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[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by jg2977

I love the Turon circular logo. I like everything about it. If it ain't broke, don't fix it

You convinced me... I went back to the original one... it looks much better in the game.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

jg2977, hoping to see Gordon Clyde Freeman's career statistics for batting, pitching, and fielding soon, if possible. Saw you are in 1954 now, too. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Post 1284 here now updated with new information, EC and jg2977. Will probably PM you again later. Don't know when exactly, but it may still be soon. So please watch for possible messages of that nature to perhaps come your ways soon. Thank you. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Just make some new maps, jg2977, like I have been doing for the two nations with teams from them, Eudagero and Gerofo, in this thread. I have made a number of maps for those nations, showing various islands and where certain places are in them. While I"m not yet done making all the maps needed yet, at least on a basic or rudimentary level, I have posted several maps related to the IPA/EBF locations already made so far.

I'll have non-public IPA frameworks, and public Eudageron Baseball Federation frameworks in play, with many of the teams being ones of my own creation, in at least four different levels or four leagues, as the case might be for them all. So far, I have at least 96 different teams in mind for those frameworks, with at least a quarter likely being ones of my own creation, if not at least a third of them being that way.

I've had a few technical problems lately, if I remember correctly, with at least one of my dynasties, or messed up at least one thing for one or more of them. Of course, I'm including that potential quickstart I was periodically working on earlier, when it comes to that sort of thing or those sorts of things here, in truth. But I'll still see if I can't resume work on that quickstart I mentioned earlier in this thread, just as soon as I can.

As for my Freeman Dynasty 001, hopefully it can be sufficiently recovered somehow, once I'm able to submit a support ticket regarding it soon enough, Lord willing and all, of course. I don't know if it will be able to be suffficiently recovered yet, of course, but i"m still hoping it can be, somehow. I would hate to have to go back about a year and a half to the very beginning of 1901, for sure, from where I was in 1902.

WIll write more later, if and when I can, I'm sure, Lord willing and all, in any case. Thank you for your time and attenrion and all here, then. And can't wait to see how Freeman's done so far statistics-wise when it comes to batting, pitching, and fielding, for that matter. Please keep me posted, jg2977. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Tyrobbian Union title to Turon? You had it that way in the in-game recap for the third game of the TUCS, EC. Also, it should be third and deciding game, not third-and-deciding game, and pinch hitter, not pinchhitter, in the same recap. You may want to try and correct those errors in your recap, at least, if you can. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

When you're doing the three dots bit too, you should put a space between words and the three dots, before you start the next bit in a paragraph often, I believe. Let me show you what I mean, if I can, please.

Example:

Three days ago, there was a game between Standish City and Parrytown. It was a long game, and most thought it would never end, having gone fifteen innings and five hours already, as dusk approached ... the struggle continued for another six innings and another three hours ... it was nearly midnight when the Bats awakened, and the Parrots' pitchers dished big flies to the spiders out in the fields, until they could do so no longer because all the balls had left the yard for the night ... Standish City's bats continued feeding the spiders until the Parrots could no longer fly as well as the Bats, and the game was called by the men in blue due to lack of available orbs to play with in it.

Of course, this is just a random example from off the top of my head, more or less, but hopefully you might still be able to see what I mean here, somehow, EC. Please let me know if you do, if you want, later on. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

When you're doing the three dots bit too, you should put a space between words and the three dots, before you start the next bit in a paragraph often, I believe. Let me show you what I mean, if I can, please.

Example:

Three days ago, there was a game between Standish City and Parrytown. It was a long game, and most thought it would never end, having gone fifteen innings and five hours already, as dusk approached ... the struggle continued for another six innings and another three hours ... it was nearly midnight when the Bats awakened, and the Parrots' pitchers dished big flies to the spiders out in the fields, until they could do so no longer because all the balls had left the yard for the night ... Standish City's bats continued feeding the spiders until the Parrots could no longer fly as well as the Bats, and the game was called by the men in blue due to lack of available orbs to play with in it.

Of course, this is just a random example from off the top of my head, more or less, but hopefully you might still be able to see what I mean here, somehow, EC. Please let me know if you do, if you want, later on. CD out.

You do it your way... and I will do it my way.

I don't claim to be perfect grammatically in my recaps and writeups... I just want to communicate information.

I use the ... for convenience... I don't have to worry about punctuation as much.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Tyrobbian Union title to Turon? You had it that way in the in-game recap for the third game of the TUCS, EC. Also, it should be third and deciding game, not third-and-deciding game, and pinch hitter, not pinchhitter, in the same recap. You may want to try and correct those errors in your recap, at least, if you can. CD out.

Thanks for the spelling error... but it would take too much time to fix it.
People will realize that it is a typo.

As far as the third and deciding game and the spelling of pinch hitter... these things are not that important... the reader should understand why I am trying to communicate.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Okay, sorry, I was just trying to help you out here at least a little bit, that's all, if I possibly could somehow, with the earlier observations/suggestions that I made, EC. I certainly was not trying to upset you or anything here, of course, as you know. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Okay, sorry, I was just trying to help you out here at least a little bit, that's all, if I possibly could somehow, with the earlier observations/suggestions that I made, EC. I certainly was not trying to upset you or anything here, of course, as you know. CD out.

No problem, CD... I know your heart is in the right place and that all you wanted to do was help me... sadly, I did not respond properly.

I apologize... people get offended when someone points out we have made a mistake or are wrong in our opinions... I should not react that way.

