League Idea

scott1964 · 03-27-2017, 08:02 PM

I want to start in 1871 with my own structure, but with the real historical players. How do I get the players in there?

crawdad5000 · 03-27-2017, 08:25 PM

After reading a few other posts I created a fictional league in 1893, then filled all the teams with fictional players. Released all players to free agency and deleted them all. Then I added an additional historical league for 1893 with real players to this universe, sent all the players to free agency and deleted the historical league. Now I have a fictional league with real players as fa's and I have a draft set for 1 Dec with real rookies importing. I simmed a couple of seasons and the rookies are correct for the year they started i.e. the 1894 rookies imported dec 1893. Sweet!

crawdad5000 · 03-27-2017, 08:29 PM

The issue your going to run in to is there are not enough players pre 1901 to fill a standard 16 team league so you'll either have to use ghost players without a minor league set up or have rookies randomly import from all eras. Either way you should use a reserve roster until about 1920.

scott1964 · 03-27-2017, 08:36 PM

I should have enough players with 6 teams

crawdad5000 · 03-27-2017, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by scott1964

I should have enough players with 6 teams

Yep. I have 24 and am in season 5 (1897) Each team has around 25 players. This is in OOTP 17. I'm going to start over in 18 an have a smaller league from the get go.

03-27-2017, 08:02 PM	#1
scott1964 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denver Posts: 5,622	League Idea I want to start in 1871 with my own structure, but with the real historical players. How do I get the players in there? __________________ This just feels more like waiting in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles. PETA.....People Eating Tasty Animals.

03-27-2017, 08:36 PM	#4
scott1964 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denver Posts: 5,622	I should have enough players with 6 teams __________________ This just feels more like waiting in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles. PETA.....People Eating Tasty Animals.

03-27-2017, 08:25 PM	#2
crawdad5000 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Dayton, OH Reds country! Posts: 382	After reading a few other posts I created a fictional league in 1893, then filled all the teams with fictional players. Released all players to free agency and deleted them all. Then I added an additional historical league for 1893 with real players to this universe, sent all the players to free agency and deleted the historical league. Now I have a fictional league with real players as fa's and I have a draft set for 1 Dec with real rookies importing. I simmed a couple of seasons and the rookies are correct for the year they started i.e. the 1894 rookies imported dec 1893. Sweet!

03-27-2017, 08:29 PM	#3
crawdad5000 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Dayton, OH Reds country! Posts: 382	The issue your going to run in to is there are not enough players pre 1901 to fill a standard 16 team league so you'll either have to use ghost players without a minor league set up or have rookies randomly import from all eras. Either way you should use a reserve roster until about 1920.