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[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

As you wish, jg2977. Or other amateur teams, for that matter? Just curious, that's all. CD out.

Just make the graphics that you want to make. If anyone wants something specific, they will request it. At present, I don't need anything new. I'm just playing my IPA and my graphics requirements are fulfilled.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Think you could give me a rundown on all relevant teams by the end of the 1886 IPA season, so that I can have Barrett Parverol and Simon Clairborne's respective proposed player profiles prepared better here, please, jg2977? Even Marston, seeing as Zeb is now there?

The teams in question would, of course, now be Denton City, Hillsboro, Glasco, Marston, South Fork, Kenwood, Sugar Valley, and Turon, it seems to me. I'd really appreciate finding out their respective current statuses by the end of this next season, of course, as you know. Thank you. CD out.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Think you could give me a rundown on all relevant teams by the end of the 1886 IPA season, so that I can have Barrett Parverol and Simon Clairborne's respective proposed player profiles prepared better here, please, jg2977? Even Marston, seeing as Zeb is now there?

The teams in question would, of course, now be Denton City, Hillsboro, Glasco, Marston, South Fork, Kenwood, Sugar Valley, and Turon, it seems to me. I'd really appreciate finding out their respective current statuses by the end of this next season, of course, as you know. Thank you. CD out.

What are your thoughts on adding wild cards to give more teams a chance to win a Pro Cup? Also, since it's a balanced schedule, there's not much reason to have divisions. I might scrap them all together and just have the two conferences, and then just have the teams with the top 8 records in each make the playoffs.

When I had more teams in the playoffs in my old IPA, it did make it more fun. The main issue that I had was that I was helping too many teams win, which took away some of the drama. As I've explained for this version, I will not be doing that, and let the natural progression play out on its own.

Finally, from now on I will not be including any two-way players. An individual player will either bat, or pitch. Not both. The AI incorrectly calculates the player of the game and top performers of the day when there are two way-players.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

No, I'm generally against adding wildcards to the mix, jg2977. I am more of a traditionalist, you might say, in that aspect of baseball here.

I am working on Barrett Parverol and Simon Clairborne's profiles now, and should be sending them your way soon. So please keep an eye on your mailbox for at least one related PM coming your way about them.

We still have more than a decade before any of the second-generation players would potentially debut, in any case. Whether they'd be two-way players or not, the earliest they would perhaps appear in your dynasty would be 1901.

Maybe, by then, the game can improve enough somehow in order for it to better handle two-way players, AI-wise. I still would like to see Gordon Clyde Freeman and certain others be able to do the two-way thing, of course, but we'll have to see what we can do for them when it's time for them to be part of your dynasty in time, whether for an IPA team or a team in another league for your relevant dynasty. In any case, we still have more than a decade of IPA seasons, at least, before we'll have the first second-generation players potentially be at least old enough to play in your dynasty here. Just so you know, jg2977. CD out.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

No, I'm generally against adding wildcards to the mix, jg2977. I am more of a traditionalist, you might say, in that aspect of baseball here.

I am working on Barrett Parverol and Simon Clairborne's profiles now, and should be sending them your way soon. So please keep an eye on your mailbox for at least one related PM coming your way about them.

We still have more than a decade before any of the second-generation players would potentially debut, in any case. Whether they'd be two-way players or not, the earliest they would perhaps appear in your dynasty would be 1901.

Maybe, by then, the game can improve enough somehow in order for it to better handle two-way players, AI-wise. I still would like to see Gordon Clyde Freeman and certain others be able to do the two-way thing, of course, but we'll have to see what we can do for them when it's time for them to be part of your dynasty in time, whether for an IPA team or a team in another league for your relevant dynasty. In any case, we still have more than a decade of IPA seasons, at least, before we'll have the first second-generation players potentially be at least old enough to play in your dynasty here. Just so you know, jg2977. CD out.

I can send you screenshots of all the teams you mentioned after the 1886 regular season is simulated.

How about my idea of scrapping the divisions and just having 8 playoff teams, or going up to 12? Then they wouldn't really be wild cards, they would be playoff teams seeded according to regular season record. It might be fun one year to have a 32-team playoff with shorter series as an experiment and to spice things up a little.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Please give me a few days to think about it before you potentially institute the proposed change. I know it's ultimately your dynasty, after all, but you clearly want and value my input from time to time, for sure, so if you could let me think about what you've got in mind here for your IPA and all, I'd certainly appreciate it, you know.

Of course, if you want to spice things up a bit, you could radically rearrange your IPA to make it at least a bit different from EC's, or not. You do remember that I proposed a potential realignment plan a while back for your IPA, don't you? Maybe you could revisit the idea and all, or not, as you so choose, jg2977.

You won't split up this IPA into multiple leagues, no doubt, as I've certainly suggested before, either, either into a major-minor league sort of configuration or as a P/R sort of configuration. Or at least I don't expect you to do so, anyway, at this point.

