SBC (Predecessor of SRL) Champions going into 1877 season

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

My living brother bought me OOTP 20 and FHM 6 for Christmas. So there is a chance that I might create some dynasties for both games, and do reports related to them. Story is still mostly stalled, unfortunately, at the current time. But it will come when it comes and how it comes, Lord willing, I'm quite sure.

Just wanted to share a little here, so that you all know I'm still around and all, at least. Talk more soon, I hope. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

I hope Lawn Loaf would do sets for the Jupiter High School Warriors baseball team from Jupiter, Florida. I don't think they've been done yet, to be honest. Maybe you could mention that school and team to him later? Some pictures of the team here:

http://jupiterwarriors.org/

I don't know about you, or others around here, but I know at least I would love to have a team set for that school's team, as long as they're currently working on Florida high school teams. And I really don't think they've been added to the relevant thread yet, either. Hope you had a good Christmas, and that your 2020 is a great year for you, Lord willing, of course. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

May the New Year be your best ever!

Glad you got OOTP20.

God bless you and your family.

I'll see if he has done Jupiter, Florida.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

What colors and/or font styles would you perhaps recommend for teams called the Pizzazz or the Mainstreeters, for example? I'm just wondering, that's all. Might call some teams that are from cities in one of my fictional nations that don't yet have official identities either of those names, I think. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

What colors and/or font styles would you perhaps recommend for teams called the Pizzazz or the Mainstreeters, for example? I'm just wondering, that's all. Might call some teams that are from cities in one of my fictional nations that don't yet have official identities either of those names, I think. CD out.

Those are not standard baseball names... I don't know of any colors to describe them... you could choose whatever you want.

Pizzazz should be something eyecatching… dark burgundy, orange and bright red would be splashy and snazzy.

Mainstreeters should be mainstreet America... red and blue with white trim.

Go to this thread and look at the colors... I'm sure you could find something there.

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=303562

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Well, somewhere in my state, one of the high schools calls their dance team the Pizzazz, and although Lawn Loaf hasn't gotten to most, if not all, Minnesota high school baseball teams, there is a team name used by a high school near me by the name of Mainstreeters, if memory serves me correctly.

However, the cities in Helvarta that may need team nicknames include names like Hothotai, Varkeli, and Kuunola, to name just a few. Here's a larger version of a flag someone made me on another site for said nation to look at. Maybe at least one or two of the colors on the national flag might work, if not all of them, for the Mainstreeters. Or similar enough colors?

I'll think about your suggestion related to the potential Pizzazz team name, in any case, though. Thank you for your time, and how was your Christmas? Do you have any hopes and/or expectations for 2020? Just curious, that's all. Talk more with you later, I'm sure, Lord willing. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Sauk Centre, apparently. If I remember correctly, Sinclair Lewis might have been from there, but I don't think I've read any of his work before. I could be wrong, but not sure about that, just yet. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Well, somewhere in my state, one of the high schools calls their dance team the Pizzazz, and although Lawn Loaf hasn't gotten to most, if not all, Minnesota high school baseball teams, there is a team name used by a high school near me by the name of Mainstreeters, if memory serves me correctly.

However, the cities in Helvarta that may need team nicknames include names like Hothotai, Varkeli, and Kuunola, to name just a few. Here's a larger version of a flag someone made me on another site for said nation to look at. Maybe at least one or two of the colors on the national flag might work, if not all of them, for the Mainstreeters. Or similar enough colors?

I'll think about your suggestion related to the potential Pizzazz team name, in any case, though. Thank you for your time, and how was your Christmas? Do you have any hopes and/or expectations for 2020? Just curious, that's all. Talk more with you later, I'm sure, Lord willing. CD out.

