Player's son died... sad news

MizzouRah · 07-06-2011, 11:44 PM

Had a player miss a few games because his son passed away.

Chicagofan76 · 07-07-2011, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Had a player miss a few games because his son passed away.

Who was the player? Do you have a screenshot?

MizzouRah · 07-07-2011, 12:35 AM

Sad day...

Matty86 · 07-07-2011, 01:13 AM

tcblcommish · 07-07-2011, 01:15 AM

A little morbid. Great to see the storylines and such in the game but that is one I could do without

hluraven · 07-07-2011, 04:39 AM

I would like to see something that means that this story could only apply to fictional players, rather than those historical/major league quickstart players.

Storm · 07-07-2011, 04:51 AM

I've also seen this story when a 17 year old in the Giants organization had a kid that died...

rudoggy · 07-07-2011, 08:33 AM

this was also in ver 11. I only saw it once never cared for it.

juanito89 · 07-07-2011, 09:00 AM

How did his team do playing in his honor?

OmahaBaseball · 07-07-2011, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by tcblcommish

Great to see the storylines and such in the game but that is one I could do without

Agreed!

tylertoo · 07-07-2011, 11:27 AM

This is not something I'd normally divulge, but I have to join in this conversation. My son, who was 7, died in May. He had battled a metabolic disease for five years, but even so, his death was sudden.

While he was sick and after his death, OOTP has been a great escape for me from that horrible situation. I'm sure its also an escape for many others here who find difficult challenges in real life.

Despite that, I don't find inclusion of this 'news story' bothersome. I'd prefer it not be there, but seeing it there, and perhaps having it appear in one of my leagues, is not upsetting.

I'm not sure why it doesn't bother me; I would have expected it to. But it doesn't.

MizzouRah · 07-07-2011, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by juanito89

How did his team do playing in his honor?

I'll check on how they did tonight when I get home.

I don't think that's a big deal.. my first thought was that it actually seemed real life to me.. and I doubt OOTP can distingush between real and fictional players.

MizzouRah · 07-07-2011, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tylertoo

This is not something I'd normally divulge, but I have to join in this conversation. My son, who was 7, died in May. He had battled a metabolic disease for five years, but even so, his death was sudden.

While he was sick and after his death, OOTP has been a great escape for me from that horrible situation. I'm sure its also an escape for many others here who find difficult challenges in real life.

Despite that, I don't find inclusion of this 'news story' bothersome. I'd prefer it not be there, but seeing it there, and perhaps having it appear in one of my leagues, is not upsetting.

I'm not sure why it doesn't bother me; I would have expected it to. But it doesn't.

Very sad to hear,

I'm truly sorry for your loss.

luger · 07-07-2011, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tylertoo

This is not something I'd normally divulge, but I have to join in this conversation. My son, who was 7, died in May. He had battled a metabolic disease for five years, but even so, his death was sudden.

While he was sick and after his death, OOTP has been a great escape for me from that horrible situation. I'm sure its also an escape for many others here who find difficult challenges in real life.

Despite that, I don't find inclusion of this 'news story' bothersome. I'd prefer it not be there, but seeing it there, and perhaps having it appear in one of my leagues, is not upsetting.

I'm not sure why it doesn't bother me; I would have expected it to. But it doesn't.

So sorry for your loss... Thanks for sharing your perspective

Big T · 07-07-2011, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tylertoo

This is not something I'd normally divulge, but I have to join in this conversation. My son, who was 7, died in May. He had battled a metabolic disease for five years, but even so, his death was sudden.

While he was sick and after his death, OOTP has been a great escape for me from that horrible situation. I'm sure its also an escape for many others here who find difficult challenges in real life.

Despite that, I don't find inclusion of this 'news story' bothersome. I'd prefer it not be there, but seeing it there, and perhaps having it appear in one of my leagues, is not upsetting.

I'm not sure why it doesn't bother me; I would have expected it to. But it doesn't.

Thanks for sharing your story and I am sorry for you loss... I will make sure I give my 2 boys a hug tonight when I see them..

LeiterFanatic · 07-07-2011, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tylertoo

This is not something I'd normally divulge, but I have to join in this conversation. My son, who was 7, died in May. He had battled a metabolic disease for five years, but even so, his death was sudden.

While he was sick and after his death, OOTP has been a great escape for me from that horrible situation. I'm sure its also an escape for many others here who find difficult challenges in real life.

Despite that, I don't find inclusion of this 'news story' bothersome. I'd prefer it not be there, but seeing it there, and perhaps having it appear in one of my leagues, is not upsetting.

I'm not sure why it doesn't bother me; I would have expected it to. But it doesn't.

Very sorry to hear it. Thanks for sharing.

I think the options for missing time could include some of the great ones that Gehrig38 mentioned like Missing the team bus, fighting in the locker room, being benched for insubordination could be better integrated rather than a death in the family. Or just say "death in the family". I don;t see the long-term difference to the immersion to have the morbid details.

byzeil · 07-07-2011, 01:56 PM

I had this same storyline come up in my league. It does add to the realism but to me this is a bit much. I have gone in an edited the default_storylines.xml and removed the 'Child Death story'. I think I did it right and should eliminate this event from the game for me.

james17 · 07-07-2011, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by tcblcommish

A little morbid. Great to see the storylines and such in the game but that is one I could do without

I agree.

