Graphics Collection from CD's Ultra-Fine House of Style

[Eugene Church]

Your revised Taranto Black, Gray and White Jerseys and Caps are fine.
The lettering is now properly spaced.

You might improve the striped jersey by choosing a thinner black stripe... the wide stripes accentuate the stripes too much and overshadow the lettering Tars too much.

The Black caps don't have white spots anymore... good job.

I have found that some fonts will not space properly using justafan software... the only solution is to get another font that works with it.

Taranto's colors are Black, Gray and White.... the team nickname is Tars... why do you use Blue on the alternate jerseys and caps?.

Try to use Black and Gray on the jerseys and caps if you like your unique and flowing style of coloring on them... that way the colors will match the team's original colors and will match the team nickname, too.
Black and Gray on the jerseys and caps would match the black T's better... the black T's on the Blue flowing style are already trimmed in gray... black and gray lettering would coordinate much better with black than the blue.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

I didn't know that, EC. I'll try to keep that in mind, for future reference. Although I must remind you, nevertheless, I am frequently prone to forgetting many different things at times, for instance, to be sure. Whether it's sufficiently related to anything here on the forums or elsewhere in my life, that is.

I really don't know how much of that is due to my Asperger's Syndrome, but I'm quite certain that at least some of my tendency to forget things may perhaps be part of the mix here, at the very least. Thank you for telling me this bit of information about yourself here, then, of course. And thank you also for coming here so frequently, as well, for that matter. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Water is often blue, and I thought a pattern I ended up with using first recolored flags blended and resized, and with various effects and filters, et cetera, applied to the design in various steps, might look good, if I wanted to use a design style more like you'd often see used by European soccer teams, for instance. Hence the layer seen on the alternate uniforms and caps, both with the original attempts at them and the updated attempts at them.

As for the pinstripes, I simply used the standard bi-color option, in fact, EC, present with justafan's Jersey Creator. I didn't try to thicken the pinstripes, nor did I put the thin stripes as the same color as the thick stripes for them. Just so you know.

I think the first caps were made with a grain texture, and the others were made with no texture. That might have made a considerable difference here, perhaps, if not all the difference, in fact. It perhaps wouldn't have worked with the Knit texture, I think, and I'm not quite sure just yet if it would actually have worked well with the Mesh texture at the moment. But clearly with something that dark, for a cap, at least for the non-front part of it, the grain texture evidently wasn't the best choice here, it seems to me.

Thank you for your input and all here, as always. I appreciate it greatly, of course, just so you know, EC. You and anyone else here, for that matter, that is, as long as it's fair and just and courteous and constructive criticism and all, for sure. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Decided to try and do some more graphics for yet another prospective fictional team I just imagined here, a team I just imagined within about two hours or so of this particular edit. The home font is Tanach, and the away font is Rashela. The current color-related information for this team here is below:

5386e4 United Nations Blue (83, 134, 228)
f3ffb6 Lemon Yellow Crayola (243, 255, 182)
00621e Golden Brown (153, 98, 30)
aba8b2 Silver Metallic (171, 168, 178)
2c5530 Hunter Green (44, 85, 48)

Please stay tuned for potential news and other information, at least, if nothing else in this thread, in the very near future here. That is all for now, at least, then, folks. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

No problem with your posts on my dynasty threads, CD.
I understand your situation now... I wasn't aware that memory was a problem for you.

Try to communicate with me here in your thread, if you can remember.

[jg2977]

Here's my little story for today...

So, I tried a league with real teams, ran it four seasons. I just get too upset when the Yankees lose - even more angry than in real life! I ended up deleting it. I definitely don't play OOTP to get frustrated. A few years ago I even tried once to swap the nicknames of New York and Boston. I changed their names to the Boston Yankees and New York Red Sox. I still ended up rooting heavily for the New York team. Also when I was running my North American Baseball League, I was biased toward the New York Empire. This is why I only do leagues with fictional teams, based in fictional cities that I have no prior biases to, and these are the types of leagues that I have enjoyed best in the past. Similar to this I only use fictional players in my leagues for this very reason.

So, I'll start a 2nd dynasty with completely fictional teams, but smaller than the IPA, probably 40 teams - that way I can use the 30 major league stadiums and 10 Korean league stadiums that come with the game - one for each team. And it can have promotion/relegation, with a shorter season format, probably about 60-80 games.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by jg2977

Here's my little story for today...

So, I tried a league with real teams, ran it four seasons. I just get too upset when the Yankees lose - even more angry than in real life! I ended up deleting it. I definitely don't play OOTP to get frustrated. A few years ago I even tried once to swap the nicknames of New York and Boston. I changed their names to the Boston Yankees and New York Red Sox. I still ended up rooting heavily for the New York team. Also when I was running my North American Baseball League, I was biased toward the New York Empire. This is why I only do leagues with fictional teams, based in fictional cities that I have no prior biases to, and these are the types of leagues that I have enjoyed best in the past. Similar to this I only use fictional players in my leagues for this very reason.

