Looking for a very in-depth league

johnd24_42 · 09-07-2006, 09:38 PM

I've grown tired of fantasy leagues where all you do is click "active" or "reserve". I want full control over a franchise but also a league that updates their CatoBase as often as possible.

I would really like to find an in-depth league where the commissioner updates the HTML on the league website after every sim as I can't use OOTP at work, but I can check out the league website.

An updated CatoBase, again, is a huge thing for me, as I'm a huge stats fiend (I'm sure many on this board are) and this is just essential in any league.

I would also prefer to find a league with a very active forum. Anything less than extremely active and I probably wouldn't be interested. I can access the internet, like I said, at work, so this would be vital.

Finally, and this is one thing that not all leagues have - are incentives for article writing to improve your franchise. Some have it, but others don't. I find that when owners are given incentives, they write more articles and are generally more active in a league. This would also be something I'd really prefer in a league.

A salary cap is also something I'd strongly prefer.

I am basically looking to be in ONE OOTP league and devote my time to it. I would expect my future fellow owners to be the same, and would only want to join a league where it is a cut above the rest and where the owners treat that league as their main league and the commish holds updating the league site and doing sims as a priority.

Is a league like this out there? I've checked the online league list and this board, and have seen some really nice prospects, but haven't been completely bowled over by any I've seen, and maybe I won't be. But maybe some experienced OOTP guys can point me in the right direction.

Thank you in advance for any helpful input!

Scottiedog · 09-07-2006, 09:50 PM

Check your e mail...I just dropped ya a line.

rem · 09-07-2006, 10:36 PM

www.whbl.org

Solonor · 09-07-2006, 11:42 PM

Sounds like you're talking about us!

www.solonor.com/baseball

johnd24_42 · 09-08-2006, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by remangiii

www.whbl.org

i made sure to post on the waiting list for this fine league.

however, i still haven't heard back from anyone regarding my status.

johnd24_42 · 09-08-2006, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Solonor

Sounds like you're talking about us!

www.solonor.com/baseball

my girlfriend LOVES lord of the rings!

Solonor · 09-08-2006, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by johnd24_42

my girlfriend LOVES lord of the rings!

Tell her to join our league.

DaveHorn · 09-08-2006, 05:36 PM

Posted in your other thread, but I'll post here as well. HFTC is not an OOTP2006 league. We are OOTP5 actually.

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Originally Posted by johnd24_42

Looking for a very in-depth league I would really like to find an in-depth league where the commissioner updates the HTML on the league website after every sim as I can't use OOTP at work, but I can check out the league website.

Of course as any good commish would do.

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Originally Posted by johnd24_42

An updated CatoBase, again, is a huge thing for me, as I'm a huge stats fiend (I'm sure many on this board are) and this is just essential in any league.

Absoltely agree. Every year of HFTC in CATO here.
HFTC Cato

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Originally Posted by johnd24_42

I would also prefer to find a league with a very active forum. Anything less than extremely active and I probably wouldn't be interested. I can access the internet, like I said, at work, so this would be vital.

No league would hold a candle to HFTCs owners. 31 owners of which more than half are original owners. 33188 posts in HFTC of those 15608 are in the General forum alone.
HFTC Forum

Or how about activity in terms of trades? No one could match HFTC's 1155 trades among owners. We average over 70 trades per season. Every trade recorded here sortable by Year and/or Team and links to every player card.
HFTC Trades

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Originally Posted by johnd24_42

Finally, and this is one thing that not all leagues have - are incentives for article writing to improve your franchise. Some have it, but others don't. I find that when owners are given incentives, they write more articles and are generally more active in a league.

Sorry, don't have them. Silly gimmicks needed by leagues in order to attract and keep owners. Results in poor writing and poor articles that aren't worth crap. HFTC owners stay because we have the best GMs in OOTP. Our GMs write articles because they WANT to not because they are given silly incentives. Great articles like:

My fav series HFTC Inside the Numbers

And articles by one guy who is so good he should write for a living

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Originally Posted by johnd24_42

A salary cap is also something I'd strongly prefer.

Got it. Also have a well thought out revenue sharing model that has been used since HFTC's inception that taxes the teams that spends the most money and gives to teams that earn the least amount of money. Also, capped money is given to teams that are below average markets and less.

