What kind of Universe are you running?

PSUColonel · 03-29-2018, 01:48 PM

How do you have your leagues set up?

David Watts · 03-29-2018, 02:27 PM

Historical 1947. 5 year recalc. I'm just a spectator.

Boston won the AL. Brooklyn won the NL

Boston up 3 games to 1 in World Series.

Westheim · 03-29-2018, 02:29 PM

One of organized madness.

Cheesetruck · 03-29-2018, 02:34 PM

A random debut league with fictional teams! Currently in the 1910's.

mitchkenn · 03-29-2018, 02:36 PM

fictional world, starting with 1871 sort of - 1961 baseline for modifiers. Mostly historical players to start, but allowing fictional players as league expands.

spleen1015 · 03-29-2018, 02:42 PM

I really like fictional, creating my own universes. I like not having preconceived notions about the players.

Padreman · 03-29-2018, 03:07 PM

Fictional world with some real players in this alternate universe Mexican is the dominant league and mlb is its AAA league

JaBurns · 03-29-2018, 03:08 PM

Historical random debut just finishing the 4th season, 1905. Based on 1976 stats, a test league, to learn and fix my mistakes. Trying to include unaffiliated minor leagues from which players can be purchased by Major League teams.

jparker2112 · 03-29-2018, 03:21 PM

A real player/Random debut (with some fictionals each draft) league of 48 countries with varying finances (German has more money than Cameroon for example). 2 sub leagues, 8 total divisions. 32 team playoff to see which country will have basebal world domination. 1990 settings in a 1900 start year.

spartacus007 · 03-29-2018, 03:31 PM

Fictional world starting in 1800 with a period world xml file. I keep meaning to type something up for the Dynasties forum, but it's so hard not to just play when I have the game open.

jparker2112 · 03-29-2018, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by spartacus007

Fictional world starting in 1800 with a period world xml file. I keep meaning to type something up for the Dynasties forum, but it's so hard not to just play when I have the game open.

Startin in 1800?? do you have a quick start for that? Id LOVE to start that far back for the hell of it!!

Tunnelrunner · 03-29-2018, 04:00 PM

Historical MLB League - 1989 Season.
Managing the Kansas City Royals. Our opening day game (today) is at old Comiskey Park against Carlton Fisk and the Chicago White Sox.

Caporegime · 03-29-2018, 04:14 PM

I usually go with historical and fictional leagues, but this year I wanted to immerse myself in the current MLB. However, I'm having some minor but annoying problems with my league, so I don't know how long I'll stick with it.

jtnlange · 03-29-2018, 05:03 PM

fictional starting in 1871. Start with 8 teams. by 2000 there will be 37 leagues all around the world. Fun to watch it grow and expand.

Trevor L.

mm7607 · 03-29-2018, 05:09 PM

Fictional with all fictional players. Eastern league and Western league, 5 levels of minors started 1940. WIll expand around 1955.

dward1 · 03-29-2018, 05:19 PM

Fictional league, originally 4 regions (based on the book American Nations) of 4 teams divided into East and West with no interleague between divisions. Now the divisions merged into an East and West League where attendance drives revenue in a big way, so market size is important but doesn't save you. No revenue sharing at all. Teams picked to avoid multiple NFL/NBA/NHL/previous MLB teams (MLB died in the strike) for most part, so Jacksonville/San Jose/Indianapolis/Portland are some of the biggest markets

In Year 10, 2 years ago I created a "rival" league which decided to not allow any player who joins its league leave and refused to sign anyone part of the US Baseball (the association of the East and West leagues). Revenue in this league is based nearly completely on a national media contract and there is a pretty strict salary cap in response to fans being bored of the big teams dominating free agency every year in the big leagues. This is based in the border regions of America/Texas (El Norte in American Nations terms). The only time these teams face off is in the yearly Cup tournament, which happens after the 9-game US Baseball final between east and west champ and before the El Norte Summer-Winter season begins.

