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mentholmoose posted:Now that Gehrig and Marichal are gone there's nobody I really want to trade for. Sorry, FairGame. Not even the other bunning? Alright, cool. e: actually, what does it take to just get Messersmith on his own? FairGame fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Nov 24, 2013 |
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FairGame posted:e: actually, what does it take to just get Messersmith on his own? Interesting question. I used a late third-round pick on him a couple of seasons ago, and you have one of those - pick 48, I believe. Would you do a straight swap of that pick for Messersmith?
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mentholmoose posted:Interesting question. I used a late third-round pick on him a couple of seasons ago, and you have one of those - pick 48, I believe. Would you do a straight swap of that pick for Messersmith? I don't think so. Messersmith is one of the best pitchers of the last 50 years but it doesn't translate well to the SL. I'd rather take an IRL inferior pitcher that'll still be available at 48 if his SL record is better. Perhaps you have a use for one of my bench guys that could help you out? Molitor, Canseco, and Delgado all could be of use.
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 Trade Stuff!Mentholmoose: I really do want that Messersmith. What can we do to make him not require my 3rd round pick? All owners: It has come to my attention that my 1998 Randy Johnson is an ill fit for my infield and stadium. I will trade him to anyone who has an upcoming pick, or I'll trade straight up for pitching that my infield is better support for.
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Trade announcement: Pharmas send: 1994 Carlos Delgado 4th round pick (76th overall) in dispersal draft Bombers send 1974 Andy Messersmith
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FairGame posted:Trade announcement: Approved. e: If someone wants two fourth round picks I'd like to move both of them (#59 and #76) for a third. Probably in the 40-45 range? mentholmoose fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Nov 24, 2013 |
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 Owner: Pash Location: Pashland, Pashonia Home Grounds: Pashford Centre Founded: Super-League XI Teams Used ????? Honors -None- In honor of the Super-League's most Pokemon-like owner, Pash, I decided to play a game of Pokemon Blue in his honor. Of course, with Pokemon LPs being highly illegal, I had no choice but to do a live diary. 0:01: Professor Oak welcomes me to the world of Pokemon, a magical place where the government has decided to finally confront the twin menace of for-profit universities and soaring student loans in the only sensible way: by encouraging children to go off in the wild and fight each other with deadly monsters rather than going to college. It had to be done. 0:02-0:04: The game is taking its sweet time in getting me my loving starter pokemon. 0:05: I meet my rival, I shall call him "Mike", because that's the perfect name for an annoying rear end in a top hat you just want to make go away. 0:06: I get first dibs on a starter, and I'm going to go with the turtle. I know that a lot of people will go with the Charmander, but gently caress them. If I'm going to be a Pokemon master, it's for drat sure going to be with a ninja turtle at my side. To that end, I name him "Raphael" after the greatest of the ninja turtles. 0:07: Mike takes Bulbasaur, and Raphael gives the Bulbasaur a grade I concussion. Neat. 0:08-0:15: Up the Viridian, and down to Viridian so that I can get my loving pokedex so that I'm finally allowed to start catching Pokemon. 0:16: I pick up a Pidgey for future transportation purposes. I shall name him "Aeroflot". 0:17: Viridian City! Again! And there's nothing to see or do here. gently caress. 0:18-0:30: It takes me way, way too loving long to get a Pikachu, which I intend to use for one gym and then ditch it forever. Also, Raphael crushes a few Pokemon trainers who get in the way. 0:31: Finally make it to Pewter City. I decide to head into the science museum, where they have the Space Shuttle Columbia on display. It's, uh, looking better than the last time I saw it. 0:33: Pewter City Gym! I have a turtle that can shoot water, while Brock has two rock Pokemon. TKO in round 1. I'll take the badge, and that'll be that. 0:34-0:56: Mt. Moon. loving Mt. Moon. Useless loving Mt. Moon. I loving hate Mt. Moon, with its Zubats, and trainers who just get in the loving way. Pain the loving rear end. On the plus side, Raphael evolves into Wartortle. 