Anyone starting a modern (RL 2012) historical league?

[VdoubleB]

Big props to you, sir!

If you need help with anything. I will do my best to help out.

[bigfatcat]

Originally Posted by brewertoby

I have officially purchased a web-site for this league. I'm currently working out some of the settings. Once the web-site and forum are up and running, I will start to send out invites, and I will have some settings that I will leave up to democratic vote (assuming I can do this as easily as I hope I can...remember, I will be a 1st time commish, so please take it easy on me...lol)

we're all prepared to be very patient. we're just happy you're willing to give it a try. we seem to have a lot of people that are new to playing in on-line leagues, with a few veterans sprinkled in. there will be a lot of learning going on for everyone, and i know how tough a task being Commish is. have fun, and i think we'll be just fine.

[seekercuz]

Count me in on the wait list please. I will take any team that comes available.

E-mail: seekercuz@hotmail.com

[Maine Yank]

BIG THANKS to you brewertoby.

[Nmiles]

Thanks BrewerToby!! I am new to online leagues myself so I'll just be happy being a part of one.

[brewertoby]

Thanks for all the props everyone. I am working on getting everything ready and I'm even getting pretty excited about this. I hope to have the website up and running and the game downloadable within the next day or two (probably 2 to be honest).

With that in mind, I think I only have 6 email addresses out of the thirty teams from this forum thread. The Braves, Astros, Dodgers, Yankees, Tigers, and A's. I'll need to send out invites to everyone (so the site can't get spammed) via email so if the rest of you would like to send me your addresses via PM I'll be sending those invites out soon. I will use the below list as the 1st comes, however, I have noticed that someone else has posted a 2012 league so I assume we may lose some of the owners below to that league (which may or may not have a head-start on me.)

We'll get this thing up and running!!!!!

Originally Posted by bailey

AL
Baltimore Orioles; Nightwing
Boston Red Sox; strzepeksc
Chicago White Sox; sra9888
Cleveland Indians; bill-rob
Detroit Tigers; bigfatcat
Kansas City Royals; Hugoduper
Los Angelas Angels; WCSoxxy
New York Yankees; Maine Yank
Seattle Mariners; Eclipsial
Tampa Bay Rays; Onexcuse2many
Toronto Blue Jays; nyr11messier
Texas Rangers; laptophound
Minnesota Twins; csandvik
Oakland Athletics; bigdgp2

NL
Arizona Diamondbacks; Nmiles
Atlanta Braves; hoosiernick
Chicago Cubs; romist
Cincinnati Reds; RedsFan78
Philadelphia Phillies; DevilRay
Pittsburgh Pirates; Base Stealer
Miami Marlins; VdoubleB
Milwaukee Brewers; Eddie420819
Los Angeles Dodgers; MJONNY59
New York Mets; LouisSVillano
San Diego Padres; Stickman
San Francisco Giants; deadendzombie
St. Louis Cardinals; mochuck
Washington Nationals; Sabermetric Baseball
Colorado Rockies; zeg723
Houston Astros;uofostinks@yahoo.com

THE LEAGUE IS FULL.

Waiting list:

Dream Job (Rockies)

[And1pg2]

PM Sent!

[mochuck]

PM Sent... lets get this party started.. GO CARDS

[brewertoby]

Hey there all...

The PM's have poured in today which is a good sign. I suppose I should let you all know that I work during the day and can't really respond to them in a timely fashion. I usually get home around 5 (central time), so please don't be alarmed if I don't get back to you right away.

A little about the settings that I planned on using so those that are on the fence can fall off one way or another...

Sims: 3/week I'm thinking Mon, Wed, and Fri.

Time/sim: Either 1 week, or 2 weeks...to be decided by league vote on forum once up.

Rosters: Historical 2012

Scouting/Coaches: Off/Off

Ratings: 1-10

Injury Ratings: Low

Everything else is pretty much the standard default 2012 MLB settings (i.e. financials, a.i. strategies, etc.)

There will be a couple of league specific rules that I'll discuss on the forum page. It's nothing too earth shattering, just a couple of things that I learned from past leagues that seem to make leagues run better.

With all that said, I'm going to get back to working on the web-site and I hope to see some more PM's soon. I'll probably put out the list later of those addy's that I have and maybe put a deadline on the reserved spots because I have gotten a couple more that would like to have teams that we didn't have spots for.

[bigfatcat]

Originally Posted by brewertoby

Scouting/Coaches: Off/Off

Ratings: 1-10

Injury Ratings: Low

awesome...those are important, and they just happen to be what i personally prefer. of course, i'm just speaking from my own point of view.

default TCR makes for some big-time ratings swings, and diminishes the value of prospects, since it's almost a coin flip whether or not top prospects make it big, or totally flop, but it also allows for the possibility of lower rated prospects improving dramatically, which a lot of people like.
for myself, i think it's a little too volatile (is that even a word), and people really bum out when their better players/prospects turn sour...and i think it makes luck more of a factor than i like it to be...but i certainly don't expect everything to be exactly the way i like it. it's not possible to please everyone, and we all need to be a little flexible...which i am.

