Questdog's Era Appropriate Names

Questdog · 06-28-2009, 12:12 PM

I'm in the process of making the world famous Questdog's Era Appropriate Names work for OOTP 10. If anyone has any suggestions I would like to hear them.

This will not just be a port of the old names; it will be a revised set.

dcpcarmona · 06-28-2009, 08:08 PM

great news!!! would it be possible to add a separate negro league name set to this?

dcc

Questdog · 06-28-2009, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by dcpcarmona

great news!!! would it be possible to add a separate negro league name set to this?

dcc

I'll see what I can do. I already planned to make black and white name lists seperate.....

dcpcarmona · 06-28-2009, 09:52 PM

sweet and thanks for sharing your work with the rest of us!!!

dcc

Questdog · 06-28-2009, 09:59 PM

By the way, the biggest pain in the rumpus in doing name lists is all the idiots with more than one capital letter in their last name. There should be a law: only one capital allowed unless surname begins with " Mc " or " O' ". All these derned DeBarges and LeFleurs are ANNOYING...

RchW · 06-28-2009, 10:21 PM

"We French have always been pleased to piss off les maudits anglais".

Signed

D'Arcy LeBlanc

Questdog · 07-03-2009, 08:37 PM

If anyone knows how or where I could obtain a copy of the list of names from the Census Bereau spelled with the correct capitalization and punctuation, I would be eternally grateful...

tombair · 07-04-2009, 12:53 AM

Unfortunately, all the lists I have seen are in all caps with no punctuation.

ashantewarrier · 07-04-2009, 01:34 AM

Glad to see that you are making a revised set to work with OOTPX. I took the liberty of revising the historic set in your previous version to work with OOTPX. Not by any means as extensive as what you did but it works for me. I used Access to mass edit the historical name set to (39).

Questdog · 07-12-2009, 01:13 PM

Thought I'd let everyone know that I'm still working on this project. I tried for a week to find a list of names with proper capitalization and punctuation, but failed. I even called the Census Bureau. So, for the past week, I have been editing the lists by hand. Very tedious....

ashantewarrier · 07-13-2009, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Questdog

Thought I'd let everyone know that I'm still working on this project. I tried for a week to find a list of names with proper capitalization and punctuation, but failed. I even called the Census Bureau. So, for the past week, I have been editing the lists by hand. Very tedious....

Your efforts are much appreciated QD!

Questdog · 07-21-2009, 12:19 AM

Alright, here's the semi-annual weekly update on Questdog's Amazing Time Traveling Nameset of names....

I have completed the modern American names (Group 0).....

woo-hoo!!

I had to edit 125,000+ last names by hand....

I have separated African-American names from their European-American brethren and plan to use the Historical slot (Group 39) for their home unless someone has an objection....

I am now working on the African-American name list. I have the surnames listed and am now editing them for punctuation and capitalization (I really hate doing this by hand....)

Looking forward, I need some way to compile a good list of first names. The government does not give ethnic data for their first name list like they do for the surnames....

Questdog · 07-27-2009, 09:31 PM

OK....

I have completed the work for a good set of modern names and sent it off to PadresFan's site.

These files represent over 200 hours of work....

Completely new set of US names (both Caucasian and African-American as separate sets), Hispanic names, and Japanese names, plus a new list of Korean names that I wasn't planning on doing, but found the data by accident, so I stuck it in there.

Over 150,000 new quality names that any mother would be proud to stick on her baby's behind....

Please check it out and report any errors or omissions.

Thank you.

(Now I'll start work on the historic sets, but don't hold your breath...)

bubba22plus · 07-27-2009, 10:17 PM

No, Thank You.

ashantewarrier · 07-27-2009, 10:36 PM

Thanks Doggie!

johndoe8865 · 07-28-2009, 11:40 PM

I can't find it on PadresFan's website. Is it up yet for anyone else? If so, where?

bubba22plus · 07-28-2009, 11:43 PM

Nope. Padrefan must have not seen it.

PadresFan · 07-29-2009, 12:32 AM

It's been added to the Misc. Page of my OOTP Mod Website. Thanks Questdog.

Questdog · 07-30-2009, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by PadresFan

It's been added to the Misc. Page of my OOTP Mod Website. Thanks Questdog.

Alright, SOMEBODY better try this thing and give me some feed back.....

You guys LIKE the stupid names the default game generates?.....