Pan · 07-07-2011, 02:54 PM

Life and how one views it changes after one has kids, I think. At least it did for me. If I would have read this five years ago I don't think I would have formed an opinion one way or the other, but now that I have two sons of my own (aged 4 years and 18 months), I find any story about the death of a child affects me in some way, even in make-believe baseball games.

I hate to read about it, think about it, or hear about it. I like that Markus and the gang include real-world scenarios in stories and I can't argue that the death of children doesn't exist but I could probably do without this one and continue in a make-believe world of baseball where no child is ever harmed or goes to bed hungry

Also, it says he is going to miss "a couple of days"?? If anything would ever happen to either of my sons, I can assure you I would miss more than a couple of days of work...regardless of how important that work is. However, I understand the time is determined as a random occurrence in a video game and only done for balance purposes. Just seems so wrong to me though.

J P Falcon the 3rd · 07-07-2011, 02:56 PM

This is slightly off topic but it falls into the morbid category....back in the 70's, the great LA Dodgers pinch hit artist, Manny Mota, was being interviewed, and he was asked if it bothered him that he was not a starter. He replied that it really did not as he always knew that he would be the #1 pick off the "Ghoul List". It turns out the the "Ghoul List" was baseball slang among the players for the secret draft list that is in the MLB Offices, to be used if a team is ever wiped out in a plane crash. Each team was to supply a list of players that could be used in a special draft to restock the team. Now with contracts being what they are now, I wonder if they still have it set up this way?
Anyway, wouldn't it blow your mind to see your team wiped out in an OOTP plane crash?

07-07-2011, 09:00 AM	#9
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07-07-2011, 11:27 AM	#11
tylertoo Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 319	This is not something I'd normally divulge, but I have to join in this conversation. My son, who was 7, died in May. He had battled a metabolic disease for five years, but even so, his death was sudden. While he was sick and after his death, OOTP has been a great escape for me from that horrible situation. I'm sure its also an escape for many others here who find difficult challenges in real life. Despite that, I don't find inclusion of this 'news story' bothersome. I'd prefer it not be there, but seeing it there, and perhaps having it appear in one of my leagues, is not upsetting. I'm not sure why it doesn't bother me; I would have expected it to. But it doesn't. __________________ Check out my OOTP-inspired novel "Lord Bart and the Leagues of SIP and ALE"!

07-06-2011, 11:44 PM	#1
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Troy, Mo Posts: 6,266	Player's son died... sad news Had a player miss a few games because his son passed away.

07-07-2011, 12:35 AM	#3
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Troy, Mo Posts: 6,266	Sad day...

07-07-2011, 01:13 AM	#4
Matty86 Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 401

07-07-2011, 01:15 AM	#5
tcblcommish Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 3,444	A little morbid. Great to see the storylines and such in the game but that is one I could do without

07-07-2011, 04:39 AM	#6
hluraven Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: London, England Posts: 360	I would like to see something that means that this story could only apply to fictional players, rather than those historical/major league quickstart players.

07-07-2011, 04:51 AM	#7
Storm Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 243	I've also seen this story when a 17 year old in the Giants organization had a kid that died...

07-07-2011, 08:33 AM	#8
rudoggy Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In my own little world Posts: 430	this was also in ver 11. I only saw it once never cared for it.

07-07-2011, 01:56 PM	#17
byzeil Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NJ, US Posts: 2,007	I had this same storyline come up in my league. It does add to the realism but to me this is a bit much. I have gone in an edited the default_storylines.xml and removed the 'Child Death story'. I think I did it right and should eliminate this event from the game for me.

07-07-2011, 02:54 PM	#19
Pan Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Troy, MO Posts: 26	Life and how one views it changes after one has kids, I think. At least it did for me. If I would have read this five years ago I don't think I would have formed an opinion one way or the other, but now that I have two sons of my own (aged 4 years and 18 months), I find any story about the death of a child affects me in some way, even in make-believe baseball games. I hate to read about it, think about it, or hear about it. I like that Markus and the gang include real-world scenarios in stories and I can't argue that the death of children doesn't exist but I could probably do without this one and continue in a make-believe world of baseball where no child is ever harmed or goes to bed hungry Also, it says he is going to miss "a couple of days"?? If anything would ever happen to either of my sons, I can assure you I would miss more than a couple of days of work...regardless of how important that work is. However, I understand the time is determined as a random occurrence in a video game and only done for balance purposes. Just seems so wrong to me though.

07-07-2011, 02:56 PM	#20
J P Falcon the 3rd Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 166	This is slightly off topic but it falls into the morbid category....back in the 70's, the great LA Dodgers pinch hit artist, Manny Mota, was being interviewed, and he was asked if it bothered him that he was not a starter. He replied that it really did not as he always knew that he would be the #1 pick off the "Ghoul List". It turns out the the "Ghoul List" was baseball slang among the players for the secret draft list that is in the MLB Offices, to be used if a team is ever wiped out in a plane crash. Each team was to supply a list of players that could be used in a special draft to restock the team. Now with contracts being what they are now, I wonder if they still have it set up this way? Anyway, wouldn't it blow your mind to see your team wiped out in an OOTP plane crash?