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Old 05-24-2014, 02:01 PM   #1
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Fictional league/real players

I am new to OOTP, so please be patient.

I want to start a league using historical 1969 real players, with fictional teams (6).
I want to draft for all 6 teams, but I keep either getting a completely fictional
league or the complete historical league.

Any explanation/help would be appreciated.

I am using OOTP8 free version until I discover if I can do what I want to do.
(that is play from 1969 forward with ACTUAL players but fictional teams,6 to 16)

thanks in advance
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Old 05-24-2014, 03:06 PM   #2
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I am new to OOTP, so please be patient.

I want to start a league using historical 1969 real players, with fictional teams (6).
I want to draft for all 6 teams, but I keep either getting a completely fictional
league or the complete historical league.

Any explanation/help would be appreciated.

I am using OOTP8 free version until I discover if I can do what I want to do.
(that is play from 1969 forward with ACTUAL players but fictional teams,6 to 16)

thanks in advance
deadrock
deadrock, this might be a bit difficult because OOTP8 is quite a while ago. I still have it but I can't remember whether my comments apply to that version.

Anyway, in general, you would set up your fictional league, and as commissioner you would release all fictional players from rosters and delete them as free agents. Next you would import the historical teams from 1969. Put them all in one division to keep them separate.

Same procedure: Release all of the real players from their rosters. Now go back to the real teams and the division that you created and delete them.

Now you are ready to schedule an inaugural draft for your fictional teams to stock up on real 1969 players. You may have a big free agent pool left over, though. There were 24 MLB teams in 1969 and you are starting with 6 teams. Maybe you want to import only certain teams? Or maybe selected players only? In any case you can delete some of the leftovers from the free agent pool.

That's it, in general. How you would do it (if you can do it) in OOTP 8 is up to you to discover.
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Old 05-24-2014, 04:47 PM   #3
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deadrock, this might be a bit difficult because OOTP8 is quite a while ago. I still have it but I can't remember whether my comments apply to that version.

Anyway, in general, you would set up your fictional league, and as commissioner you would release all fictional players from rosters and delete them as free agents. Next you would import the historical teams from 1969. Put them all in one division to keep them separate.

Same procedure: Release all of the real players from their rosters. Now go back to the real teams and the division that you created and delete them.

Now you are ready to schedule an inaugural draft for your fictional teams to stock up on real 1969 players. You may have a big free agent pool left over, though. There were 24 MLB teams in 1969 and you are starting with 6 teams. Maybe you want to import only certain teams? Or maybe selected players only? In any case you can delete some of the leftovers from the free agent pool.

That's it, in general. How you would do it (if you can do it) in OOTP 8 is up to you to discover.
Thanks Deja Bru, I'll give it a try.
I'll let you know how it works out.

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Old 05-24-2014, 07:00 PM   #4
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I just had a thought.
Couldn't I start with historical 1969, then release all players to free agency,
then delete all but 6 teams, rename them as I want, then draft as I want?
Doesn't that accomplish the same as Deja Blu's suggestion?

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Old 05-24-2014, 08:23 PM   #5
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It might be tough to fit all 1969 players on 6 teams.
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I just had a thought.
Couldn't I start with historical 1969, then release all players to free agency,
then delete all but 6 teams, rename them as I want, then draft as I want?
Doesn't that accomplish the same as Deja Blu's suggestion?

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Good thinking. Sounds simpler than what I said. Don't forget to regenerate a schedule.
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It might be tough to fit all 1969 players on 6 teams.
Yes, I mentioned that. Same solution, though: As commissioner, delete most of the deadwood left over after the draft.
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Old 05-25-2014, 12:13 AM   #7
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It might be tough to fit all 1969 players on 6 teams.
Yes, I mentioned that. Same solution, though: As commissioner, delete most of the deadwood left over after the draft. (from Deja Bru)




At first I thought RchW's comment was a joke.
Then after Deja Bru's comment I'm not so sure.

Can't you just leave the undrafted players as free agents?
I assume that is what you/I would do, but being new to OOTP
I can't really assume anything now can I.

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Yes, I mentioned that. Same solution, though: As commissioner, delete most of the deadwood left over after the draft. (from Deja Bru)




At first I thought RchW's comment was a joke.
Then after Deja Bru's comment I'm not so sure.

Can't you just leave the undrafted players as free agents?
I assume that is what you/I would do, but being new to OOTP
I can't really assume anything now can I.

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Sorry we are confusing you. I for one am not joking and I don't think Rich was either. Yes, you could leave the undrafted players as free agents and eventually they would get old and retire, shrinking the free agent pool back down to normal. I just don't like that many players hanging around because they create lots of text files to be backed up. Go ahead and try your ideas out and let us know how you make out.
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Old 05-25-2014, 07:45 AM   #9
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THANKS for the help, I'll be attempting to get started today.

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