possible names in the last names data file.

DannyMac180 · 04-05-2003, 12:23 PM

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McAteer is actually one of the possible names in the last names data file.

So the question is...how did my name get there?

autarkis33 · 04-05-2003, 12:35 PM

I always get excited when I see my name in the game, of course it happens all the time...

Ritch King (spelled wrong but)

I have seen Rick's, Richard's, Rich's, Richie's, Ricky's, Dick's and pretty much every other variation of my name in there, but with a boring last name like that...

I have actually gone through the name file and found names of friends that I thought no one else would ever have,

Weirdest thing I have ever seen though...

I used to write under the pen name Michael Anthony. The BPLA when it generated its players, generated a Michael Anthony. No big deal I thought, common name. Birthdate, 3/20/1976, exact same as mine.

I thought that was way too weird, so I almost deleted him, but left him there quietly.

rferry · 04-05-2003, 08:10 PM

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Originally posted by autarkis33
I used to write under the pen name Michael Anthony. The BPLA when it generated its players, generated a Michael Anthony. No big deal I thought, common name. Birthdate, 3/20/1976, exact same as mine.

I thought that was way too weird, so I almost deleted him, but left him there quietly.

Talents: Brilliants
quietly, eh?

BrandonJ33 · 04-05-2003, 08:51 PM

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So the question is...how did my name get there?

I imagine Markus got a big list of last names somewhere to put in the data files. Your last name isn't all that uncommon.

Dargone · 04-05-2003, 09:23 PM

I've seen one player with my last name, Pendergraft, that was really cool. I've seen a few variations on my last name but only with my first OOTP5 league did I actually see a Pendergraft.

DannyMac180 · 04-05-2003, 11:40 PM

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I imagine Markus got a big list of last names somewhere to put in the data files. Your last name isn't all that uncommon.

Really? I would suppose it wouldn't be all that rare in Ireland but I'm not aware of anyone im not related to in the U.S. with the last name of McAteer. Anyone know any McAteer's?

04-05-2003, 12:22 AM	#1
DannyMac180 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 42	The Computer Generated a Player Named After Me Douglas McAteer is a utility infielder for Denver in my fictional league. My name is Dan McAteer, I found this very interesting. Anyone have any McAteer's in there leagues? __________________ OOTP Is Good

04-05-2003, 01:12 AM	#2
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,211	Wow..pretty cool! Don't recall a McAteer in my league, but now I'll go double check. How is Douglas doing? Is he worthy of the McAteer name??? __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

04-05-2003, 01:42 AM	#5
Dargone Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Interwebs Posts: 2,862	That is really cool... __________________ I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken -- and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.-Margaret Mitchell

04-05-2003, 12:35 PM	#8
autarkis33 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Peoria, IL Posts: 247	I always get excited when I see my name in the game, of course it happens all the time... Ritch King (spelled wrong but) I have seen Rick's, Richard's, Rich's, Richie's, Ricky's, Dick's and pretty much every other variation of my name in there, but with a boring last name like that... I have actually gone through the name file and found names of friends that I thought no one else would ever have, Weirdest thing I have ever seen though... I used to write under the pen name Michael Anthony. The BPLA when it generated its players, generated a Michael Anthony. No big deal I thought, common name. Birthdate, 3/20/1976, exact same as mine. I thought that was way too weird, so I almost deleted him, but left him there quietly. __________________ "I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell" Commissioner of the <A HREF="http://www.bpla-ootp.com">BPLA</A> GM of the Iowa Crop Circles in <A HREF="http://www.dpbl.net/potd">POTD</A> Manager of the Lennongrad Coleopteras in <A HREF="http://beta.simleagues.com">Beta Baseball</A> Only HOF Leftfielder in LBL - 2nd career AVG, 3B's and SB's - 3rd in Hits and HR's

04-05-2003, 09:23 PM	#11
Dargone Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Interwebs Posts: 2,862	I've seen one player with my last name, Pendergraft, that was really cool. I've seen a few variations on my last name but only with my first OOTP5 league did I actually see a Pendergraft. __________________ I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken -- and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.-Margaret Mitchell

04-05-2003, 03:36 AM	#6
BrandonJ33 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mechanicsville, VA Posts: 33	McAteer is actually one of the possible names in the last names data file.