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 Signups currently closed! Player Spreadsheet A few years ago, Icephoenix made a great thread in which goons created a prospect in OOTP and he simmed 20-30 years later to see what came of their careers. They got drafted, and most of them failed horribly or were exceedingly mediocre, but a few had great careers and put up legendary numbers. It’s been a long time, and the offseason has made me baseball stir crazy. It’s time for a new crop of plucky young baseball goons to try to make it in the majors. Things have changed, and while the world of Icephoenix’s sim Memphis received its own team, who knows what wonders our world will hold? (In a practice run for this, the 2015 World Series was won by the Cubs, for example.) How it works I’ll be taking signups and adding your players as amateurs in waves across a few seasons. I’ll adjust the quality of the incoming goons between good to legendary depending on just how many signup, but it’ll be randomly assigned. Player development is pretty random after their initial draft anyway, and even top rated (80/80) players can fail to reach the majors, while poo poo draft prospects might turn into studs if the stars align. Don’t despair if your guy starts out poorly – and don’t celebrate until you see actual results. I’ll sim through entire seasons at a time, and the first few may be even faster, as there’s not a lot to see. Some of the biggest studs may reach the majors quickly, but most will take a year or two to develop. Depending on how many people make a player, I'll add them in waves. I’ll also be able to upload your player profiles online, so you can track every single game performance or useless statistic your dude does. I’ll link those once I get things set up and make the league and players. Feel free to comb them for any interesting game performances or obscure stats that I miss! What you need to do? Not a whole lot. Just fill out the following in a post: Name: First and Last Nickname: Leave blank if you want the default/random one that the game assigns you Position: What position do you want to play? Player Type: Think of this as a specialization. Do you want a power hitter? Basestealer? TTO guy? Knuckleballer? Ultra fielder? All around? Random? I can do most things, and tweak things a bit toward whatever it is you want, but it’s still up to the fates whether it’ll pan out. Other: Face preferences (beard, portrait), backstory, nation/city of origin, birthday, right or left handed, personality, there’s lots of things you can also adjust. Do it as you feel, or let it remain random, your call! I’ll do what I can to make it match. Here’s an example of what a randomly generated legendary 1B prospect looks like, so you have an idea of your options. Most of you won't start out this highly touted.  And here’s an example of what the player pages will look like once I have them uploaded to the league website. Once a few people post the template above, I’ll make an excel sheet to organize things and insert them into the draft, and let the fun begin. Index 2015 Season 2015 Offseason and 2016 Amateur Draft 2016 Draft Signings, Postseason, Offseason Meet the 2015-2016 Goons 2017 Season and Offseason 2018 Season and Offseason 2019 Season anf Offseason 2020 Season and Offseason 2021 Season and Offseason 2022 Season and Offseason 2023 Season and Offseason 2024 Season and Offseason 2025 Season and Offseason 2026 Season and Offseason 2027 Season and Offseason 2028 Season and Offseason 2029 Season and Offseason 2030 Season and Offseason 2031 Season and Offseason 2032 Season and Offseason 2033 Season and Offseason 2034 Season and Offseason 2035 Season and Offseason 2036 Season and Offseason 2037 Season and Offseason Here's the MLB League Page Player Pages Glorious "Communist" Bear Chuck "Lawdog" Johnson Monicro "The Wall" James Roll "Alibi" Fizzlebeef Cash Considerations Orkun "Turkish Delight" Sahin R.D. Mangles Black "Little" Sambo New "Big Ern" Concept Dick Trickle Ammat "The Ankh" O'Goku Krusty "C" Unts Art "The Chucker" Vandelay Richard "Tiger Blood" Vaughn II Jia-Jung_Lin 'Junkyard' Squires Jr. Harry Callahan Mike "Big Burrito" Bukowski Bill Hrenchuk Sam "Plunderin'" Booty Raúl "Stud" Ordóñez Sud "Allan" Belig Moosejaw "Hockles" Hockles Zak Harov Jim "Slaps" Power YOST "GRIT" BOT Föstólfur "Iceberg" Eyjafjallajökull Gretchen "Gretchen 'Gretchen Gretchen' Gretchen" Gretchen Seth Iroth Cupid "Bill" Titcomb Joey Guns Leonard "Captain Cold" Snart Simon "Little Time Sim Sam" MacGregor Average Kilza Rick "Hard" Hardslab Nelson "Big Daddy V" Frazier Andrei Smirnov M. "Dictator" Bison Carlton "Pickles" Barlton Ricky "Tricky" Steves Ex Odor Jackson "Sweetfeet" McGee Jan Aina Kirby Bissel JosefStalinator fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Feb 1, 2016 |
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Oh man I want to do this.