0:57-1:15: A bit of training before the next gym, mainly so that Aeroflot can evolve into Pidgeotto. Also, because I hadn't really trained that Pikachu at all, and I just realized that I kind of need him to be able to take a few hits. 1:16-1:20: Cerulean City gym. Pikachu vs. a whole bunch of water pokemon, and that's another easy badge. And, to celebrate that victory, Pikachu is cashiered from active duty, and sent to the computer system, there to remain for the rest of the game. 1:21-1:25: Oh, right, there was another battle with Mike. And I only have a grand total of two loving Pokemon in my party at the moment. I might not have thought this won through. Fortunately, his Pokemon are even worse than mine, and his Bulbasaur can't do dick to Aeroflot. I hate Mike. 1:25-1:40: Raphael puts a hurting to a whole bunch of fools, and I win a nugget as a result. 1:41-1:55: The hunt for an Abra. Fucker keeps teleporting away before I can grab it. But eventually I catch one. He will be called "Psychopomp", for truly he is the spirit that will guide pokemon to the afterlife. 1:55-2:20: But first I have to give him enough levels so that he can evolve into Kadabra and learn an offensive move. Still, I'm now pretty much set for the next five hours of gameplay. 2:30: I head to Bill's house. Bill has apparently never seen "The Fly", and has fused himself with a Pokemon via a teleporter experiment gone awry. I have seen "The Fly", however, and I know that the only thing to be done here is put this abomination out of his misery. Sadly, there's no "blast monstrosity with shotgun" command in this game, so I'm forced to help this bastard reverse the process, even though, by doing so, he'll never learn the dangers of man meddling with the forces of nature. At any rate, he gives me a pass to the S.S. Anne. Fine. 2:55: After minutes of heading towards Vermillion City, I find a dude who's willing to trade a Spearow for a Farfetch'd, who is a duck that fights with a razor sharp leek. Sadly, i don't have a Spearow. 2:56-3:20: I head aboard the S.S. Anne so I can get the HM01, so that I can get inside the Vermillion City Gym so that I can realize that I only have three Pokemon in my party, and two of them are weak to electric-types, and that every enemy pokemon in this Gym is an electric type. gently caress. Also, Mike showed up again, but who cares art this point? 3:21: I decide that I'm a gambler, and that good ol' Psychopomp can probably pull this off. 3:27: Having disposed of the underlings, Lt. Surge, the gym leader, gives his speech about how he and his pokemon fought in the war together, and that when they got home, they didn't get no parade! Those drat hippies just spat on them! They were just doing their duty to their country! 3:32: Psychopomp wins...barely. And thanks to a bunch of potions. Still, a badge is a badge. 3:33-3:50: I start heading towards the Rock Tunnel, the shittiest part of this entire loving game. 3:51: loving Rock Tunnel. 4:01: loving Rock Tunnel. 4:11: loving ROCK TUNNEL! 4:21: I probably should have just sucked it up and taught one of my Pokemon "Flash", so that I could actually see where I was going. 4:31: loving Rock Tunnel. 4:33: FREEDOM! Sweet freedom! 4:35: Welcome to Lavender Town, home of the world's biggest Pokemon mass grave. Fun! But I can't head in their yet, because I need a special "Silph Scope" to see the ghosts or whatever. Fine with me. 4:40: Heading to Celadon, I get myself a Vulpix under the theory that I need some sort of Pokemon capable of burning everything down, and Vulpix is the only one I'll have a chance to get for quite some time. I name him "Beowulf" for reasons I can't quite remember. 4:42: Celadon City! First things first, I buy some lemonade for those rear end in a top hat guards who won't let me into Saffron City. 4:50-5:15: And now to get that Silph Scope, which is being held in an underground base underneath the casino by Team Rocket for reasons that are never quite elucidated. Or maybe I don't care. In any event, mass slaughter ensues, and I beat the gently caress out of Giovanni, the worst mob boss ever, as, instead of shooting me in the head with a pistol, just vaguely threatens me that he'll get me next time. 5:26: Oh, gently caress, the Celadon City Gym! That's right! I was supposed to take care of that, too. Psychopomp and Beowulf clean house, and I get another badge. 5:40: Back to the loving Pokemon mass grave, so that I can fight the ghosts. 5:41: Psychopomp does what a psychopomp does. 5:55: I rescue Dr. Fuji, the scientist who was dumb enough to get himself trapped in a tower full of angry ghosts, and he gives me the Pokemon Flute in exchange. 6:00-6:05: I find a giant pokemon called Snorlax in my way, and he's asleep, so I can't get by, and the game won't let me use my preferred option of having Beowulf char-broil him, and then distribute the many hundreds of pounds of meat to hungry villagers. Instead, I have to wake up the bastard before I cook him. 6:20: I make it to Fuschia City, home of the world-famous Safari Zone, where you can take a break from running through grass to catch pokemon and instead...run through grass and catch pokemon! Uh...different pokemon! 6:30: I get the HM04 and HM05, both of which were hidden in the Safari Zone for no good reason. I teach Raphael how to surf, and now when he says 'Cowabunga', it can be for real. Although that was always really more of a Michelangelo catchphrase anyway. Still, there's one last thing I need to take care of.... 6:50: I catch a Dratini. Some things you just need to do entirely for style purposes. I name him "Trogdor". 