Longest Running OOTP leagues?

vesuvius · 02-06-2009, 11:46 AM

Just curious of other long running OOTP leagues out there.

The CBL started over 8 years ago with OOTP2 and is still going strong into our 32nd season of simming. That is something around 80,000 simulated games.

Anyone else been going at it that long?

The Computer Baseball League

CBL Highlights
- OOTP5 engine (free software)
- Outstanding website
- Running with the same commish for 8 years, great league stability
- 32nd season of simming (2031)
- Open bidding Free Agency in the off season via message boards
- League still packed with well known Major League players
- Minor League player renames easily available to owners to name their favorite prospects into yet-unused (in our league) major league stars - recent renames - Colby Rasmus, Ryan Zimmerman, Joba Chamberlain, Cliff Lee, Tim Lincecum, Jon Lester, David Dejesus, Shane Victorino, James McDonald, Matt Joyce, Kila Ka’aihue...
- Unique Japanese Nippon League signings
- Small but meaningful participation award bonuses
- Full League History / Career leaderboards via Catobase.

The Computer Baseball League

Commish : wedgeeric@aol.com

Post Highlights - thanks all!

CBL (Computer Baseball League)
The Computer Baseball League
Started in (real life) : 2001
Started with version : OOTP2
Current version : OOTP5
Seasons : 32nd simulated season

Baseball Maelstrom
Baseball Maelstrom -- an OOTP8 league
Started in (real life) : March, 2002
Seasons : 26th simulated season

Beta Baseball
Beta Baseball.
Started in (real life) : 2002
Seasons : 27th simulated season

FOBL
theFOBL.com : Home
Started in (real life) : 2001
Seasons : ?

NPBL
National Pastime Baseball League - Index
Started in (real life) : Dec, 2002
Seasons : 31 simulated seasons

APBL
Started in (real life) : 2004
Seasons : 24 simulated seasons

BTI
Started in (real life) : 2005
Seasons : 20 simulated seasons

Canadian Baseball League
Canadian Baseball League
Started in (real life) : Apr, 2002
Seasons : 28 simulated seasons

Cooperstown Diamond Legends
Seasons : 64 simulated seasons

Continental League
Started in (real life) : 1988 (PureStat baseball)

Time Warp Baseball
6 years of simming!

eMLB
over 8 years of simming!

North American Retro Baseball League
The Official Site Of The North American Retro Baseball League
Started in (real life) : July, 2002
Started in version: OOTP4
Current version: OOTP 6.5
Seasons : 34 seasons

FOOL
About the Front Office Baseball League — Front Office Offseason League
Seasons : 47 seasons

Cooleyvol · 02-06-2009, 12:01 PM

Positive that Cooperstown Diamond Legends has at least that length of time.

canadiancreed · 02-06-2009, 12:18 PM

Time Warp Baseball I'm pretty sure is on six years.

Raidergoo · 02-06-2009, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vesuvius

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The CBL started over 8 years ago with OOTP2 and is still going strong into our 32nd season of simming.

eMLB started before OOTP 1 and is more than 8.5 years old.

Bluenoser · 02-06-2009, 01:15 PM

Does this refer to Online Leagues? Or any league at all?

vesuvius · 02-06-2009, 01:24 PM

Online

Long_Long_Name · 02-06-2009, 02:19 PM

My league (see sig) has been around since 2002, and we're about to start our 27th season, so while not the longest-running, it's still been long and fun

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satchel · 02-06-2009, 02:26 PM

The NPBL is a "senior league." (Link to league in my sig.)