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Originally Posted by johnd24_42

I am basically looking to be in ONE OOTP league and devote my time to it. I would expect my future fellow owners to be the same, and would only want to join a league where it is a cut above the rest and where the owners treat that league as their main league and the commish holds updating the league site and doing sims as a priority.

Is a league like this out there?

HFTC is a mature league with mature owners. We've been around for almost three real time years with no resets no mulligans no commish changes. But don't take it from me take it from my GMs. Visit HFTC as ask the GMs what they think.

Here is a link that talks about our current opening in Philly.
Philly opening

Be sure to check out a lot of those stats/reports that are available to HFTC GMs. All stuff that would be available to you from work.

In addition, I recently added
Real Time Leaderboards
Real Time Milestones

rem · 09-08-2006, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnd24_42

i made sure to post on the waiting list for this fine league.

however, i still haven't heard back from anyone regarding my status.

The commish is out of town until tonight or tomorrow. I am sure he'll get you quickly taken care of when he returns.

johnd24_42 · 09-09-2006, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Solonor

Tell her to join our league.

watch out....i just might!

johnd24_42 · 09-09-2006, 10:26 AM

I should also probably mention that I'd like to savor the managing experience. I would prefer a three day per week sim and 7 or 8 calendar days simmed per sim.

I notice a lot of leagues do 15 sim days at a time, and that's pretty rapid for me.

Thanks to all so far who've posted here, I really appreciate the help. I really enjoy looking at all of your leagues, there are some fantastic ones.

Solonor · 09-09-2006, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by johnd24_42

I should also probably mention that I'd like to savor the managing experience. I would prefer a three day per week sim and 7 or 8 calendar days simmed per sim.

I notice a lot of leagues do 15 sim days at a time, and that's pretty rapid for me.

Thanks to all so far who've posted here, I really appreciate the help. I really enjoy looking at all of your leagues, there are some fantastic ones.

We sim 7 days each Monday and Thursday, with additional league file updates (for trades and waiver claims and such) on Sunday and Wednesday. On sim nights, I post each day's results as I finish simming it, and the gang gathers 'round in the "This simWeek in Baseball" forum to trash talk and cheerlead.

johnd24_42 · 09-10-2006, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by remangiii

The commish is out of town until tonight or tomorrow. I am sure he'll get you quickly taken care of when he returns.

thank you, he did get back to me on the forum. WHBL looks like a terrific league.

johnd24_42 · 09-13-2006, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Solonor

We sim 7 days each Monday and Thursday, with additional league file updates (for trades and waiver claims and such) on Sunday and Wednesday. On sim nights, I post each day's results as I finish simming it, and the gang gathers 'round in the "This simWeek in Baseball" forum to trash talk and cheerlead.

solonor, i noticed that your league uses OOTP 2006? i only have version 6 of OOTP - would i have to upgrade and buy the new version to be in your league?

Solonor · 09-13-2006, 02:43 PM

We are currently using 6.5. We are finishing up our 2012 season in the next week or so, then we will switch to 2006 for the next season.

While it always helps to make things easier for roster moves and such, our league has never required ownership of the game in order to play. We have many successful GM's who run their teams strictly off the web pages, the forum, and the forms I created to submit changes.

However, there are a ton of more options in 2006 (especially with the strategy settings). You may be missing out on some options if you don't own the game.

johnd24_42 · 09-13-2006, 02:55 PM

how often does OOTP update? i didn't buy OOTP 6 that long ago. sort of seems like a slight waste of money in a way. who knows, maybe not.

still, your forms are absolutely phenomenal!

Solonor · 09-13-2006, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnd24_42

how often does OOTP update? i didn't buy OOTP 6 that long ago. sort of seems like a slight waste of money in a way. who knows, maybe not.

still, your forms are absolutely phenomenal!

OOTP has a new version about once a year. There was a slightly longer gap between 6 and 2006, because the new version is a complete re-write. The plan, as far as has been made public, is to have an OOTP 2007 ready for the real MLB opening day next year.

And thank you.

johnd24_42 · 09-13-2006, 03:41 PM

wow, so version 7 is different from OOTP 2006?

this is hard to keep up with!

