2024 - Season - Remember the Titans (Ready 8/24)

[DRiccio21]

well that was awkward... but i'm thankful for the league so i'll send him a fruit basket for sure!

and speaking of thank you's

[Uuaww]

ok... what are the odds trendon exports before rule 5? 50%?

[Whittness10]

well that was awkward... but i'm thankful for the league so i'll send him a fruit basket for sure!

and speaking of thank you's

I will one up you and send an edible arrangement.

[SIRLOIN]

Little known fact regarding Paco Barron. He saved this league.

Some of you may remember Trendon going AWAL for 6 months after his Caribbean experiment was a bust. At the time, Trendon was going through a bunch of stuff, I think he may have been homeless at one point. As a result of his lack of consistency (this wasnt the first time he had disappeared) no one trusted him enough to invest their time in playing OOTP. He was unable to convince guys to restart things, and the league went dormant.

At around the same time I was getting bored playing an offline game and I kept wondering how Paco Barron would have turned out if given the chance. He was one of my favorite players and was selected in my expansion draft as a 18 year old. I asked Trendon if he would restart the league and he told me that no one was interested anymore.

A few weeks went by and it started to bug me that I wouldnt know how Paco would turn out, so I started recruiting all the old members to try and restart the league. I tried to address the issue with Trendons lack of consistency by recommending a dual Comish structure (I wish shel would have never nominated me ). I remember having to lobby AJ multiple times to rejoin because I knew we needed at least 10. I knew I had him when he said "if you need the number, I will join, otherwise...." His half-assed commitment was enough to convince others.

10+ OOTP years later we have existed long enough to allow Corey to quit not just one or two times, but a record setting three times. So wherever he ends up as a FA, when Paco Barron visits your club house make sure you leave a small thank you note for saving the league.

THANK YOU PACO BARRON! BECAUSE OF YOU I'M NOW IN THIS OOTP. AND I'M SCRAPPING UP ALL MY LOOSE CHANGE TO BUY A BRAND NEW CPU SO I CAN RUN THIS +_)(*&^%$#@! OOTP PROGRAM! I'M TIRED OF MY CPU CRASHING THIS OOTP PROGRAM,AND TAKING 30 F'N MINUTES TO BOOT UP! AND THANK YOU BEAR,AND AJ,TRENDON,ISEEM, THE MAD COW OWNER FROM SOUTH PARK AND THE REST OF THE OOTP GUY'S

[nick]

thanks everyone cept dave!!!

[I_S33M_THAB33T_U]

thanks everyone cept dave!!!

+1

[nick]

for the record, my comment was made as a joke. i didnt expect anyone to quote me lol. everyone makes this league fun, especially putting up with my shit (and recently taking shots back. i enjoy it). Im super amped since it seems like we have 30 good owners who all have a direction they want to go and are executing it. Gonna be fun

i however am 100% not doing the draft so someone else volunteer.

[trendon]

If I am seeing things correctly, I would change the Martians' location code from MIA to something different. You never want to duplicate the location abbreviation across franchises/locations. I'd change it to MIM, MFL, MAR, or anything else but MIA. I regret not doing it for New England.

[ReignOnU]

If I am seeing things correctly, I would change the Martians' location code from MIA to something different. You never want to duplicate the location abbreviation across franchises/locations. I'd change it to MIM, MFL, MAR, or anything else but MIA. I regret not doing it for New England.

Just to make sure I understand... are you saying it's an issue due to MIA being previously used at the ML level? What issues does it cause? Does using the same abbreviation with a minor league team cause issues? This is the first I've heard of any of this, so any information you would be appreciated.

[The_Niddler]

ok... what are the odds trendon exports before rule 5? 50%?

It depends on if his aunt is available.

[ajalves]

If I am seeing things correctly, I would change the Martians' location code from MIA to something different. You never want to duplicate the location abbreviation across franchises/locations. I'd change it to MIM, MFL, MAR, or anything else but MIA. I regret not doing it for New England.

Just to make sure I understand... are you saying it's an issue due to MIA being previously used at the ML level? What issues does it cause? Does using the same abbreviation with a minor league team cause issues? This is the first I've heard of any of this, so any information you would be appreciated.

it might be cause the minor league team.

it also might be because of old records or something like that with tracking

[trendon]

I should not have said "issue" as in game issue, but just for housekeeping. The stats pages will look a little weird as you'd never know if the guy played for the Hammerheads/Marlins organization or the old Toronto organization. Statslab, if we ever go back to it, would also have some issues. It is just nice housekeeping.

[shel311]

I miss StatsLab

[ReignOnU]

File up. Email sent. No website update.

I apologize for the lack of a schedule thread... I'm pretty busy right now and still need to carve out some time to get it done. We're going to keep moving along though.

Mini-Sim Schedule:
Sunday - BONUS SIM - 9am - FA Wk.2
Monday - 8am - FA Wk.3
Tuesday - 8am - FA Wk.4

Those are set in stone. I may go with 1 more 7 day sim after that, or could go 14 days. Hopefully I'll have a full sim schedule up and can't give a clear answer on that by Sunday night.

Here are the Rule 5 draft results. (Most players were protected)

ROUND 1
Pick - Team - Player - POS - Former Team
6.) - Dillonvale - Jeremy Herbert - LF - Houston Hab
7.) - Houston A - George Hicks - MR - Washington
10.) - Honolulu - Jose Jaquez - MR - Chicago LC
16.) - South Park - Pedro Garcia - CF - Houston Hab
17.) - San Antonio - Pablo Moreno - CL - New England
22.) - Omaha - Gil Courtney - MR - Chicago LC
23.) - Philadelphia - Alberto Vazquez - CF - Chicago LC
25.) - Washington - Cory Greer - LF - Seattle

ROUND 2
Pick - Team - Player - POS - Former Team
17.) - San Antonio - Jing-Yu Mei - OF - Chicago LC

ROUND 3
Pick - Team - Player - POS - Former Team
17.) - San Antonio - Patrick Miller - SS - Omaha

ROUND 4
Pick - Team - Player - POS - Former Team
17.) - San Antonio - Jose Martinez - C - Sheltown

[ReignOnU]

I miss StatsLab

I miss game results.

[nick]

happy birthday me in game

[DRWebs]

For the rule 5 draft if we exported with a draft list set, we should have been good right? Not sure what I missed

[DRiccio21]

For the rule 5 draft if we exported with a draft list set, we should have been good right? Not sure what I missed

u protect all your players in the game and send your draft list to reign in a PM

[dakshdar]

So, is there a sim today? Earlier schedule said yes, recent schedule didn't say, but said Sunday was FA Week 2...

[jsence2]

So, is there a sim today? Earlier schedule said yes, recent schedule didn't say, but said Sunday was FA Week 2...

Sim tomorrow