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Originally Posted by Cap

It's funny. Every so often I introduce a fictional fighter created randomly into the mix just for fun. I watch him work his way through the lesser ranks, maybe even up to World Class. Then I start to get antsy about him. I can't bring myself to allow him to beat real top-class fighters. So I open him up and tinker with his ratings to downgrade him. Next thing you know he's on the decline into oblivion.

I read other universes here, and every time I see how some fictional fighter has beaten a name I recognize, I wince. Must be the amateur historian in me. This is nothing against others here. I'm glad they're having fun. After all, these aren't real humans we're dealing with, just electronic blips on a screen and our own fertile imaginations. For me, it was different in the early days, when I had far fewer historical fighters in my universe. I didn't mind that my fictional British heavyweight Lloyd King made it so far, because I had so few real British heavies from that era to use. Now, I've got more of them, so I may retire King "poimenently". Not sure. Of course, then I have the problem of what to do with Colin Morrison, my fictional Scottish heavyweight. I have a policy of not using a real fighter unless I have a photo of him, so even if I find a heavy to replace him, if I can't find that guy's pic, I won't use him.

Oh, well. The problems of power, eh?

Cap

Hey Cap, I was just wondering how many real heavyweight fighters you have in your personal database? I noticed that you said that you dont like to use a real fighter unless you had a picture of him, so I am just wondering how many photos compared to fighters you have on file? Also, are there any specific places that you found other files besides in this forum or have you just created a bunch of files on your own? Right now I have about 3500 heavyweight/cw fighters. I wanted to know how this compares to all the other regular posters in the forum. Thanks.