Just encountered a first for me - MLB Team moved and renamed by AI "owner"

Shadoshryke · 04-14-2015, 12:37 PM

So, I finished a season, and was cruising on to the pre-season for the next year and in my New and Mail:

Disappointed by the lack of recent success and a below-average fan support, Brian Thompson, owner of the Boston Red Sox has decided to pack his bags and move the franchise to San Antonio. The team will be called the San Antonio Petes, and a new color scheme and uniform has been revealed already.

Baseball fans in San Antonio celebrated all day after the announcement, looking forward to big league baseball in....

I think the game design team forgot that the Boston fans would never tolerate a move of the Red Sox from their town. Don't they know that Boston fans have been almost as a riot when it was thought of before?

Any team from Boston, with a name of Red Sox, should be marked with a "cannot move" flag in the game design. ::: chuckle :::

This is not a team like and Oakland sports team that can move back and forth in the same state and just have grumbling fans.

ArcAngel · 04-14-2015, 12:48 PM

Interesting.

Wonder what became of the Missions?

Shadoshryke · 04-14-2015, 01:17 PM

It was interesting, since I am playing in Commissioner mode, and I would have expected I would get some warning before the overall announcement came. Nope...just moved. :::: chuckle :::

So I forced them back. For 3 whole days in my FL World, San Antonio had a professional MLB team. Then I kicked them back home before the Boston fans in game started rioting and wrecking my computer.

phenom · 04-14-2015, 01:18 PM

In OOTP 15 I had a team move to Toronto (the Blue Jays were already there), then my next THREE expansion franchises were in Toronto. Some kinda bug or issue there.

Padreman · 04-14-2015, 01:19 PM

San Antonio Pets? Wow that name sucks

Shadoshryke · 04-14-2015, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by phenom

In OOTP 15 I had a team move to Toronto (the Blue Jays were already there), then my next THREE expansion franchises were in Toronto. Some kinda bug or issue there.

I didn't have that issue with any previous game. 16 is the first time a major league level team just moved. They were not even the "losers" of the last two seasons. They were mid-line with a regular MVP Pitcher and three all-star players.

It really is the first time I have saw an AI owner just up and move and rename a team in game. No chance for anyone to take over. If they don't have the teams go up for sale, they should not just up and move. IMHO.

Mr. Marlin · 04-14-2015, 01:37 PM

"In other news San Antonio Petes owner killed by lynch mob in Boston today"

Shadoshryke · 04-14-2015, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Padreman

San Antonio Pets? Wow that name sucks

Sorry, mistype. Petes.

Either way, I agree. For an MLB team, it should have had something like Sixguns or Jets or SOMETHING better. Something that says San Antonio 'manly men' and not "be keep getting kicked so lets make our name say it".

Mr. Marlin · 04-14-2015, 01:39 PM

This is funny but you know you can disable that kind of thing from happening right?

SwedishChef · 04-14-2015, 01:48 PM

i've seen the Marlins flee a few times. i can accept that.

what i can't accept is that they flee to Columbus.

Padreman · 04-14-2015, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Shadoshryke

Sorry, mistype. Petes.

Either way, I agree. For an MLB team, it should have had something like Sixguns or Jets or SOMETHING better. Something that says San Antonio 'manly men' and not "be keep getting kicked so lets make our name say it".

San Antonio Petes? Wow the name sucks even more than Pets

sandman2575 · 04-14-2015, 01:56 PM

Ah, automatic league evolution. The Sox leaving Boston for San Antonio. Now, there are varying degrees of possibility in any imaginable universe, I suppose. But when I read this, all I can think of is Godfather 2, when Kay is threatening to take the kids away from Michael Corleone, and Michael's menacing response:

"Do you expect me to let them go? Don't you know me? Don't you know that that's an impossibility? That that could never happen? That I'd use all my power to keep something like that from happening?"

...that's pretty much what the collective Bostonian response would be to something this far-fetched...

Assos · 04-14-2015, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Padreman

San Antonio Petes? Wow the name sucks even more than Pets

They are owned by Pete of Pete's Hot Red Sauce!

SwedishChef · 04-14-2015, 02:00 PM

i dunno guys. red sox fans seem to enjoy misery more than success. i think the team moving would be the nadir of fandom and therefore the pinnacle of happiness for those chaps.

Shadoshryke · 04-14-2015, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Marlin

"In other news San Antonio Petes owner killed by lynch mob in Boston today"

That's what I was waiting for. ::: chuckle:: I moved them back to keep my game from totally corrupting my computer. With how goofy the AI can be, I wanted to keep away the chance of an AI mob running rampant and showing up in the logic when I try to play another game or write and email.

