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[Clovidequano Dovatha]

When it comes to your other leagues, I'd wait at least until all the players from the inaugural season for any league are retired and/or in the relevant league's Hall of Fame to change the usual award names from what you'd start them as in said league to other custom names. That would probably give you more time to consider their impacts sufficiently well on their applicable league's overall history, up to that point in time, before you then change certain award names to better honor them in that league of yours, I think. Just so you know. CD out.

[jg2977]

I can’t keep track of every single player from the inaugural season. I will change the award names as I see fit

[jg2977]

Just be satisfied that your players are in my IPA to begin with, and have the privilege of participating. Just be aware that I didn’t create your players to win Pro Cups. They will all have great careers, but whether or not they are on a good or bad team is out of my control. Once I create them, I have no control where they wind up - that’s up to the AI.

If I on purposely make teams dominate the IPA, then that’s unfair to all of the other teams. Certain teams with your created players, like Glasco, South Fork and Kenwood are very strong right now. But I didn’t cheat to make them good, so they are legit to me. Other teams that don’t have your players, such as Colfax now, and in the past Cape Coral, Fort Benton, Belle Plaine and Ancona have also been successful, and I need everybody to have a fair chance to win for me to stay interested in this dynasty.

So I will just let my IPA play out naturally. I won’t be shifting players around on purpose to help the Morses, Freemans, Holmes, etc. win Pro Cups.

Look at Mike Trout as a real-life example. It’s a shame that he is on a bad team in the Angels, and has only been in the playoffs one year, 2014, and they were swept in the first round. That’s just the way it goes sometimes. Many Hall of Fame players never won a World Series, but also, many players you’ve never heard of have rings.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Okay, fair enough, sorry. Not saying that you are cheating at all to make certain teams good and all, or deliberately trying to make certain teams dominate in your IPA, for sure You most certainly are not doing so, in ANY case. Never meant to potentially suggest you were, either, to anyone at all here.

Yes, Trout is a good real-life example. The Angels, even with good players, haven't generally seemed to be built for the long haul or to win titles, as far as I can tell here. Not enough players who can be versatile enough and/or perform well outside the core group of people, plus their coaching may not necessarily be of the best possible quality, either, come to think of it.

The better teams typically have multiple versatile players instead of primarily focusing on superstars to build their teams, I believe, so that if someone goes down, they have other possible options to step in and fill in as the need arises and all, while they're out. The Cardinals were like that quite a bit in the 1980's, I believe, if my memory serves me correctly, among other teams. Teams need to get back to building teams with depth and versatility, instead of just a whole roster of superstars, most likely, if they wish to win titles easier.

Thank you for your input and all here, then, jg2977. I appreciate it very much, in truth, here. It's always good to know that someone cares enough for another person to be honest with them when something may then be potentially of sufficient enough concern that may need to be addressed at a particular time here, before it might be too late to deal with it easily enough, I think.

I was just making a few suggestions that I thought you might perhaps want to consider periodically here, that's all. Or at least that was my only real intent here, to be sure. Of course, it's your dynasty, and your dynasty alone, to run as you wish and all, jg2977. Whether you choose to include my suggestions in your thought processes or not, at any time for any of your leagues or dynasties, that is, it's still entirely your dynasty to run here, you know. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Some items I just made in remembrance of what terrible events happened 21 years ago, and of all those who were sadly lost on that day as well. Any American-themed hat, at least, can hopefully work well with these two items here, I think, folks. May we never forget the events of that terrible day, either, as long as we each still live. That is all. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

By 1895, most, if not all, of the original players from the first 5 or so years of this IPA should be retired, I think. That's basically what I was likely referring to earlier, jg2977. By then, we should have several good candidates to name awards after for your IPA, but as always, everything related to your IPA is entirely up to you, you know.

After all, except for a very rare few, on average, most players don't play twenty years in real life, when it comes to playing in MLB, or any other baseball league, for that matter, and haven't done so to date. And only a few players have managed to play 25 seasons, as well, with Nolan Ryan probably being the best-known of them in recent years.

In any case, I'll still be following the IPA closely, as you know, jg2977. Hopefully, Walton will get a Pro Cup title soon, and the same thing for Freeman, but we'll have to see just how the rest of their respective playing careers go, of course. Clairborne has a good chance to win a title soon, and maybe Parverol will get one eventually as well. CD out.

[jg2977]

I know that you asked for Hillsboro and Sugar Valley's team pages for 1889. I'll post them this weekend. Sugar Valley is very good now, perhaps the second best team in the Ruthlandian Union. The problem is that they are in the same division as Marston, who are the defending Pro Cup champs and are trying to make another title run this year. Hillsboro needs help again after KJ Walton left. Nobody is in the vicinity of unseating South Fork in the TU East right now. Perhaps I will put my next created player on Hillsboro.