So, I'll start a 2nd dynasty with completely fictional teams, but smaller than the IPA, probably 40 teams - that way I can use the 30 major league stadiums and 10 Korean league stadiums that come with the game - one for each team. And it can have promotion/relegation, with a shorter season format, probably about 60-80 games.

That's why I like fictional leagues... no expectations.

The smaller league sounds good to me... so does the shorter schedule.

I look forward to following it.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

jg2977, if and whenever the Yankees, for instance, do not win, doesn't that often make the next title even sweeter to see at times? I think that's the case whenever the Cardinals don't win the World Series for me, or at least it has often been so in the past, whether the relevant Cardinals are the real Cardinals or fictional Cardinals, in truth.

I don't expect the Cardinals to win every World Series, obviously, but I was certainly happy when they took the 2006 and 2011 World Series titles, you know. I still have a bad feeling about the 2004 and 2013 World Series results, not to mention, of course, the 1985 and 1987 World Series matchups. For 1985, that bad feeling stems at least partly from that infamous blown call, but it wasn't the only reason, obviously, that KC technically took that Series officially. 1987, I personally think that the Twins had a somewhat unfair edge playing in a domed stadium, at least to a degree, over us, although it wasn't technically the only reason the Twins officially took that Series matchup.

Personally, I don't believe baseball or football teams, at least here in North America, if not elsewhere as well, should generally play their home games in non-retractable domed stadiums unless they have absolutely no other choice to do so at all for themselves. To do so would probably often give them too much of an unfair advantage over their opponents, more than they probably should have here, in my view. Now I'll grant there have been some good teams who've been based out of such domes, of course, but I still have very strong thoughts about non-retractable domed stadiums for most, if not all, major pro baseball and football teams here on our continent for Earth. I don't know if I'll ever change my mind about that significantly either, while I'm still on this planet, to be honest.

Thank you for your time and attention and all here, everyone. Talk more later, if and when I can and all, Lord willing and all, of course. That's all for this post here, I think, then. CD out.

[jg2977]

Well, in my most recent Yankees dynasty, they had a 20-win advantage over their World Series opponents two years in a row, and lost both times. Suddenly in the Fall Classic their hitting disappeared and pitching fell apart. That’s what was really frustrating, to be the overwhelming favorite twice and lose.

As for the Cardinals, at least they get to the World Series every now and then. Imagine being a Mariners fan. Around since 1977, the only current franchise to never reach the Fall Classic.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

That's why I like fictional leagues... no expectations.

The smaller league sounds good to me... so does the shorter schedule.

I look forward to following it.

I won’t adjust the ratings of any players in this new league, but I do prefer more offense rather than less. I’ll probably use statistical settings from the year 1998, 1999 or 2000. According to actionjackson he says to use 2000 for extreme offense.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Probably been there a number of times, but lost in at least one dynasty at least once, with certain teams. But that just might ultimately make any victory that much sweeter to get, if so. Kind of boring when one team wins so often, like many teams have done in certain pro leagues, I think.

MLB: Yankees have the most titles to date
NFL: Multiple teams are tied with five, I think, if Pittsburgh or someone else doesn't have at least six, Super Bowl victories to date
NBA: Celtics and/or Lakers may be tied currently for having the most titles to date, but if memory serves, it's the Celtics who have the most right now
NHL: Montreal Canadiens with the most Cups to date, I believe, having 24 Cups won in their history, if I remember correctly

As for the National League teams with the most titles, the Cardinals currently have 11 to date, technically, for sure. Hopefully this year, though, we'll see them finish their season getting the title that will give them double boxcars, somehow, if at all possible. That would be a fine way to finish off the likely Hall of Fame careers for two of their key players for many years. Personally, I don't think Wainwright will make the Hall as a player, or at least not right away, in reality.

Sports is probably getting to be increasingly less relevant in many cases of late, all over the world, in various ways. And I can somewhat easily foresee it not being followed as closely as it has been for decades within the next five to ten or so years at most, for various reasons, now. I don't expect, for instance, to see the Olympics continue past, say, 2032 or so, at the latest, if even that long. But I could be wrong about those sorts of things here, of course, you know.

In the meantime, I will probably continue to follow various sports to at least some degree in my life. But they definitely won't be my main focus in life, or at least I certainly don't want them to be, for obvious reasons. Especially if things continue to get worse and worse all over the world in various ways, as I am fully expecting they will, of course. In any case, I will still continue to try to do my Father's work on this planet to the best of my ability, for as long as I'm still here on it, for sure, you know.

Talk more later as time permits and all around here, I'm quite sure, Lord willing and all, of course. Thank you all for your time and attention and all here, as well, folks. That's all for now, I think, then. CD out.

[jg2977]

For the NBA, Lakers and Celtics both have 17 titles. Celtics have a chance to one up LA this year if they can beat Golden State.