Questdog · 07-31-2009, 03:27 AM

I found a typo that you need to correct, if you've already downloaded the file from PadresFan's site.

In the ethnicities.txt file, way down at the bottom, is the line for ethnicity #39 U.S. (Historical):

39,U.S. (Historical),100,0,0,0,0,

That 100 should be 1000....just add a zero and re-import the file into your game.

Padresfan has already posted a corrected file on his site, so you can download it, if you'd rather do that.

Sorry for the inconvenience....

Let me know of any other errors I have made pronto, so we can get them corrected!

06-28-2009, 12:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a damp, dank cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 336 Thanked 451x in 299 posts	Questdog's Era Appropriate Names I'm in the process of making the world famous Questdog's Era Appropriate Names work for OOTP 10. If anyone has any suggestions I would like to hear them. This will not just be a port of the old names; it will be a revised set. __________________ The Original Questdog since 1983... "There's only one thing in this life that really counts, and someday I hope to figure out what that is." In the meantime, I'm playing OOTP: The Roaring Twenties: Babe and the Birth of the Bomb - Ultra-Historical League Told With Sporting News Facsimiles

06-28-2009, 08:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
dcpcarmona All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: at the New Moon Posts: 1,287 Thanks: 13 Thanked 25x in 23 posts	great news!!! would it be possible to add a separate negro league name set to this? dcc __________________ "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." -Rogers Hornsby

06-28-2009, 09:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
dcpcarmona All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: at the New Moon Posts: 1,287 Thanks: 13 Thanked 25x in 23 posts	sweet and thanks for sharing your work with the rest of us!!! dcc __________________ "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." -Rogers Hornsby

06-28-2009, 09:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a damp, dank cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 336 Thanked 451x in 299 posts	By the way, the biggest pain in the rumpus in doing name lists is all the idiots with more than one capital letter in their last name. There should be a law: only one capital allowed unless surname begins with " Mc " or " O' ". All these derned DeBarges and LeFleurs are ANNOYING... __________________ The Original Questdog since 1983... "There's only one thing in this life that really counts, and someday I hope to figure out what that is." In the meantime, I'm playing OOTP: The Roaring Twenties: Babe and the Birth of the Bomb - Ultra-Historical League Told With Sporting News Facsimiles Last edited by Questdog; 06-28-2009 at 09:59 PM. Reason: typo

07-03-2009, 08:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a damp, dank cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 336 Thanked 451x in 299 posts	If anyone knows how or where I could obtain a copy of the list of names from the Census Bereau spelled with the correct capitalization and punctuation, I would be eternally grateful... __________________ The Original Questdog since 1983... "There's only one thing in this life that really counts, and someday I hope to figure out what that is." In the meantime, I'm playing OOTP: The Roaring Twenties: Babe and the Birth of the Bomb - Ultra-Historical League Told With Sporting News Facsimiles

07-04-2009, 12:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
tombair Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: La Plata, MD Posts: 492 Thanks: 27 Thanked 30x in 27 posts	Unfortunately, all the lists I have seen are in all caps with no punctuation. __________________ I don't care how long you've been around, you'll never see it all. Bob Lemon

07-04-2009, 01:34 AM	#9 (permalink)
ashantewarrier All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somerset, NJ via Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,463 Thanks: 636 Thanked 152x in 96 posts	Glad to see that you are making a revised set to work with OOTPX. I took the liberty of revising the historic set in your previous version to work with OOTPX. Not by any means as extensive as what you did but it works for me. I used Access to mass edit the historical name set to (39). __________________ "I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being." -Jackie Robinson, #42 Brooklyn Dodgers *"Hitting is better than sex."* - Reggie Jackson OOTP MLB & NCAA Caps & Jerseys http://s1232.photobucket.com/profile/ashantewarrier

07-12-2009, 01:13 PM	#10 (permalink)
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a damp, dank cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 336 Thanked 451x in 299 posts	Thought I'd let everyone know that I'm still working on this project. I tried for a week to find a list of names with proper capitalization and punctuation, but failed. I even called the Census Bureau. So, for the past week, I have been editing the lists by hand. Very tedious.... __________________ The Original Questdog since 1983... "There's only one thing in this life that really counts, and someday I hope to figure out what that is." In the meantime, I'm playing OOTP: The Roaring Twenties: Babe and the Birth of the Bomb - Ultra-Historical League Told With Sporting News Facsimiles Last edited by Questdog; 07-12-2009 at 01:14 PM. Reason: typo