I'm really partial to the Breaking Bad universe, so most of my future created players will be character names from that show and Better Call Saul.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

My next proposed player might possibly be Gordon Clyde Freeman circa 1901, perhaps as a two-way player, as in your previous IPA. I'd likely have to check the planned player proposal schedule at that, though, I think. Arthyr is going to be a catcher, and I am not quite sure on the brothers of Gordon and Arthyr just yet, nor those descended from any of the Morses. Kyle Walton may or may not have sons that play in your dynasty, but if they do, they'd probably not be old enough to play in it until around the time Gordon Clyde and others would likely debut in it. Just so you know.

If you connect this particular dynasty of yours here to a hockey world of yours, through FHM, perhaps some related people could be present in that as well. But we'll have to determine that later, if we do, of course, jg2977. CD out.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

My next proposed player might possibly be Gordon Clyde Freeman circa 1901, perhaps as a two-way player, as in your previous IPA. I'd likely have to check the planned player proposal schedule at that, though, I think. Arthyr is going to be a catcher, and I am not quite sure on the brothers of Gordon and Arthyr just yet, nor those descended from any of the Morses. Kyle Walton may or may not have sons that play in your dynasty, but if they do, they'd probably not be old enough to play in it until around the time Gordon Clyde and others would likely debut in it. Just so you know.

If you connect this particular dynasty of yours here to a hockey world of yours, through FHM, perhaps some related people could be present in that as well. But we'll have to determine that later, if we do, of course, jg2977. CD out.

Not hockey. I'm going to add the MLB teams in a connected association. I'll have to look up that post where you gave me instructions on how to do that.

I don't have FHM.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Might try to fill in gaps for states with high school or town ball baseball teams that others haven't done, I think. Lawn Loaf, among others, has done many high school teams from Alabama to Minnesota, at least, but probably not every high school or town ball team in those states. I've done at least a few such teams from Wisconsin, at least, if not other states as well, but there are probably many other schools not yet with graphics done and posted for them on these forums. I probably will continue to do more such teams, either in this thread or another one.

Keep in mind, though, that my personal takes on them may not exactly match the real-world teams' items, folks. I will probably post a list of teams that I have already done, or am doing, or perhaps might plan to do, Lord willing and all, in either this particular graphics thread or at least one other, if not more than one other. Where schools or towns may not actually have active baseball teams for them, I might try and base the resulting items on items for certain teams those schools or towns might have from other sports, in truth. Just so you all know this here well enough, of course.

I will have to go through my various teams and/or various threads, probably, to see just what teams I already have done that might qualify here as town ball and/or high school teams, before I create at least one such related thread, though. I will try not to do items for most, if not all, schools listed in Lawn Loaf's thread, so as to hopefully not do potentially duplicate work here, but we'll have to see what happens here, in terms of such things, for sure. Then again, some of the schools he did work for earlier might have perhaps changed their looks and all, as well.

I'll try to go one state or territory at a time, and if I do any Canadian high school or town ball teams, I'll probably go one province or territory at a time, as time permits and all, hoping to avoid potentially duplicating work done by any number of others here. If I happen to somehow manage to perhaps unknowingly tackle the exact same teams as others may have already done here, or if anyone has any requests for such teams, et cetera, please feel free to let me know at any time, folks. Thank you. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Post 3177 of this particular thread has most, if not all, of the relevant information you'll need to remember and re-view periodically any time you may want to add another league to your dynasty, and/or another association, it seems, to it, jg2977. The detailed process(es) can be used with any other dynasty you choose to run on your computer as well, I believe. Just so you know. CD out.

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Volusia went 93-69 this season and finished in 2nd place, 6 games behind Forest City.

[jg2977]

Kenwood went 111-51 this season and finished in 2nd place, 9 games behind Denton City.

[jg2977]

South Fork went 97-65 this season and finished in 2nd place, 29 games behind Hillsboro.

[jg2977]

Sugar Valley went 107-55 this season and finished in 2nd place, 1 game behind Marston.

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[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Walton and Freeman are both signed through 1892, while Zebulon Morse is signed through 1891. Simon is not yet up for perhaps testing free agency, but could be sometime after 1891, it seems. Jethro himself might just be up for free agency or retirement within the next several years. And Holmes also looks to be potentially available for testing free agency sometime after 1895's IPA season, if he's actually still active as a player then. As for Barrett and Tanner, it might be at least 1893 or 1894 before they can potentially test free agency here, I think. Of course, I could be wrong, you know, but that's what I think here, in any case, at the present time, jg2977. CD out.