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Dec 2, 2015 23:38
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Name: Glorious Communist Bear Nickname: Position: Irrelevant. Disregard defense, acquire dingers Player Type: Dingers Other: Leftist, just like the glorious revolution 
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Dec 2, 2015 23:43
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Name: Chuck Johnson Nickname: Position: Center fielder Player type: power with okay defense Other: the most glorious beard
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Dec 2, 2015 23:49
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Name: Monicro James Nickname: Position: Pitcher (relief or starting, your choice) Player type: Bonkers stuff with bad control, think a hopefully-less-lovely carlos marmol Other: Random
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Dec 2, 2015 23:50
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Name: Roll Fizzlebeef Position: C (LF/RF if if asks for backup position) Player Type: Plus defender/arm, hits for average, modest power. decent speed for a catcher Other: switch hitter, throws right. Huge fuckin' beard. punches dudes for looking at him funny, owns a rabbit.
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Dec 3, 2015 00:00
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ZenVulgarity posted:Oh man I want to do this. Then fill out the template, my friend!
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Dec 3, 2015 00:01
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Name: Cash Considerations Nickname: Position: 2B Player Type: Random Other: let it remain random Also just an FYI, but when I did this I generated everyone as I think at least medium developed because unless you have the sliders turned up it will take most players forever to develop if their starting stats are low and that's just boring (even though it's realistic).
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Dec 3, 2015 00:42
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IcePhoenix posted:Name: Cash Considerations Yeah, I played with the options and 50-75% ready seemed best. If I started them at raw it took at least 2-3 years even for the best ones, and in the interest of not waiting years for a single goon to make it, I was going to go with 50-75%. Might do another test run tonight to see how it works. The other nice side effect is it reduces the time in which goons can get horribly injured or see their ratings tank for mysterious reasons. Also something I forgot to mention: I'll have injuries set to low, just to keep half of you from being injured out of relevance. It can still happen, but OOTP can go a bit nuts with the injuries sometimes.
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Dec 3, 2015 01:03
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Name: Orkun Sahin Nickname: Turkish Delight Position: 1B Player Type: Contact hitter with power potential. Poor baserunning. Other: Bearded face. Birthplace:Gaziantep, Turkey DOB: 06/22/97 Left handed Volatile personality
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Dec 3, 2015 01:06
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Do you mind if I put a couple of "ors" in mine? I'm indecisive. Name: Harry Callahan Nickname: Position: 2B or pitcher Player Type: Low K% as 2B or high velocity as a pitcher, randomize everything else Other: Rollie fingers 'stache or Arrieta style beard (Well kempt but still a lil wild, y'know?) Throws right, bats right. Also is Jewish if that's a field. Inspector_666 fucked around with this message at 04:53 on Dec 3, 2015 |
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Dec 3, 2015 01:19
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Name: R.D. Mangles Nickname: Let the Computer Decide, I say Position: CF or Utility Player Type: Please make me a Digital Juan Pierre Other: Lefty, hair and beard styles to the whims of fate
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Dec 3, 2015 01:25
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Name: Black Sambo Nickname: Little Position: SS Player Type: High OBP + Defense + Speed Other: Switch hitting with a mustache!