My plans for 2020 are just to enjoy each day of life that Jesus gives me.... serve Him whenever He puts me in a situation of service and ministry... no big plans, dreams, vacations, trips and such... I live a simple life... read the Bible daily, enjoy my 7325-song library on my great sound system... enjoy my Islandian Pro Alliance and my North Island and South Island Leagues... enjoy good movies with my wife... enjoy eating out at good comfort food restaurants... enjoy going to nursing homes twice each week and play the greatest songs of all time for an hour and a half on a very good sound system... I also dance with all the ladies and also the guys... we boogie woogie, twist, rock and roll, swing and sway, bop, stroll, jitterbug and do the Texas two step, too... we just have a good time together... they really bless me... it is one of the great joys of my life to try and bring a smile to their faces with Blueberry Hill, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On, All Shook Up, I Want to Hold Your Hand, My Girl, I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)... and all the great country songs, too, like Jambalaya, Hey Good Lookin', Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain, You Are My Sunshine, Walking the Floor Over You, Tennessee Waltz and San Antonio Rose..

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Besides the Bible, obviously, what would you probably say your ten favorite books that you've read are? Just curious. Maybe you and I have both read them at least once in our lives, Eugene.

One of my favorites is Pilgrim's Progress. It's been at least a while since I've last read them, probably, but I believe I also have read Robinson Crusoe and The House of Seven Gables, among various others before as well.

I plan to start reading the New Testament yet again once 2020 starts up, and seeing where the Lord leads me in my daily readings from there, as usual, of course. I'll finish reading the Old Testament's book of Malachi again on the 31st, I expect, and then see what happens next with God's Word and me, from then on, I'm sure.

I don't know what this next year holds in store for humanity yet, obviously. But I still think it will be a very momentous year for many people and many nations. No matter what happens, as we approach the unavoidable day of reckoning for the whole world with the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, in relation to various matters yet-unresolved, et cetera.

As for me, I will continue to seek His face and do His will and be about His business as best as I possibly can in this world of His while I am still around and able to do that in my life, for sure. Am I perfect? No, of course not, but I will still seek to do His will as best as I can, et cetera, Eugene, for as long as I can, in my own life, in any case.

Will talk more later, I'm sure. I hope you have a great year, and that we can get to know each other a lot better this year, somehow, if at all possible, of course, Eugene. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Schools in Minnesota I would hope Lawn Loaf would do, or someone else would do, are:

Barnum Bombers
Carlton Bulldogs
Esko Eskomos
St. Peter Saints
St. Clair (With both Indian and Cyclone versions [St. Clair was the Indians until sometime in the 1990's, in regards to their nickname, and its high school was also my high school alma mater. Main colors at the time, as they probably still are, were red, white, and black, I believe])
Wrenshall Wrens
Lake Crystal-Welcome Memorial
Mankato West
Mankato East
Le Sueur Giants
Mankato Loyola
St. James
Waseca
Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton
Nicollet
Moose Lake-Willow River
Lake Region Christian School Hornets

These are just a few of the many schools in Minnesota he or someone else could do, of course, if they wanted to and could, Eugene.

I went to a school in Indiana called Washington Township High School for a year, and they were the Senators. Main colors were red, white, and black at that time, if memory serves me correctly.

I also went to school in Illinois before coming originally to Minnesota the first time. I only went to school in Illinois for a year, as a kindergarten student, however. I've been in Minnesota for most of my life, in truth. It can be beautiful in places, and no doubt is, but I haven't seen much of it outside of moving to certain areas of the state at various times in my life.

Will write more later, I'm sure. May the Lord bless you and yours richly, as He so desires, in the next year and/or future years to come, I hope, Eugene. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Besides the Bible, obviously, what would you probably say your ten favorite books that you've read are? Just curious. Maybe you and I have both read them at least once in our lives, Eugene.

One of my favorites is Pilgrim's Progress. It's been at least a while since I've last read them, probably, but I believe I also have read Robinson Crusoe and The House of Seven Gables, among various others before as well.

I plan to start reading the New Testament yet again once 2020 starts up, and seeing where the Lord leads me in my daily readings from there, as usual, of course. I'll finish reading the Old Testament's book of Malachi again on the 31st, I expect, and then see what happens next with God's Word and me, from then on, I'm sure.

I don't know what this next year holds in store for humanity yet, obviously. But I still think it will be a very momentous year for many people and many nations. No matter what happens, as we approach the unavoidable day of reckoning for the whole world with the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, in relation to various matters yet-unresolved, et cetera.

As for me, I will continue to seek His face and do His will and be about His business as best as I possibly can in this world of His while I am still around and able to do that in my life, for sure. Am I perfect? No, of course not, but I will still seek to do His will as best as I can, et cetera, Eugene, for as long as I can, in my own life, in any case.

