Gambo DB for 2008...need hosts...

[Gambo]

Who wants to host the new version of the DB?

[Gambo]

Here is an excerpt from the readme...

This is the latest version of my database. These are the list of additions/changes which I have made for the 2008 version. I would like to thank Microsoft for letting Excel 2008 increase the amount of lines per worksheet.

There is not enough difference whereas if you were using my previous database you will not be able to continue with this one instead but there may be some conflicts. Duplicate/skipped players will be rare if any in your league (and will only affect one year)

(An example of this is the Mark Lansing factor, in previous databases I used his import year as the year the Marlins signed him. Instead now it will be the year he was signed by the Independent Miami team)

1. Updates
a. The statistics have fully been reworked from scratch for all players through 2007.
b. Players are now more accurately assigned to the team they were with as of opening day for that year. (If a player signed April 1st, but the the team they started with played their 1st game March 30th then they will import as a free agent) I checked the schedules for every team when I did this.
c. Fixed ALL players who played in both Japan and the Majors Leagues with their MLE’s for the years in Japan. Players who started their career in Japan will still import as a rookie Free Agent when their career started in Japan. This has been updated for 2006 and 2007 MLB rookies.
d. Tweaked the statistics for players who played in the Majors and Negro leagues where needed.
i. The Negro League stats I previously used are now adjusted to be midway between AAA and MLB. I did this after doing some research and determining that they seemed to be rated a bit too high.
e. Managers who didnt make the majors will have their stats more realistically depicted according to their best available minor league statistics
i. Gave stat lines to new managers from 2006 and 2007 who never made the majors such as Manny Acta, Gonzalez.
f. Lines up correctly the proper organizational coding for all players. (No more players importing as a free agent because I have them coded for Atlanta when the team was still in Milwaukee)
g. Federal League stats have been adjusted to be the equivalent of AAA
2. Additions
a. I added 85 minor leaguers with their MLE’s. This list includes every top ten draft pick from 1978-2000 who didn’t make the majors (incl. Brien Taylor), 1984 Olympic players (incl. Flavio Alfaro), multi sport athletes (incl. John Elway) and for now two players who played in Japan but not the Majors (Gene Bacque and Bobby Marcano), prospects from the Yankees (incl. Chris Cumberland) and some players I have had the pleasure of growing up with, playing with or coaching from the New York area (incl Sammy Rodriguez). I had planned on adding some Japanese stars but did not include due to time constraints.
i. I know many may not want these players in their leagues so all that needs to be done is open the Master.csv in the Import and Yearly directory and delete each player line after 17044. Note the master file also has numerous players who played in Japan but are not from there. These players do not have player codes or stat lines so they can be discregarded. If you want to pick and choose who you want delete only the lines you wish to remove.
3. Future Plans
a. I am going to stop with this for a while so I am not going to make any future plans. I would like however, in the future to add more minor leaguers and Japanese players but I do not know if I will do this. Any future updates will be minor additions to facilitate 2008 and on rookies.

[Kelric]

Nothing, yet?

[blackrussian]

gambo,
do you know what might happen if i use this db to continue a game i started with an import from the previous version? (ie, i started a lg w/a 1986 import but havent had the draft or progressed to the next season yet).

[Gambo]

Still no hosts


It shouldnt cause many problems at all. The only problem just may be the possibility of duplicate players. As late as 1986 the information should be pretty much the same from both versions. I would just be careful to check for duplicate players and the odd possibility of a player not being created. I really don't forsee many issues at all.

[JoeRockHead]

I'm sure if you send it to Padre fans site he will host it.

[blackrussian]

Originally Posted by Gambo

It shouldnt cause many problems at all. The only problem just may be the possibility of duplicate players. As late as 1986 the information should be pretty much the same from both versions. I would just be careful to check for duplicate players and the odd possibility of a player not being created. I really don't forsee many issues at all.

thanks g. ill give it a shot, especially like the inclusion of minor leaguers. ive been working on an early 80s lg/quickstart and have been including players who never actually made the majors. but yeah, ill keep an eye out for duplicates. i may just go through the csv file and take them out manually. looking fwd to playing w/it soon

[PadresFan]

You never have to ask, I'll host anything you guys want me to. Just e-mail it to me at padresfanmods at mac dot com.

[Gambo]

Padresfan,

I'm going to put the file up on rapidshare since it is too big to email for me at the moments. Can you download it and host it. I'll post the link on the board.

Rapidshare isn't working

I'm emailing it to you now.

[PadresFan]

Ok, I'd suggest using "sendthisfile.com" to e-mail it to me...

[PadresFan]

Posted to my site

[Kelric]

Yay!

[Kelric]

Finally getting around to using this and it is crashing OOTP when I try to import any season. I set the macros, everything is in the proper folders (exactly where they were for my prior DB I used), OOTP is pointed in the right direction and.... crash.

[Gambo]

I had a similar problem with it the 1st time I repacked it. I think the issue had something to do with the column headers in some of the csv files and the fact that I was using a newer version of excel than the one the macros was originally created for.

Has anybody else had this problem?

Anyway, what I am going to do is send a repacked version to Padres Fan's site that is the one I am using. In addition this one will have the 1977 season already ready to import. This 1977 version has everybody under the age of 40 importing as an active player (no need to unretire) as an added bonus.

Hope this one works, let me know.

[Kelric]

Thanks. Put up a post when it's ready for download, please.

[PadresFan]

Will be ready to download from my site by about 12pm, PDT today...

[Kelric]

Thanks guys. Now, of course, the readme file as a .docx doesn't like working. Docx? (It was the same way with the original version of this DB as well.)