I can see it now, the AI Boston mob starts spamming "Move the team BACK TO BOSTON" from my computer. Next thing we know we would have real riots about it and they would get blamed on "racial tension", because "no one would riot over a fake spam about their ball team". ::: chuckle :::

Ruthian23 · 04-14-2015, 02:14 PM

I wonder what John Henry thinks of the game now.

ra7c7er · 04-14-2015, 02:41 PM

In all the time I've had league evolution on I've never had a team move. I kind of want it to happen. Then again if it did I'm sure it'd be a team I was annoyed at moving.

Assos · 04-14-2015, 02:59 PM

It goes good on everything! Even Boston Beans! And a LAWBSTIR roll!

DB930 · 04-14-2015, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SwedishChef

i dunno guys. red sox fans seem to enjoy misery more than success. i think the team moving would be the nadir of fandom and therefore the pinnacle of happiness for those chaps.

Spoken like someone who's only vaguely familiar with Red Sox fans thru myth and legend. I wouldn't trade the last 11 years of success for anything...

Fyrestorm3 · 04-14-2015, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by DB930

Spoken like someone who's only vaguely familiar with Red Sox fans thru myth and legend. I wouldn't trade the last 11 years of success for anything...

Seconded. I'm not even a Red Sox fan, but I'm still a Bostonian and that's pretty offensive.

Non-Sox or -Cubs fans should try losing for the better part of a century and see how pessimistic they become. Doesn't mean they don't still love the team.

04-14-2015, 12:37 PM	#1
Shadoshryke Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Global Resident Posts: 71	Just encountered a first for me - MLB Team moved and renamed by AI "owner" So, I finished a season, and was cruising on to the pre-season for the next year and in my New and Mail: Disappointed by the lack of recent success and a below-average fan support, Brian Thompson, owner of the Boston Red Sox has decided to pack his bags and move the franchise to San Antonio. The team will be called the San Antonio Petes, and a new color scheme and uniform has been revealed already. Baseball fans in San Antonio celebrated all day after the announcement, looking forward to big league baseball in.... I think the game design team forgot that the Boston fans would never tolerate a move of the Red Sox from their town. Don't they know that Boston fans have been almost as a riot when it was thought of before? Any team from Boston, with a name of Red Sox, should be marked with a "cannot move" flag in the game design. ::: chuckle ::: This is not a team like and Oakland sports team that can move back and forth in the same state and just have grumbling fans. Last edited by Shadoshryke; 04-14-2015 at 01:35 PM.

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phenom Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Near the Great Wall. On the GOOD side. Posts: 3,711	In OOTP 15 I had a team move to Toronto (the Blue Jays were already there), then my next THREE expansion franchises were in Toronto. Some kinda bug or issue there. __________________ reported

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Padreman Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2013 Location: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (formally San Diego, CA.) Posts: 4,140 Blog Entries: 1	San Antonio Pets? Wow that name sucks __________________ Chargers= Despicable Traitors

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ArcAngel All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Bremen OH USA Posts: 1,019	Interesting. Wonder what became of the Missions?

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Shadoshryke Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Global Resident Posts: 71	It was interesting, since I am playing in Commissioner mode, and I would have expected I would get some warning before the overall announcement came. Nope...just moved. :::: chuckle ::: So I forced them back. For 3 whole days in my FL World, San Antonio had a professional MLB team. Then I kicked them back home before the Boston fans in game started rioting and wrecking my computer.

04-14-2015, 01:37 PM	#7
Mr. Marlin All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,245	"In other news San Antonio Petes owner killed by lynch mob in Boston today"

04-14-2015, 01:39 PM	#9
Mr. Marlin All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,245	This is funny but you know you can disable that kind of thing from happening right?

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SwedishChef Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 109	i've seen the Marlins flee a few times. i can accept that. what i can't accept is that they flee to Columbus.

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sandman2575 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Cambridge, MA Posts: 255	Ah, automatic league evolution. The Sox leaving Boston for San Antonio. Now, there are varying degrees of possibility in any imaginable universe, I suppose. But when I read this, all I can think of is Godfather 2, when Kay is threatening to take the kids away from Michael Corleone, and Michael's menacing response: "Do you expect me to let them go? Don't you know me? Don't you know that that's an impossibility? That that could never happen? That I'd use all my power to keep something like that from happening?" ...that's pretty much what the collective Bostonian response would be to something this far-fetched...

04-14-2015, 02:00 PM	#14
SwedishChef Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 109	i dunno guys. red sox fans seem to enjoy misery more than success. i think the team moving would be the nadir of fandom and therefore the pinnacle of happiness for those chaps.

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Ruthian23 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 740	I wonder what John Henry thinks of the game now.

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ra7c7er All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 1,098	In all the time I've had league evolution on I've never had a team move. I kind of want it to happen. Then again if it did I'm sure it'd be a team I was annoyed at moving.

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Assos All Star Starter Join Date: May 2004 Location: Just on the fair side of the foul pole! Posts: 1,772	It goes good on everything! Even Boston Beans! And a LAWBSTIR roll!