The KBL: Season 7 - Page 4

kq76 · 12-09-2003, 08:23 PM

Only a few more days until we start our initial draft and we still have a few spots open. Check the first post of this thread for application info.

So far, the teams we have are:

Taharqa Tigers
Songhai Wild Dogs
Khufu Cheetahs
Odua Elephants
Anansi Spiders
Ju/'hoan Duikers
Umtata Ostriches
Sapota Goats
Amada Silverbacks
Mwari Okapis
Kilimanjaro Leopards
? Bushbucks
Mansa Musa Nyameras

(Some people have not yet picked.)

jmaness84 · 12-10-2003, 02:47 AM

The Golden Era. What period was this?? Sorry guys but im not a historical buff. I usually only play in deadball era and modern era. I believe the Golden Era is in the 40s but im not sure.

kq76 · 12-10-2003, 08:54 AM

1946-1960. The offense was not turbo-charged with steroids, pitchers had better endurance, and there was more small ball. It's not that far off from today's game though.

kingcharlesxii · 12-12-2003, 04:49 PM

I just dropped you guys an application. Hopefully there's still openings.

kq76 · 12-12-2003, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kingcharlesxii
I just dropped you guys an application. Hopefully there's still openings.

Got your app. It looks great.

You should receive an e-mail soon if you have not already.

kq76 · 12-12-2003, 05:50 PM

If you're thinking of joining, there's still time, even past the start time!

The Initial Draft:

The league's initial draft will start tomorrow, Saturday, the 13th, at noon EST, as previously planned.

I will send out the first e-mail to everyone at the start time with a list of everyone in order. The first person will "reply to all", copy the text from my e-mail and paste it into their e-mail (so as not to clutter it up with >'s and non-pick text from others), type in the player's position and name that they want, and then send it. Each person afterwards will do the same, but using the last person's e-mail instead of mine. I was hoping to conduct the draft by BOSI, but BOSI does not yet work on PowWeb, so we will go with the above.

The 1st 2 rounds will be 24 hours per pick. If you take longer than that, then we (Eric or myself) will have the computer pick for you. Please send in a draft list (e-mail Eric and I at kq76@hotmail.com and erickneipfer@yahoo.com) or make your pick as soon as possible though as some people get annoyed with people who take their full time. After the 1st 2 rounds we'll reconsider the allotted time per pick (I'm currently thinking 12 hours).

The draft order is:

Henry
Jon
Adam
Jay
Jeff Wa.
Michael J.
Alan
Frank
Eric
Jesse
Dan
Jeff Wi.
Kieran
Andrew
Chris
Michael T.
Nick
AI 1
AI 2
AI 3
AI 4
AI 5
AI 6
AI 7

If anyone would prefer to be dropped down in the draft order so they don't have to pick right away, then please e-mail me so I can make the change. The order is serpentine, as in 1st overall also picks last in the 2nd rd, so it does not matter much where you pick.

As you can see, we do not have the 24 people that we were hoping for. So what we are going to do is... All the humans will draft first and the computer will draft the other teams last. As we go along, we'll probably pick up some other people and they can have their choice of any of the computer teams and they will pick up the drafting. If we don't end up with at least 23 people by the end of the draft, we'll contract enough teams to get an even # of teams. We'll then just delete those players from the contracted teams. So say we we end up with 19 (odd #), we'll contract 4 and have 1 open. If we end with 22 (even #), we'll contract 2 teams. After each season we will consider adding an even # of teams.

kq76 · 12-14-2003, 07:04 PM

EDIT: See the update with my latest post below.

We're currently in the middle of the 1st round of the initial draft. We have 17 teams filled, with 7 available. The plan is that once we are finished the draft, if all teams are not filled, an even # of them will be contracted and those players will be deleted. I'd really hate to do this as our league's players are already taking on personalities in our communication. If you'd like to adopt a team and still get to pick all or most of your players, please do the following:

From the "Info" page on the website (www.simrc.net/kbl/), go to the "How To Apply" section, copy and paste the application questions (Name, E-Mail Address, etc) into an e-mail answer them, and send it to both: erickneipfer@yahoo.com AND kq76@hotmail.com.

