[Raidergoo]

OK, this is not official (yet), but it's as close as possible to being such at 9 o'clock at night...

A decision has been made to build a quickstart from the ground up to show off the capabilities of the game. The intent is to create a league, complete with minors, uniforms, logos, and some history, so that a person can instantly jump into a fleshed out fictional universe.

I will be guiding this process and turning the result in to Battists for shipping with OOTP 9.

I hope to involve the modder community to develop custom uniforms for this project, so fair notice guys! There's work to be done!

Maybe the dynasty writing crowd can develop the backstory for the league with a paragraph or two, to sketch things out.

To start with...

What should the league be called?

I will collect names for two days or so, then have a poll of the community for selection. Next, we'll get some cities, and then team names.

Maybe by that point we could even post some screenshots of the new version in action.

[battists]

My name is Steve Battisti, and I approve of this message.

The idea is to include a quick-start game with a little more flavor, and with a little more participation from the community, so you can all contribute to something that will actually be delivered in the game.

All kinds of feedback welcomed!

[The Wolf]

What's wrong with the old Major American League?

Sure you could go with the Continental League, the All-American League, the United League, the Federal league, etc. but what's wrong with the good old Major American League?

I'm James Running Wolf and I am confused by this message.

[bababui]

I nominate a Tahitian League. If someone could photoshop stadium pics with awesome Tahitian beaches and sunsets in the background instead of Cleveland or Baltimore cityscapes that would be awesome. The minors should be based in Hawaii, Bali and Fiji.

Get out your OOTP 2009 and a few Pina Collada's!!

[The Wolf]

If you do such a league, please make sure that it has everything: ballcaps, jerseys, logos, full minors, and individual ballparks.

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by bababui

I nominate a Tahitian League. If someone could photoshop stadium pics with awesome Tahitian beaches and sunsets in the background instead of Cleveland or Baltimore cityscapes that would be awesome. The minors should be based in Hawaii, Bali and Fiji.

Wow, can I have a hit of what you're having?

[Raidergoo]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

What's wrong with the old Major American League?

Sure you could go with the Continental League, the All-American League, the United League, the Federal league, etc. but what's wrong with the good old Major American League?

I'm James Running Wolf and I am confused by this message.

There is nothing wrong with the MAL, except that it has a large number of teams, and that it would be difficult to ship it with 10 years of history behind it.

So, you like the Federal League?

[Raidergoo]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

If you do such a league, please make sure that it has everything: ballcaps, jerseys, logos, full minors, and individual ballparks.

Well, I just asked the modders for ballcaps, logos, unis, the whole nine yards. I don't think we're going to do five levels of minors, perhaps three. It's a size thing.

Stadiums are tougher to come by, because there are not many who crank out fictional stadiums.

But, if you build it...

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by Raidergoo

There is nothing wrong with the MAL, except that it has a large number of teams, and that it would be difficult to ship it with 10 years of history behind it.

So, you like the Federal League?

Sure, why not?

You going to give the teams the whole treatment?

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by Raidergoo

Stadiums are tougher to come by, because there are not many who crank out fictional stadiums.

Okay, custom stadiums without custom graphics then?

[bababui]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

Wow, can I have a hit of what you're having?

I thought you gave all that up when you moved??

[MorseMoose]

Try and get a sponsor for the game:

Baseball America Baseball League
Baseball Reference Baseball Association

etc., etc.

National Baseball Association

[bababui]

And how cool would it be to have amazing Tahitian landscaoe as the background to stadia pics? And whats the matter with playing baseball in paradise?

[Raidergoo]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

You going to give the teams the whole treatment?

That's the plan. The goal is to present a fictional universe quickstart that has quite a bit of depth to it.

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by bababui

I thought you gave all that up when you moved??

???

[Raidergoo]

Originally Posted by bababui

And how cool would it be to have amazing Tahitian landscape as the background to stadia pics? And whats the matter with playing baseball in paradise?

Tahiti is duly noted.

Please play it straight in this thread.

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by Raidergoo

That's the plan. The goal is to present a fictional universe quickstart that has quite a bit of depth to it.

Good plan. Having a readily-available OOTP-branded fictional universe can only help customer satisfaction and sales.

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by bababui

And how cool would it be to have amazing Tahitian landscaoe as the background to stadia pics? And whats the matter with playing baseball in paradise?

My cousin rafted to Tahiti once. They threw him in jail.

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by Raidergoo

Tahiti is duly noted.

Please play it straight in this thread.

No problem. Why don't you make a poll and see what name people want for the league? It reads like all the other issues are settled.

[Le Grande Orange]

If you call it "Great American Baseball League" I already have a league logo with that name I'll glady donate. (I have a couple of other league logos kicking around that could be used, but I can't recall what league names they use at the moment. Some of them would be editable so that a different league name could be substituted.)

Also, I have about a dozen or so team logos I'd be happy to donate to the cause. Changing the city name on those to match up with whatever cities are selected for this Quickstart league would be no problem to do.