Computer Simulated Fantasy Baseball League - Page 2

vex · 03-03-2003, 10:39 PM

How do you sign free agents? Or do we have to wait until the league is activated?

Also, does the creator of the league have to activate it? If not, when in the world will it happen?

bbor · 03-03-2003, 10:40 PM

I dunno

vex · 03-03-2003, 10:41 PM

Would that be to both questions?

bbor · 03-03-2003, 10:49 PM

I think it says that the league will start 2 days after activation

vex · 03-03-2003, 10:51 PM

Yeah, I'm just wondering when it will be activated.

As for my other question:

New Owner - How do you place a claim for a player on the free agent list?

12 Posts Posted - 01/29/2003 : 06:12:35
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during the postseason period, claiming free agents is disabled.

when enabled, there is a little blue box with a white "C" in it to the left of the player's name. click this blue box and you will get an edit window for making an offer.

Radii · 03-03-2003, 10:51 PM

I don't think we can sign free agents yet, I tried to figure that out as well. The schedule hasn't been posted yet so either the league creator has to activate the league somehow or we're just still waiting.

Here's something else:

http://www.csfbl.com/trades.asp

Trades aren't supported. It mentions some leagues allows 'trades' to occur where the teams involved drop players into free agency and the teams involved in the trade can pick them up. It's on the honor system and if someone decides to be a jackass and pick up a player who is supposed to be traded that way, no one can/will do anything about it.

So the question is, do we want to support trades like this, on the honor system?

vex · 03-03-2003, 10:54 PM

I would like to have trades, but the hard part would be having everyone know that that player on Free Agency is a part of a trade.

vex · 03-03-2003, 11:00 PM

As for the activation part, it's not completely explained, but here was someones answer:

stlcards987
Bench Warmer

0 Posts Posted - 01/12/2003 : 22:02:30
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How long does it take after the league fills to become active? Then after that how long til we begin games?
Homarid
Veteran

78 Posts Posted - 01/12/2003 : 22:33:37
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The league becomes active shortly after it is full. After it is full how soon you start to play games depends on the frequency of games per day of your league, for the exact time remaining to your first game just go to your league link from your team menu and it will tell you the hours remaining.

Taur · 03-04-2003, 01:12 AM

The league is on a countdown now.

Using the league message board and playing on your honor would allow trades of players and draft picks.

lynchjm24 · 03-04-2003, 11:12 AM

I believe you email trades and it takes about 3 days for them to post them manually.

Site says 40 hours til the games begin.

There are a few free agents now: It took some searching, but free agents pick a team based on: Your bid, your overall team salary - the lower the more likely they feel they would get more money in the future and the competition at their positions.

PilotMan · 03-04-2003, 07:18 PM

Just an iteresting note, my team has four guys named Winthorp out of my top 25. We should have been called the Victorville Winthorps.

Radii · 03-05-2003, 10:04 AM

Has anyone figured out how long we get to drive up the value of the 3 quality free agents before they decide to accept an offer?

bbor · 03-05-2003, 10:10 AM

I was wondering that myself

rkmsuf · 03-05-2003, 10:12 AM

I'd guess nothing will happen until the countdown is over...

vex · 03-05-2003, 10:37 AM

Hey, that 20 yr old ShortStop came from my team. I already have a 24 yr old SS, so I figured I needed to get lower for the draft.

Radii · 03-05-2003, 09:55 PM

Well the solid 20 year old SS has been signed, not by me, but I can't figure out how to tell who he went to yet

bbor · 03-05-2003, 10:31 PM

I got him

Radii · 03-05-2003, 10:43 PM

bastard! How much did he go for? He was valued at like 1.1 million, I went as high as 2 million on him but I wasn't willing to go triple the value on him. Hopefully I can land one of the other ones though

bbor · 03-05-2003, 10:48 PM

3.9 mil....but i really needhim...my ss is 35 and a POS

Now my problem is...that the game put him in the low minors...do i keep him there?...or do i play him...He IS only 20.

