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[jg2977]

I looked at your Denton City jerseys in post 2093. If you redo them with less shading I could use them. Right now I prefer Knuckler's design, just have to be honest.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Not a problem, jg2977. So please feel quite free to report on him as you like, and on any other players as you like, once they enter, no matter which side, if any, the players that I might propose or have already proposed for your IPA and which you accept are or will be on, in the future. If you find it too cumbersome later on to update each player every year, then you can certainly space things out in terms of giving me updates on their career progressions, of course.

IF they have any special games that you think I might be interested in hearing about, even though you normally quick-sim, I'd not mind learning about them, like if they hit three or more homers in a game, or throw a perfect game or no-hitter, for instance. But that's entirely up to you whether you tell me of those special games, you know.

Thanks again for allowing my players into your IPA 2.0. Hopefully the average statistics will be much more realistic and the win totals much more realistic than many of each of them likely were in your IPA 1.0, of course, over time. As for me, I think I've already stated what I like to often see from teams, especially my own, whenever possible. But most teams nowadays don't operate like that, to be sure, seeing as they often carry too many pitchers on their rosters for my general tastes, for instance.

I prefer four-man rotations, and a fairly deep bench, with no more than about 8 or 9 pitchers to an entire staff, per 25 men. But the way baseball operates nowadays, that is no longer generally seen. We don't see many MLB teams with good speed, good pitching, good defense, good hitting, and/or good versatility any longer, I believe, if any, any longer. The baseball that EC and I grew up with is no longer all that common, if even present, any longer, if memory serves me correctly. And I don't like non-retractable domes or artificial turf, either, for that matter.

Home runs are nice, to a degree, but they shouldn't necessarily dominate the game as they generally have for so long, I think. And pitch counts and all the other nonsense that goes along with such isn't wise in my view, either. I'm also not a fan of huge player salaries, among other things, but that's the way baseball has been going for ages, since free agency first began. I mean, who needs to be paid at least 20 to 30 million dollars per season to play? Or for tickets to cost more than an average week's wages per person, or at least a few days' wages, perhaps, for a single game, for most people, if not all? No matter what sport we're talking about here, at that?

If I ran baseball, in reality, there'd most definitely be limits on how much a ticket would be allowed to be sold for in any MLB stadium, for one thing. Salaries would be limited too. Among other things. A lot of other things would be limited or done away with, for sure as well. But seeing as I'm never likely to ever run baseball in reality, the stupid changes people like Selig and Manfred, among others, instituted, are unfortunately going to be there, no matter what they are, it seems to me.

I don't like the DH. Never have, never will. I can understand how many might like it, of course, but I never have, and never will, at least generally speaking, if not entirely. Give me pitchers' duels and good games, for instance, and that would suit me just fine, I think, more often than not. Especially if I wouldn't have to watch all the nonsensical folderol that normally plagues baseball, whatever that folderol might be, for sure, whether on the field or off it.

Talk more later, as time permits and all, I'm quite sure, Lord willing and all. Thank you for your time and attention and all, as always, as well, of course, jg2977. I'll try to make up some matching caps to go along with the related uniforms as soon as I can for Denton City, and then we'll go from there. If we have to somehow try and make as sure we possibly can do so, that certain players don't move from certain teams at all, or move as little as possible, later on, then we'll both see what we can possibly do to ensure they move as little as possible, if at all, easily enough, I hope. CD out.

[jg2977]

Just wondering, what do you think of the new left field configuration at Camden Yards in Baltimore? I think it's terrible. Sure, it might attract better pitchers to sign with the Orioles, but at the same time it may dissuade good right handed hitters from signing with the team. I predict that given some time, they'll move the wall closer again, although not at the original distance. It used to be too easy to hit home runs to left there, now it's too difficult, so there needs to be some sort of compromise.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

