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[Clovidequano Dovatha]

The Sun Sox I thought would be good in an East Division because the Sun rises in the East, but if you want to keep them in a South Division or a successor division, that might work too. When you assigned each new player's starting personality ratings, did you adjust any of them or keep them as proposed? That's what I was asking in relation to the applicable players here, you see. I'm just curious, that's all, jg2977. CD out.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

The Sun Sox I thought would be good in an East Division because the Sun rises in the East, but if you want to keep them in a South Division or a successor division, that might work too. When you assigned each new player's starting personality ratings, did you adjust any of them or keep them as proposed? That's what I was asking in relation to the applicable players here, you see. I'm just curious, that's all, jg2977. CD out.

I kept the personality ratings exactly as you said. Do those ratings actually have an affect as to how well or poorly they play in given situations?

I'll do a realignment of those teams listed above as you mentioned. Let's not split up the divisions into 16 little ones. By having wild cards I almost certainly guarantee that the best 16 teams will make the playoffs, rather than having division winners only. We can realign for the 1980 season. That will be the 80th anniversary season, not 1981. Since I started in 1901, 1980 will be season #80. That's why I chose that specific year to start, to make it easy to count how many seasons have been played.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Unless, of course, the world on which your IPA is on rotates from west to east or from another direction entirely, you know. In which case, it would probably be more appropriate to have teams with sunset-themed names in the east, and sunrise-themed ones in the west, for instance, you know, jg2977. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

I'm not sure. But it may affect how they are in the clubhouse and elsewhere, of course, at least. At least, that's what I think at present. You should probably see what you can find that others have posted about players with certain personality characteristics in the game, for I can't really elaborate much about such things at present now, I think. They could probably answer your questions about such things much better than I can as of right now, jg2977. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

I wonder why you use a 20-80 scale for scouting, actually. As for me, I prefer the 1-100 scale, for some reason, in truth. I'm not entirely sure why, but I think it is the most specific in terms of granularity, when it comes to ratings and all, to date in the game. Care to elaborate?

I like teams with good speed, good pitching, good defense, and good versatility often for their players. Not so much a fan of high-scoring games, however. When I build a team normally, from scratch at the start of a dynasty, I generally choose players as young as possible, whenever possible, for various reasons. Of course, it may not always be easy for me to start a franchise off with a good first season, but I usually try to build around those principles mentioned above of speed, pitching, defense, and versatility, at the least. IF I have to have at least one older player on a roster at the start of things, I generally try to have as few players as possible over an age of 27-30, for my inaugural team's roster.

Also I often try to draft players who won't necessarily cause any potential problems in the clubhouse either, if not those who can be leaders or captains in it. I usually try to start picking players up the middle, before I select the rest of the team, too. Good contact and good eye ratings are often a plus for me, I think, but as I said, I generally try to build around the core principles mentioned above. Power ratings aren't necessarily very important to me, on average. Or at least they generally aren't very important to me at the start of a dynasty, if not always, either. Just so you know, jg2977. CD out.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Unless, of course, the world on which your IPA is on rotates from west to east or from another direction entirely, you know. In which case, it would probably be more appropriate to have teams with sunset-themed names in the east, and sunrise-themed ones in the west, for instance, you know, jg2977. CD out.

Let's have my IPA be in a couple of fictional countries on this planet. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, to keep things simple. I'd like to think that the ballplayers in my IPA are actual human beings and not extraterrestrials.

[jg2977]

I left the scouting as is, and I don't pay attention to it. I let the AI do the scouting for all teams. I didn't know that my scouting was set to a 20-80 scale, and that there is another ratings scale.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

No, it would be better to realign after 1980, so that we have a full 80 years of history to work with here, prior to rearranging things here. The 80th Anniversary of the first season will be in 1981, so that's why I suggested 1981 here. IF you had started in 1900, 1980 would be the 80th Anniversary year.

Consider, for instance, when Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee was celebrated. It was celebrated in 2012 when she'd been Queen for 60 years since her father's death, if memory serves me correctly enough here. The same principle applies here, in my thinking. So let's do the realignment after the 1980 season, okay? That will give us an extra season to finalize everything as needed and as desired and as appropriate here and all.