Solonor · 09-13-2006, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by johnd24_42

wow, so version 7 is different from OOTP 2006?

this is hard to keep up with!

No, there is no version 7. OOTP 2006 is "version 7". They went from OOTP 6.5 to OOTP 2006.

Next year's model will be OOTP 2007.

johnd24_42 · 09-13-2006, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solonor

No, there is no version 7. OOTP 2006 is "version 7". They went from OOTP 6.5 to OOTP 2006.

Next year's model will be OOTP 2007.

solonor, are you still looking for owners for your league?

09-07-2006, 09:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
johnd24_42 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 54 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Looking for a very in-depth league I've grown tired of fantasy leagues where all you do is click "active" or "reserve". I want full control over a franchise but also a league that updates their CatoBase as often as possible. I would really like to find an in-depth league where the commissioner updates the HTML on the league website after every sim as I can't use OOTP at work, but I can check out the league website. An updated CatoBase, again, is a huge thing for me, as I'm a huge stats fiend (I'm sure many on this board are) and this is just essential in any league. I would also prefer to find a league with a very active forum. Anything less than extremely active and I probably wouldn't be interested. I can access the internet, like I said, at work, so this would be vital. Finally, and this is one thing that not all leagues have - are incentives for article writing to improve your franchise. Some have it, but others don't. I find that when owners are given incentives, they write more articles and are generally more active in a league. This would also be something I'd really prefer in a league. A salary cap is also something I'd strongly prefer. I am basically looking to be in ONE OOTP league and devote my time to it. I would expect my future fellow owners to be the same, and would only want to join a league where it is a cut above the rest and where the owners treat that league as their main league and the commish holds updating the league site and doing sims as a priority. Is a league like this out there? I've checked the online league list and this board, and have seen some really nice prospects, but haven't been completely bowled over by any I've seen, and maybe I won't be. But maybe some experienced OOTP guys can point me in the right direction. Thank you in advance for any helpful input!

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Solonor Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Orlando Posts: 4,213 Thanks: 154 Thanked 111x in 66 posts	Sounds like you're talking about us! www.solonor.com/baseball __________________ Solonor's Groovy Computer Baseball League - Making baseball a hobbit since 2003! "Beings will come, Frodo. The one constant through all the years has been baseball. Middle Earth has rolled by like an army of Mumakil. It has been erased like a slate, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Frodo. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... beings will come Frodo. Beings will most definitely come." - Gladden Field of Dreams

09-13-2006, 02:43 PM	#15 (permalink)
Solonor Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Orlando Posts: 4,213 Thanks: 154 Thanked 111x in 66 posts	We are currently using 6.5. We are finishing up our 2012 season in the next week or so, then we will switch to 2006 for the next season. While it always helps to make things easier for roster moves and such, our league has never required ownership of the game in order to play. We have many successful GM's who run their teams strictly off the web pages, the forum, and the forms I created to submit changes. However, there are a ton of more options in 2006 (especially with the strategy settings). You may be missing out on some options if you don't own the game. __________________ Solonor's Groovy Computer Baseball League - Making baseball a hobbit since 2003! "Beings will come, Frodo. The one constant through all the years has been baseball. Middle Earth has rolled by like an army of Mumakil. It has been erased like a slate, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Frodo. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... beings will come Frodo. Beings will most definitely come." - Gladden Field of Dreams

09-09-2006, 10:26 AM	#11 (permalink)
johnd24_42 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 54 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	I should also probably mention that I'd like to savor the managing experience. I would prefer a three day per week sim and 7 or 8 calendar days simmed per sim. I notice a lot of leagues do 15 sim days at a time, and that's pretty rapid for me. Thanks to all so far who've posted here, I really appreciate the help. I really enjoy looking at all of your leagues, there are some fantastic ones.

09-13-2006, 02:55 PM	#16 (permalink)
johnd24_42 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 54 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	how often does OOTP update? i didn't buy OOTP 6 that long ago. sort of seems like a slight waste of money in a way. who knows, maybe not. still, your forms are absolutely phenomenal!

09-13-2006, 03:41 PM	#18 (permalink)
johnd24_42 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 54 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	wow, so version 7 is different from OOTP 2006? this is hard to keep up with!

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