League Start Year

Muppetus Galacticus · 12-29-2004, 03:46 PM

I was thinking of creating a new fictional fantasy/medieval style league. I was wondering if it matters to the game if I started the league in the year 792 or 1344?

How about if I went ahead with my futuristic prison-world and it starts in the year 2408?

Only a cosmetic thing so no big deal if I have to stick with 1850-2050

Gastric ReFlux · 12-29-2004, 03:50 PM

The only problems I've ever heard regarding years is if one starts the league at a time when players could be born in BC or BCE dates. OOTP doesn't handle well years before 1.

canadiancreed · 12-29-2004, 04:01 PM

Thw ould actually be kind of wild if you had a league that started at 1Ad and continued to present day

imagine the catobase filesize!

ifspuds · 12-29-2004, 04:14 PM

The only problem I'm aware of is that Catobase used to have issues with dates before 1800. I think that was fixed in the most recent version. As far as I know, the game doesn't have a problem with it. I've had leagues start in the year 2100+, and I seem to remember one I started but never ran with that started in 800-something.

Vezna31 · 12-29-2004, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Muppetus Galacticus

I was thinking of creating a new fictional fantasy/medieval style league. I was wondering if it matters to the game if I started the league in the year 792 or 1344?

How about if I went ahead with my futuristic prison-world and it starts in the year 2408?

Only a cosmetic thing so no big deal if I have to stick with 1850-2050

You should start one, throw in a few big names as players like Jesus, Richard the Lion-Hearted, etc, and run it for 2000 years to see what kind of records you get. I wonder if Jesus would beat 73 HRS in a season considering it would be the pre-dead ball era...

Potemkin · 12-29-2004, 06:11 PM

I have a solo league doing just that. Medieval League Baseball started in 1346 with 24 teams conducting their initial draft. Both the Catholic League and the Infidel League have three four-team divisions. The Damascus Swords of the Infidel League won the World Championship each of the first three years, but finally lost to the Catholic League's Florence Bankers in the 1349 championship.

After being fired from Florence after three years, I jumped leagues and now manage the Shiraz Vintners. Last year, I was fortunate enough to have my #1 starting pitcher win the Ballista Award and my right fielder win the Charles "The Hammer" Martel award. This year, we'll see if we can take Damascus.

The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History by Colin McEvedy has a good collection of maps from different years (including 1346, which is why I started then). He has population sizes for a large number of cities across Europe. While I did not use the different sizes to set the teams' markets, it was handy for selecting the 24 main cities of the time period.

Potemkin

12-29-2004, 04:01 PM	#3
canadiancreed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,660	Thw ould actually be kind of wild if you had a league that started at 1Ad and continued to present day imagine the catobase filesize! __________________ PT21 PT22

12-29-2004, 04:14 PM	#4
ifspuds Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 2,117	The only problem I'm aware of is that Catobase used to have issues with dates before 1800. I think that was fixed in the most recent version. As far as I know, the game doesn't have a problem with it. I've had leagues start in the year 2100+, and I seem to remember one I started but never ran with that started in 800-something. __________________ Jeff Watson Former dynasty writer and online league player, now mostly retired

12-29-2004, 03:50 PM	#2
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	The only problems I've ever heard regarding years is if one starts the league at a time when players could be born in BC or BCE dates. OOTP doesn't handle well years before 1.

12-29-2004, 06:11 PM	#6
Potemkin Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 12	I have a solo league doing just that. Medieval League Baseball started in 1346 with 24 teams conducting their initial draft. Both the Catholic League and the Infidel League have three four-team divisions. The Damascus Swords of the Infidel League won the World Championship each of the first three years, but finally lost to the Catholic League's Florence Bankers in the 1349 championship. After being fired from Florence after three years, I jumped leagues and now manage the Shiraz Vintners. Last year, I was fortunate enough to have my #1 starting pitcher win the Ballista Award and my right fielder win the Charles "The Hammer" Martel award. This year, we'll see if we can take Damascus. The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History by Colin McEvedy has a good collection of maps from different years (including 1346, which is why I started then). He has population sizes for a large number of cities across Europe. While I did not use the different sizes to set the teams' markets, it was handy for selecting the 24 main cities of the time period. Potemkin