Thinking about adding a Northeastern "Yankee" league after a few more years or possibly expanding the 8-team East and West leagues to 10

kosmos412 · 03-29-2018, 05:35 PM

Tinkering with a 1901 or 1903 historical start, with a few independent leagues like the federal league so a lot of the players have somewhere else to play. Also experimenting with a AAA for the majors (since I hate reserve rosters) that I have to un-affiliate before the world series finishes and then re-affiliate afterwards so that the league will stay around until the real minors kick in around 1914 or 1915 or whenever.

MrDov · 03-29-2018, 06:13 PM

I play a world with all modern leagues and stats, but fictional players. I can't do real players cause I get frustrated when they don't play like their real life selves.

Syd Thrift · 03-29-2018, 06:20 PM

Fictional/historical, although I think I'm also going to retry my GRAND League of Nations idea wherein I start in 1871 and make team transaction/special events based on real world history. It's super dumb and super nerdy, and I've always found myself wanting to put too much work up front into it, but I think I'm just going to soldier on through it this time around.

NoOne · 03-29-2018, 06:22 PM

i play mlb a bit, initially. once the game is more complete i do my long-term fictional league.

mlb teams and mil names, maybe a bit shifted around and evened out in #'s per team. i change to 3 divisions of 10 teams each playing a balanced schedule but no interdivisional matchups during regular 162 game season (9*18=162, 9h/9a)

they play each other enough that hte better team almost assuredly has the better record in those divisions.

7 qualify, 1 bye. 3 dividions winners and 4 WC at large.

no 82-80 team is going to have a chance, that's for sure. an egregious error of the current system in real life to allow mediocre teams a shot in the playoffs -- if it can happen, it will happen, and it's your fault for setting it up that way and ignoring facts, lol... like allowing a non-majority candidate win in a supposed democratic election.. if ignored it is purposefully done in such a way whether ignorant of it or not... it's not as bad as the NHL at least.

View Poll Results: What Does Your Universe Look Like?
Just MLB	22	10.73%
MLB & All International Leagues?	26	12.68%
MLB & Some International Leagues	12	5.85%
Fictional	104	50.73%
Historical	41	20.00%
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03-29-2018, 01:48 PM	#1
PSUColonel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,990 Blog Entries: 37	What kind of Universe are you running? How do you have your leagues set up?

03-29-2018, 02:29 PM	#3
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 11,903	One of organized madness. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 83 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

03-29-2018, 02:36 PM	#5
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,853	fictional world, starting with 1871 sort of - 1961 baseline for modifiers. Mostly historical players to start, but allowing fictional players as league expands. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.

03-29-2018, 03:07 PM	#7
Padreman Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2013 Location: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (formally San Diego, CA.) Posts: 4,140 Blog Entries: 1	Fictional world with some real players in this alternate universe Mexican is the dominant league and mlb is its AAA league __________________ Chargers= Despicable Traitors

03-29-2018, 02:27 PM	#2
David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 8,880	Historical 1947. 5 year recalc. I'm just a spectator. Boston won the AL. Brooklyn won the NL Boston up 3 games to 1 in World Series.

03-29-2018, 02:34 PM	#4
Cheesetruck Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 32	A random debut league with fictional teams! Currently in the 1910's.

03-29-2018, 02:42 PM	#6
spleen1015 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 5,951	I really like fictional, creating my own universes. I like not having preconceived notions about the players.

03-29-2018, 03:08 PM	#8
JaBurns All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Kelowna, British Columbia Posts: 1,266	Historical random debut just finishing the 4th season, 1905. Based on 1976 stats, a test league, to learn and fix my mistakes. Trying to include unaffiliated minor leagues from which players can be purchased by Major League teams.

03-29-2018, 03:21 PM	#9
jparker2112 All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Denver CO Posts: 800 Blog Entries: 1	A real player/Random debut (with some fictionals each draft) league of 48 countries with varying finances (German has more money than Cameroon for example). 2 sub leagues, 8 total divisions. 32 team playoff to see which country will have basebal world domination. 1990 settings in a 1900 start year.