But if you ever changed your mind, it might make certain things a bit more interesting for you. Although, as you said, it might mean more work for you in certain respects, of course, though not necessarily in others, if you did so here with your IPA. Or in certain areas, less work, as well.

Ultimately, it's entirely up to you how this dynasty goes for you, as long as you can run it and all. After all, you have a life and work to do outside of OOTP, you know. As each of us should have in our respective lives, for sure. And we each only have a certain amount of time available to each of us in our own respective lives to use as best as we can, while we're still each alive on this God-created planet of ours. We can't always be spending it on things like OOTP, for instance, in any case. That wouldn't be wise of us to do, for that matter, or healthy and all, either. CD out.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Please give me a few days to think about it before you potentially institute the proposed change. I know it's ultimately your dynasty, after all, but you clearly want and value my input from time to time, for sure, so if you could let me think about what you've got in mind here for your IPA and all, I'd certainly appreciate it, you know.

Of course, if you want to spice things up a bit, you could radically rearrange your IPA to make it at least a bit different from EC's, or not. You do remember that I proposed a potential realignment plan a while back for your IPA, don't you? Maybe you could revisit the idea and all, or not, as you so choose, jg2977.

You won't split up this IPA into multiple leagues, no doubt, as I've certainly suggested before, either, either into a major-minor league sort of configuration or as a P/R sort of configuration. Or at least I don't expect you to do so, anyway, at this point.

But if you ever changed your mind, it might make certain things a bit more interesting for you. Although, as you said, it might mean more work for you in certain respects, of course, though not necessarily in others, if you did so here with your IPA. Or in certain areas, less work, as well.

Ultimately, it's entirely up to you how this dynasty goes for you, as long as you can run it and all. After all, you have a life and work to do outside of OOTP, you know. As each of us should have in our respective lives, for sure. And we each only have a certain amount of time available to each of us in our own respective lives to use as best as we can, while we're still each alive on this God-created planet of ours. We can't always be spending it on things like OOTP, for instance, in any case. That wouldn't be wise of us to do, for that matter, or healthy and all, either. CD out.

It's okay, I just wanted to hear your thoughts, but I'm not going to wait a few days to hear them. I'm sure that I will expand my playoffs at some point, maybe when I get to the early 1900s. For now I'll just keep going the way that I have been, just to keep it simple.

No realignments and no promotion-relegation, that's definite. The only thing I may do is just get rid of the divisions, because I feel that they're not needed. But the Ruthlandian Union and Tycobbian Union teams will stay where they are.

The main reason why I want to get rid of the divisions is because a team who wins over 100 games in a strong division is left out of the playoffs, while a less-deserving team who wins 90 in a weaker division will get into the playoffs. Funny thing is that it happened in 1881 with Chicopee, who finished 90-72 and went on to surprise everybody and win the Pro Cup.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

As you wish, jg2977. After all, it is YOUR dynasty, not mine, to run, of course. You do have to admit that many 100-win teams in history didn't make the postseason, even before the advent of divisional play, I'm sure, however.

Just periodically throwing various suggestions out for you to perhaps consider, that's all. Not trying to tell you how to ultimately run any or all of your dynasties, but just making such potentially varied suggestions for you to perhaps think about for a bit. At least every so often, as the need, the desire, or the inclination, at least, might possibly then arise at any time for you here, jg2977. If not fairly often, of course.

PM sent your way related to Barrett Parverol and Simon Clairborne now, by the way. Feel free to look at it, and get back to me as you like and can regarding it and its contents and all. Thank you. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

There is a certain appeal, though, to keeping the playoff field smaller, I think. It forces teams to compete harder to win titles, I think, which makes it much more challenging and much more interesting to me, to see who will end up on top or not. Of course, many teams don't often do well in those circumstances, on average. But when they do, it makes it much more exciting, I'm sure, to see teams who don't typically do well come literally out of nowhere to surprise many people.

I do wonder, though, who might have won the World Series in various years, if baseball had stuck with two divisions in both the AL and NL instead of going to the three-division setup as they did in the 1990's, jg2977. Of course, that would most likely have meant no wildcard teams, at the very least. Also no interleague regular season play, come to think of it, among other things. And would the Cardinals, for instance, have actually even been able to get into the playoffs and win at least one of their World Series titles, had there not been any three-division setups in both leagues and the wildcard? Maybe that's something either or both of us could perhaps explore later on, if and whenever possible, in our various dynasties. CD out.

[jg2977]

Eh, the best thing for me to do is to keep everything the same going forward. When I get further into my league's progression, it will make comparisons of teams' histories much easier. Also, there was something magical about a team like Chicopee making a miraculous run to win an unexpected championship. I bet someday I'll have a really weak division and an 82-win team, like the 2006 Cardinals, could win a division and make a title run. That would be a lot of fun to see. By eliminating the division, that would never happen.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Good point, so keep the divisions, at least, until we start seeing enough Hall of Famers appear in your dynasty. Once they do, perhaps you can name the divisions after various players in your IPA's history, I think.

