Another form of Random Debut

David Watts · 09-15-2025, 12:45 PM

This is something I would love to see added to the game.

Random debut, but with a name scrambler and zero ability to see a players real stats.

Would love to be able to create a random debut league exactly like we can now. Add an additional feature to OOTP that would assign a fictional identity to every player upon their being imported into the league. Make it so the real life stats page is absent from all players. I think the would be a blast to play. Would be fun trying to guess the identity of each player, but even more, it would be a blast to not 100% know how a players career will play out.

David Watts · 09-15-2025, 12:49 PM

Of course for this work properly, the game would also have to assign fictional birth countries, states/cities as well. That way one doesn't instantly realize the guy striking out 300 batters a season from Alvin Texas named John Tomato is Nolan Ryan.

Bill Veeck · 10-22-2025, 12:37 AM

I love this concept

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot · 10-22-2025, 05:18 PM

yeah this sounds like a great concept!
I feel that's another aspect of the game that is ripe for developing. A whole bunch of quick starts or preset starts from key or memorable historical points of time.
I know many players have crearted their own quick starts for download, but it would be great to have a bunch to choose from inside as pre-sets.

actionjackson · 11-06-2025, 02:59 PM

I actually used to achieve this by going to a site that gave you a massive amount of random names, and I'd copy/paste them into the Master.csv file over top of the real names. Not sure where that site is anymore, but it might still be in my bookmarks somewhere.

actionjackson · 11-06-2025, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by actionjackson

I actually used to achieve this by going to a site that gave you a massive amount of random names, and I'd copy/paste them into the Master.csv file over top of the real names. Not sure where that site is anymore, but it might still be in my bookmarks somewhere.

Nope. Found one, but it's not allowing me to output to a spreadsheet.

09-15-2025, 12:45 PM	#1
David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 9,942 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Another form of Random Debut This is something I would love to see added to the game. Random debut, but with a name scrambler and zero ability to see a players real stats. Would love to be able to create a random debut league exactly like we can now. Add an additional feature to OOTP that would assign a fictional identity to every player upon their being imported into the league. Make it so the real life stats page is absent from all players. I think the would be a blast to play. Would be fun trying to guess the identity of each player, but even more, it would be a blast to not 100% know how a players career will play out.

09-15-2025, 12:49 PM	#2
David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 9,942 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Of course for this work properly, the game would also have to assign fictional birth countries, states/cities as well. That way one doesn't instantly realize the guy striking out 300 batters a season from Alvin Texas named John Tomato is Nolan Ryan.

10-22-2025, 12:37 AM	#3
Bill Veeck Minors (Single A) Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 63	I love this concept

10-22-2025, 05:18 PM	#4
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 189	yeah this sounds like a great concept! I feel that's another aspect of the game that is ripe for developing. A whole bunch of quick starts or preset starts from key or memorable historical points of time. I know many players have crearted their own quick starts for download, but it would be great to have a bunch to choose from inside as pre-sets.

11-06-2025, 02:59 PM	#5
actionjackson Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 6,181	I actually used to achieve this by going to a site that gave you a massive amount of random names, and I'd copy/paste them into the Master.csv file over top of the real names. Not sure where that site is anymore, but it might still be in my bookmarks somewhere.