07-21-2009, 12:19 AM	#12 (permalink)
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a damp, dank cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 336 Thanked 451x in 299 posts	Alright, here's the semi-annual weekly update on Questdog's Amazing Time Traveling Nameset of names.... I have completed the modern American names (Group 0)..... woo-hoo!! I had to edit 125,000+ last names by hand.... I have separated African-American names from their European-American brethren and plan to use the Historical slot (Group 39) for their home unless someone has an objection.... I am now working on the African-American name list. I have the surnames listed and am now editing them for punctuation and capitalization (I really hate doing this by hand....) Looking forward, I need some way to compile a good list of first names. The government does not give ethnic data for their first name list like they do for the surnames.... __________________ The Original Questdog since 1983... "There's only one thing in this life that really counts, and someday I hope to figure out what that is." In the meantime, I'm playing OOTP: The Roaring Twenties: Babe and the Birth of the Bomb - Ultra-Historical League Told With Sporting News Facsimiles

07-27-2009, 09:31 PM	#13 (permalink)
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a damp, dank cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 336 Thanked 451x in 299 posts	OK.... I have completed the work for a good set of modern names and sent it off to PadresFan's site. These files represent over 200 hours of work.... Completely new set of US names (both Caucasian and African-American as separate sets), Hispanic names, and Japanese names, plus a new list of Korean names that I wasn't planning on doing, but found the data by accident, so I stuck it in there. Over 150,000 new quality names that any mother would be proud to stick on her baby's behind.... Please check it out and report any errors or omissions. Thank you. (Now I'll start work on the historic sets, but don't hold your breath...) __________________ The Original Questdog since 1983... "There's only one thing in this life that really counts, and someday I hope to figure out what that is." In the meantime, I'm playing OOTP: The Roaring Twenties: Babe and the Birth of the Bomb - Ultra-Historical League Told With Sporting News Facsimiles

07-27-2009, 10:17 PM	#14 (permalink)
bubba22plus All Star Reserve Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Equestria Posts: 794 Thanks: 43 Thanked 51x in 46 posts	No, Thank *You*.

07-27-2009, 10:36 PM	#15 (permalink)
ashantewarrier All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somerset, NJ via Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,463 Thanks: 636 Thanked 152x in 96 posts	Thanks Doggie! __________________ "I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being." -Jackie Robinson, #42 Brooklyn Dodgers *"Hitting is better than sex."* - Reggie Jackson OOTP MLB & NCAA Caps & Jerseys http://s1232.photobucket.com/profile/ashantewarrier

07-28-2009, 11:40 PM	#16 (permalink)
johndoe8865 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 69 Thanks: 28 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	I can't find it on PadresFan's website. Is it up yet for anyone else? If so, where?

07-28-2009, 11:43 PM	#17 (permalink)
bubba22plus All Star Reserve Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Equestria Posts: 794 Thanks: 43 Thanked 51x in 46 posts	Nope. Padrefan must have not seen it.

07-29-2009, 12:32 AM	#18 (permalink)
PadresFan All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Carlsbad, CA Posts: 1,111 Thanks: 58 Thanked 241x in 102 posts	It's been added to the Misc. Page of my OOTP Mod Website. Thanks Questdog.

07-31-2009, 03:27 AM	#20 (permalink)
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a damp, dank cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 336 Thanked 451x in 299 posts	I found a typo that you need to correct, if you've already downloaded the file from PadresFan's site. In the ethnicities.txt file, way down at the bottom, is the line for ethnicity #39 U.S. (Historical): 39,U.S. (Historical),100,0,0,0,0, That 100 should be 1000....just add a zero and re-import the file into your game. Padresfan has already posted a corrected file on his site, so you can download it, if you'd rather do that. Sorry for the inconvenience.... Let me know of any other errors I have made pronto, so we can get them corrected! __________________ The Original Questdog since 1983... "There's only one thing in this life that really counts, and someday I hope to figure out what that is." In the meantime, I'm playing OOTP: The Roaring Twenties: Babe and the Birth of the Bomb - Ultra-Historical League Told With Sporting News Facsimiles Last edited by Questdog; 07-31-2009 at 03:29 AM. Reason: typo

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