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mjj55409 · 04-17-2007, 11:38 AM

This will be my first attempt at a dynasty, so be gentle. Since version 6.0/6.5, the object of simming 19th c. baseball has fascinated me. 6.5 worked pretty well, but it was rather much of a chore to change the league structure each season. OOTP2007 makes this much easier to deal with.

I created a 10 team fictional league in 1870, with these teams:

Boston Red Stockings
Chicago White Stockings
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Forest City
Fort Wayne Kekiongas
New York Mutual
Rockford Forest City
Philadelphia Athletics
Troy Haymakers
Washington Olympics

I simmed a 30 game season, deleted the Cincinnati club, deleted all players and cleared the league history. I then pointed my database to the new GamboDB and set it to assign rookies to the original teams. Surprisingly enough, that works. No more individually entering each player id.

I'm also using the Financial Coefficient spreadsheet to generate the financial numbers. The salaries are a little high, but they are in a range that I can live with. I've enabled free agency, disabled arbitration, and set players to be eligible for free agency with 1 year of service. The "contracts" in this era were 1-year agreements between player and club. I'm trying to simulate that the best I can. Between these settings and a number of clubs disbanding each season, there should be plenty of player movement. So far, this seems to be working. I'd love a maximum contract length setting, though. Just saying.

I'll present the dynasty mainly through a series of newspaper articles. The style of newspaper writing from that era is so much fun to emulate. I'm sure I'll be able to work in other narrative and statistical pieces. There have been some great dynasties here (Big Six). I can only but aspire.

04-17-2007, 11:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
mjj55409 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 82	A Grand Old Game This will be my first attempt at a dynasty, so be gentle. Since version 6.0/6.5, the object of simming 19th c. baseball has fascinated me. 6.5 worked pretty well, but it was rather much of a chore to change the league structure each season. OOTP2007 makes this much easier to deal with. I created a 10 team fictional league in 1870, with these teams: Boston Red Stockings Chicago White Stockings Cincinnati Reds Cleveland Forest City Fort Wayne Kekiongas New York Mutual Rockford Forest City Philadelphia Athletics Troy Haymakers Washington Olympics I simmed a 30 game season, deleted the Cincinnati club, deleted all players and cleared the league history. I then pointed my database to the new GamboDB and set it to assign rookies to the original teams. Surprisingly enough, that works. No more individually entering each player id. I'm also using the Financial Coefficient spreadsheet to generate the financial numbers. The salaries are a little high, but they are in a range that I can live with. I've enabled free agency, disabled arbitration, and set players to be eligible for free agency with 1 year of service. The "contracts" in this era were 1-year agreements between player and club. I'm trying to simulate that the best I can. Between these settings and a number of clubs disbanding each season, there should be plenty of player movement. So far, this seems to be working. I'd love a maximum contract length setting, though. Just saying. I'll present the dynasty mainly through a series of newspaper articles. The style of newspaper writing from that era is so much fun to emulate. I'm sure I'll be able to work in other narrative and statistical pieces. There have been some great dynasties here (Big Six). I can only but aspire.