Only City Name in Drop Down -- Confusing!

mrusignola · 07-12-2002, 02:13 AM

If there are two teams in one city, the "Teams" drop down should put the league abbreviation in parentheses right next to each. Now, it will say something like "Columbus, Columbus" instead of "Columbus (AL), Columbus (NL)". This makes it hard to know what team you're viewing.

rferry · 07-13-2002, 07:46 AM

edit the teams names in the team setup screen.

mrusignola · 07-13-2002, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rferry
edit the teams names in the team setup screen.

Say you had two teams in your league:

Chicago Cubs
Chicago WhiteSox

Your teams dropdown would say:

Chicago
Chicago

How would you advise fixing that?

Steve Kuffrey · 07-13-2002, 02:30 PM

A current option is:

Chicago (A) WhiteSox
Chicago (N) Cubs

mrusignola · 07-13-2002, 05:50 PM

Right... that's not something the league manager should have to do.... file this under feature request.

Cooleyvol · 07-14-2002, 12:50 AM

I'd think that would take ALOT of programming to fix something that would take the commish about 15 seconds to do.

Don't hold your breath.

mrusignola · 07-15-2002, 02:33 PM

??

How would this take a lot of programming? All they have to do is to switch it from listing the city to listing the team name?

Instead of:

Chicago
Chicago

..It would say:

White Sox
Cubs

Am I missing something?

Long_Long_Name · 07-17-2002, 09:28 PM

What if two teams had the same nickname? What would you do in this case?

Don't laugh.... when the CFL had 9 teams about 5 years ago, there were two teams called Rough Riders (Ottawa, Saskatchewan). Ottawa disbanded, but they're back this year with a different team name, which I can't remember.

Long_Long_Name · 07-17-2002, 09:29 PM

Renegades. That's the new Ottawa team.

Andy · 07-17-2002, 10:04 PM

This is my opinion,

I don't think this is a big deal at all. You can always go to the standings screen and just click on whatever team you want. On the drop down menu if it would say "Chicago White Sox"(full team name) then that would be ok but if I have a choice of either the city or team nickame (one or the other) then I would rather the city being displayed.

SADragons · 07-18-2002, 10:54 AM

I see the problem here, some of us owners want uniformity in their league. When you have 30 teams with "City" "Mascot" and then you have two teams with "City" (AL) "Mascot" it can be an eye sore.

spleen1015 · 07-18-2002, 10:57 AM

It's very easy to change the names to make them look like:

Chicago (A)
Chicago (N)

I'd say this features goes into the nice to have, but not important at all folder.

mrusignola · 07-18-2002, 01:21 PM

But "Chicago (A)" is not the city that the team plays in; the team plays in "Chicago".

It's bogus to have to work around design flaws in the game. If the nickname "White Sox", "Cubs", etc, is not enough to identify the team, they should print the full name-- "Chicago White Sox"

crackpott · 07-19-2002, 12:10 AM

Just for the record...

Saskatchewan was the "Roughriders" and Ottawa was the "Rough Riders" ...I need to figure out who had the name first, though.

mrusignola · 07-19-2002, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by crackpott
Just for the record...

Saskatchewan was the "Roughriders" and Ottawa was the "Rough Riders" ...I need to figure out who had the name first, though.

Laura Prepon as your icon? And to think... I played little league with her brother.

Long_Long_Name · 07-19-2002, 07:19 PM

If you're serious, I think crackpott will go crazy

A friend of mine had theater lessons with Hyde from that show in New England a cpl of years ago. His name is Danny Macpherson (I think?). Correct me crackpott, I'm sure you know, he got to kiss your girl

mrusignola · 07-19-2002, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Long_Long_Name
If you're serious, I think crackpott will go crazy

A friend of mine had theater lessons with Hyde from that show in New England a cpl of years ago. His name is Danny Macpherson (I think?). Correct me crackpott, I'm sure you know, he got to kiss your girl

That's too funny. If my memory serves, she wasn't known for being especially attractive in junior high / high school. She was always a bit of a hippie-chick. I lived on the same block as her, so her brother Brad and I, as well as the other 20 neighborhood kids, used to play a lot of whiffle ball / baseball in the summers.

Kinda funny who winds up being famous. You never can predict these things I guess.

Long_Long_Name · 07-19-2002, 07:30 PM

Oh Crackpott will be so envious... I want to see what he replies to this thread

1901HistoryLeague · 07-19-2002, 09:33 PM

good god... i never realized laura prepon was the girl from that 70's show.

Now i feel stupid

Long_Long_Name · 07-19-2002, 10:21 PM

1970's... don't worry it's still 70 from now for you, 1901.

07-12-2002, 02:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
mrusignola Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 103	Only City Name in Drop Down -- Confusing! If there are two teams in one city, the "Teams" drop down should put the league abbreviation in parentheses right next to each. Now, it will say something like "Columbus, Columbus" instead of "Columbus (AL), Columbus (NL)". This makes it hard to know what team you're viewing.