National Pastime Baseball League

documented December 2002 launch
31 seasons
stable ownership; fourteen of the owners have been in the league for 16+ seasons
all history fully recorded; Catobase going back to first season (in-game 2000)

Perhaps we should create a "Senior League" cerification, and establish criteria, and any league which meets those criteria could be certified as a Senior League.

hayesb26 · 02-06-2009, 04:21 PM

major baseball league has been around in one form or another (restarted a time or two) for many years now. most enjoyable league ive ever been in.

mblsim.com

Nutlaw · 02-06-2009, 06:40 PM

Wow. Those are some impressive runs. It's great to see so many long running leagues out there.

vesuvius · 02-09-2009, 01:00 PM

Indeed!

CBL-Commish · 02-09-2009, 01:28 PM

Too bad this is only for online leagues, because my Continental League began in 1988 on PureStat baseball on a Commodore 64. It's stayed alive for over 20 years on four different simulations/games, and every OOTP version since 2.0.

vesuvius · 02-11-2009, 10:34 AM

Cool, and nice name for the league you got there

I guess "Multiplayer" leagues where every (or a great majority of the teams) team has a real person in charge of them.

Whether it is online or a group of friends etc.

Matter2003 · 02-11-2009, 10:41 AM

[quote=vesuvius;2670238]Just curious of other long running OOTP leagues

CBL Highlights
- OOTP5 engine (free software)
[\quote]

I don't think the use of OOTP 5 should be listed as a highlight...maybe a lowlight considering how much the game has changed and improved...

kcroyalgm · 02-11-2009, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cooleyvol

Positive that Cooperstown Diamond Legends has at least that length of time.

Cooperstown Diamond Legends began in the 1969 baseball season. It is currently midway through 2032.

vesuvius · 02-11-2009, 02:50 PM

Free is (almost) always a highlight, and in this case it is.

Online leagues are foremost about the participants. Owners make the league, and we are rock solid in that regard.

OOTP5 is a great simulation engine, and, backed up by certain league rules, is wonderful for online leagues. For solo play, yes, there is absolutely no comparison.

Debating versions and what is good or not is certainly not the point of this thread though.

As for the Cooperstown Diamond Legends league - wow! Extremely impressive.

Bluenoser · 02-11-2009, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CBL-Commish

Too bad this is only for online leagues, because my Continental League began in 1988 on PureStat baseball on a Commodore 64. It's stayed alive for over 20 years on four different simulations/games, and every OOTP version since 2.0.

I wouldn't worry about that. It should have been posted in the online leagues forum if it's only about online leagues. Since it was posted here, your league is fair game as far as I'm concerned.

Well done, that's very impressive.

thomamon · 02-11-2009, 04:06 PM

APBL started in 2004, both real time and sim time. We're stronger then ever and now in 2027!

Zubes · 02-11-2009, 04:42 PM

BTI started in 2005 (both in game and in real life). We're starting our 20th season today.

SSBL has also been around for a while, as the league is in its 25th season.

kq76 · 02-11-2009, 06:12 PM

The Canadian Baseball League, which was founded in April 2002 real time, is currently in its 28th season. I honestly don't know how chrisj does it. He founded it almost 7 years ago and has been commishing it ever since. Seems to me even if some leagues last several years, the commish usually burns out a few years into it. Not Chris, though, not yet and not any time soon I don't think.