No opinion on CTaOP's changes, at this time. Just so you know, jg2977. I've just made some more items for Denton City's Redbirds, however, and they'll be posted shortly, in fact, just as quickly as I can post them here. First, I'll post the matching caps to go with the four uniforms seen in post 2093, then I'll do the same for lighter-shaded versions of the uniforms from that post, of course, followed shortly thereafter for the lighter-shaded versions of the caps that will match the related uniforms you just asked for here. Should have them all posted within the hour, if not sooner, in fact, I think. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Here are the matching caps to the uniforms seen in post #2093 of this thread. Same basic conditions for the colors used and the fonts used, et cetera, of course, folks. As always, please feel free to comment as you like and can, within fair and just enough reason and all. Thank you. That's all for this post here, then, I think. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Now the requested modified uniforms, with lighter shading, for jg2977. Same colors and same fonts as before, et cetera, just with lighter shading and all, as requested, of course, folks. That is all. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Now the matching caps for the lighter-shaded versions of the caps posted above, per request, for jg2977. Everything else is the same, except for the amount of shading used on these items, of course, folks. That is all. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Here are some adjusted St. Clair uniforms to use the shade of red that I thought I'd used with the items in post 2341 of this thread, instead of the shade of red I evidently had used for the items in that post. The caps posted in post 2359 of it actually used the proper shade of red mentioned, and all other details related to either the uniforms or caps seen earlier in posts 2341 and 2359 still apply here, in relation to this post, so no new caps are needed here. Just so you know, folks. CD out.

[jg2977]

Very nice on the Denton City graphics. Hopefully we don't get that double image on the away jerseys like with Cold Creek. Denton City made the 1872 playoffs, so I'll be able to let you know tonight when I get home from work to install the uniforms.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Two new items for St. Clair's Indians variant. Don't know how close they are or were to what was worn when we were still the St. Clair Indians, but hopefully they're not too far off. The logo is a modified USC logo, recolored and adjusted to match the proper colors for St. Clair here as best as possible, whether for any Cyclones or Indians-variant items that may have been done here or will be done, either by me or others on these forums, in any case. Just so you know. CD out.

[jg2977]

We're still getting a little bit of the double image, however in-game it won't even be noticeable because I just play with zoomed-out views of the players. It would only be an issue if there were closeups. So I'll keep your jerseys.

[jg2977]

On the baseball card it looks fine.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Yes, the model for uniforms in 23 is apparently not as good as that for 22 and earlier, versions-wise. The players don't look like they're in playing shape, no matter what they actually weigh in-game and all, generally speaking, for instance. The model definitely needs major work on it, for sure, no matter what styles the uniforms people are making for 23 and future versions, at this time, in my view, jg2997. I think it would have been much better to stick with the old uniform template model, at least until the new model was sufficiently perfected. The pants, if done right, could be used with said old uniform template, perhaps, as well.

Talk more later, as time permits and all, of course. Thank you for your input and all, as always, jg2977. Will keep trying to improve my skills and all, you know, over time, as best as I can, whenever I can, et cetera. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

As for Crystal Lake, I'll probably use knuckler and/or txranger's items for them, if I can find them, supposing I don't already have them collected, at least for now. The items you saw earlier for them are just me doing at least a bit of experimenting with colors and/or styles here for now, at least, I think. I don't think I'm totally settled on the colors yet and all, for that particular team, but I still did want to have at least some Seattle-related touches on them, even if it was only through the use of certain colors here for them. Please stay tuned in regards to Crystal Lake, at least, then, if not other teams as well, jg2977. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

If you periodically have to move certain players from various teams to other teams in order to clear potential roster spots for whatever players we might choose to add to your IPA, whether I actually propose them or not, then I suppose we'll have to do so, of course. Hopefully that won't be necessary very often, if at all, you know, though, jg2977. But only time will tell if and whenever it might be to do that, obviously enough. CD out.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Yes, the model for uniforms in 23 is apparently not as good as that for 22 and earlier, versions-wise. The players don't look like they're in playing shape, no matter what they actually weigh in-game and all, generally speaking, for instance. The model definitely needs major work on it, for sure, no matter what styles the uniforms people are making for 23 and future versions, at this time, in my view, jg2997. I think it would have been much better to stick with the old uniform template model, at least until the new model was sufficiently perfected. The pants, if done right, could be used with said old uniform template, perhaps, as well.

