Mystery Injury

Bauerpower · 05-10-2003, 11:06 PM

I am playing a season in 1902, in which everything was fine with Jimmy Barrett, my lead off hitter and one of my best players. I exit out of the game and the next morning open it up and I notice he is out for three weeks with a strained medial collateral ligament. I checked the previous day's box score in case I missed something. No mention of any injury. What happened? Was he washing his truck after the game (like Jeff Kent)? No, they didn't have trucks in 1902. Did he slip on the soap in the shower?

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced of these "mystery injuries". Is it a bug or is it something I should accept as part of the game that any manager has to deal with?

Steve Kuffrey · 05-10-2003, 11:11 PM

What version of the game are you using?

Bauerpower · 05-10-2003, 11:18 PM

I'm using 5.10

Andy · 05-10-2003, 11:22 PM

I've noticed this before but not in 5.10, although I haven't played much recently.

mtw · 05-10-2003, 11:31 PM

With 5.10, I seem to see three to five players each season going down with "mystery injuries"--no listing in the injury reports or in box scores.

Henry · 05-11-2003, 09:11 AM

I'm not at all sure here, but oe of two things must be happening.

(1) Player is injured in the game but not added to the injury list. This might be becasue the order in which things get done in the coding as a game is completed might "miss" the routine that record the injury in the boxscore or injury listing. If this is the case, Markus should be able to find it by tracing all the possibilities as a game is completed.

(2) In this case, Markus may ahave actually included "of field" injuries, but hasn't yet added all the code to capture them. If this is what's happening, thn I'm sure it will be added going forward.

Bauerpower · 05-11-2003, 04:33 PM

In my case, It was not the first option because I played the game manually and Barrett was not injured in the game. This means that there are indeed off-field, away from the ballpark injuries in the game.....or it could just be a bug.

Anyway, today I got an email from my doctor that the injury was more serious than he originally thought and he is going to be out an additional 7 days. I wish I could email him back. Or fire the doctor....there's a new feature that the game should have. I seem to get this message a lot.

mtw · 05-12-2003, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Henry
I'm not at all sure here, but oe of two things must be happening.

(1) Player is injured in the game but not added to the injury list. This might be becasue the order in which things get done in the coding as a game is completed might "miss" the routine that record the injury in the boxscore or injury listing. If this is the case, Markus should be able to find it by tracing all the possibilities as a game is completed.

(2) In this case, Markus may ahave actually included "of field" injuries, but hasn't yet added all the code to capture them. If this is what's happening, thn I'm sure it will be added going forward.

Well, I just a had a player go down today with a Mystery Injury for 7 weeks--a Cold!!! Don't think this was an in-game injury that wasn't "captured", or was it...? Could the game have been played in Toronto and the player caught the mystery injury for which the AI had no recognition except to call it a Cold? It's SARS!!!! The game is self-updating apparently

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In all seriousness, a 100% disabling 7 week Cold? I checked the injury file and there is no possibilty of a 100% disabling 7 week Cold--it's only 5% for 2 to 5 days. So there must be something else happening than an "uncaptured" injury.

Also saw another player today go down with a mystery injury-a torn hamstring for 6 weeks.

ctorg · 05-12-2003, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bauerpower
I am playing a season in 1902, in which everything was fine with Jimmy Barrett, my lead off hitter and one of my best players. I exit out of the game and the next morning open it up and I notice he is out for three weeks with a strained medial collateral ligament. I checked the previous day's box score in case I missed something. No mention of any injury. What happened? Was he washing his truck after the game (like Jeff Kent)? No, they didn't have trucks in 1902. Did he slip on the soap in the shower?

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced of these "mystery injuries". Is it a bug or is it something I should accept as part of the game that any manager has to deal with?

When you open the player up, does it say what the injury is?

Matchstick · 05-12-2003, 10:07 AM

We've seen this in our online league, with 5.1.

