Baseball Mogul League
by ahoque24 on Nov 9, 2010 5:26 PM EST
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In the comments on today's Bird Droppings, a few of us had the idea of making a Camden Chat Baseball Mogul league. If you don't know what Baseball Mogul is, it's a baseball simulation game. Basically, you're the GM of the team, so you draft players, groom prospects, convince Albert Pujols that Baltimore is the greatest city on the planet. Besides managing your team, you also have to manage your finances (TV contracts, ticket prices, etc.). The 2006 version was released for free, and you can download it here.
I'm pretty new to Baseball Mogul, so I still don't know much about it, but I'm willing to try an online league. Unfortunately, as I'm new to it, I really don't know how to make a league. In the open thread, though, NewYorkOriole said we would have to email a file around to each other, so once we agree to make a league we'd have to exchange email addresses (and it would be a bit of a pain, but I think it'd be worth it). Yes, I sound like an idiot, but I'll probably figure it out.
If you're interested, leave a comment. Also, if you already know how to make a league, feel free to make a Camden Chat one yourself, or leave a comment pointing in the right direction.
Also, unfortunately only one of us can be the Orioles. And I doubt this would happen, but if 30 of us want to play, two people would have to be the Red Sox or Yankees (although at that point we could just split the leagues).
EDIT: Okay, so I just did what I probably should have done before i even wrote this, and that's look at the help menu. This is what it says (credit to Sports Mogul Inc.):
RUNNING A LEAGUE
OVERVIEW
"Running a Baseball Mogul League" refers to the process of playing a game of Baseball Mogul on your computer while other people (usually from all over the Internet) control other teams in your Baseball Mogul Universe. It generally works like this:
- Players send your their "orders" (such as lineup changes, or trades they have made)
- You enter these orders into Baseball Mogul
- You simulate a certain number of days
- You e-mail the new Baseball Mogul ".mog" file to the other team owners
- (Optional) You maintain a web site with updated standings, transactions and the like
So everyone would download Baseball Mogul 2006 themselves and we'd have to designate a League Commissioner. Everyone looks at the file and makes their decisions. They email the decisions to the league Commissioner, who then enters the moves. The Commissioner then emails the new file out to everyone, and repeat. To prevent cheating, the help guide also said that the Commissioner can make a password, but I trust you guys enough not to cheat.
So, yeah, it would be a bit of a pain in the ass, and the Commissioner would have to put a bit of time into this (not sure how much).
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I am in
email is 17oriolesfan@gmail.com
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
Will the file be the download?
or do i need to download it on my own?
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
I honestly have no idea.
So, yeah, I’m quite useless. I’ll try to figure it out, or NewYorkOriole might know (he told me that we would have to email a file, but I don’t think he’s played an online league either). I guess you can download your own version to play on your own (trust me, turning the Orioles into champs is awesome).
I will try to figure it out, though.
I just edited the post.
It answers your question, but I’ll just reiterate that everyone needs to download Mogul themselves.
Thanks
So who is willing to be Commissioner?
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
yeah I'm in
danielreese71@yahoo.com
just started playing OOTP11 by the way. shit’s hard man.
Straight cash homey
Pro Football South
"smoke weed, eat yogurt"
by the way
my free agent talk is “your owner thinks your Orioles have a weakness at first base, a slight weakness at third base, a weakness in your rotation, a weakness in your bullpen, a weakness at shortstop, and a weakness in left field.”
even a simulation knows we suck hard.
Straight cash homey
Pro Football South
"smoke weed, eat yogurt"
by danielreese05 on Nov 9, 2010 5:36 PM EST up reply actions
The reason I liked OOTP
is because when there was an online league, everyone could just buy the game and make their own changes in-game and then send a team file to the league commissioner, who would just stick it into the OOTp folder and it’d be done. The versions of Mogul we used to use didn’t have this feature, so everyone would email changes to the commish, who would have to take the time to input all changes manually.
It’s been a few years since I’ve done any of this, though, so they could both have this option by now.
They do have an 'export team' option
You could then email the team file to the commisioner who would import them all, and then he’d run a week of simulation (or something). Then he’d send the updated .mog file and you’d look at that and make more changes.
At least, this is how I think it would go – I’ve never played in an online league, as has been mentioned earlier.
Oh and the export team feature is in the 2010 version (which I play) – I don’t know if it’s in the 2006 version.
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Nov 10, 2010 9:18 AM EST up reply actions
this would be best
basically because the commish would quickly get tired of doing all these manual changes, especially from people who may or may not send five to ten emails per day updating their team due to trades/indecisiveness/etc.
Basically, being commish is a tough, thankless job.