Any insight?

Radii · 03-05-2003, 10:53 PM

I was planning on playing him right away if I got him, he looks really talented. I have no insight though on what impact playing someone so young might have on him.

My lack of knoweldge on things led me to be afraid of bumping up his price too much. I was afraid if I dump $10 million into a couple of free agents, my spending on the minors and player improvement would drop so much that I'll be screwed long term because of it, so I pretty much gave up on the SS and hope to land the 3B that's out there now.

I'm inordinately excited about this league

It looks like it has the potential to be a ton of fun if there is enough to do to keep people interested.

bbor · 03-05-2003, 10:56 PM

Me too..i hope the engine is good.....i plan on being in the basement for a long long time

vex · 03-05-2003, 10:58 PM

Keep him there in the low minors if you can. Players develop MUCH faster there than in AAA or the ML.

vex · 03-05-2003, 10:59 PM

Dola

Yeah, for some reason I'm really excited about this all. I think it has to do with it's just FOFCers and if you suck, the next season starts in only 4 weeks since we sim 8 games a day.

bbor · 03-05-2003, 11:05 PM

That's what i thought...i wonder if i am paying his full salary down there.

bertogarce · 03-05-2003, 11:12 PM

I'm with you all, I can't wait for the season to get started. Although, looking at the roster for the Boulder Blaze, I think we could have some pretty long 8-game days!

vex · 03-05-2003, 11:13 PM

Yeah, you can goto "Front Office", I think, to see all of that.

JeeberD · 03-05-2003, 11:50 PM

Hell yeah, the first games start in less than three hours. Wyandotte is going down.

GO VATOS!!!

bbor · 03-05-2003, 11:52 PM

I hate 3 A.M EST sims...they make me wanna stay up and wait for them

vex · 03-05-2003, 11:53 PM

I know I am, only cause it's the first.

McSweeny · 03-05-2003, 11:58 PM

oh man it's starting already? i've barely even looked at my team! ahh well, let's hope those default lineups can get me through the night

bbor · 03-06-2003, 12:02 AM

Too much to do at work?..LOL

vex · 03-06-2003, 12:06 AM

Well, it's only 2 here, so I'll be fine

McSweeny · 03-06-2003, 12:08 AM

eh eh eh actually i'm home from work... if i could manage to quit OOTP before i fall asleep i could get around to tweaking my team

daedalus · 03-06-2003, 02:30 AM

Ugh. Trying to reassign players with zero success.

JeeberD · 03-06-2003, 02:35 AM

Woohoo! One win and no losses, baby!!! My pitching gets off to a great start with a 6-1 victory...

daedalus · 03-06-2003, 03:07 AM

Sigh, guess I have to use IE to do reassignment. Lame.

Oh, and we got boomed on opening day.

rkmsuf · 03-06-2003, 08:05 AM

3 in the ninth wasn't enough to down Extreme Freemont...sigh...

we'll get em at noon...

Radii · 03-06-2003, 08:56 AM

ARRGH, 1-0 loss in on opening day for Atlanta. That run came in the bottom of the 9th too

rkmsuf · 03-06-2003, 09:00 AM

The Phlegm home crowd was oozing with enthusiam for the opener as 45,767 poured through the gates...

Radii · 03-06-2003, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by rkmsuf
The Phlegm home crowd was oozing with enthusiam for the opener as 45,767 poured through the gates...

You named the team the Phlegm just for that one joke, didn't you?

Woo! Atlanta over Arlington 4-1 in game 2! Going for the series win on the road in a couple of hours!

rkmsuf · 03-06-2003, 09:08 AM

It's all about showmanship...

Going for the series win shortly over the Extreme after lucking out with a 3-1 victory on only 4 hits...

bertogarce · 03-06-2003, 09:22 AM

My team has given up 18 earned runs in 3 games. What sucks about that is that I created the team with the settings geared towards pitching over hitting. Might be a long season.