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Dec 3, 2015 01:49
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Name: New Concept Nickname: Position: 1B Player Type: Great Power and Average to all fields. Average speed but great baserunning instincts. Projected to have great plate discipline in the Majors. Great defensive range and glove, but an unspectacular arm that keeps him from playing a more valuable position. Bats: Left, Throws: Left Other: Generic Talented Baseball Man
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Dec 3, 2015 02:20
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Oh boy, been waiting for one of these again. Name: Dick Trickle Nickname: Position: C Player Type: Higher OBP type guy, average power, basestealer Other: Biggest beard possible From Roseau Minnesota Left Handed
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Dec 3, 2015 02:24
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A lot of you guys want to be good at everything, but be warned - the more things you want to be good at, the more I average out your talents!
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Dec 3, 2015 02:32
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Name: Ammat O'Goku Nickname: The Ankh Position: Catcher Player Type: Highly rated defensively. Other: No Beard/Moustache. Righty. Born in San Francisco. Is very handsome.
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Dec 3, 2015 03:02
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Name: Krusty Unts Nickname: C Position: RF Player type: dingers Other: bat flips
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canadianclassic posted:Name: Krusty Unts Since I can't model bat flips, to fulfill your "other" requirement I'll email the developers and request a bat flip rating to be included in OOTP 17.
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Dec 3, 2015 03:36
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Name: Art Vandelay Nickname: The Chucker Position: 3B Player Type: High OBP slugger Other: Lefty. Short and stocky. If this doesn't work out for him, he's going to be a Marine Biologist...or an architect.
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Dec 3, 2015 03:37
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Name: Richard Vaughn II Nickname: Tiger Blood Position: Starting Pitcher Player Type: Extreme velocity pitcher Other: No facial hair, thick rim glasses. From america. Ex-con. Doesnt wear rubbers. Right handed. Trouble with female fans off the field. Aspires to star in CBS sitcoms. Can you make it more likely for a player to get a bloodborne virus over his career? vincentpricesboner fucked around with this message at 03:47 on Dec 3, 2015 |
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Dec 3, 2015 03:43
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Name: Victor Raines Nickname: Position: SP Player Type: Power Pitcher Other: RH; if you can select pitches, 2 Seam, slider, change, splitter; Mustache, no beard; bit of a hothead (tends to work inside)
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Dec 3, 2015 03:48
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Name: Mike Bukowski Nickname: The Big Burrito Position: Relief Pitcher Player Type: Only throws one pitch. A two-seam fastball right down the pipe. Other: Right handed. Doesn't shower due to superstitious purposes. Wears heavy gold jewelry as homage to his Polish ancestors that were asked to leave Poland in the early 1980's. Has a thick brown mustache and no other facial hair. His hair is a properly cut mullet. If you crowd the plate he's throwing a hot salami right into the side of your stupid loving head.
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Dec 3, 2015 03:59
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This thread is just making realize there needs to be a game that can model all of these requests.
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Dec 3, 2015 04:08
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Name: Bill Hrenchuk Nickname: Random Nickname, please. Position: SS Player Type: Random! Other: Canadian. Made of Scrap, Hustle and Playing Hurt.
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Dec 3, 2015 04:30
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Name: Sam Booty Nickname: Plunderin Position: Anything outfield Player Type: Gets on base, steals bases. Hates bunting and throwing. Other: Whatever seems most absurd for a speedy outfielder.
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Dec 3, 2015 04:32
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Name: Raúl Ordóñez Nickname: Position: 3B Player Type: 30-40 HR pure pull hitter. Decent eye, but can whiff at breaking pitches. Not a speedster on the bases. Fielding-wise has a good range and arm but can be off-the-mark. Other: Venezuelan right hander, has a mustache or maybe a goatee. Loves to go out with the guys.
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Dec 3, 2015 04:38
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Is it possible to have my guy be born in Pittsburgh?
