new slow-pace Online League in planning

endruh · 08-10-2002, 09:48 AM

Hi everybody,
I am on working on starting a slow-pace online League. It will be a 1 day-1 sim OOTP4 league. I will probably need a couple of more weeks to get this all done, because right now there's a real life project-milestone approaching in 2 weeks which always means a full working-schedule. Noneoftheless I starting with this post to recruit a strong and active bunch of members. So if you are interested drop me a line at endruh@web.de, please include a little timetable of your sim-baseball experience/histroy and your prefered franchise. Please consider that if you participating a slow pace league patience(!) is a needed skill. The timespan for bringing a top-prospects in the big leagues could take 1-2 Real life years (about 2-4 League Seasons). There fore you will get the possibility to set up Lineups depending on Team-Starting Pitcher-daily Lineup.
Her you will get my ideas for the league:

1) We will start league action in 1994, as this is the first year of 6 divisions which means 8 Playoff-teams instead of just 4.
2) We will start which original Rosters from that year.
3) I found a pretty complete Roster set of the 1980 season, and will use it starting our history. That means I let the game sim a 14 years history for our league. I will try to run the teams under original Rosters and original Coaches. This will give us a solid history when starting Owners-action.
4) The planning for the website is already done, though I have to find the time to complete it. I will let you know when and where you can see something. Besides all the important usual linking to league stuff, I would like to include diffrent league writings in layers loaded from another source. Therefor I will look for a banner- and costfree webspace everybody of this league could have FTPaccess to. This Fileserver will contain templates for the different topics/writings, and the Main Page will include those writings in the dedicated layer. (if this is too technical forget about it ;-)). Therefor I would like to find ARTICLE writers for AL ROUNDUP, NL ROUNDUP and TRADE ANALYSIS (ayn other idea??
5) Another assistance I would like to have is a CO-Commish who can help with league stuff from time-to time. Anyone interested??

I'll let you know if i got something on the net...

Okay. So far so good. Would be nice to hear some feedback.

Andy.

Bluenoser · 08-10-2002, 10:26 AM

I have been considering something like this for a while, but just a bit different in regards to the simming. My thought has always been to sim 3 season games per every 2nd real day. Almost covers a series unless there happens to be a 4 game series. I'm just of the opinion that 1 day would be too slow paced. Doing 3 days, you still have micro-management of your team, and can still set your line-ups accordingly, ie: You're playing a series against your chief division rival. You can look at the pitching match-ups and set your line-ups accordingly. The day in between allows owners bit of time to prepare their line-ups for the upcoming series.

I'd be interested to know if you plan on clearing the record books in 1980 when you start the sims to build the history.

Also interested to know if you would use real rookies and assign them to their original teams.

Free agency, will it be on during the simming, or will it be left off to keep players with their original teams until real owners take over?

This is a very good idea for a league though, and I'll be following your progress along for sure. Please keep us updated.

Regards
BruceM

endruh · 08-10-2002, 11:31 AM

Well not absolutely sure on all your questions. I defenitely will evaluate things and check how much work all my ideas are.

I'd like to start with clean RecordBooks in 1980. If I don't like the results, I could add original stuff (before 1980) manually. But usually I think the era-start of Modern Baseball (1980) is a good point, as previous stats are diffecult to compare in my opinion.

As for the rookies: Yes I will assign the rookies to the original teams. My idea is to use the rookie DB of Gambo to contribute that. This will also give us filled minors at owner-action start.

The Free-agent /hold-players-with-original-teams/change-players-teams-when-they-changed-in-real-life AREA seems the most diffecult for me. Also the addition of COL and FLA 1993.
I'm not sure how to handle this right now, because of the ton of work to keep them up-to-date.
Maybe i will run league stuff through 1992, add Florida and Colorado at the start of the 1993 season, assign all players to their original 1994 teams, turn the existing 1 year contracts to 2 years (to keep them after 1993), run the 1993 season and switch to 6 divisions after 1993.
Any other suggestions out there??

other sidenotes:
- I will use a salary cap for the history simming because the gap between the have and have-nots will turn too big otherwise.
- Computer trading will be off.

Red Blow · 08-10-2002, 08:41 PM

Anyone even considering this league should jump on board. I have "commished" Endruh in the past. He was an excellent, organized, competitive owner. All of that should translate well onto the commish side.

He even beat my Orioles once in the World Series.

rferry · 08-11-2002, 11:25 AM

i'd like to take control of the Marlins.
but i'd first like to know how expansion will be handled.

endruh · 09-27-2002, 11:00 AM

Hi everybody,
a new slow pace Online league is starting its initial draft on Monday, Sep 30.
We will sim 1-day-per-real-day, 7 days a week. There are still 7 Teams open (TOR, SEA, PIT, PHI, DET, ANA, STL).

So if interested check out: http://home.attbi.com/~srparks/nsbl/

Thanks, Andy.

