Question about team abbreviations

Pirates Fan · 06-08-2008, 11:51 AM

I see that a team in OOTP can have an abbreviation of three letters (PIT, NYY) or two (KC, SF).

What about a one-letter abbreviation?

Reason I ask: The abbreviations show up on the player caps. I'd rather have a gold P in that circle on Pirate caps than PIT. (I'd be conducting a league where every team had a different initial, so no database conflicts would arise.)

Thanks.

1998 Yankees · 06-08-2008, 05:45 PM

I tried it in a test league and it seemed to work fine. However, consider the possible confusion from using certain letters by themselves, specifically:

A Assists
C Catcher
E Errors
G Games
H Hits
K Strikeouts
L Losses
P Pitcher
R Runs
S Saves
T Tie
W Wins

Just to play devil's advocate, I started a league of 12 teams with these abbreviations. You have a much stronger mind than I do if you would never think of Scott Springer as a Catcher (he's a LF) or of Vince Howard as being Tied with somebody in the batting average race.

Pirates Fan · 06-08-2008, 06:35 PM

1998,

Thanks for taking the time to run a test. Puts my request in perspective, for sure.

Thought I could be lazy and not use a mod for the cap logos, but guess I'll just have to learn how to use them.

Geoff

OldFatGuy · 06-08-2008, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pirates Fan

I see that a team in OOTP can have an abbreviation of three letters (PIT, NYY) or two (KC, SF).

What about a one-letter abbreviation?

Reason I ask: The abbreviations show up on the player caps. I'd rather have a gold P in that circle on Pirate caps than PIT. (I'd be conducting a league where every team had a different initial, so no database conflicts would arise.)

Thanks.

Why not download some cap logos and keep the 3 letter city abbreviations??? You could find some here:
FaceGen 1

And if you need help in figuring out how to make them appear on your hats, I'd be happy to try, as would others I would imagine.

Pirates Fan · 06-08-2008, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OldFatGuy

Why not download some cap logos and keep the 3 letter city abbreviations??? You could find some here:
FaceGen 1

And if you need help in figuring out how to make them appear on your hats, I'd be happy to try, as would others I would imagine.

Thanks, OFG. Once I take the plunge, I'll be taking you up on that offer.

I never looked into the mods that didn't display their contents in thumbnails, but sounds like what I want is under the link you provided.

06-08-2008, 11:51 AM	#1
Pirates Fan Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 65	Question about team abbreviations I see that a team in OOTP can have an abbreviation of three letters (PIT, NYY) or two (KC, SF). What about a one-letter abbreviation? Reason I ask: The abbreviations show up on the player caps. I'd rather have a gold P in that circle on Pirate caps than PIT. (I'd be conducting a league where every team had a different initial, so no database conflicts would arise.) Thanks.

06-08-2008, 05:45 PM	#2
1998 Yankees Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yankee Stadium, back in 1998. Posts: 8,645	I tried it in a test league and it seemed to work fine. However, consider the possible confusion from using certain letters by themselves, specifically: A Assists C Catcher E Errors G Games H Hits K Strikeouts L Losses P Pitcher R Runs S Saves T Tie W Wins Just to play devil's advocate, I started a league of 12 teams with these abbreviations. You have a much stronger mind than I do if you would never think of Scott Springer as a Catcher (he's a LF) or of Vince Howard as being Tied with somebody in the batting average race. Attached Images

06-08-2008, 06:35 PM	#3
Pirates Fan Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 65	1998, Thanks for taking the time to run a test. Puts my request in perspective, for sure. Thought I could be lazy and not use a mod for the cap logos, but guess I'll just have to learn how to use them. Geoff