Players just showing up as injured when there's no indication they were injured in the box scores.

blynch10 · 05-12-2003, 03:19 PM

I lost my ace pitcher to a career ending blister that never made it into the logs or news.

Scott Vibert · 05-12-2003, 03:28 PM

Keep in mind with some of the odd injuries that if you (or your league commish for an online league) is using an edited injury.txt file that you may see some oddities. (I had a player overcome by the vapors in one of my leagues; while one of my rivals had a guy stabbed by a stalker. The stabbing victim was out 3 days while my guy was out 3 weeks... must be some strong vapors

)

BillyBuck · 05-12-2003, 04:11 PM

I've seen this too in the past - with OOTP4.

Matchstick · 05-12-2003, 05:28 PM

I don't think we're using an edited injuries file. Though now I kind of wish we were...

Hahahahahahaha! The vapors!

ctorg · 05-13-2003, 08:22 AM

Some of my favorites from altered injury.txt files:

Gone fishing - out 1 day
Stuck in traffic - out one day
Spontaneous combustion - career over
The bends - not sure how long
Irritated old gunshot wound (like the Natural) - career over
Joined obscure religious sect - career over

lpoulas · 06-16-2003, 11:21 AM

An owner in my league was hit with the mystery injury too - Nolan Ryan is out for the season, and it is only 1 day old.

I am contemplating manually editing the injury away.

Should I assume this is a 'bug' and he was never really injured, or should I assume, for whatever reason, the injury was never reported.

It was definitely an off the field injury as he hadn't pitched an inning yet.

Gastric ReFlux · 06-16-2003, 11:26 AM

I had a guy get "Renounces all worldly possessions" and his career was over.

treedom · 06-16-2003, 11:29 AM

i'd just like to add that i too have seen this bug...where a player is injured, but it isn't reported anywhere, box score, team injury report, etc...this happened with 5.10...

joncarlos · 06-17-2003, 11:32 AM

This is all so wierd. I had a player in my solo league that got injured outside the game (P Scot Shields) but I got email from the team doctor, something to the effect of 'he worked out too hard' so at least I knew what had happened. Maybe you guys have a setting so you didn't get that email? Or maybe it's just wierd?

Bill II · 06-17-2003, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ctorg
Some of my favorites from altered injury.txt files:

Gone fishing - out 1 day
Stuck in traffic - out one day
Spontaneous combustion - career over
The bends - not sure how long
Irritated old gunshot wound (like the Natural) - career over
Joined obscure religious sect - career over

Howabout one for Rube Waddel?
"Left game to chase firetruck" - out 1 day

05-10-2003, 11:06 PM	#1
Bauerpower Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Edmonton AB Canada Posts: 50	Mystery Injury I am playing a season in 1902, in which everything was fine with Jimmy Barrett, my lead off hitter and one of my best players. I exit out of the game and the next morning open it up and I notice he is out for three weeks with a strained medial collateral ligament. I checked the previous day's box score in case I missed something. No mention of any injury. What happened? Was he washing his truck after the game (like Jeff Kent)? No, they didn't have trucks in 1902. Did he slip on the soap in the shower? Just wondering if anyone else has experienced of these "mystery injuries". Is it a bug or is it something I should accept as part of the game that any manager has to deal with?

05-10-2003, 11:11 PM	#2
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05-10-2003, 11:31 PM	#5
mtw All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 653	With 5.10, I seem to see three to five players each season going down with "mystery injuries"--no listing in the injury reports or in box scores. __________________ Over-Zealous Apologist

05-12-2003, 10:07 AM	#10
Matchstick Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 63	We've seen this in our online league, with 5.1. Players just showing up as injured when there's no indication they were injured in the box scores. __________________ The Superior Moo - Backyard Baseball League BBL Champions 1957, 1963

05-12-2003, 04:11 PM	#13
BillyBuck Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: KC, MO Posts: 436	I've seen this too in the past - with OOTP4. __________________ Kansas City Crows - FEBL Champions 2006 and 2007 Oslo Mountain Dawgs - WBL Champions 2004 and 2005

05-10-2003, 11:18 PM	#3
Bauerpower Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Edmonton AB Canada Posts: 50	I'm using 5.10

05-10-2003, 11:22 PM	#4
Andy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 2,270	I've noticed this before but not in 5.10, although I haven't played much recently.

