Fictional League with real players

psd · 03-06-2014, 09:39 AM

I searched and couldn't find this, but I apologize as I am pretty sure this has been asked a thousand times before, but I just cannot find the info. how do I use real players in an inaugural draft in a fictional league. I read that in the "free agents" screen there is a tab to "import players." I do not have this tab. I have never played this game before. I have read the manual and have set up all the rules and what not. I am ready to begin the draft, but I want real players. Thanks in advance for any and all help I receive.

Bluenoser · 03-06-2014, 09:47 AM

You should be in Commish mode for the import players function to appear.

One solution to what you're trying to achieve is to create a real league, then edit the league to change team names/locations to be all fictional. This is done in league setup.

Also, once you've created the league the way you want, in league setup you can use the Schedule Fantasy Draft option, which will release all players and allow you to do a draft.

David Watts · 03-06-2014, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by psd

I searched and couldn't find this, but I apologize as I am pretty sure this has been asked a thousand times before, but I just cannot find the info. how do I use real players in an inaugural draft in a fictional league. I read that in the "free agents" screen there is a tab to "import players." I do not have this tab. I have never played this game before. I have read the manual and have set up all the rules and what not. I am ready to begin the draft, but I want real players. Thanks in advance for any and all help I receive.

First off, are you wanting real players from all different periods or do you want to use a certain season in history and simply have real players?

David Watts · 03-06-2014, 10:30 AM

The easiest way to do this is to simply create a historical league and rename the teams to your liking. You can also restructure the league. Remember to leave the box for automatic expansion unchecked, or your league will revert to historical form and teams following your first season.

Just select the release all players and schedule inaugural draft and you will be ready to go.

psd · 03-06-2014, 04:19 PM

Thanks for all the help. I am creating a custom league. I would like to use current players as the fantasy league I created is in the current year. From what I am reading, I should NOT create a custom league, but a historical (or current one), and then simply rename all the franchises?? This makes much more sense. I was not aware you could do that. I thought you HAD to create a custom league if you wanted one. Let me ask this then. If all one has to do is rename the current franchises, why even bother having a "create custom" league option in the first place? Wouldn't you really only need to create a " new league" , choose "current" or "historical", use "current" or "rename" franchises , and then an option to use "real" or "fictional" players? Wouldn't that make it much simpler and far less confusing to newcomers??

Orioles1966 · 03-06-2014, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by psd

Thanks for all the help. I am creating a custom league. I would like to use current players as the fantasy league I created is in the current year. From what I am reading, I should NOT create a custom league, but a historical (or current one), and then simply rename all the franchises?? This makes much more sense. I was not aware you could do that. I thought you HAD to create a custom league if you wanted one. Let me ask this then. If all one has to do is rename the current franchises, why even bother having a "create custom" league option in the first place? Wouldn't you really only need to create a " new league" , choose "current" or "historical", use "current" or "rename" franchises , and then an option to use "real" or "fictional" players? Wouldn't that make it much simpler and far less confusing to newcomers??

I take players from different years and throw them on the same team so that's why I don't change the team name. If I took a Yankee team from 1977 and a Yankee team from 1999 and put them in the same league ,I would change one of the team's name.

If you take players from different years and put them in the same league,I have to guard against having duplicate players.

Bluenoser · 03-06-2014, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by psd

Thanks for all the help. I am creating a custom league. I would like to use current players as the fantasy league I created is in the current year. From what I am reading, I should NOT create a custom league, but a historical (or current one), and then simply rename all the franchises?? This makes much more sense. I was not aware you could do that. I thought you HAD to create a custom league if you wanted one. Let me ask this then. If all one has to do is rename the current franchises, why even bother having a "create custom" league option in the first place? Wouldn't you really only need to create a " new league" , choose "current" or "historical", use "current" or "rename" franchises , and then an option to use "real" or "fictional" players? Wouldn't that make it much simpler and far less confusing to newcomers??

There's a lot of reasons why, but I'll just touch on one.

I can customize my league as I create it, I don't have to go in and edit things afterwards.

When you create a custom league there are many options you can select ahead of time to avoid having to edit them after creation.

I would recommend you try using the custom league option sometime, if for no other reason than just to see what is involved. Even if you don't plan on playing the league, it's an excellent learning experience.

psd · 03-06-2014, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

There's a lot of reasons why, but I'll just touch on one.

I can customize my league as I create it, I don't have to go in and edit things afterwards.

When you create a custom league there are many options you can select ahead of time to avoid having to edit them after creation.

I would recommend you try using the custom league option sometime, if for no other reason than just to see what is involved. Even if you don't plan on playing the league, it's an excellent learning experience.

I have been using the custom league. I created a league and played an entire season out of it. I just thought the same league, but with actual players, would be more fun. It just seems to me that there has to be a simpler way to accomplish whatever one wants. With everything this game does, and how realistic it does it, it's just weird to me why they wouldn't include a "use real players" option when creating a fantasy league. That was the point I was getting at, albeit not very well.

Ike348 · 03-06-2014, 07:00 PM

Here is what I have done in some of my fictional leagues. First, I created a new MLB league and deleted all of the players I didn't want to carry over to my fictional league. Then I exported the rosters, and imported them into Excel.

Next, I created fictional FAs (must be in commissioner mode) that matched the number of MLB players I was carrying over. Then I exported those rosters.

For the MLB rosters in Excel, I changed the player IDs to match the fictional FAs IDs. I then exported the MLB rosters to a CSV, and then copied the player portion of the file (not the list of teams). I then selected all of the FAs in the fictional league file and pasted over the MLB data. Then re-import the rosters into your fictional game. Your FAs should now be all real MLB players!

Note that this does not include statistical history, but you could copy that over much the same way.

03-06-2014, 09:39 AM	#1
psd Major Leagues Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: UConn Territory Posts: 464	Fictional League with real players I searched and couldn't find this, but I apologize as I am pretty sure this has been asked a thousand times before, but I just cannot find the info. how do I use real players in an inaugural draft in a fictional league. I read that in the "free agents" screen there is a tab to "import players." I do not have this tab. I have never played this game before. I have read the manual and have set up all the rules and what not. I am ready to begin the draft, but I want real players. Thanks in advance for any and all help I receive.

03-06-2014, 09:47 AM	#2
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 13,680	You should be in Commish mode for the import players function to appear. One solution to what you're trying to achieve is to create a real league, then edit the league to change team names/locations to be all fictional. This is done in league setup. Also, once you've created the league the way you want, in league setup you can use the Schedule Fantasy Draft option, which will release all players and allow you to do a draft.

03-06-2014, 10:30 AM	#4
David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 8,865	The easiest way to do this is to simply create a historical league and rename the teams to your liking. You can also restructure the league. Remember to leave the box for automatic expansion unchecked, or your league will revert to historical form and teams following your first season. Just select the release all players and schedule inaugural draft and you will be ready to go.

03-06-2014, 04:19 PM	#5
psd Major Leagues Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: UConn Territory Posts: 464	Thanks for all the help. I am creating a custom league. I would like to use current players as the fantasy league I created is in the current year. From what I am reading, I should NOT create a custom league, but a historical (or current one), and then simply rename all the franchises?? This makes much more sense. I was not aware you could do that. I thought you HAD to create a custom league if you wanted one. Let me ask this then. If all one has to do is rename the current franchises, why even bother having a "create custom" league option in the first place? Wouldn't you really only need to create a " new league" , choose "current" or "historical", use "current" or "rename" franchises , and then an option to use "real" or "fictional" players? Wouldn't that make it much simpler and far less confusing to newcomers??