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Dec 3, 2015 04:59
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Doltos posted:Is it possible to have my guy be born in Pittsburgh? Your dude can be born anywhere, and the game will actually provide a global map of everyone's origins, so pick wherever the heck you want! Inspector_666 posted:This thread is just making realize there needs to be a game that can model all of these requests. I want my dude to be 8 feet tall, 400 pounds, be good at fielding, hitting, running, throwing, have A++ batflips, speak 20 languages, throw 110 mph fastballs, and never bunt. Can you make that happen?
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Dec 3, 2015 05:56
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Name: Sud Belig Nickname: Allan Position: 1B Player Type: Ty Cobb 2016 (interpret that however you want to) Other: Massive identity-concealing moustache, right handed but switch hitting, international man of mystery
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Dec 3, 2015 08:09
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Name: Moosejaw Hockles Nickname: Hockles Position: SP Player Type: Rocket Arm. Ace. Other: Hockles is tallest Man. Hockles have big bushy lumberjack beard. Hockles from Moosejaw, Saskatchewan. Hockles right handed. Hockles great at public speak. Hockles clubhouse prankster. Hockles throw hard. Hockles kill you.
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Name: Zak Harov Nickname: Position: RF Player Type: Power hitter Other: Left handed, from NYC
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Name: Jim Power Nickname: Slaps Position: CF Player Type: Great defender, hits with no power for average Other: The cleanest shave imaginable, from Kansas (town doesn't matter, it all sucks)
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Dec 3, 2015 15:54
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Name: YOST BOT Nickname: GRIT Position: WHEREVER THE TEAM NEEDS ME Place of Manufacture: ST. LOUIS, THE PLACE WITH BEST FANS IN BASEBALL, AS DECREED BY BEST FANS IN BASEBALL Player Type: MAXIMUM STEALS, MAXIMUM BUNTS, MAXIMUM DEFENSE, BATONBALL v2.0(high contact, low power), NO SHOWBOATING, NO IMMATURITY, MUST PLAY GAME RIGHT WAY Other: I HAVE CHOSEN THE BLANDEST VISAGE POSSIBLE TO NOT BE OFFENSIVE TO YOUR HUMAN SUSCEPTIBILITIES, WARNING: PRONE TO FILE CORRUPTION (if you want to screw around with some settings, have fun)
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Dec 3, 2015 16:40
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Name: Föstólfur Eyjafjallajökull Nickname: Iceberg Birthplace: Iceland Position: 1B Bats: Switch Player Size: Max height, Max weight, all muscle. Player Type: Power/Gap Hitter, low speed Other: The biggest beard and mustache possible. He is a burly man.
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Dec 3, 2015 18:55
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Name: Gretchen Gretchen Nickname: Gretchen "Gretchen Gretchen" Gretchen Birthplace: Nagoya, Japan Position: 2B Bats: R Type: Some pop, weak glove Other: the most depressed-looking portrait
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Dec 3, 2015 19:08
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Name: Nelson Frazier Nickname: Big Daddy V Birthplace: Harlem, NY Position: C Player Type: Power hitter, decent OBP, not very fast. Blocks the plate very well! Other: Height: 6'9". Highest possible weight you can give him if a player can't weigh 487 lbs. Right handed. Armitage fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Dec 3, 2015 |
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Dec 3, 2015 19:35
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Name: Seth Iroth Nickname: Position: SP Player Type: Has a fastball, slider, and change-up as his marquee pitches. Other: Left handed, long hair.
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Dec 3, 2015 19:44
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Name: Cupid Titcomb Nickname: Bill Position: SP Player Type: throws only a high 90s fastball and a knuckleball. Other: extremely tall, has a handlebar mustache, throws left handed.
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Name: Joey Guns Nickname: Position: Closer Player Type: 69 mph knuckleball Other: A petite, sniveling, nerdy man with glasses, who I want to beat up.
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