07-13-2002, 07:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
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07-17-2002, 09:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
Long_Long_Name Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Montréaler in Vancouver Posts: 6,866	What if two teams had the same nickname? What would you do in this case? Don't laugh.... when the CFL had 9 teams about 5 years ago, there were two teams called Rough Riders (Ottawa, Saskatchewan). Ottawa disbanded, but they're back this year with a different team name, which I can't remember. __________________ Beta Baseball is a fictional, talent-only online league. If you're interested in joining it, well, we have two open franchises: the George Falls Barons and the The Pines Verts. We've been around since 2002. PM me for details! Currently reading: The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin) The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs) The Art of War (Sun Tzu) The Ancestor's Tale (Richard Dawkins)

07-13-2002, 05:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
mrusignola Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 103	Right... that's not something the league manager should have to do.... file this under feature request.

07-15-2002, 02:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
mrusignola Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 103	?? How would this take a lot of programming? All they have to do is to switch it from listing the city to listing the team name? Instead of: Chicago Chicago ..It would say: White Sox Cubs Am I missing something?

07-17-2002, 09:29 PM	#9 (permalink)
Long_Long_Name Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Montréaler in Vancouver Posts: 6,866	Renegades. That's the new Ottawa team. __________________ Beta Baseball is a fictional, talent-only online league. If you're interested in joining it, well, we have two open franchises: the George Falls Barons and the The Pines Verts. We've been around since 2002. PM me for details! Currently reading: The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin) The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs) The Art of War (Sun Tzu) The Ancestor's Tale (Richard Dawkins)

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Andy All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 1,515	This is my opinion, I don't think this is a big deal at all. You can always go to the standings screen and just click on whatever team you want. On the drop down menu if it would say "Chicago White Sox"(full team name) then that would be ok but if I have a choice of either the city or team nickame (one or the other) then I would rather the city being displayed. __________________ Blog My Myspace My CD Collection

07-18-2002, 10:54 AM	#11 (permalink)
SADragons Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 28	I see the problem here, some of us owners want uniformity in their league. When you have 30 teams with "City" "Mascot" and then you have two teams with "City" (AL) "Mascot" it can be an eye sore.

07-18-2002, 10:57 AM	#12 (permalink)
spleen1015 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 4,456	It's very easy to change the names to make them look like: Chicago (A) Chicago (N) I'd say this features goes into the nice to have, but not important at all folder.

07-18-2002, 01:21 PM	#13 (permalink)
mrusignola Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 103	But "Chicago (A)" is not the city that the team plays in; the team plays in "Chicago". It's bogus to have to work around design flaws in the game. If the nickname "White Sox", "Cubs", etc, is not enough to identify the team, they should print the full name-- "Chicago White Sox"

07-19-2002, 12:10 AM	#14 (permalink)
crackpott Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,875	Just for the record... Saskatchewan was the "Roughriders" and Ottawa was the "Rough Riders" ...I need to figure out who had the name first, though. __________________ Abandoned Planet - Check it out. The photos don't suck anymore.

07-19-2002, 07:19 PM	#16 (permalink)
Long_Long_Name Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Montréaler in Vancouver Posts: 6,866	If you're serious, I think crackpott will go crazy A friend of mine had theater lessons with Hyde from that show in New England a cpl of years ago. His name is Danny Macpherson (I think?). Correct me crackpott, I'm sure you know, he got to kiss your girl __________________ Beta Baseball is a fictional, talent-only online league. If you're interested in joining it, well, we have two open franchises: the George Falls Barons and the The Pines Verts. We've been around since 2002. PM me for details! Currently reading: The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin) The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs) The Art of War (Sun Tzu) The Ancestor's Tale (Richard Dawkins)

07-19-2002, 07:30 PM	#18 (permalink)
Long_Long_Name Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Montréaler in Vancouver Posts: 6,866	Oh Crackpott will be so envious... I want to see what he replies to this thread __________________ Beta Baseball is a fictional, talent-only online league. If you're interested in joining it, well, we have two open franchises: the George Falls Barons and the The Pines Verts. We've been around since 2002. PM me for details! Currently reading: The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin) The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs) The Art of War (Sun Tzu) The Ancestor's Tale (Richard Dawkins)

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07-19-2002, 09:33 PM	#19 (permalink)
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07-19-2002, 10:21 PM	#20 (permalink)
Long_Long_Name Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Montréaler in Vancouver Posts: 6,866	1970's... don't worry it's still 70 from now for you, 1901. __________________ Beta Baseball is a fictional, talent-only online league. If you're interested in joining it, well, we have two open franchises: the George Falls Barons and the The Pines Verts. We've been around since 2002. PM me for details! Currently reading: The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin) The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs) The Art of War (Sun Tzu) The Ancestor's Tale (Richard Dawkins)