game recaps and allstar voting

[AggermanTxR]

So we will have the ability to write our own notes or little newspaper-like stories for every game? Elaborate...

Do human players playing solo vote for their league's allstars or is it some fictional fan voting system?

my initial questions

[battists]

Originally Posted by AggermanTxR

So we will have the ability to write our own notes or little newspaper-like stories for every game? Elaborate...

This is totally freaking cool. How is that for elaborate?

Basically, there's a small in-game editor. After any game you play out, you can write your own recap. That will appear in the news just like regular news articles. It will appear on your home page, etc. It's really neat. You can also write general news articles at any time, and the same holds true.

If you're a commish, players could send you articles. You could paste them in, and all of the league members would get them in their in-game news!

There are a lot of ways in which that feature could grow, but as a start, it's really cool

Do human players playing solo vote for their league's allstars or is it some fictional fan voting system?

There is no voting system actually in the game. This feature is really for online leagues. Basically, in an online league, the commissioner can now select the winner based on GM voting (outside of the game engine.) Of course, you can do the same in a solo league as well, if you are the commish.

[Solonor]

Originally Posted by AggermanTxR

So we will have the ability to write our own notes or little newspaper-like stories for every game? Elaborate...

Do human players playing solo vote for their league's allstars or is it some fictional fan voting system?

my initial questions

Yes!! This is one of the coolest things ever! After each game, you play out, with the box score still staring you in the face, you get a notepad-like area where you can write your own recap of the game...and it automatically hyperlinks any player names you use. The recap stays with the game news.

Also, you can just write news stories whenever you want and add them to the game-generated ones. These can also be "e-mailed" in the game to the other teams in an online league.

All-star and award voting works like this: Up to 30 days (I think I have that right) prior to the naming of the All-Star Teams or awards, you can go into a screen and set them yourself however you want. You can ask the AI to pick them, then change them, or you can pick them all yourself. When you approve them, they instantly get recorded and reported in the game news.

[enuttage]

Originally Posted by Solonor

and it automatically hyperlinks any player names you use.

Very cool feature.

Originally Posted by Solonor

Also, you can just write news stories whenever you want and add them to the game-generated ones. These can also be "e-mailed" in the game to the other teams in an online league.

When you do this, does it also auto-hyperlink?

[Solonor]

Originally Posted by enuttage

When you do this, does it also auto-hyperlink?

No, but you can manually insert your own.

[enuttage]

Originally Posted by Solonor

No, but you can manually insert your own.

Thanks for the quick answer. I can live with that.

[Gastric ReFlux]

Nice.

[chimanbj]

All-star voting will be a great addition! It makes the game "really count" now!