03-29-2018, 03:31 PM	#10
spartacus007 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: NW Arkansas Posts: 221	Fictional world starting in 1800 with a period world xml file. I keep meaning to type something up for the Dynasties forum, but it's so hard not to just play when I have the game open. __________________ Historical Mode: OOTP 24 (Challenge Mode) ⚾ 1901-19 Reds: 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🏆🏆🏆🏆 FHM 10 🏒 1909-18 Wanderers: 🏆 🏒 1918-19: Arenas/St. Patricks: 🏆🏆

03-29-2018, 04:00 PM	#12
Tunnelrunner Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 64	Historical MLB League - 1989 Season. Managing the Kansas City Royals. Our opening day game (today) is at old Comiskey Park against Carlton Fisk and the Chicago White Sox.

03-29-2018, 04:14 PM	#13
Caporegime All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Borough of Kings Posts: 1,714	I usually go with historical and fictional leagues, but this year I wanted to immerse myself in the current MLB. However, I'm having some minor but annoying problems with my league, so I don't know how long I'll stick with it. __________________ "If you don't know where you are going, you'll wind up someplace else." - Lawrence Peter Berra

03-29-2018, 05:03 PM	#14
jtnlange Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Racine,WI Posts: 255	fictional starting in 1871. Start with 8 teams. by 2000 there will be 37 leagues all around the world. Fun to watch it grow and expand. Trevor L.

03-29-2018, 05:09 PM	#15
mm7607 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Originally from Fla, now in Ky Posts: 710	Fictional with all fictional players. Eastern league and Western league, 5 levels of minors started 1940. WIll expand around 1955.

03-29-2018, 05:19 PM	#16
dward1 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 929	Fictional league, originally 4 regions (based on the book American Nations) of 4 teams divided into East and West with no interleague between divisions. Now the divisions merged into an East and West League where attendance drives revenue in a big way, so market size is important but doesn't save you. No revenue sharing at all. Teams picked to avoid multiple NFL/NBA/NHL/previous MLB teams (MLB died in the strike) for most part, so Jacksonville/San Jose/Indianapolis/Portland are some of the biggest markets In Year 10, 2 years ago I created a "rival" league which decided to not allow any player who joins its league leave and refused to sign anyone part of the US Baseball (the association of the East and West leagues). Revenue in this league is based nearly completely on a national media contract and there is a pretty strict salary cap in response to fans being bored of the big teams dominating free agency every year in the big leagues. This is based in the border regions of America/Texas (El Norte in American Nations terms). The only time these teams face off is in the yearly Cup tournament, which happens after the 9-game US Baseball final between east and west champ and before the El Norte Summer-Winter season begins. Thinking about adding a Northeastern "Yankee" league after a few more years or possibly expanding the 8-team East and West leagues to 10

03-29-2018, 05:35 PM	#17
kosmos412 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 22	Tinkering with a 1901 or 1903 historical start, with a few independent leagues like the federal league so a lot of the players have somewhere else to play. Also experimenting with a AAA for the majors (since I hate reserve rosters) that I have to un-affiliate before the world series finishes and then re-affiliate afterwards so that the league will stay around until the real minors kick in around 1914 or 1915 or whenever.

03-29-2018, 06:13 PM	#18
MrDov Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 275	I play a world with all modern leagues and stats, but fictional players. I can't do real players cause I get frustrated when they don't play like their real life selves.

03-29-2018, 06:22 PM	#20
NoOne Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,167	i play mlb a bit, initially. once the game is more complete i do my long-term fictional league. mlb teams and mil names, maybe a bit shifted around and evened out in #'s per team. i change to 3 divisions of 10 teams each playing a balanced schedule but no interdivisional matchups during regular 162 game season (918=162, 9h/9a) they play each other enough that hte better team almost assuredly has the better record in those divisions. 7 qualify, 1 bye. 3 dividions winners and 4 WC at large. no 82-80 team is going to have a chance, that's for sure. an egregious error of the current system in real life to allow mediocre teams a shot in the playoffs -- if it can happen, it will happen, and it's your fault for setting it up that way and ignoring facts, lol... like allowing a non-majority candidate win in a supposed democratic election.. if ignored it is purposefully done in such a way whether ignorant of it or not... it's not as bad as the NHL at least. Last edited by NoOne; 03-29-2018 at 06:24 PM.*