Can someone weigh in on how nicknames are generated?

[The Game]

How do i get nicknames to show up on player news?

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by The Game

How do i get nicknames to show up on player news?

By using my method, as I explained earlier. I edited a guy named Jake Koss to demonstrate - look at the bottom of the article; the name matches my editing including my nickname for him because it's part of the first name field.

[Déjà Bru]

Here, I ran the season a bit until Ed had a news article in his own right.

[ETRAIN]

As somebody who is a fan of random nonsense, I approve of absurd nicknames like Ralph "The Murph" Wockenfuss.

I do wish that there could be coding that weights nicknames towards given names, like "Bill" if a name is William, or "The Murph" if a name is Murphy, or "Tiny" if a player is below 5-10 feet or over 6-6, but I'd imagine the work doesn't outweigh the benefit. The random silliness also forces people to imagine what the player did to ever acquire the name in the first place.

[Danius]

Should be Ed "The Riddler" Nygma...

[joefromchicago]

Originally Posted by The Game

If fact i need a nickname for a guy. Genrikh Dethwright.

"Dudley"

[TuckerDuckson]

Originally Posted by The Game

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.

Genrikh "Devourer of Worlds" Dethwright

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by joefromchicago

"Dudley"

Nah. Nobody under 60 is going to remember Dudley Do-right.

Originally Posted by TuckerDuckson

Genrikh "Devourer of Worlds" Dethwright

Nah. Too grim and heavy-handed. But on the right track, perhaps.

Something more subtle and witty: Genrikh "Star Wars" Dethwright.

[StLee]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

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.

I incorporated your system into my league. It was time-consuming at first to type in nicknames for players, but I like that I am manually creating their nicknames. It has had the positive effect of making me learn people by their nicknames. Thanks for the suggestion!

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by StLee

I incorporated your system into my league. It was time-consuming at first to type in nicknames for players, but I like that I am manually creating their nicknames. It has had the positive effect of making me learn people by their nicknames. Thanks for the suggestion!

My pleasure. This way, seeing the nicknames more often, in messages and news articles, reinforces them tremendously. So, with that in mind, I would keep nicknames down to a favorite few; whatever strikes your fancy but not handing them out like candy.

[torpidbeaver]

Originally Posted by The Game

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.

Wrong Way (or Live Wrong if you don't mind the Uniball allusion).

Nightlite

Cuddlebug

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by torpidbeaver

Wrong Way (or Live Wrong if you don't mind the Uniball allusion).

Nightlite

Cuddlebug

[IanIachimoe]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

I thought this might be the case and why I always take a nicknamed player over another player with similar ratings in the draft but no nickname.

same

[StLee]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

My pleasure. This way, seeing the nicknames more often, in messages and news articles, reinforces them tremendously. So, with that in mind, I would keep nicknames down to a favorite few; whatever strikes your fancy but not handing them out like candy.

Just had a hell of a Game 1 of my United Series. Wanted to show off the walk-off PH HR by my backup rookie catcher and that my ace pitched well but tired early. Two of my favorite nicknames in the league, too.

[Rosco Peabody]

Originally Posted by The Game

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.

How about Genrikh "Angel of" Dethwright?

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by StLee

Two of my favorite nicknames in the league, too.

See how cool it is when 1) nicknames actually mean something to you, and 2) they show up regularly in the news? I should patent my method and charge Markus a royalty. I'd be much cheaper than MLB, for sure.

[Rosco Peabody]

Deja Bru,
You have now caused me a massive waste of time. The random nicknames were a slight aggravation to me before, but now I can't look at them without thinking about how out of place they are.

I am now in the middle of going through my entire minor leagues and erasing dumb nicknames, ie.- ones that have nothing to do with their names and are given to players that stink or will most likely stink.

Thanks :P

[Rosco Peabody]

The quickest way I've found to edit people is to go to "Find all MLB players", click "show minor league players", and use a custom filter to search for all players who have a nickname beginning with 'a', then look at them one at a time. Then "b", etc.

[Déjà Bru]

The problem is, RP, now that you are irked by them, they will keep coming back and irking you all over again. As I have advocated, it's better to just turn off the official nicknames feature altogether and then use the First Name field for your own meaningful nicknames, using single quotes.