If you want to be able to make your first round pick, you'll need to make sure you e-mail Eric asap and he will set you up. After that you can still adopt any one of the available 7 teams, but the 1st 2 round picks will probably be made already.

More Information:

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...threadid=48597

The picks so far are:

1) Anansi Spiders - CF - Jabiri "Tornado" Sukutai
2) Amada Silverbacks - CF - Nkuku Najya
3) Zulu Hartebeests - 3B - Manu "Money" Marashi
4) ? ? - SP - Nabhani Hobo
5) Mwari Okapis - SP - Siwazuri "Superman" Maliwaza
6) Kilimanjaro Leopards - SP - Jaja Nafula
7) Khufu Cheetahs - 1B - Murtada Wanjiru
8) Mansa Musa Nyameras - SS - Sarahani Njeri
9) Songhai Wild Dogs - SP - Abu Mafunda
10) Sobek Crocodiles - SP - Thani "Thrash" Ashuru
11) Odua Elephants - SP - Muthomi Johari
12) Ju/'hoan Duikers - SP - Zalika Masika
13) Taharqa Tigers - 2B - Kojo Jali

Thanks!

kq76 · 12-18-2003, 05:24 PM

We're into the second round now and only have 3 open spots left. The first two rounds of picks for the open spots have been made by the game, but you can have your choice from those. First come, first serve, so get your team soon before it's too late. See above post for how to apply.

kq76 · 12-26-2003, 05:58 PM

If anyone received OOTP5 as a Christmas present and is looking to join a league, we still have 3 spots open. We've postponed the draft clock during the Christmas break (until the 29th), so you'll still be able to make your 3rd rd picks. Information on how to join is in the first post.

PotatoPeeler · 02-06-2004, 01:23 PM

Bumping this since the first season just started and we have a few open teams.

I believe the following teams are available:
Mombasa Giraffes
Sahara Chimps
Swahili Zebras
Matara Macaws
Mecca Cheetahs
Berber Hippos
Timbuktu Colobus

http://www.simrc.net/kbl

kingcharlesxii · 02-08-2004, 10:52 PM

Giving this a bump. The league has been great so far. The teams listed in the post above are still available and we're looking for some active owners to take them over.

This is a really unique fictional league with great owners. If you're interested, follow the directions on the first page. Hope to hear from you soon!

kq76 · 02-10-2004, 03:12 AM

I'm pleased to announce that Mr. Jeff Rollins has joined the KBL. He will be taking over the Swahili Zebras.

The remaining open teams are:

Mombasa Giraffes
Sahara Chimps
Matara Macaws
Mecca Cheetahs
Berber Hippos
Timbuktu Colobus

EagleEye_0 · 02-10-2004, 08:33 AM

Come on guys, Kieran and Eric will do a great job as co-commishes.

kq76 · 02-12-2004, 12:50 PM

The highly recommended Greg Hough has taken over the Mecca Cheetahs.

The remaining open teams are:

Mombasa Giraffes
Sahara Chimps
Matara Macaws
Berber Hippos
Timbuktu Colobus

sportssimassociation · 02-12-2004, 08:08 PM

I also think your league is a great idea... i do not have the time right now to join though

i started upHeroes of Yesteryear which is taking up a lot of time and i have had to drop leagues so i can do that so i think it would be unfair to even apply when i don't think i could handle it... great look though guys

bosox18 · 02-13-2004, 02:39 PM

Already sent you an email, but I just wanted to make my interest official ... and I want to make enough posts to get rid of that "Bat boy" designation.

kq76 · 02-15-2004, 01:32 PM

Welcome to the league bosox18! Steve is taking over the Matara Macaws.

The open teams left are:

Mombasa Giraffes (4th and last place in a DH division)
Sahara Chimps (1st place in a DH division)
Berber Hippos (1st place in a no DH division)
Timbuktu Colobus (3rd place but above .500 in a no DH division)

neef · 02-15-2004, 04:32 PM

For those who want to compete right away some of these teams drafted really well. The others would be fun to make better in the long term.