Mark

[brewertoby]

Oh!!!!

2 more things to consider...

If you haven't installed the new patch yet, you will have to do this. THE LEAGUE WILL NOT WORK CORRECTLY FOR YOU IF YOU DON'T.

Also, this is completely optional, but most people end up using AIM (instant messenger) for working out trades. It's not necessary, but it may make your experience better.

[zeg723]

PM'd

Any chance of a live chat on the site for those of us who don't have AIM?

Thanks again for hosting...can't wait to start.

[Eclipsial]

Whats the difference between 2012 rosters and 2012 historical rosters?

[brewertoby]

Originally Posted by Eclipsial

Whats the difference between 2012 rosters and 2012 historical rosters?

There is none...i just like to use too many words...lol.

[brewertoby]

Okay everyone...Here's where we stand as of the end of the night on the 16th.


AL
Baltimore Orioles; invite sent to Nightwing
Boston Red Sox; reserved for strzepeksc
Chicago White Sox; invite sent to sra9888
Cleveland Indians; reserved for bill-rob
Detroit Tigers; invite accepted by bigfatcat
Kansas City Royals; invite sent to Hugoduper
Los Angelas Angels; invite accepted by WCSoxxy
New York Yankees; invite sent to Maine Yank
Seattle Mariners; invite accepted by Eclipsial (still need home page access)
Tampa Bay Rays; reserved for Onexcuse2many
Toronto Blue Jays; reserved for nyr11messier
Texas Rangers; reserved for laptophound
Minnesota Twins; invite sent to csandvik
Oakland Athletics; invite sent to bigdgp2

NL
Arizona Diamondbacks; invite sent to Nmiles
Atlanta Braves; invite sent to hoosiernick
Chicago Cubs; invite sent to romist
Cincinnati Reds; invite sent to RedsFan78
Philadelphia Phillies; invite sent to DevilRay
Pittsburgh Pirates; invite sent to Base Stealer
Miami Marlins; invite sent to VdoubleB
Milwaukee Brewers; reserved for Eddie420819
Los Angeles Dodgers; invite sent to MJONNY59
New York Mets; reserved for LouisSVillano
San Diego Padres; invite sent to Stickman
San Francisco Giants; reserved for deadendzombie
St. Louis Cardinals; invite sent to mochuck
Washington Nationals; invite sent to Sabermetric Baseball
Colorado Rockies; invite accepted by zeg723
Houston Astros; invite sent touofostinks@yahoo.com



Waiting list:

Dream Job (any)
And1pg2 (any)


I'm hoping to hear some word on the reserved spots one way or the other soon. I will put a dealine once the websites are fully completed.

If I've sent you an invite and you haven't received it yet, I'm guessing one of two things may have happened. Either I typed in your email address wrong (I strongly suspect this in at least 1 case) or it may be in your spam box cuz you didn't previously have my email address. Hope you guys like everything so far.

[mochuck]

Quick league file question... Are we using the one that initially comes with the game.. or are we waiting for the updated MLB rosters that is supposed to be part of the next patch?

[brewertoby]

I am patched to this file...

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...-released.html

In fact, if you DON'T patch to this, I'm 99% positive the game won't upload or download correctly for you. If you're not sure what you have, when you first load up the game, it tells you at the very bottom of the screen.

[mochuck]

If you are answering my above post.. I was talking about the MLB rosters.. not the OOTP patch. There is supposed to be up to date rosters with changes due at the next patch which is supposed to be around the 19th I believe Markus said..

[brewertoby]

Originally Posted by mochuck

If you are answering my above post.. I was talking about the MLB rosters.. not the OOTP patch. There is supposed to be up to date rosters with changes due at the next patch which is supposed to be around the 19th I believe Markus said..

I had been answering your post because I thought you might have been unaware of the patch that had come out. Now it appears I was the one that was behind the times as I didn't know another one was coming out (damn Markus is fast). Sorry about the confusion.

Now to answer your question...I believe in patching whenever available (though there will be circumstances that may prevent this during the course of a league). Unfortunately, I don't think this will help any roster changes. I think it will only affect the bug fixes and such. I've already created the game and as such, I don't think the roster changes will take place inside the saved game file. I would simply re-create the game, but I've already tied it to the web-site and have it working. I could re-do this all, but I think the time would be better spent pushing things forward (I think it took me about 2 hours or so). I've still got quite a bit of work to do to get things ready. I hope this doesn't damper any enthusiasm about the league.

[mochuck]

I understand the idea of keeping up with the patches.. All I'm saying is that with the upcoming patch, there will be new and updated MLB rosters... I was just asking if we will be switching to those.. or staying with the one you have implemented now....And it seems we are staying with the current one... was just checking that out.... looking forward to the league