BreizhManu · 03-06-2003, 09:57 AM

I'm quite happy with my team so far, looks like a good hitting team

Radii · 03-06-2003, 10:10 AM

I have no idea what to think of mine yet. I tried to build for speed and contact hitting, and finesse/control pitching, virtually no power from my bats or my pitchers, to go along with my stadium of max dimensions, we'll see how that works out when I start playing some home games

vex · 03-06-2003, 10:12 AM

I built my team for hitting and speed. While we are hitting alright, our pitching has got us off to a nice 2-0 start. That and 4 stolen bases in our first game

3 by one guy.

vex · 03-06-2003, 11:11 AM

How long does it take a game to sim?

McSweeny · 03-06-2003, 11:17 AM

2-1 so far

boo-yah

JeeberD · 03-06-2003, 11:25 AM

2-1 so far also.

6-1 victory
4-3 loss
9-4 victory

Looks like my team can hit pretty well...

bbor · 03-06-2003, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bertogarce
My team has given up 18 earned runs in 3 games. What sucks about that is that I created the team with the settings geared towards pitching over hitting. Might be a long season.

ouch....

Radii · 03-06-2003, 01:01 PM

Woohoo! A 6 run 10th inning gives the Atlanta Grandes a 9-4 win and a 2-1 edge in its first 3 game set of the year, on the road no less!

3 more on the road today

03-03-2003, 10:40 PM	#52
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	I dunno __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

03-03-2003, 10:49 PM	#54
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	I think it says that the league will start 2 days after activation __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

03-04-2003, 07:18 PM	#61
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Just an iteresting note, my team has four guys named Winthorp out of my top 25. We should have been called the Victorville Winthorps. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

03-05-2003, 10:10 AM	#63
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	I was wondering that myself __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

03-05-2003, 10:12 AM	#64
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	I'd guess nothing will happen until the countdown is over... __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

03-03-2003, 10:41 PM	#53
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	Would that be to both questions?

03-03-2003, 10:51 PM	#55
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	Yeah, I'm just wondering when it will be activated. As for my other question: New Owner - How do you place a claim for a player on the free agent list? 12 Posts Posted - 01/29/2003 : 06:12:35 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- during the postseason period, claiming free agents is disabled. when enabled, there is a little blue box with a white "C" in it to the left of the player's name. click this blue box and you will get an edit window for making an offer.

03-03-2003, 10:51 PM	#56
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	I don't think we can sign free agents yet, I tried to figure that out as well. The schedule hasn't been posted yet so either the league creator has to activate the league somehow or we're just still waiting. Here's something else: http://www.csfbl.com/trades.asp Trades aren't supported. It mentions some leagues allows 'trades' to occur where the teams involved drop players into free agency and the teams involved in the trade can pick them up. It's on the honor system and if someone decides to be a jackass and pick up a player who is supposed to be traded that way, no one can/will do anything about it. So the question is, do we want to support trades like this, on the honor system?

03-03-2003, 10:54 PM	#57
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	I would like to have trades, but the hard part would be having everyone know that that player on Free Agency is a part of a trade.

03-03-2003, 11:00 PM	#58
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	As for the activation part, it's not completely explained, but here was someones answer: stlcards987 Bench Warmer 0 Posts Posted - 01/12/2003 : 22:02:30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How long does it take after the league fills to become active? Then after that how long til we begin games? Homarid Veteran 78 Posts Posted - 01/12/2003 : 22:33:37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The league becomes active shortly after it is full. After it is full how soon you start to play games depends on the frequency of games per day of your league, for the exact time remaining to your first game just go to your league link from your team menu and it will tell you the hours remaining.

03-04-2003, 01:12 AM	#59
Taur High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2002	The league is on a countdown now. Using the league message board and playing on your honor would allow trades of players and draft picks.

03-04-2003, 11:12 AM	#60
lynchjm24 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hartford	I believe you email trades and it takes about 3 days for them to post them manually. Site says 40 hours til the games begin. There are a few free agents now: It took some searching, but free agents pick a team based on: Your bid, your overall team salary - the lower the more likely they feel they would get more money in the future and the competition at their positions.