PotatoPeeler · 02-17-2004, 11:41 AM

Bumpity bump. Still good teams available, including 5 teams that are over .500 (four of which are in first place!) Get yours today!

Sahara Chimps - Currently 20-10, first in the Kurra Division 3. Best record in the KBL.
Kilimanjaro Leopards - Currently 18-12, first in the Kurru Division 1.
Amada Silverbacks - Currently 18-12, first in the Kurru Division 2.
Timbuktu Colobus - Currently 17-13, first in the Kerma Division 3.
Berber Hippos - Currently 16-14, second in the Kerma Division 3.
Kongo Camels - Currently 14-16, third in the Kurru Division 1.
Mombasa Giraffes - Currently 8-22, last in the Kurru Division 2.

http://www.simrc.net/kbl/

kq76 · 02-18-2004, 01:38 AM

I just wanted to add to Jesse's post that the reason why we had 3 teams open up was because we have a policy of opening up teams after 5 sims of no exports and no contact and that was our 5th sim. (EDIT: We might change this after some discussion in our forum.) For the most part however, everyone seems to be quite active in the league as evidenced by our export record and communication. I'm sure we'll have a team open up every now and again, but I suspect that the remaining owners will be steadily active in some form or another. Over time I'm sure we'll attract more and more steadily active members until it will be rare that we'll have an opening.

The teams in the above post are currently still open.

12-09-2003, 08:23 PM	#61
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 10,698	Only a few more days until we start our initial draft and we still have a few spots open. Check the first post of this thread for application info. So far, the teams we have are: Taharqa Tigers Songhai Wild Dogs Khufu Cheetahs Odua Elephants Anansi Spiders Ju/'hoan Duikers Umtata Ostriches Sapota Goats Amada Silverbacks Mwari Okapis Kilimanjaro Leopards ? Bushbucks Mansa Musa Nyameras (Some people have not yet picked.) __________________ My OOTP Wishlist Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project) Last edited by kq76; 12-09-2003 at 08:27 PM.

12-10-2003, 02:47 AM	#62
jmaness84 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,685	The Golden Era. What period was this?? Sorry guys but im not a historical buff. I usually only play in deadball era and modern era. I believe the Golden Era is in the 40s but im not sure. Last edited by jmaness84; 12-10-2003 at 02:50 AM.

12-10-2003, 08:54 AM	#63
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 10,698	1946-1960. The offense was not turbo-charged with steroids, pitchers had better endurance, and there was more small ball. It's not that far off from today's game though. __________________ My OOTP Wishlist Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project)

12-12-2003, 05:50 PM	#66
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 10,698	If you're thinking of joining, there's still time, even past the start time! The Initial Draft: The league's initial draft will start tomorrow, Saturday, the 13th, at noon EST, as previously planned. I will send out the first e-mail to everyone at the start time with a list of everyone in order. The first person will "reply to all", copy the text from my e-mail and paste it into their e-mail (so as not to clutter it up with >'s and non-pick text from others), type in the player's position and name that they want, and then send it. Each person afterwards will do the same, but using the last person's e-mail instead of mine. I was hoping to conduct the draft by BOSI, but BOSI does not yet work on PowWeb, so we will go with the above. The 1st 2 rounds will be 24 hours per pick. If you take longer than that, then we (Eric or myself) will have the computer pick for you. Please send in a draft list (e-mail Eric and I at kq76@hotmail.com and erickneipfer@yahoo.com) or make your pick as soon as possible though as some people get annoyed with people who take their full time. After the 1st 2 rounds we'll reconsider the allotted time per pick (I'm currently thinking 12 hours). The draft order is: Henry Jon Adam Jay Jeff Wa. Michael J. Alan Frank Eric Jesse Dan Jeff Wi. Kieran Andrew Chris Michael T. Nick AI 1 AI 2 AI 3 AI 4 AI 5 AI 6 AI 7 If anyone would prefer to be dropped down in the draft order so they don't have to pick right away, then please e-mail me so I can make the change. The order is serpentine, as in 1st overall also picks last in the 2nd rd, so it does not matter much where you pick. As you can see, we do not have the 24 people that we were hoping for. So what we are going to do is... All the humans will draft first and the computer will draft the other teams last. As we go along, we'll probably pick up some other people and they can have their choice of any of the computer teams and they will pick up the drafting. If we don't end up with at least 23 people by the end of the draft, we'll contract enough teams to get an even # of teams. We'll then just delete those players from the contracted teams. So say we we end up with 19 (odd #), we'll contract 4 and have 1 open. If we end with 22 (even #), we'll contract 2 teams. After each season we will consider adding an even # of teams. __________________ My OOTP Wishlist Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project)