02-06-2009, 11:46 AM	#1
vesuvius Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Ashburn, VA Posts: 136	Longest Running OOTP leagues? Just curious of other long running OOTP leagues out there. The CBL started over 8 years ago with OOTP2 and is still going strong into our 32nd season of simming. That is something around 80,000 simulated games. Anyone else been going at it that long? The Computer Baseball League CBL Highlights - OOTP5 engine (free software) - Outstanding website - Running with the same commish for 8 years, great league stability - 32nd season of simming (2031) - Open bidding Free Agency in the off season via message boards - League still packed with well known Major League players - Minor League player renames easily available to owners to name their favorite prospects into yet-unused (in our league) major league stars - recent renames - Colby Rasmus, Ryan Zimmerman, Joba Chamberlain, Cliff Lee, Tim Lincecum, Jon Lester, David Dejesus, Shane Victorino, James McDonald, Matt Joyce, Kila Ka’aihue... - Unique Japanese Nippon League signings - Small but meaningful participation award bonuses - Full League History / Career leaderboards via Catobase. The Computer Baseball League Commish : wedgeeric@aol.com Post Highlights - thanks all! CBL (Computer Baseball League) The Computer Baseball League Started in (real life) : 2001 Started with version : OOTP2 Current version : OOTP5 Seasons : 32nd simulated season Baseball Maelstrom Baseball Maelstrom -- an OOTP8 league Started in (real life) : March, 2002 Seasons : 26th simulated season Beta Baseball Beta Baseball. Started in (real life) : 2002 Seasons : 27th simulated season FOBL theFOBL.com : Home Started in (real life) : 2001 Seasons : ? NPBL National Pastime Baseball League - Index Started in (real life) : Dec, 2002 Seasons : 31 simulated seasons APBL Started in (real life) : 2004 Seasons : 24 simulated seasons BTI Started in (real life) : 2005 Seasons : 20 simulated seasons Canadian Baseball League Canadian Baseball League Started in (real life) : Apr, 2002 Seasons : 28 simulated seasons Cooperstown Diamond Legends Seasons : 64 simulated seasons Continental League Started in (real life) : 1988 (PureStat baseball) Time Warp Baseball 6 years of simming! eMLB over 8 years of simming! North American Retro Baseball League The Official Site Of The North American Retro Baseball League Started in (real life) : July, 2002 Started in version: OOTP4 Current version: OOTP 6.5 Seasons : 34 seasons FOOL About the Front Office Baseball League — Front Office Offseason League Seasons : 47 seasons __________________ Join the CBL Rewind, a great historical OOTP 15 league! http://thecblonline.com/cblr/cblr.php Commish : wedgeeric@aol.com Join the Computer Baseball League, one of the longest running OOTP leagues in history (OOTP5)! http://www.thecblonline.com/cbl.php Last edited by vesuvius; 02-14-2009 at 12:28 PM.

02-06-2009, 01:24 PM	#6
vesuvius Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Ashburn, VA Posts: 136	Online __________________ Join the CBL Rewind, a great historical OOTP 15 league! http://thecblonline.com/cblr/cblr.php Commish : wedgeeric@aol.com Join the Computer Baseball League, one of the longest running OOTP leagues in history (OOTP5)! http://www.thecblonline.com/cbl.php

02-06-2009, 02:19 PM	#7
Long_Long_Name Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montréal Posts: 7,065	My league (see sig) has been around since 2002, and we're about to start our 27th season, so while not the longest-running, it's still been long and fun . __________________ Beta Baseball. Join it!

02-06-2009, 02:26 PM	#8
satchel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ft Smith Ark. USA Posts: 2,681	The NPBL is a "senior league." (Link to league in my sig.) National Pastime Baseball League documented December 2002 launch 31 seasons stable ownership; fourteen of the owners have been in the league for 16+ seasons all history fully recorded; Catobase going back to first season (in-game 2000) Perhaps we should create a "Senior League" cerification, and establish criteria, and any league which meets those criteria could be certified as a Senior League. __________________ JL Commish NPBL Rhode Island Reds ’33 ’34 ’35 TCBA San Francisco Railbornes ’74 ’76 ’77 ’78 FL New Orleans Black Sox ’56 ’57 ’58 ’59

02-09-2009, 01:00 PM	#11
vesuvius Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Ashburn, VA Posts: 136	Indeed! __________________ Join the CBL Rewind, a great historical OOTP 15 league! http://thecblonline.com/cblr/cblr.php Commish : wedgeeric@aol.com Join the Computer Baseball League, one of the longest running OOTP leagues in history (OOTP5)! http://www.thecblonline.com/cbl.php

02-06-2009, 12:01 PM	#2
Cooleyvol Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Union City, TN Posts: 6,383	Positive that Cooperstown Diamond Legends has at least that length of time.