05-11-2003, 09:11 AM	#6
Henry Hall of Fame Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,498	I'm not at all sure here, but oe of two things must be happening. (1) Player is injured in the game but not added to the injury list. This might be becasue the order in which things get done in the coding as a game is completed might "miss" the routine that record the injury in the boxscore or injury listing. If this is the case, Markus should be able to find it by tracing all the possibilities as a game is completed. (2) In this case, Markus may ahave actually included "of field" injuries, but hasn't yet added all the code to capture them. If this is what's happening, thn I'm sure it will be added going forward.

05-11-2003, 04:33 PM	#7
Bauerpower Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Edmonton AB Canada Posts: 50	In my case, It was not the first option because I played the game manually and Barrett was not injured in the game. This means that there are indeed off-field, away from the ballpark injuries in the game.....or it could just be a bug. Anyway, today I got an email from my doctor that the injury was more serious than he originally thought and he is going to be out an additional 7 days. I wish I could email him back. Or fire the doctor....there's a new feature that the game should have. I seem to get this message a lot.

05-12-2003, 03:19 PM	#11
blynch10 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 273	I lost my ace pitcher to a career ending blister that never made it into the logs or news.

05-12-2003, 03:28 PM	#12
Scott Vibert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: My Computer Posts: 8,248	Keep in mind with some of the odd injuries that if you (or your league commish for an online league) is using an edited injury.txt file that you may see some oddities. (I had a player overcome by the vapors in one of my leagues; while one of my rivals had a guy stabbed by a stalker. The stabbing victim was out 3 days while my guy was out 3 weeks... must be some strong vapors )

05-12-2003, 05:28 PM	#14
Matchstick Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 63	I don't think we're using an edited injuries file. Though now I kind of wish we were... Hahahahahahaha! The vapors! __________________ The Superior Moo - Backyard Baseball League BBL Champions 1957, 1963

05-13-2003, 08:22 AM	#15
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 9,848	Some of my favorites from altered injury.txt files: Gone fishing - out 1 day Stuck in traffic - out one day Spontaneous combustion - career over The bends - not sure how long Irritated old gunshot wound (like the Natural) - career over Joined obscure religious sect - career over __________________ My music "When the trees blow back and forth, that's what makes the wind." - Steven Wright Fjord emena pancreas thorax fornicate marmalade morpheme proteolysis smaxa cabana offal srue vitriol grope hallelujah lentils

06-16-2003, 11:21 AM	#16
lpoulas Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Jersey Posts: 75	An owner in my league was hit with the mystery injury too - Nolan Ryan is out for the season, and it is only 1 day old. I am contemplating manually editing the injury away. Should I assume this is a 'bug' and he was never really injured, or should I assume, for whatever reason, the injury was never reported. It was definitely an off the field injury as he hadn't pitched an inning yet. __________________ Commissioner, <a href="http://www.geocities.com/lpoulas/ATB.html" target="_blank">All Time Baseball</a>

06-16-2003, 11:26 AM	#17
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	I had a guy get "Renounces all worldly possessions" and his career was over.

06-16-2003, 11:29 AM	#18
treedom Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Transylvania Posts: 2,900	i'd just like to add that i too have seen this bug...where a player is injured, but it isn't reported anywhere, box score, team injury report, etc...this happened with 5.10... __________________ A rake and a roustabout.

06-17-2003, 11:32 AM	#19
joncarlos All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2003 Location: Pittsburgh PA Posts: 693	This is all so wierd. I had a player in my solo league that got injured outside the game (P Scot Shields) but I got email from the team doctor, something to the effect of 'he worked out too hard' so at least I knew what had happened. Maybe you guys have a setting so you didn't get that email? Or maybe it's just wierd?