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General Discussion / Re: Initial Draft Discussion

« on: May 18, 2013, 09:54:15 am »

Much as I enjoy live drafts, I'm not sure one is going to work out for our initial draft -- we've got people all over the world, and it just seems like scheduling an agreeable time would be awfully tough. I'd go with a forum-based draft for X rounds (at least 10, maybe as many as 25), ideally with some kind of time limit. Not perfect, and slower, but still.

For amateur drafts, I'd say stick with live if we can -- it's less of a thing to miss one of those.

I tend to agree with this.  The downside though is it could take weeks to complete.

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General Discussion / Re: Initial Draft Discussion

« on: May 17, 2013, 04:46:39 pm »

Tuesday is best for me.  I can't promise I'll be there or be able to finish the live portion, but Tuesday is the best chance of it for me.

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General Discussion / Re: Original Owners Signup Thread

« on: May 16, 2013, 11:56:55 am »

With not even 75% of the league ready to go, I'm worried about actually having 16 solid franchises to be honest.  16 is plenty at this point.

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General Discussion / Re: Introduce Yourself

« on: May 13, 2013, 11:44:13 am »

I'm Jason, currently residing in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  I've bounced around the country quite a bit thanks to my wife's job.  I'm originally from Fort Wayne but am in the process of moving to Virginia Beach.

While I am brand new to OOTP having purchased the game for the first time last week, I'm excited to be a part of another online league.  I'm a huge gamer who belongs to a great site dedicated to Xbox sports gaming and leagues.  I've been a part of online leagues in some form since about 1999. 

I intend to be as active as possible and hope to contribute to what will hopefully be a long and fantastic league.  My advice to anyone in an online league, be active, post in the forum and be helpful to everyone where possible.  These are the kinds of things that can make or break a league.

Looking forward to this.

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Team Press Releases / Re: Indiana Professional Baseball

« on: May 13, 2013, 11:16:06 am »

The Vipers have announced their brand new 38,000 seat stadium called "The Snake Pit".  It is an open air stadium with natural grass.

The dimensions and information is as follows:

Left Line - 319 ft - 10 ft
Left Field - 355 ft - 10 ft
Left-Center - 412 ft - 10 ft
Center Field - 399 ft - 10 ft
Right-Center - 377 ft - 18 ft
Right Field - 355 ft - 7 ft
Right Line - 321 ft - 7 ft

AVG Overall - 1.016
AVG LHB - 1.110
AVG RHB - .965
Doubles - .978
Triples - 1.010
Home Runs Overall - .996
Home Runs LHB - 1.110
Home Runs RHB - .935

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Team Press Releases / Indiana Professional Baseball

« on: May 12, 2013, 10:12:37 am »

A newly formed Indiana Professional Baseball team is pleased to announce the following:



The Indiana Vipers will call Fort Wayne home in their inaugural season of the American Federation Baseball League.  The Vipers will be part of the western based Frontier League with proximity to teams in Kentucky and Illinois. The Vipers will play their home games in downtown Fort Wayne at the newly built stadium called The Snake Pit.  More information will be coming in the near future concerning league and team rosters.

Owner Jason Knuth said, "This is an exciting time to be a baseball fan, not only here in Fort Wayne, but the entire state of Indiana."



The AAA affiliate of the Indiana Vipers will be the Indianapolis Indians.



The AA affiliate of the Indiana Vipers will be the Evansville Venom.



The A affiliate of the Indiana Vipers will be the Fort Wayne TinCaps.  The Vipers felt it was important to have a team nearby to showcase the future of the team.



The rookie league affiliate of the Indiana Vipers will be the St. Cloud (Florida) Silver Hawks.

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General Discussion / Re: Rules/Game Options Discussion

« on: May 12, 2013, 09:25:23 am »

I think everyone should be able to play everyone in the league so I would vote for interleague play. 

As far as a draft, it may be difficult to get everyone into a live draft room.

Everything else looks great to me.