Will talk more later, I'm sure. I hope you have a great year, and that we can get to know each other a lot better this year, somehow, if at all possible, of course, Eugene. CD out.

Never been a book reader... the only great books I ever read were in Classic Comics, which were condensed comic book versions of the greatest literature... but I did read an Alan Drury trilogy about the U. S. Congress... Advise and Consent, A Shade of Difference... didn't read the third one, Capable of Honor.

I Iiked the Classic Comic books: Robin Hood, Treasure Island, Count of Monte Cristo, The Man in the Iron Mask and Robinson Crusoe... any of them that were made into swashbuckling movies with Errol Flynn, Louis Hayward, Jon Hall and Burt Lancaster.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Eugene, in a league with team nicknames being present such as the Hounds, the Villains, and the Aces, what might fit well with them, perhaps, in your view? I'd need possible suggestions for up to 13 more teams, in order to have two subleagues with eight teams each, I think.

One subleague would have the Helvarta City Hounds, Asvanger Villains, Alingsun Aces, and five other teams in the following cities:

Hvidlev
Karlsrup
Lidritoft
Tjarnajhavyk
Varmahnes

While the other league would have teams in the following locations:

Akusker
Haukikzhala
Hothotai
Kuunola
Lindesviken
Lonsholar
Tilliklif
Varkeli

Helvarta's naming customs, for instance, whether for people or teams, would be highly influenced by Scandinavian/Nordic-type things, but not completely, I'd imagine. But I'm not quite sure that just using names from that sort of culture would work here, somehow, in any case.

Might you have any suggestions that might possibly work quite well here, somehow, Eugene? Just wondering, that's all. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Eugene, in a league with team nicknames being present such as the Hounds, the Villains, and the Aces, what might fit well with them, perhaps, in your view? I'd need possible suggestions for up to 13 more teams, in order to have two subleagues with eight teams each, I think.

One subleague would have the Helvarta City Hounds, Asvanger Villains, Alingsun Aces, and five other teams in the following cities:

Hvidlev
Karlsrup
Lidritoft
Tjarnajhavyk
Varmahnes

While the other league would have teams in the following locations:

Akusker
Haukikzhala
Hothotai
Kuunola
Lindesviken
Lonsholar
Tilliklif
Varkeli

Helvarta's naming customs, for instance, whether for people or teams, would be highly influenced by Scandinavian/Nordic-type things, but not completely, I'd imagine. But I'm not quite sure that just using names from that sort of culture would work here, somehow, in any case.

Might you have any suggestions that might possibly work quite well here, somehow, Eugene? Just wondering, that's all. CD out.

CD, you just seem to always be creating leagues... why can't you put a limit on the number of leagues and just focus on one league and play and report on that one league?

If it is Nordic in background, use Nordic nicknames... that is simple.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Eugene, I dream big, as you know. These teams would be part of at least one of my dynasties, if and when created. Their overall league isn't created yet, in any of my dynasties, in any version of OOTP, just so you know.

I suppose me having to deal daily with my Asperger's Syndrome condition might be one, if not the only, reason it's often hard for me to focus on certain things at times, to be honest. As I've mentioned before, it's not always all that easy for me to deal with in my life. But God has definitely helped me with things, both offline and online, for quite some time, I'm quite sure, in it. That's when I've let Him do so, of course, you know.

I'm not sure which dynasties yet that these proposed teams might periodically pop up in might be part of, but I believe they will eventually pop up in them periodically, at least. We might see some Helvartans, for instance, in this and related dynasties, but not sure about that just yet, to be sure.

I'll have to do some more thinking, obviously, about these potential teams, in order to come up with some plausible names and ideas for looks related to them. Now they wouldn't necessarily have the same cultural practices of the Norsemen from the Middle Ages, for example, but they might still have some obvious Scandinavian/Nordic-style looks, et cetera, I think.

Thank you for your input and friendship, et cetera. As for your earlier question about whether your reports are good, I have no complaints with them currently, and I don't think I ever have, to be honest, Eugene. If you'd like, I could share some details related to my fictional countries, so that you could perhaps incorporate one or more of them at least partly into your game and have personnel and players perhaps show up in your dynasties periodically.