Besides, you need to let me know what you want me to put on the relevant map or maps, and what to call various areas and all, come to think of it, at the very least. Once we have the needed map or maps made, then we can certainly determine the groupings of all eighty teams in your IPA based on locations and other factors, for sure. Right now, the only things that are sufficiently certain about what will be on any or all of those needed maps is that one nation will be mainly to the north of the other and vice versa, and that New Yerby will be on an isthmus connecting both countries, and split between both countries somehow on that isthmus, I believe.

Please keep in touch and all here, then, of course, jg2977. The more information we each have here to work with, the better the process may go here of deciding what your IPA will look like pre-realignment and post-realignment and all, I'm quite sure. Thank you for your time and all here, in any case, for that matter. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Okay, we can go with human beings, or at least humanoids here, of course, then, for most, if not all, of the people in your game going forwards, once we have all the needed details finalized and all, jg2977. Whether they're players or staff or owners, et cetera.

We should also decide things related to town histories and all, I think, as well. That will take some time, still, for us to work out here well enough, perhaps. We won't be able to likely do that, however, until we have all the map-related details decided on and finalized.

I have made a list of the various teams in your respective subleagues' four current divisions for each of them. We both will likely want to seriously consider potential geographical locations for them all on the upcoming map or maps before we distribute them to the various divisions and all here, too.

Let's do this, then, if possible, jg2977, as we both continue to plan for the eventual realignments/assignments of the 80 current teams in your IPA. On your side of things, you should scan through the history of your IPA, making special notes of standings and postseasons for each season, at least in brief, if not to a great degree.

You should also note the names of every current member of your IPA's Hall of Fame for potential future reference when it comes to renaming your leagues and/or divisions, perhaps. Select a certain number of pitchers and a certain number of hitters from your Hall of Fame, and then we can decide between those players which of them may most deserve to perhaps then have a certain subleague and/or a division named after them in the future. Or annual awards, et cetera.

Also, I need to know the names of areas and/or bodies of water, et cetera, that you would most like to have on the relevant map or maps for your IPA's territory, if at all possible, whether it's land-based territory or water-based territory. Once I have enough names and know more about what you'd prefer to have present for your IPA's land and water-based areas, at least, then I can most likely do a good deal more work on the relevant map or maps here, I think.

Once we have all the necessary locations named and all here, then we can decide just how to place the 80 teams in your updated IPA, of course, much easier, if I'm not too mistaken here. Especially in regards to their respective subleagues and/or divisions, for sure. Please give me the needed information, as soon and as best as you can, and then I can perhaps crunch it and go from there better, in relation to certain other things here, somehow, jg2977.

Thank you for your time and attention and all here, then, of course. I'll talk more later, as I can and all, Lord willing and all, no doubt. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

If I remember correctly, the St. Louis Cardinals celebrated their Centennial during the 1992 regular season, which they probably considered and still do consider to be their team's 101st historical season of play. Now it is thirty years later, which probably means that to them, at least, they'd consider this their 131st season of play, by logical extension.

Last year, the Braves celebrated 150 years of existence in three locations, it seems to me, starting in 1871. So it is not unusual to call the 101st season of a franchise's existence a Centennial season for that franchise, if so, for example.

By that logic, then, the 80th Anniversary season would be the 1981 season, with 80 seasons then in the books already from 1901 to 1980. Which would probably be the best time for the realignment plan to be instituted as needed and desired and all. Several teams could use some updates for their items, I think, while others can certainly stay as they would be by that time, no doubt.

In any case, I need names for areas and/or bodies of water, et cetera, to put on the relevant map or maps and all, for sure. I need to know roughly at what latitude you basically want New Yerby to be put at, more or less, among other things related to the map or maps here as well, jg2977. Once I know more than I currently do about your wishes for the map or maps in question, then I can work more on them, of course. Just so you know this here well enough. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Here are some items inspired by Vanderbilt High School's Muskrats on the show Family Matters. While the colors may not exactly match the school's colors, of course, I tried to get as close as I could to them, along with trying to use a good font close enough to what might have been seen on various letter jackets, for instance. I may not have used the same font as they likely did on the show, either, of course, but I still tried to get as close to it as I can, as well.