12-14-2003, 07:04 PM	#67
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 10,698	KBL - Adopt A Team So We Don't Have To Contract EDIT: See the update with my latest post below. We're currently in the middle of the 1st round of the initial draft. We have 17 teams filled, with 7 available. The plan is that once we are finished the draft, if all teams are not filled, an even # of them will be contracted and those players will be deleted. I'd really hate to do this as our league's players are already taking on personalities in our communication. If you'd like to adopt a team and still get to pick all or most of your players, please do the following: From the "Info" page on the website (www.simrc.net/kbl/), go to the "How To Apply" section, copy and paste the application questions (Name, E-Mail Address, etc) into an e-mail answer them, and send it to both: erickneipfer@yahoo.com AND kq76@hotmail.com. If you want to be able to make your first round pick, you'll need to make sure you e-mail Eric asap and he will set you up. After that you can still adopt any one of the available 7 teams, but the 1st 2 round picks will probably be made already. More Information: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...threadid=48597 The picks so far are: 1) Anansi Spiders - CF - Jabiri "Tornado" Sukutai 2) Amada Silverbacks - CF - Nkuku Najya 3) Zulu Hartebeests - 3B - Manu "Money" Marashi 4) ? ? - SP - Nabhani Hobo 5) Mwari Okapis - SP - Siwazuri "Superman" Maliwaza 6) Kilimanjaro Leopards - SP - Jaja Nafula 7) Khufu Cheetahs - 1B - Murtada Wanjiru 8) Mansa Musa Nyameras - SS - Sarahani Njeri 9) Songhai Wild Dogs - SP - Abu Mafunda 10) Sobek Crocodiles - SP - Thani "Thrash" Ashuru 11) Odua Elephants - SP - Muthomi Johari 12) Ju/'hoan Duikers - SP - Zalika Masika 13) Taharqa Tigers - 2B - Kojo Jali Thanks! __________________ My OOTP Wishlist Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project) Last edited by kq76; 12-18-2003 at 05:25 PM.

12-12-2003, 04:49 PM	#64
kingcharlesxii Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 2,730	I just dropped you guys an application. Hopefully there's still openings.

12-18-2003, 05:24 PM	#68
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 10,698	We're into the second round now and only have 3 open spots left. The first two rounds of picks for the open spots have been made by the game, but you can have your choice from those. First come, first serve, so get your team soon before it's too late. See above post for how to apply. __________________ My OOTP Wishlist Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project) Last edited by kq76; 12-18-2003 at 05:26 PM.

12-26-2003, 05:58 PM	#69
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 10,698	If anyone received OOTP5 as a Christmas present and is looking to join a league, we still have 3 spots open. We've postponed the draft clock during the Christmas break (until the 29th), so you'll still be able to make your 3rd rd picks. Information on how to join is in the first post. __________________ My OOTP Wishlist Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project)

02-06-2004, 01:23 PM	#70
PotatoPeeler Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Rapid City, SD Posts: 3,639	Bumping this since the first season just started and we have a few open teams. I believe the following teams are available: Mombasa Giraffes Sahara Chimps Swahili Zebras Matara Macaws Mecca Cheetahs Berber Hippos Timbuktu Colobus http://www.simrc.net/kbl __________________ 培傑西 I have never taken a lesson on how to talk on TV in my life. - Tim McCarver Guns have only two enemies; rust and liberals. The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel.