02-06-2009, 12:18 PM	#3
canadiancreed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,660	Time Warp Baseball I'm pretty sure is on six years.

02-06-2009, 01:15 PM	#5
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,455	Does this refer to Online Leagues? Or any league at all?

02-06-2009, 04:21 PM	#9
hayesb26 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 267	major baseball league has been around in one form or another (restarted a time or two) for many years now. most enjoyable league ive ever been in. mblsim.com

02-06-2009, 06:40 PM	#10
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	Wow. Those are some impressive runs. It's great to see so many long running leagues out there.

02-09-2009, 01:28 PM	#12
CBL-Commish All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,999	Too bad this is only for online leagues, because my Continental League began in 1988 on PureStat baseball on a Commodore 64. It's stayed alive for over 20 years on four different simulations/games, and every OOTP version since 2.0. __________________ For the best in O's news: Orioles' Hangout.com

02-11-2009, 10:34 AM	#13
vesuvius Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Ashburn, VA Posts: 136	Cool, and nice name for the league you got there I guess "Multiplayer" leagues where every (or a great majority of the teams) team has a real person in charge of them. Whether it is online or a group of friends etc. __________________ Join the CBL Rewind, a great historical OOTP 15 league! http://thecblonline.com/cblr/cblr.php Commish : wedgeeric@aol.com Join the Computer Baseball League, one of the longest running OOTP leagues in history (OOTP5)! http://www.thecblonline.com/cbl.php

02-11-2009, 10:41 AM	#14
Matter2003 All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: In the vicinity of Buffalo,NY Posts: 1,634	[quote=vesuvius;2670238]Just curious of other long running OOTP leagues CBL Highlights - OOTP5 engine (free software) [\quote] I don't think the use of OOTP 5 should be listed as a highlight...maybe a lowlight considering how much the game has changed and improved... __________________ Goal Line Stand Football---An Open Source Project Check us out on the Git Hub Pages: Goal-Line-Stand-Football

02-11-2009, 02:50 PM	#16
vesuvius Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Ashburn, VA Posts: 136	Free is (almost) always a highlight, and in this case it is. Online leagues are foremost about the participants. Owners make the league, and we are rock solid in that regard. OOTP5 is a great simulation engine, and, backed up by certain league rules, is wonderful for online leagues. For solo play, yes, there is absolutely no comparison. Debating versions and what is good or not is certainly not the point of this thread though. As for the Cooperstown Diamond Legends league - wow! Extremely impressive. __________________ Join the CBL Rewind, a great historical OOTP 15 league! http://thecblonline.com/cblr/cblr.php Commish : wedgeeric@aol.com Join the Computer Baseball League, one of the longest running OOTP leagues in history (OOTP5)! http://www.thecblonline.com/cbl.php

02-11-2009, 04:06 PM	#18
thomamon Global Moderator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 5,274	APBL started in 2004, both real time and sim time. We're stronger then ever and now in 2027!

02-11-2009, 04:42 PM	#19
Zubes Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 361	BTI started in 2005 (both in game and in real life). We're starting our 20th season today. SSBL has also been around for a while, as the league is in its 25th season. __________________ Phil Zuber Beyond the Ivy - Commish, Twins GM Stars and Stripes Baseball League - Cubs GM Bricks and Ivy - Orioles GM Sim Coalition - co-founder

02-11-2009, 06:12 PM	#20
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 11,995	The Canadian Baseball League, which was founded in April 2002 real time, is currently in its 28th season. I honestly don't know how chrisj does it. He founded it almost 7 years ago and has been commishing it ever since. Seems to me even if some leagues last several years, the commish usually burns out a few years into it. Not Chris, though, not yet and not any time soon I don't think. __________________ My OOTP Wishlist \| My FAQ List OOTP Wiki \| Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project) For Beta/Devs: Full screen (1920x1080)