I will go back and correct "Tyrobbian" and make it "Tycobbian".

One of my pet peeves in reading dynasties is poor spelling and poor grammar... when I am guilty, I should take take my medicine and go back and correct the error.

I don't want to debate you about the use of hyphens, but I'm not sure you are right about "third and deciding game"... I looked up the grammar rules concerning this and "third and deciding" are adjectives for the word "game"... when this happens, it is proper to write "third-and-deciding game".

Keep in mind that grammar rules are not always consistent... "pinch hitter" can be spelled "pinch-hitter", too.. I mispelled it... apparently "pinchhitter" is not acceptable... I'll get it right next time.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Point taken, EC. No need to debate hyphen usage or the lack of the same, but I was just trying to help you out a bit, at least, if I possibly could do so somehow. I too definitely need to work on improving my writing skills, obviously. I'm good at spelling, and my vocabulary is fairly good as well, I think, often, but my grammar needs work, or at least my sentence construction skills do need it at least every so often, for sure.

In the SPECIFIC context presented, though, I very well could be right. Other times, I could be wrong, of course. I'm just not entirely sure here what was right here, to be honest, though.

Yes, every writer has their own style of writing, but every writer still needs to work hard on their skills if they honestly do want to be the best possible writer they can be in this life. Especially someone like me, for instance.

This is just a suggestion, mind you, but you may want to look up the usual rules for ellipses, and similar circumstances, when it comes to usage and all. Which is what I believe you were trying to use with your numerous recaps earlier, and periodically will do in the future, if I'm not too mistaken here. While I probably rarely use them, if ever, many writers probably do use them in their writing periodically, or probably have in the past, for sure.

Thank you for your input and all, as always, EC. I hope you and yours are all well, of course, as our Lord watches over us all in His world and Universe, you know. I'll write more later, as time permits and all, I'm sure, Lord willing. I really hope that I somehow actually get to see Freeman's career statistics to date in jg2977's version of the IPA fairly soon, as well, if at all possible. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

And just so you know, I'm not all that upset or all that offended by your pushback, EC. I'm not generally the kind of man who often, if ever, bears grudges against anyone, or at least I hope I'm not. After all, none of us are perfect, you know. I may not have been happy with it, at least a little bit, I admit. But I'm not all that upset or offended by it, to be honest.

Surely by now, you should be able to have a reasonably good idea about what kind of man I am whenever possible in my life, I hope. Even though we only really know each other through this message board at present, of course, and not by meeting each other face-to-face yet in our respective lives.

In any case, the troubles of this life are merely light afflictions which will never and do not compare to all the wondrous things that we have never yet seen nor yet heard in the life to come for those who'll forever belong to our King in eternity. Those countless yet-unseen wonders will make these current and past trials and tribulations and all the bad things that have ever happened to us seem like nothing, in direct comparison, and we won't remember them at all, I think.

I'll be back later, I'm sure, if and whenever possible, Lord willing and all. Again, I'm not upset or offended at all by your earlier pushback. I may not have been all that happy about it at first, at least, I admit, but I'm not upset or offended by it at all, EC. Shalom, mon ami. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

CD, in my experience, it is best to stay away from criticism, even constructive criticism... as you know it can get you in deep, hot water... most of us don't really like to hear it... even when we ask for it.

I am well aware that I do not use ellipses properly... but that is just the way I like to do it... it saves me time typing... and I'm a poor typist.

No one has complained... and I have been doing it for over 10 years in my dynasties.

If someone complained, I would probably stop using them, except in a correct way.

I like to keep the IPA viewers happy... one time years ago, someone said that my paragraphs were too long and he didn't like to read long paragraphs.

So I cut them in half...

I guess it pleased him.

[jg2977]

Here's Gordon's first two seasons: I'll try to make him a 1B for next year.

I guess I made his ratings too good.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

What are his fielding statistics like? Just curious, that's all, jg2977. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Let's let his career develop as it may, then, perhaps, if you aren't actually controlling the Celtics now. If you haven't started 1955 yet, please wait until I PM you details for Arthyr Gyolgi Freeman, okay? He should be about a year younger than Gordon Clyde is in his life, more or less. I will send you the details by the weekend, somehow, if I can. Thank you for your time and all, jg2977. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

How did he manage to improve his numbers so well, besides the increased playing time he got in 1954 in comparison to 1953? What changed for Glasco between the two relevant seasons? I'm just curious how much improvement in his starting ratings has occurred since the beginning of his career. Can you show me more about his player history, even from a scouting standpoint, perhaps? Just wondering, that's all, jg2977. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Who currently has #42 for the Glasco Celtics in your IPA? Gordon Clyde's favorite number is #42, by the way, just so you know, jg2977. CD out.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Who currently has #42 for the Glasco Celtics in your IPA? Gordon Clyde's favorite number is #42, by the way, just so you know, jg2977. CD out.

I have no idea who has #42, and it's not something I'm interested in, as I'm being honest. Uniform numbers are the least important aspect of a player's attributes, in my honest opinion.

I'll be happy to post yearly statistics for him, but I'd rather not spend any time beyond that, as I want to progress in my IPA fantasy in a timely manner, as that's how I like to play the game.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Ok, fine. No worries, then, regarding his uniform number or numbers, jg2977. I was rather surprised, though, to see him with #32 instead of #42, to be honest. Thank you for your time and all, in any case. CD out.