I know that we could acquire an
ahem, not exactly legal version on several websites if you’re into that kind of thing…
Straight cash homey
Pro Football South
"smoke weed, eat yogurt"
by danielreese05 on Nov 10, 2010 4:10 PM EST up reply actions
Interesting
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
Yea I've seen those websites
I am clueless as to how that sort of thing works though.
If you were a hotdog would you eat yourself? I know I would.
by Knubles and Bits on Nov 21, 2010 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
Just Started it up looks amazing
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
Thursday?
Weekend?
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
Weekend would probably work best
Bring back Luis Matos.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 9, 2010 8:42 PM EST up reply actions
Same here
I got project to dol
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
where the hell did the L come from?
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
There are a few things to take care of first.
We have to let everyone that wants to play have a chance to join. We also have to designate a League Commissioner and make some basic rules, like how much time will be simulated at once.
Well as commissioner i would say either you or NewYork Oriole if he wants to play.
I would think i week would be fine as simulation time.
"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" Yogi Berra
listen to this man
How much will be simmed at once is important. I think seven days of sim time, simmed every other day, is a good place to start. Or something like that. The only shitty part is if some dude gets injured on day one.
Yeah
The computer does a horrible job of managing your lineup if someone gets injured.
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Nov 10, 2010 9:22 AM EST up reply actions
how do we separate the teams?
fantasy draft or something?
Straight cash homey
Pro Football South
"smoke weed, eat yogurt"
A fantasy draft is possible
Or you can actually pick the team from whatever year we decide to start in.
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Nov 10, 2010 9:22 AM EST up reply actions
I was thinking that we randomly assign everybody teams.
Doing that, we should exclude the Red Sox and Yankees for fairness reasons, so that no one starts with their loaded rosters and high budgets. It could also mean that no one has the Orioles.
I think
there’s a checkbox that says ‘equalize teams’ that normalizes all the teams so they all have the same budgets.
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Nov 10, 2010 10:30 AM EST up reply actions
There's also equalize cities, so no one benefits or is hurt by their fans wealth or interest.
To make it as fair as possible, we could use those.
wow this thing is really complex
You never know when someone is gonna sneak up on ya at the dolphin show! -wrb1990
I'll play
Honestly, as much as I’d love to be commissioner – I just don’t have the time. :-(
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
Running a league...
I’m going to go make a post on the Mogul boards about the logistics of running a league. I’ll let you guys know the responses I get.
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Nov 10, 2010 9:24 AM EST up reply actions
Here's the thread:
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Nov 10, 2010 9:32 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I'm not sure if I have the time, either.
I don’t want to screw you guys over by putting less into this than a commissioner would have to. I guess I could try it if no one else wants to be commissioner.
This seems extremely complicated.
If you were a hotdog would you eat yourself? I know I would.
by Knubles and Bits on Nov 10, 2010 5:01 PM EST reply actions
hang on
Does the free download work for this?
Bring back Luis Matos.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 10, 2010 8:17 PM EST reply actions
Sorry guys, but I really don't think I can be commissioner.
I just really don’t have the time to do it. I should still be able to play, but I really don’t think I’d be able to run the league.
So whats the deal with this?
Bring back Luis Matos.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 18, 2010 6:40 PM EST reply actions
Well, I don't have the time to be a commissioner.
Is there anyone else that does have the time and is willing to do it? I just looked at that thread NewYorkOriole posted, and usually if someone isn’t prepared to put in the time needed to be commissioner, the league just stops after a month or so.
How much time?
I have a lot of breaks away from school coming up. I might be able to do it.
Bring back Luis Matos.
by WestcoastO'sFan on Nov 18, 2010 8:36 PM EST up reply actions
Well, it depends on how we set it up.
Above someone said that we should make moves every two days, so you would have to manage it those days. I imagine that it would take a good bit of time on those days. I’m not sure how much, but that thread implied that it’s pretty draining.
I have breaks from school, too, with Thanksgiving and Winter Break, but between those I’ll be devoting most of my time to finals, so I don’t think I can get this started.
This is where OOTP would be great
In OOTP, everyone downloads the league file after every sim, makes their changes, and sends their team file back to the commish. This is lineups/etc. I think the commish still has to perform trades. In my experience with Mogul, each gm would have to send the commish an email outlining the changes to lineups/etc and the commish would have to do all the work.
It’s been a while since I was in a league using either program, though, so I don’t know what the newest versions offer. Maybe mogul has this option now as well?
Yeah
Mogul 2010 has that option. I think 2011 even does the trades and FA, but don’t hold me to that.
"Real Orioles don't pout. Real Orioles don't gloat. Real Orioles just win."
by NewYorkOriole on Nov 19, 2010 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
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