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legendsport · 04-17-2007, 10:33 AM

OK, so now that I've had OOTP 2007 long enough to really play around with it, I've decided that I can finally do something I've wanted to do for a long time - try to sim the entire history of professional baseball. Now I'm not talking about just the majors. I mean the minors, Negro Leagues, Japan, Cuba, Mexico... you know, everything.

My ultimate dream would be to do it with real players, but lacking a comprehensive minor league database (though I am working, like Aesop's tortoise, towards at least a PCL/AA/IL db), I will settle for trying to do it with fictional players in "real" leagues.

The best part about this approach is that I can involve the community by letting folks create players for this project as it goes along. Yeah, it's been done - and very, very well, by "Time Warp" and "Plague!!!" among others - but adhering to the philosophy that the greatest form of flattery is imitation... I'll go with it.

Now, the flip-side: I want to do this right. So I am going to suspend working on all my other dynasties EXCEPT the "Greater Baseball Co-Prosperity Sphere." This means that 'A House Divided" will remain on hiatus and both the "History" dynasties (Negro Leagues and Big Leagues) as well as the newer "Grinding It" dynasty will also go on hiatus. Of these, "Grinding It" is most likely to continue as it involves the least amount of work to keep going.

This dynasty will likely be far less prose driven than any of my other previous efforts. This is mainly due to the scale of the project. I'd like it to resemble "Time Warp" or "Plague!!!" in its presentation (Again that whole "flattery through imitation" thing at work). I hope Pete and Matt (wherever he is these days) don't mind.

So, expect to see a sign-up thread in addition to this one, which will be the main dynasty thread. I've already set up and played an 1871 NA season (with real players), so I have a template I can use to start building with.

EDIT: Here's the link for the player creation thread

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legendsport Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Behind The Lens Posts: 2,155 Thanks: 2 Thanked 8x in 8 posts	The Completely Fictional History of Baseball OK, so now that I've had OOTP 2007 long enough to really play around with it, I've decided that I can finally do something I've wanted to do for a long time - try to sim the entire history of professional baseball. Now I'm not talking about just the majors. I mean the minors, Negro Leagues, Japan, Cuba, Mexico... you know, everything. My ultimate dream would be to do it with real players, but lacking a comprehensive minor league database (though I am working, like Aesop's tortoise, towards at least a PCL/AA/IL db), I will settle for trying to do it with fictional players in "real" leagues. The best part about this approach is that I can involve the community by letting folks create players for this project as it goes along. Yeah, it's been done - and very, very well, by "Time Warp" and "Plague!!!" among others - but adhering to the philosophy that the greatest form of flattery is imitation... I'll go with it. Now, the flip-side: I want to do this right. So I am going to suspend working on all my other dynasties EXCEPT the "Greater Baseball Co-Prosperity Sphere." This means that 'A House Divided" will remain on hiatus and both the "History" dynasties (Negro Leagues and Big Leagues) as well as the newer "Grinding It" dynasty will also go on hiatus. Of these, "Grinding It" is most likely to continue as it involves the least amount of work to keep going. This dynasty will likely be far less prose driven than any of my other previous efforts. This is mainly due to the scale of the project. I'd like it to resemble "Time Warp" or "Plague!!!" in its presentation (Again that whole "flattery through imitation" thing at work). I hope Pete and Matt (wherever he is these days) don't mind. So, expect to see a sign-up thread in addition to this one, which will be the main dynasty thread. I've already set up and played an 1871 NA season (with real players), so I have a template I can use to start building with. EDIT: Here's the link for the player creation thread __________________ The Baseball Chronicle - Swinging thru History! The Football Chronicle - Hitting Hard Historically (PFS - 1962) Alternate Universe Football (FOF - 1994) Last edited by legendsport; 08-13-2007 at 05:06 PM.