If interested in the idea, please let me know and we'll go from there as needed and/or desired, et cetera, Eugene. Thanks again for your time and all. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

I wonder, if I keep all my future requests as simple as possible, if a request for help with at least one of my teams and/or be acceptable to others. I'm thinking Poltragow's home uniform could use some help, for example. Maybe someone else might know better how to angle and center text on the sash-like element I have for the applicable uniform, Eugene.

Will write more later, I'm sure. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

I wonder, if I keep all my future requests as simple as possible, if a request for help with at least one of my teams and/or be acceptable to others. I'm thinking Poltragow's home uniform could use some help, for example. Maybe someone else might know better how to angle and center text on the sash-like element I have for the applicable uniform, Eugene.

Will write more later, I'm sure. CD out.

No, I don't think anyone wants to help you... I'm sorry to tell you that... you have a very bad reputation on the OOTP Forums... you caused it with too many requests that were too complicated... I know it was unintentional, but you did cause it... now you are suffering from your actions... just accept it and follow my advice... you will be much happier and you will have good graphics for your teams and leagues.

Sorry, I don't want to debate the right and wrong of your situation... we have already done that many times in the past... it is time to move along, so please read this carefully... I have told you many, many times... it would be best if you would use graphics that have already been done by others on the Forums.


That is the best way to get good graphics now... special requests don't get done very often anymore... they rarely get done... the OOTP Graphics Forum is a dying breed... only a few people are posting on it any longer... only low, Lawn Loaf and a few others any longer post... and they just post teams they are interested in... most of them only post in a Sticky.

Create your teams from teams that have already been done... it is not a perfect system because you and I don't get teams done just the way we would like, but at least we get graphics that are well done and very acceptable.

I got many of my teams for the North Island and South Island Leagues from low and Lawn Loaf's threads.

You can do the same thing.

[Eugene Church]

CD, it is time for you to create a league that you have team logos, jerseys and caps that have already been done... then just play the league in whatever manner you desire to play it... you really need to just enjoy the game and stop wasting time on having someone create your dream world league graphics... it is not going to happen.

That's what I do... and I really enjoy my leagues... even though I could make them much better graphically if the great graphics guys would create the teams exactly like I design them... but it ain't gonna happen.

Like me, you are going to have to be satisfied with less than the best when it comes to graphics.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

So how can I improve my reputation here, then? Surely there must be some way, Eugene. I know I made a lot of mistakes, but certainly they weren't life and death mistakes, for instance, I'm sure.

I have been staying out of other people's threads, and sticking to my own, as well, for quite some time, have I not? I know some may not forgive me for quite some time, if ever, due to the mistakes I've made before around here, but don't I deserve at least one more chance to do certain things right here, on these here forums, in terms of other people's threads, Eugene?

Talk more later, I'm sure, if possible, and when possible, Lord willing. Take care and God bless and all, then. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

So how can I improve my reputation here, then? Surely there must be some way, Eugene. I know I made a lot of mistakes, but certainly they weren't life and death mistakes, for instance, I'm sure.

I have been staying out of other people's threads, and sticking to my own, as well, for quite some time, have I not? I know some may not forgive me for quite some time, if ever, due to the mistakes I've made before around here, but don't I deserve at least one more chance to do certain things right here, on these here forums, in terms of other people's threads, Eugene?

Talk more later, I'm sure, if possible, and when possible, Lord willing. Take care and God bless and all, then. CD out.

Yes, you deserve a second chance.

Go to the Graphic Forum and post a simple request and see if anyone does it for you.

If someone does it for you... just thank them... don't ask for any revisions unless they offer to revise it and make changes.

If someone posts a negative comment about your post... just thank them, but don't reply.
Don't give them a reason to get mad at you.

Sample Post:

Home and Away Jerseys and Caps for the New Orleans Pelicans.
Use Purple, Gold and Green Colors

[Eugene Church]

Decide what you need... you mentioned needing a Poltragow home jersey recently.

Create a sample request here in your thread and let me see it before you post it.

I will help you word it so you will keep the request simple and not complex.