The Top 75 Dynasties of 2005

[The Funk]

Originally Posted by canadiancreed

I support this project

Excellent, now I've just got to wait for 9 months and launch my diabolical scheme like a nuclear bomb upon an unsuspecting dynasty forum. Well, probably not unsuspecting really as I have just told everyone about it, but I'm sure someone will have forgotten. Probably me actually.

[canadiancreed]

Originally Posted by The Funk

Excellent, now I've just got to wait for 9 months and launch my diabolical scheme like a nuclear bomb upon an unsuspecting dynasty forum. Well, probably not unsuspecting really as I have just told everyone about it, but I'm sure someone will have forgotten. Probably me actually.

nine months? dammit do it now! :d

[Vris]

Originally Posted by The Funk

Excellent, now I've just got to wait for 9 months and launch my diabolical scheme like a nuclear bomb upon an unsuspecting dynasty forum. Well, probably not unsuspecting really as I have just told everyone about it, but I'm sure someone will have forgotten. Probably me actually.

Actually, The Funk, that was exactly how it was supposed to be. But some things happened, others didn't, and the idea waned. I'd be all for something like this next year.

[Matt from TN]

Originally Posted by The Funk

Best comeback dynasty - to encourage people to pick off where they once left off.

I love that idea! It might encourage me to resurrect a few, so I know it could work for others.

[Y0DA55]

Originally Posted by ifspuds

I didn't read this one, but I'm guessing that the better one you refer to coming later on is the one by CT that I have read. I like CT's style and I hope he keeps writing. I'd have to think that getting mention on one of the countdowns is pretty good motivation to do so.

Yep, that is the one I am talking about. I also enjoy his writing too, so I echo your quote.

Originally Posted by CTSoxFan

Thanks for putting this on here, it was really fun to write until I lost everything and tried to redo the rosters, but couldn't get back into it. I plan on updating the other dynasty today or tomorrow, because school has started to slow down and I have more time. So if your interested be ready for that.

I will be!

Originally Posted by mauboy

I don't even think I've got an eligible dynasty to consider the top 1,000.

Actually, I bet you do.

Does this ring any bells?

Originally Posted by mauboy

I just realized that I made a dynasty back in June, which didn't die off from the crash.. lol.. made about 8 posts before it died, and two or three of them weren't my posts.

Oh wait, I guess you did.

Originally Posted by Chappy

The Geritol Gang is losing ground to the Massachusetts Patriots. Maybe I should update my thread!

Yep, you should. Yours has always been one of my favs. How do you think you ended up with me in your league?


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Also, there's a lot we can do with this award idea. Someone needs to bring it up in November.

[Y0DA55]

#45 – “Set in Stone... MLB Players Stay with Original Franchises”

Started by: Matt in TN

Currently in 1917 (after starting in 1892), this one is still going strong. But the unique thing about this one is that 16 seasons were lost in the GC05. So, the first part of this thread is Matt going over those seasons that he lost, in summary style. He highlights the big happenings on each of the teams as well as giving us the leaders in the major categories. His form doesn’t change that much once he goes “live.”

The main schtick of this dynasty is that all the players…..

Surprise.

Stay with their original teams. So Babe Ruth will stay with the Sox of the Red variety and hit the home runs in Boston (and I don’t believe that he is pitching in this dynasty). If you are into the stats of the league, check out the Catobase.

As I am not a huge fan of early 1900 baseball, I totally agree with this quote:

Originally Posted by Cubsgnrlmngr

This should be very interesting. It's finally getting into players that I actually know

If you are big into historical dynasties, this is one to check out.

Worth a Look Score:

[ifspuds]

Set in Stone was started by Matt from TN, not metsgeek.

[Matt from TN]

Originally Posted by ifspuds

Set in Stone was started by Matt from TN, not metsgeek.

mets does start a lot of dynasties though.

Thanks again Y0DA. I enjoy this dynasty and look forward to completing it. The expansion era will be tricky & I have no idea what to do when we get to the 2000's with players being imported based on incomplete careers... and whether or not I should stop after 2005/06.

Anyway, I like old time baseball more than the 50s/60s but players of all eras are interesting to me. Hopefully the following for this thread can snowball as we get nearer the eras we all remember. I can't wait to play out careers of guys I saw in the 70s/80s/90s... because I've *never* gotten a historical replay past the early 70s.

The format of the thread troubles me though. I would like to write more & not have it so much of a stat dump but I also want to speed up. Not sure what the heck to do on that front.... Opinions are welcomed.

[Y0DA55]

Originally Posted by ifspuds

Set in Stone was started by Matt from TN, not metsgeek.

Fixed. Wow, where did that come from?

[Jestor]

Originally Posted by Y0DA55

Fixed. Wow, where did that come from?

I get them confused sometimes, myself. They both start with the letter m in their username and both are bigtime historical, more stats-based dynasties.

[Chappy]

Originally Posted by Y0DA55

Yep, you should. Yours has always been one of my favs. How do you think you ended up with me in your league?

All this time I thought it was my keen wit and striking good looks.