Do you plan on adding historical players to your IPA dynasty, either on IPA teams or other teams in your dynasty's potential other leagues? If so, then perhaps you can do a shared draft system among certain teams in an association-wide common draft, of course, and see what happens when you do.

Talk more with you soon, I expect. Lord willing and all, of course, that is. Thank you for your time and attention and all here, as always, jg2977. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

You currently have eight divisions in your IPA, so perhaps the first Hall of Famer from any of the teams in each of those divisions could perhaps be the future representative of each division, name-wise, or up to the first five such players from any of the eight teams in each division, that is, could be potential candidates for such an honor here. What are the current Hall of Fame settings for your IPA, in terms of ballot eligibility and all, by the way, jg2977? Just curious, that's all. CD out.

[jg2977]

I'm not renaming divisions. I want to keep the geographic names, as it's easier to see what part of the country the teams are located in.

I'm not having any historical players either. This is purely fictional.

I was just floating other ideas this morning, and it's very easy to see that implementing any of those would just complicate everything. So I'm keeping it all the same going forward. Simplicity is best. Only thing I would consider doing is adding the MLB association later on, but I'll have to see if it's feasible.

I left the Hall of Fame settings at whatever the default was.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Granted, it could, but then again it could make things a bit more interesting, at least, in certain respects, and maybe simpler in others, I think. Of course, I could be wrong about certain things possibly becoming easier for you somehow if any or all of those suggestions were ever implemented, but I'm not in control of that dynasty of yours, you know.

I'd really not mind seeing how certain historical players could perhaps actually perform in your current dynasty. Especially if they were potentially locked into a certain league for much or most, if not all, of their whole careers once drafted and/or created/assigned to teams, at least as players. My favorite all-time baseball player to date is Bruce Sutter, but Albert is also in my top ten, if not top five players, of all the baseball players I've seen to date, I'm quite sure, at this point in time. CD out.

[jg2977]

My favorite baseball player is Ron Wright. He played in one game in his MLB career.

Wright's one major league game was on April 14, 2002, which he started as the designated hitter for Seattle against the Texas Rangers. In three plate appearances, Wright achieved the dubious distinction of striking out (second inning), hitting into a triple play (fourth inning), and hitting into a double play (sixth inning).[1][2] He was replaced by Mark McLemore in the seventh inning; Seattle went on to win the game, 9–7.[3] As of 2020, Wright is the only player to serve as a designated hitter in his only MLB game.[4]

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

I often prefer random debut when historical players are included in my dynasties, by the way. Of course, seeing as many players only played in the 19th Century, it may be harder for them to have enough statistics accumulated in certain categories to be comparable enough to many players from later eras. And vice versa, especially in terms of pitchers.

What's probably the most pitching wins you've ever seen in one of your dynasties, for instance? Toad Ramsey won 709 games in one of my dynasties, and also had several thousand strikeouts by the time he was done playing, actually, it seems to me. I think somewhere above 6,000, if not close to 7,000 or more, strikeouts by then, if memory serves me correctly enough here. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Have you ever thought of doing a league primarily, if not entirely, of players who played less than, say, 31 MLB-level games, at most, in their respective known playing careers? Or even seven such games or less? At least at the start of things for it? I think it would be rather interesting to see such a league from you in whatever cities you might so choose to place those teams in, actually, to say the least. CD out.

[jg2977]

I have no interest in doing a league like that. However, that would be something that would be wonderful for you to pursue.

I mentioned that player in a somewhat joking manner. I saw a YouTube analysis on Ron Wright the other day and found it quite interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwrQD9PuH3s

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Funny you should mention that about such a league. I have a Tea and Coffee League, intended for such players, at the very least, but I still haven't really gotten far with it yet, unfortunately, for various reasons. I've wanted to, of course, but you know life can often get in the way of people's plans at times, you know, jg2977.

Seriously, though, is Ron Wright really your favorite all-time baseball player that you've been able to watch play? Bruce Sutter is mine, as already stated, in any case. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

The next two or three posts will mainly feature my take so far on the Hillsboro High School Tigers of Hillsboro, Wisconsin, items-wise. As with various other real-world teams here that I've already done, these items may not exactly match their real-world items, whether from the past, the present, or the future, of course.

I haven't really been all that able to see any sufficiently good pictures featuring their real-world items, just yet. So I am probably winging it at least a little bit here with at least some of these items, if not all of them, quite obviously enough. Just so you know. Uniforms will be in this post, and caps and logos in the next one or two posts. The school logos have been modified as needed and as appropriate, as well, folks. That is all. CD out.