NFL, both the Patriots and Steelers have 6 Super Bowl wins. Cowboys and 49ers have 5, Packers and Giants have 4.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Okay, here are a few images I have either collected or made within the last 24 hours, at most. The image or images I am using as the logo or logos were not originally transparent, in truth. I will post both versions of the logo, then three uniforms, in this post, and the remaining uniform and only cap so far will be in the next one. If I add at least a second cap and/or other uniforms later on, it or they will be added to the post after this one. I do not know how close these uniforms and/or the related cap might be to the real-world ones, but I do know the real-world high school team is in St. Clair, Missouri, in any case. Thank you all for your time and attention and all here, of course, folks. That is all for now, then, I think. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

And now the other uniform and only cap that I've made for them so far, in any case, folks. Thank you for your time and attention and all here, of course, as well. That's all for this post here, then, I think. CD out.

[jg2977]

The St. Clair Bulldogs could be a team that I can potentially use in my upcoming new fictional league.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by jg2977

I won’t adjust the ratings of any players in this new league, but I do prefer more offense rather than less. I’ll probably use statistical settings from the year 1998, 1999 or 2000. According to actionjackson he says to use 2000 for extreme offense.

I think not adjusting player ratings will be good for your league... the stats will be more realistic and more consistent... I lost interest in your IPA because the stats were way out of line in my opinion... I prefer leagues where the team win total is near real life... max wins around 110, but usually around 100... my IPA league record is about 111 wins... and that doesn't often happen in my league... most of the time only 1 or 2 teams will win 100 games... a lot of seasons no team won 100 games... on one occasion 3 teams won over 100 one season... all around 100-103 wins.

Your IPA star players' stats were unrealistic, too.

[Eugene Church]

CD, the St. Clair Bulldogs is very, very well done... they look like a real world team... if you did more graphics like this rather than your unique style that you like, people would be standing in line to get you to do their custom jerseys and caps.

I'm going to pray that God will give you the skill to make logos.

"Dear Lord, help CD learn to do logos... in the holy Name of Jesus, I pray this prayer... Amen."

There is no reason that you can't create a logo using justafan like I do... you are far more skilled in computers and graphics than I am, yet you think you can't make logos.

I can make a decent logo... sometimes a really good one if I get good mascots in the colors I need... EC cannot change colors of existing images.

God will help you do it... ask Him.

[Eugene Church]

I'm going to research for a good, simple-to-use graphics software and see if this old tech-challenged guy can create real good logos, jerseys and caps... I can come up with good ideas and colors, but I can have to depend on knuckler, low, txranger, cephasjames, silvam14, No Pepper, Iseldelyod, rocknfire7, golem64 and many other fine graphics guys to create them for me.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

I think not adjusting player ratings will be good for your league... the stats will be more realistic and more consistent... I lost interest in your IPA because the stats were way out of line in my opinion... I prefer leagues where the team win total is near real life... max wins around 110, but usually around 100... my IPA league record is about 111 wins... and that doesn't often happen in my league... most of the time only 1 or 2 teams will win 100 games... a lot of seasons no team won 100 games... on one occasion 3 teams won over 100 one season... all around 100-103 wins.

Your IPA star players' stats were unrealistic, too.

Yup, I'll keep that in mind for my new league. I still enjoy my IPA greatly, however. I'm really just doing it for myself and having fun with experimenting with different settings. I'll keep the stats for my new league more in line with reality. You said that using modifiers from the 1950s seems to work well?

Another thing that I could consider is starting my IPA over from scratch, without the superstar players that I'm created. I believe that there is a way that I can save a dynasty as a template, and then begin an alternate one as completely new, so that I won't have to manually install all of the graphics again. Also, what I would do in a new IPA is leave the Yankees and Mets out of it, as I'm prone to helping those teams. I would also replace the Red Bluff Red Sox with a different team as well, since I'm prone to rooting against them.

Maybe I would go back to the original 64 teams and not ever expand. I think it would be more fun that way. 64 teams in one league is massive as it is. 80 is like trying to navigate the entire Milky Way Galaxy. Plus, with a few less teams the league would run a bit faster after progressing through several decades.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by jg2977

Yup, I'll keep that in mind for my new league. I still enjoy my IPA greatly, however. I'm really just doing it for myself and having fun with experimenting with different settings. I'll keep the stats for my new league more in line with reality. You said that using modifiers from the 1950s seems to work well?

Yep, the 1950s have worked well for me... but I had to fine tune the stats in the early years and occasionally adjust them when I say the team BA fall.

I don't think the 1950s will give you the offense you would like... do what actionjackson suggests... he knows league modifiers and league stats very well.

You seem to prefer 1990s and 2000s team stats... check out 1939... it was the year when the league team BA was .300 or better... but homers were not anywhere near the 1990s... but I think there were players in '39 that hit 40 or more homers.