[Matt from TN]

Originally Posted by Jestor

I get them confused sometimes, myself. They both start with the letter m in their username and both are bigtime historical, more stats-based dynasties.

Oh, so you're saying all us stat-dumpers look alike?

[The Funk]

Right, I'm gonna take some time to plan out my awards idea. Firstly, what shall we call it? My first thought is The Golden Gload Awards. Suggest away. Also, what's most important is that it doesn't tread on Vris' or Yoda's toes. As there'll only be one winner in each category I don't think it will. Apart from that I'll take some time and come up with a format, post it in a new thread so I stop dragging this one OT, get suggestions for improvements, ignore them and do my ass-kicking thang.

A couple of things I have planned out in my mind is to do the whole award show thing. Celebrity 'presenters', clips, craply scripted jokes, and post all the award winners over the course of a few hours in one evening.

I'm also thinking post the final nominations 3 weeks to a month before the awards. Give people plenty of time to vote and allow all the nominees to write their acceptance speeches, which they could either post in realtime or, if they can't be there, let me post in their absence. Man this will be spoofarific.

[Vris]

I think you've hit the nail on the head, Funk.

[Y0DA55]

Originally Posted by Matt from TN

Thanks again Y0DA. I enjoy this dynasty and look forward to completing it. The expansion era will be tricky & I have no idea what to do when we get to the 2000's with players being imported based on incomplete careers... and whether or not I should stop after 2005/06.

I would like to see you get that far.

Originally Posted by Matt from TN

The format of the thread troubles me though. I would like to write more & not have it so much of a stat dump but I also want to speed up. Not sure what the heck to do on that front.... Opinions are welcomed.

That's tricky. You don't want to get burned out, but you also want it to flesh the stories out a little bit. It really is up to you as to what you want to do.


And Funk... do it up.

[Y0DA55]

#44 – “Worst Teams Ever: A Dynasty”

Started by: Johnny Slick

This one made it on the list based soley on the amount of views that this one got. Is it worth checking out? Not in its current state. It’s a good idea, but it doesn’t get going at all. I should have done a better job filtering this one out. Oh well.

Worth a Look Score:

[ifspuds]

I always wonder: do you enjoy having these sorts of dynasties pop up on your countdown because it saves you time and effort on a writeup, or does it bother you that they make it at all because you don't feel like they "belong"?

A corollary: did you modify your ranking method from last year?

[Y0DA55]

I have mixed feelings.

On the one hand, no, I don't. There's plenty of other ones that I could talk about and it's just a big waste of time for me and for the reader.

On the other hand, it allows me to catch up. I like to be a few days ahead so that if I get busy one day, I can still post something up. It just so happened that on Tuesday or Wednesday I got to the point where I had nothing written for the next day. So this (and the next couple) allowed me to get caught up.

Bottom line is that if it's entertaining for me, then it will be entertaining for you, which is why I like the #42 so much (even though it sucks as a dynasty). But we aren't at 42 yet, so I'm about to put up #43 in a sec because this last one one was so short.

To answer your other question. Yeah, I had to fiddle with the numbers a little bit because of the Crash and the next couple months where posts didn't count. I like the way it turned out, but I would have loved to not have to deal with the crash.

[Y0DA55]

#43 – “Boston: 2005 & Beyond”

Started by: This is Not Here

This is another one that didn’t last. It’s pretty and has pictures (some that even are animated), but ultimately fails the test of time.

This one is done well though. I really like how he reports the games, and I LOVE the Rotoworld Transaction Report.

However, this one just doesn’t last that long.

Worth a Look Score:

[Y0DA55]

#42 – “2005 white sox rule

Started by: Anti-Dye

This poster is obviously an alias, but this thread did cause some controversy, which is why it’s on the list. Dagrims echoes most of my thoughts on this thread:

Originally Posted by Dagrims

This thread is like a huge turd laying in the middle of the beautiful ballfield that is the Dynasty Forum. It's a shame that the pooper scooper is locked in the storage shed.

It's homophobic, crude and moronic, and is an insult to the other posters that take their time to craft something worthwhile. If you can list a single redeeming quality of this thread that I've overlooked (heck, if you can define the word "redeeming"), I'll write a gramatically correct reference to the high school of your choice.

But, to go against what Dags said, one redeeming quality of this (for me at least) is that it’s kinda funny. I mean, granted, it’s humor at like a 2 year old level, but check out this post:

9-5 we win gme 2 vs kc i did a grady n lft mussina in thre 2 lng but it werkd out ok

w mussina 3-1
l affeldt 1-2

burke did gud subin 4 koskie at 3rd

b4 gme 3 i relize i dont hve n e uthr ss 2 sub 4 man hole on 25 rstr or in aaa or aa thts n e gud so i mayk a trade

i trade minrs sp campos 2 la 4 theodorou

we get r 1st sweep of the yr whn we win 6-3 over kc buerhle n politte were gr8 pitchin 4 us

w politte 1-0
l lee 1-1

theodoru wuz awesum he wnt 1-2 w/2 bb at the plte n wuz super on d n gload wuz ok subin 4 konerko

This one definitely gets old after a while though.

Worth a Look Score: (only to see the drama)