The font currently in use here for the various items, uniforms in this post, and caps in the next, is Viridian College. The colors used currently on the items are as follows, with their related details:

ba0c2f Red NCS (186, 12, 47)
ffd100 Cyber Yellow (255, 209, 0)
935f14 Golden Brown (147, 95, 20)

Please feel free to comment as you like and can on these uniforms and the caps in the next post, within fair and just reason and all, of course, then. Thank you all for your time and attention and all here, for sure. That is all for now, I think, folks. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

And here are the matching caps to go along with the uniforms in the previous post. That is all. CD out.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

If I remember correctly, the St. Louis Cardinals celebrated their Centennial during the 1992 regular season, which they probably considered and still do consider to be their team's 101st historical season of play. Now it is thirty years later, which probably means that to them, at least, they'd consider this their 131st season of play, by logical extension.

Last year, the Braves celebrated 150 years of existence in three locations, it seems to me, starting in 1871. So it is not unusual to call the 101st season of a franchise's existence a Centennial season for that franchise, if so, for example.

By that logic, then, the 80th Anniversary season would be the 1981 season, with 80 seasons then in the books already from 1901 to 1980. Which would probably be the best time for the realignment plan to be instituted as needed and desired and all. Several teams could use some updates for their items, I think, while others can certainly stay as they would be by that time, no doubt.

In any case, I need names for areas and/or bodies of water, et cetera, to put on the relevant map or maps and all, for sure. I need to know roughly at what latitude you basically want New Yerby to be put at, more or less, among other things related to the map or maps here as well, jg2977. Once I know more than I currently do about your wishes for the map or maps in question, then I can work more on them, of course. Just so you know this here well enough. CD out.

You can put the nations/cities at what latitude you feel is best, it doesn't matter much to me. Perhaps the northern cities can be in a colder-weather climate much like the USA, especially in the winter, and the southern cities can be in warm-weather.

I don't have any preference as what to name any bodies of water either, just come up with something that suits my IPA well. The map is something that would be nice to have, but I'm not going to put a lot of thought into it because it's not an absolute necessity to me. If that's something that you want to do, that's great. But do it because you enjoy it. My enjoyment comes from playing OOTP.

I'm basically giving you free-will here, and giving you the liberty to use your imagination. Thank you for your efforts.

I've decided to keep the 10 teams in each division format, and have a few teams switch divisions or leagues in 1981. It's easiest to just keep it simple. Also, I will just keep the same division names, because it's easier to tell what teams are in each region simply by referring to the division names, and not names of former players. (I think that's a reason why the NHL got rid of the Adams, Patrick, Norris and Smythe divisions and went to regional names.)

Perhaps I can name the best pitcher award after one of the pitchers who had Hall of Fame careers in the early years of my IPA, and the same with the MVP as well.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Okay, then, I'll try to have the map ready for the 1981 season at the latest. Once it's done, we can realign the teams as we might wish, for that 80th Anniversary season.

I hope to see the career leaderboards soon, to see where the older Freemans sit on them, and so that we can decide whether or not to keep them both active for 1979, either as position players or pitchers, if not both. If either of them are close to certain team or overall league records, let's see if we can't give them each chances to break them, perhaps. Although, even if we do allow both to play in 1979, both are probably going to have to retire very soon afterwards, I think.

Thank you for your time and all here, as always, of course, jg2977. Remember, they need to both stay active at least as long as all the awards for 1978 haven't yet been revealed, at least, I think, to remain potentially eligible for any possible awards they might be in the running for here, if memory serves me correctly enough here. CD out.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Okay, then, I'll try to have the map ready for the 1981 season at the latest. Once it's done, we can realign the teams as we might wish, for that 80th Anniversary season.

I hope to see the career leaderboards soon, to see where the older Freemans sit on them, and so that we can decide whether or not to keep them both active for 1979, either as position players or pitchers, if not both. If either of them are close to certain team or overall league records, let's see if we can't give them each chances to break them, perhaps. Although, even if we do allow both to play in 1979, both are probably going to have to retire very soon afterwards, I think.