08-10-2002, 09:48 AM	#1
endruh Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5	new slow-pace Online League in planning Hi everybody, I am on working on starting a slow-pace online League. It will be a 1 day-1 sim OOTP4 league. I will probably need a couple of more weeks to get this all done, because right now there's a real life project-milestone approaching in 2 weeks which always means a full working-schedule. Noneoftheless I starting with this post to recruit a strong and active bunch of members. So if you are interested drop me a line at endruh@web.de, please include a little timetable of your sim-baseball experience/histroy and your prefered franchise. Please consider that if you participating a slow pace league patience(!) is a needed skill. The timespan for bringing a top-prospects in the big leagues could take 1-2 Real life years (about 2-4 League Seasons). There fore you will get the possibility to set up Lineups depending on Team-Starting Pitcher-daily Lineup. Her you will get my ideas for the league: 1) We will start league action in 1994, as this is the first year of 6 divisions which means 8 Playoff-teams instead of just 4. 2) We will start which original Rosters from that year. 3) I found a pretty complete Roster set of the 1980 season, and will use it starting our history. That means I let the game sim a 14 years history for our league. I will try to run the teams under original Rosters and original Coaches. This will give us a solid history when starting Owners-action. 4) The planning for the website is already done, though I have to find the time to complete it. I will let you know when and where you can see something. Besides all the important usual linking to league stuff, I would like to include diffrent league writings in layers loaded from another source. Therefor I will look for a banner- and costfree webspace everybody of this league could have FTPaccess to. This Fileserver will contain templates for the different topics/writings, and the Main Page will include those writings in the dedicated layer. (if this is too technical forget about it ;-)). Therefor I would like to find ARTICLE writers for AL ROUNDUP, NL ROUNDUP and TRADE ANALYSIS (ayn other idea?? 5) Another assistance I would like to have is a CO-Commish who can help with league stuff from time-to time. Anyone interested?? I'll let you know if i got something on the net... Okay. So far so good. Would be nice to hear some feedback. Andy.

08-10-2002, 10:26 AM	#2
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,490	I have been considering something like this for a while, but just a bit different in regards to the simming. My thought has always been to sim 3 season games per every 2nd real day. Almost covers a series unless there happens to be a 4 game series. I'm just of the opinion that 1 day would be too slow paced. Doing 3 days, you still have micro-management of your team, and can still set your line-ups accordingly, ie: You're playing a series against your chief division rival. You can look at the pitching match-ups and set your line-ups accordingly. The day in between allows owners bit of time to prepare their line-ups for the upcoming series. I'd be interested to know if you plan on clearing the record books in 1980 when you start the sims to build the history. Also interested to know if you would use real rookies and assign them to their original teams. Free agency, will it be on during the simming, or will it be left off to keep players with their original teams until real owners take over? This is a very good idea for a league though, and I'll be following your progress along for sure. Please keep us updated. Regards BruceM Last edited by Bluenoser; 08-10-2002 at 10:28 AM.

08-10-2002, 11:31 AM	#3
endruh Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5	Well not absolutely sure on all your questions. I defenitely will evaluate things and check how much work all my ideas are. I'd like to start with clean RecordBooks in 1980. If I don't like the results, I could add original stuff (before 1980) manually. But usually I think the era-start of Modern Baseball (1980) is a good point, as previous stats are diffecult to compare in my opinion. As for the rookies: Yes I will assign the rookies to the original teams. My idea is to use the rookie DB of Gambo to contribute that. This will also give us filled minors at owner-action start. The Free-agent /hold-players-with-original-teams/change-players-teams-when-they-changed-in-real-life AREA seems the most diffecult for me. Also the addition of COL and FLA 1993. I'm not sure how to handle this right now, because of the ton of work to keep them up-to-date. Maybe i will run league stuff through 1992, add Florida and Colorado at the start of the 1993 season, assign all players to their original 1994 teams, turn the existing 1 year contracts to 2 years (to keep them after 1993), run the 1993 season and switch to 6 divisions after 1993. Any other suggestions out there?? other sidenotes: - I will use a salary cap for the history simming because the gap between the have and have-nots will turn too big otherwise. - Computer trading will be off. Last edited by endruh; 08-10-2002 at 11:34 AM.

08-11-2002, 11:25 AM	#5
rferry All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2002 Location: DC Posts: 549	i'd like to take control of the Marlins. but i'd first like to know how expansion will be handled. __________________ please excuse my grammar, i read baseball weekly in my high school english classes.

08-10-2002, 08:41 PM	#4
Red Blow Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 404	Anyone even considering this league should jump on board. I have "commished" Endruh in the past. He was an excellent, organized, competitive owner. All of that should translate well onto the commish side. He even beat my Orioles once in the World Series.

09-27-2002, 11:00 AM	#6
endruh Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5	Hi everybody, a new slow pace Online league is starting its initial draft on Monday, Sep 30. We will sim 1-day-per-real-day, 7 days a week. There are still 7 Teams open (TOR, SEA, PIT, PHI, DET, ANA, STL). So if interested check out: http://home.attbi.com/~srparks/nsbl/ Thanks, Andy.