7:05: Psychopomp sends all of Koga's monsters to god, and he gives me another badge. 7:15: Back to Saffron, and Psychopomp cleans house at the Fighting Dojo. I guess they had a good reason to tone down psychic-types after this game, come to think of it. I claim Hitmonchan, and I rename him "Ivan Drago". 7:17: I try to enter the Saffron City Gym, but there's a guy from Team Rocket blocking me. I don't think that Team Rocket is an organization designed to rule the world through Pokemon so much as a group of guys who take a very dim view of sequence breaking. 7:18-7:49: I work my way through the Silph Co. building, in a scenario that can only be described as "Diehard with Pokemon except terrible". 7:50: Mike shows up out of nowhere and for no good reason. Isn't everyone in this building being taken hostage by Team Rocket? How is Mike just wandering around? The only explanation is that they give as little a poo poo about Mike as I do. We fight, he loses again. He's my rival in the same sense that Cubs are the rival to the Cardinals. It's a nice fiction, but it has no basis in reality. 7:55: It's Giovanni, the world's wimpiest mob boss! He's taken over Silph Co. in order to...I wasn't really paying attention, but I'm sure he has his reasons. We fight, and he loses again. So he decides to just flee with all of his minions. The president of Silph Co. is so happy that I saved his company that he gives me a Master Ball. 7:57-8:15: The Saffron City Gym, where all of the monsters are psychic-type, and I'm forced to rely on pokemon other the Psychopomp to save the day. Can I do it! 8:16: Yes, yes, I can. 8:17: Well, I guess, technically speaking, the next thing to do is to surf south from Fuschia City and head through the Seafoam Islands, but I have a better idea. 8:18: I fly back to Pallet Town on Aeroflot, and surf south of there to get to Cinnabar Island. 8:19-9:02: I could bore you with the details of my exploits on Cinnabar Island, but suffice to say, an island of fire and poison-types did not fare well against Raphael and Psychopomp. 9:16: Time for the final battle between me and the last gym leader, who turns out to be Giovanni. You would think he'd be stripped of his position as Gym Leader after his many, many crimes, but apparently law enforcement is rather lax in the world of Pokemon. 9:21: Giovanni gets his rear end kicked so hard that he decides to resign from Team Rocket, from his position as Gym Leader and, I can only assume his life. But gently caress him. I now have all eight badges, which means that it's time to head to the Indigo Plateau to become the Pokemon Master. 9:22-9:26: But first I've got to fight Mike...again. loving hell. 9:27: Holy gently caress, I totally forgot to do something! Cue montage music! 9:28-10:00: I get Trogdor to evolve into a Dragonite. Burnination is imminent. 10:01-10:45: Victory Road, the final dungeon, and holy gently caress, I am ready for this game to loving end, gently caress. 10:50: Okay, got my supplies, and got my final team. It's time. 10:51: First up, Lorelai and her team of Ice Pokemon. Granted, the majority of my team is actually vulnerable to Ice-types, since I didn't exactly build the most balanced batch of dudes. But Ivan Drago knows Thunder Punch, and that sets everything right. 10:54: Bruno is next up with his team of fighting-types. Psychopomp sends a few more to god. 10:56: Agatha has a team of ghost-types. Fun fact! In Gen 1, all of the ghost-types are also poison-types, so they're all vulnerable to psychic-types so...Psychopomp kills a few more. 10:58: Lance shows up, and he's got a team full of Dragons, and the only thing Dragons are vulnerable to is Ice. Fortunately, Ivan Drago knows Ice Punch as well, and proves that 99% of one's problems in life can be solved by punching them to death. 11:01: Lance has some bad news. Someone got here before us and became the Pokemon Champion, meaning that we'll have to beat him too. And, even worse, that man's name is Mike. So, despite have beaten Mike five or six times already, this game will not end without us crushing Mike one more time. drat it all. 11:02: Mike pulls out a Pidgeot to start things off, and I pull out Ivan Drago, and it becomes a race to see which Pokemon can exploit the other's weakness first. Drago wins...barely. 11:03: Mike then brings out an Alakazam, and I send out Aeroflot to try and head that off. 11:03: Aeroflot goes down, and hard. But Raphael comes in and finishes the Alakazam off. 11:03: Mike sends out Rhydon. Raphael hydro pumps Rhydon right into the ground. That's three down, three to go. 11:04: Mike sends out Gyrados. Ivan Drago thunder punches the poo poo out of it. Two to go. 11:04: Mike sends out Arcanine. Raphael hydro pumps that one too. And it comes down to this! 11:04: Mike sends out his Venusaur, and Beowulf torches it for the win. I win, I am the Pokemon champion, and I've just wasted 11 hours of my life. gently caress.