Thank you for your time and all here, as always, of course, jg2977. Remember, they need to both stay active at least as long as all the awards for 1978 haven't yet been revealed, at least, I think, to remain potentially eligible for any possible awards they might be in the running for here, if memory serves me correctly enough here. CD out.

Cool, Glasco's 2nd playoff game will be played tonight, just so that you know. They're looking to take a 2-0 series lead.

Probably for next year, I will move the Red Bluff Red Sox over to the Yankees' division, because I already know that I will want them there. I know that the Red Sox are already established as a Tycobbian Union team, and have even won one Pro Cup as a member of that league. It will be interesting to see if they can eventually win another Pro Cup as a member of the Ruthlandian Union. And hopefully, the Yankees and Red Sox will meet in a playoff series at some point in the future.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Okay, very well, then. We'll have to decide who shifts when the Red Sox do,and shift the other teams as needed and as appropriate and all when even more of the future setup is ultimately determined by us both. Starting with the suggestions I made earlier, of course, that is, jg2977. Thank you for giving me pretty much free rein when it comes to the map or maps that certainly will be needed to be made here. Although for at least a physical map or for physical maps, if not other types of maps as well here, you may still have to have other people make it or them later based on the mainly political map or maps I'll at least try to make, if I don't do at least one physical or other kinds of maps myself. Just so you know this here well enough, for sure. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

I've been making considerable progress on the main map I've been working on for jg2977's IPA for a little while. I may not be able to place all the needed locations for the relevant teams on it at the present time, with the current scale, though.

Instead, I may have to zoom into certain areas of the main map, and make a certain number of regional maps before I place the needed teams and/or their needed locations on them as needed and as appropriate and all, I think. The main map's current version is posted in post 5031 of jg2977's IPA-related thread, if anyone would like to see it, in truth, folks.

It will likely take me a while yet to finish all the needed maps, with or without help from others, but it is going fairly well for me at present, I think, with the main map, more or less. If anyone has any suggestions as to what to name certain bodies of water on the map, for instance, if not any other areas that are delineated on it already, then I don't think jg2977 or I would be too unwilling to consider those names for possible use on the relevant map or maps for his IPA version. There are likely at least sixty to eighty, if not at least 100, areas on the main map that will likely need to have names assigned to them, in fact, at some point or points in time, before all the needed map work is done here. So if you people might be interested in proposing names to use on the map, then please consider doing so here, okay? Thank you.

Talk more later, as time permits and all, I'm sure. Thanks for all your time and attention and all here, then, folks. That is all for this post here, I think. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

EC, do you still have the archives somewhere, in at least one place besides the forums, for your IPA? Just curious, that's all. What if you wanted to check the historical records for your IPA periodically, without those archives? I know you've been doing flashbacks of the first years for your IPA recently, so would you still be able to perhaps do them without those archives or not, as far as you know? I don't know if you'd still be able to, if there aren't related posts made in your thread for those years and/or others, in truth. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

EC, do you still have the archives somewhere, in at least one place besides the forums, for your IPA? Just curious, that's all. What if you wanted to check the historical records for your IPA periodically, without those archives? I know you've been doing flashbacks of the first years for your IPA recently, so would you still be able to perhaps do them without those archives or not, as far as you know? I don't know if you'd still be able to, if there aren't related posts made in your thread for those years and/or others, in truth. CD out.

CD, the archives allowed me to look at each season... I could access the line scores of each day and also the box scores.

But the archives take up too much room on your computer... after 72 seasons I realized that I did not use the archives very often... I used the League History and League Records far more often... so I deleted the archives... and don't really miss them that much.

I can access much information from the League History Index... I can access Season Records for teams and players... also Individual records for players, season and single-game records,

IMO archives not worth that much to me... the League History Index is sufficient.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

What do you think of the two currently-posted versions of the main map I've been working on for jg2977 so far, at least as far as they now look to you here? While I've not yet filled them in enough, or put the necessary details and all for them in enough, of course, I still think they're looking fairly good so far, in any case. Or for the most part, at least, they do, most likely, to me, EC. CD out.