03-05-2003, 10:04 AM	#62
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Has anyone figured out how long we get to drive up the value of the 3 quality free agents before they decide to accept an offer?

03-05-2003, 10:37 AM	#65
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	Hey, that 20 yr old ShortStop came from my team. I already have a 24 yr old SS, so I figured I needed to get lower for the draft.

03-05-2003, 09:55 PM	#66
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Well the solid 20 year old SS has been signed, not by me, but I can't figure out how to tell who he went to yet

03-05-2003, 10:31 PM	#67
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	I got him __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

03-05-2003, 10:43 PM	#68
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	bastard! How much did he go for? He was valued at like 1.1 million, I went as high as 2 million on him but I wasn't willing to go triple the value on him. Hopefully I can land one of the other ones though

03-05-2003, 10:48 PM	#69
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	3.9 mil....but i really needhim...my ss is 35 and a POS Now my problem is...that the game put him in the low minors...do i keep him there?...or do i play him...He IS only 20. Any insight? __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

03-05-2003, 10:53 PM	#70
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	I was planning on playing him right away if I got him, he looks really talented. I have no insight though on what impact playing someone so young might have on him. My lack of knoweldge on things led me to be afraid of bumping up his price too much. I was afraid if I dump $10 million into a couple of free agents, my spending on the minors and player improvement would drop so much that I'll be screwed long term because of it, so I pretty much gave up on the SS and hope to land the 3B that's out there now. I'm inordinately excited about this league It looks like it has the potential to be a ton of fun if there is enough to do to keep people interested.

03-05-2003, 10:56 PM	#71
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	Me too..i hope the engine is good.....i plan on being in the basement for a long long time __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

03-05-2003, 10:58 PM	#72
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	Keep him there in the low minors if you can. Players develop MUCH faster there than in AAA or the ML.

03-05-2003, 10:59 PM	#73
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	Dola Yeah, for some reason I'm really excited about this all. I think it has to do with it's just FOFCers and if you suck, the next season starts in only 4 weeks since we sim 8 games a day.

03-05-2003, 11:05 PM	#74
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	That's what i thought...i wonder if i am paying his full salary down there. __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

03-05-2003, 11:12 PM	#75
bertogarce Mascot Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Boulder	I'm with you all, I can't wait for the season to get started. Although, looking at the roster for the Boulder Blaze, I think we could have some pretty long 8-game days!

03-05-2003, 11:13 PM	#76
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	Yeah, you can goto "Front Office", I think, to see all of that.

03-05-2003, 11:50 PM	#77
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Hell yeah, the first games start in less than three hours. Wyandotte is going down. GO VATOS!!! __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

03-05-2003, 11:52 PM	#78
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	I hate 3 A.M EST sims...they make me wanna stay up and wait for them __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

03-05-2003, 11:53 PM	#79
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	I know I am, only cause it's the first.

03-05-2003, 11:58 PM	#80
McSweeny College Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Somerville, MA	oh man it's starting already? i've barely even looked at my team! ahh well, let's hope those default lineups can get me through the night

03-06-2003, 12:02 AM	#81
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	Too much to do at work?..LOL __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

03-06-2003, 12:06 AM	#82
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	Well, it's only 2 here, so I'll be fine

03-06-2003, 12:08 AM	#83
McSweeny College Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Somerville, MA	eh eh eh actually i'm home from work... if i could manage to quit OOTP before i fall asleep i could get around to tweaking my team

03-06-2003, 02:30 AM	#84
daedalus Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000	Ugh. Trying to reassign players with zero success.

03-06-2003, 02:35 AM	#85
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Woohoo! One win and no losses, baby!!! My pitching gets off to a great start with a 6-1 victory... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO Last edited by JeeberD : 03-06-2003 at 02:40 AM.

03-06-2003, 03:07 AM	#86
daedalus Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000	Sigh, guess I have to use IE to do reassignment. Lame. Oh, and we got boomed on opening day.