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08-18-2017, 02:21 AM | #1 |
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Can someone weigh in on how nicknames are generated?
If you haven't been on the OOTP reddit, you may have missed a particularly hilarious nickname that was posted recently https://www.reddit.com/r/OOTP/commen...good_nickname/
I was hoping that someone from the development team (or anyone with knowledge of it) could weigh in on how the nicknames are generated? |
08-18-2017, 08:29 AM | #2 |
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08-18-2017, 09:18 AM | #3 |
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I'm pretty sure they aren't generated at all. Some developer actually created "Big Boy or Pig Tiger" as a possible nickname, and then it was randomly selected for your player.
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08-18-2017, 09:54 AM | #4 |
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Yes, they are random . . . and dumb in my opinion. They have no logical connection to anything about the player and, maybe worst of all, they are repetitive. Look at a player list sometime, sorted by nickname, and see what I mean.
I have tried to start games fresh without nicknames by deleting the contents of nicknames.txt and they still creep in! Also, if you manually nickname players, those supposedly unique nicknames will be reused. So . . . what I do is to turn off nicknames in game settings. Then, if I want to nickname somebody, I go to the player editor and insert 'nickname' (with single quotes) after the first name. Works great, looks great in reports, and I see only the nicknames that I want in the game.
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08-18-2017, 10:16 AM | #5 | |
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When I saw that thread on Reddit the other day, my first thought was that the person who posted it had to have created it himself. But there have been other terrible nicknames in the game, so I'm probably wrong about that. |
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08-18-2017, 01:33 PM | #6 |
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Not random afaik. Nicknames for draft eligibles are a hint that they might develop better than no nickname.
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08-18-2017, 02:26 PM | #7 |
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I like the nicknames, but there needs to be a better way of assigning them.
They should take into account someones name, size, ratings, etc, and either reflect those things (eg a left handed pitcher being called "Lefty") or be ironic (eg a huge guy being called "Tiny"). Very occasional random nonsense is fine*, but it shouldn't be common. *IRL I know two entirely separate guys who managed to acquire the nickname "Fish" for no good reason. |
08-18-2017, 10:02 PM | #8 |
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I just wanted to give you guys an idea of what I was talking about before. This player list is from my game, sorted for nicknames. Now, bear in mind that I did NOT want nicknames in my game, so I removed every line from nicknames.txt and turned off the option.
Still, I have nicknames. And they repeat, and repeat. I have four "Brains." Three "Cannonballs." Three "Happy Jacks." Three "Noisy's." Three "Strawberry Bills." Two guys happen to have acquired the odd nickname of "Gettysburg Eddie," one named Steve and the other Justin. Default nicknames make no sense in OOTPB. I recommend the procedure in my post above.
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08-18-2017, 10:29 PM | #9 |
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Now, THESE are nicknames! All accomplished using my procedure.
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08-18-2017, 10:30 PM | #10 |
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Another nice aspect of my procedure is that nicknames always appear in news articles and other references because, technically, the nickname is part of the first name.
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08-18-2017, 10:56 PM | #11 |
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08-18-2017, 11:02 PM | #12 | |
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plus, i've seen things like Walter "Mad Man" White... or was it Maniac lol. coincedence on the Breaking Bad reference, but i do think there's some mild to weak link with nicknames. then again, maybe we've just had some luck in our experiences. (@bru) also, looks like if you delete that file you get the repeated nicknames? better to leave it default, lol... even if tying to avoid it. Last edited by NoOne; 08-18-2017 at 11:05 PM. |
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08-18-2017, 11:22 PM | #13 | |
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Well fortunately, I don't have to worry about that. I turned on default nicknames only to show what I see about them in my game. They are back off again so I can enjoy my 'Beer Belly' Borbely and 'Ice Cold' Sherbert.
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Mine is a fictional MLB history game but in order to start it, I create the historical MLB league from 1901. Then I flush out and delete the historical players, replace them with fictional ones, and schedule an inaugural draft. Historical nicknames are on the record at that point, I see now. Well, you can see why I do what I do with first name nicknames, then. With default nicknames off, I don't have to periodically search for all of the instances of "Gettysburg Eddie" and "Strawberry Bill" to delete them. EDIT: I should add that I have been playing in this style for quite a few years and I have often wondered why I could not completely eradicate default nicknames. Now I know why. EDIT 2: Every one of those default nicknames that I show above appears on this list of Baseball Player Nicknames at Baseball Reference: https://www.baseball-reference.com/f...icknames.shtml
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08-21-2017, 01:59 PM | #16 |
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Déjà Bru, Love your nicknames. Some are very creative. Reminds me of ESPN's Chris Berman. I always loved Kevin "Largemouth" Bass. Take notice of my nickname.
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08-21-2017, 02:50 PM | #17 |
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I think someone added the nickname for Dae-Ho Lee, and made a data entry error.
https://www.blessyouboys.com/2016/11...detroit-tigers Dae-Ho has two nicknames, "Big Boy" and also "Pig Tiger". Not bad nicknames for a roly-poly 1B. Combined, these two nicknames don't work the magic that chocolate and peanut butter weave. |
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08-21-2017, 05:14 PM | #19 |
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Best feature was the one that let us turn these away from displaying.
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08-23-2017, 05:24 PM | #20 |
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Deja Bru you should create a I'll give your player a nickname thread. If fact i need a nickname for a guy. Genrikh Dethwright.
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