02-08-2004, 10:52 PM	#71
kingcharlesxii Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 2,730	Giving this a bump. The league has been great so far. The teams listed in the post above are still available and we're looking for some active owners to take them over. This is a really unique fictional league with great owners. If you're interested, follow the directions on the first page. Hope to hear from you soon! __________________ OTBA - Stockholm Royal Squirrels of Sweden OOTP Grand League Champion 2015

02-10-2004, 03:12 AM	#72
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 10,698	I'm pleased to announce that Mr. Jeff Rollins has joined the KBL. He will be taking over the Swahili Zebras. The remaining open teams are: Mombasa Giraffes Sahara Chimps Matara Macaws Mecca Cheetahs Berber Hippos Timbuktu Colobus __________________ My OOTP Wishlist Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project)

02-10-2004, 08:33 AM	#73
EagleEye_0 All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,426	Come on guys, Kieran and Eric will do a great job as co-commishes.

02-12-2004, 12:50 PM	#74
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 10,698	The highly recommended Greg Hough has taken over the Mecca Cheetahs. The remaining open teams are: Mombasa Giraffes Sahara Chimps Matara Macaws Berber Hippos Timbuktu Colobus __________________ My OOTP Wishlist Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project)

02-12-2004, 08:08 PM	#75
sportssimassociation Minors (Single A) Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 53	I also think your league is a great idea... i do not have the time right now to join though i started upHeroes of Yesteryear which is taking up a lot of time and i have had to drop leagues so i can do that so i think it would be unfair to even apply when i don't think i could handle it... great look though guys __________________ Heroes of Yesteryear CUBS/COMMISH Real Beisbol's Giants

02-13-2004, 02:39 PM	#76
bosox18 Bat Boy Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 17	I want in Already sent you an email, but I just wanted to make my interest official ... and I want to make enough posts to get rid of that "Bat boy" designation.

02-15-2004, 01:32 PM	#77
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 10,698	Welcome to the league bosox18! Steve is taking over the Matara Macaws. The open teams left are: Mombasa Giraffes (4th and last place in a DH division) Sahara Chimps (1st place in a DH division) Berber Hippos (1st place in a no DH division) Timbuktu Colobus (3rd place but above .500 in a no DH division) __________________ My OOTP Wishlist Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project)

02-15-2004, 04:32 PM	#78
neef Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 41	For those who want to compete right away some of these teams drafted really well. The others would be fun to make better in the long term.

02-17-2004, 11:41 AM	#79
PotatoPeeler Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Rapid City, SD Posts: 3,639	Bumpity bump. Still good teams available, including 5 teams that are over .500 (four of which are in first place!) Get yours today! Sahara Chimps - Currently 20-10, first in the Kurra Division 3. Best record in the KBL. Kilimanjaro Leopards - Currently 18-12, first in the Kurru Division 1. Amada Silverbacks - Currently 18-12, first in the Kurru Division 2. Timbuktu Colobus - Currently 17-13, first in the Kerma Division 3. Berber Hippos - Currently 16-14, second in the Kerma Division 3. Kongo Camels - Currently 14-16, third in the Kurru Division 1. Mombasa Giraffes - Currently 8-22, last in the Kurru Division 2. http://www.simrc.net/kbl/ __________________ 培傑西 I have never taken a lesson on how to talk on TV in my life. - Tim McCarver Guns have only two enemies; rust and liberals. The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel.

02-18-2004, 01:38 AM	#80
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 10,698	I just wanted to add to Jesse's post that the reason why we had 3 teams open up was because we have a policy of opening up teams after 5 sims of no exports and no contact and that was our 5th sim. (EDIT: We might change this after some discussion in our forum.) For the most part however, everyone seems to be quite active in the league as evidenced by our export record and communication. I'm sure we'll have a team open up every now and again, but I suspect that the remaining owners will be steadily active in some form or another. Over time I'm sure we'll attract more and more steadily active members until it will be rare that we'll have an opening. The teams in the above post are currently still open. __________________ My OOTP Wishlist Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project) Last edited by kq76; 02-18-2004 at 01:51 AM.