Talk more later, as time permits and all, of course. Thank you for your input and all, as always, jg2977. Will keep trying to improve my skills and all, you know, over time, as best as I can, whenever I can, et cetera. CD out.

Yes, other people have said that they weren't happy with the 23 uniform model yet, but I'm sure in time the developers will fix what's needed.

As for the pants, I'll change the color so that it matches the powder blue jersey. Of course, only I'll be able to see it while playing 3D games. It won't matter for anyone else but me.

I noticed that something was funny about the player models - they look a bit overweight, at least in that picture.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

If you periodically have to move certain players from various teams to other teams in order to clear potential roster spots for whatever players we might choose to add to your IPA, whether I actually propose them or not, then I suppose we'll have to do so, of course. Hopefully that won't be necessary very often, if at all, you know, though, jg2977. But only time will tell if and whenever it might be to do that, obviously enough. CD out.

As commissioner, I know that I can take control of a team temporarily and alter rosters, so that won't be too much of an issue. I'll clear a spot for Henry Freeman if I have to and choose a player who has no major league service time and change his position and information as needed. That way he'll have a chance to win Rookie of the Year in his first season, and he'll start with a clean slate.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

They don't necessarily have to have superstar-level ratings, but at least as long as they're average, at the least, that will be fine with me. I'll probably propose certain ratings values, as I might suggest, but it will ultimately be up to you whether you use them, alter them, or keep the values the AI creates for the relevant players I might propose, of course, jg2977. I'll try to keep them realistic, but as it is your game they'd be playing in, you'd have to ultimately deal with them after creation, once created, you know.

I hope HF would blossom into a potential HoFer, but if he doesn't, then so be it. Same thing for anyone else I might ultimately suggest for your IPA. Even if I might eventually propose at least one version of myself around 1992 or so, with one such version using my real name, et cetera, of course. I wouldn't be old enough in your IPA, with my real name, before the 1993 season, however, for sure, because I was still in high school in 1992, in truth. So the earliest I could come in using my real name is 1993, most definitely.

Talk more later, as time permits and all, I'm sure, jg2977. Lord willing and all, of course, you know. Thank you for your kind comments and all here, then, as always. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

jg2977, could you please give me a list, whether privately or publicly, of IPA teams you likely have work of mine currently collected for so far, if you don't mind too much here? It might help me out considerably if I know what teams you don't have any of my work for yet. Whether it's the base 64 or all 80 teams you ultimately had for your version of the IPA, so that I can try to do work for them too as well, if and whenever possible and all, here, either for your use or my use or anyone else's use?

Talk more later, of course, as I can and all. Please expect at least one private message related to at least one other topic later, too, to be sent your way soon, and hopefully by the end of this coming weekend, I think, at the latest, if possible, jg2977. CD out.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

They don't necessarily have to have superstar-level ratings, but at least as long as they're average, at the least, that will be fine with me. I'll probably propose certain ratings values, as I might suggest, but it will ultimately be up to you whether you use them, alter them, or keep the values the AI creates for the relevant players I might propose, of course, jg2977. I'll try to keep them realistic, but as it is your game they'd be playing in, you'd have to ultimately deal with them after creation, once created, you know.

I hope HF would blossom into a potential HoFer, but if he doesn't, then so be it. Same thing for anyone else I might ultimately suggest for your IPA. Even if I might eventually propose at least one version of myself around 1992 or so, with one such version using my real name, et cetera, of course. I wouldn't be old enough in your IPA, with my real name, before the 1993 season, however, for sure, because I was still in high school in 1992, in truth. So the earliest I could come in using my real name is 1993, most definitely.

Talk more later, as time permits and all, I'm sure, jg2977. Lord willing and all, of course, you know. Thank you for your kind comments and all here, then, as always. CD out.

Well, 1993 would be 121 seasons away. Let's say that I do one season per week, which is certainly possible with just an 8-team playoff. It would take 2 years to do 104 seasons, plus another 17 weeks beyond that. So we wouldn't be looking at the 1993 season until around October 2024 if things go well. And I imagine that there will be delays along the way for various reasons, so I might not get there until sometime in 2025 or even 2026.