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Smasher Dynamo posted:11:04: Mike sends out his Venusaur, and Beowulf torches it for the win. I win, I am the Pokemon champion, and I've just wasted 11 hours of my life. gently caress.
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Smasher Dynamo posted:3:51: loving Rock Tunnel. A Story Of Monathin's Misguided Youth, As Told By Smasher Dynamo
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The Dorchester Phantoms select 1998 Jeff Bagwell FairGame is on the clock
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Well. This didn't develop at all like I expected. I expected Kensei to take Larkin (and that I could take Carter in round 3 since my needs are SS, C, 2 SP), meaning I'd end up with Jim Bunning or Kevin Brown. Brown fits my team a bit better, but Bunning tends to roll the higher health score. Either way, I thought I'd be drafting a pitcher. There are tons of SS available in the Super Draft and I figured Jimmy Rollins could hold the fort until then. But now Larkin's on the board still and Carter's not, so I have no idea wtf to do with my 3rd rounder. I could use some opinions. Or trade offers, I suppose, if someone wants to give me a catcher and a Gaylord Perry type. Otherwise I'm leaning Larkin just so I can get shortstop out of the way. Here's my team: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvhK1RX1-jWLdDhoTmROZnoydk1rSndzWjNmUUVqUnc&usp=drive_web#gid=1
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Smasher Dynamo posted:
Now, it's been a long, long time since my school days, but I think I can shed some light on this subject. If I'm not mistaken, "Beowulf" ends with him betrayed by (almost) all the men he'd trusted and relied upon, Beowulf himself dead, and everything around him in flame and ruin. A perfect fit!
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That was an amazing obit. Thank you. What makes it even better is that my name is actually Michael... I don't go by Mike though.
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TKBomber7285 posted:The Dorchester Phantoms select 1998 Jeff Bagwell Well poo poo, there go my plans for the 2nd round. Guess it's time to wheel and deal! Trade Alert!The Chitown Wests Send: Pick #31 Pick #77 to The South Dakota Marmosettes for: 1988 Howard Johnson Pick #39 Pick #61 With a clause that Zodiac5000 has the option to nullify the trade pending Fairgame's pick.
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mks5000 posted:The Chitown Wests Send: Trade confirmed.
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mks5000 posted:Well poo poo, there go my plans for the 2nd round. Guess it's time to wheel and deal! Jesus. Are you guys going to include PTBNL and cash considerations too?
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Sorry you can't handle our awesome trade. although I like the cash considerations idea.
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FRANCHISE CHALLENGE TEASER TIME!quote:Asstros Get Off To Great Start; Down Brewers 9-0 
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Even though I've basically abandoned this thread, every so often I return to read Smasher's posts. On the one hand I deeply enjoy his posts, but on the other hand I'm very concerned about the negative impacts of these posts on his life.
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Sorry for the double post, but TRADE ANNOUNCEMENT The Detroit Protectors send: 1909 Ty Cobb and 3rd round Dispersal Draft pick to The Louisville Muggers for: 1960 Eddie Mathews
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The Muggers accept. There's virtually no way this can go wrong. e: well i guess there actually isnt according to irc Monicro fucked around with this message at 06:15 on Nov 25, 2013 |
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GenericGirlName posted:Even though I've basically abandoned this thread, every so often I return to read Smasher's posts. On the one hand I deeply enjoy his posts, but on the other hand I'm very concerned about the negative impacts of these posts on his life. Well, at a certain point, your life does bottom out.
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Monicro posted:The Muggers accept. There's virtually no way this can go wrong. I'm not sure there is, for you. I even have an Eddie Mathews I can let you have if you feel the need for one. For a 1909 Cobb, for instance. FairGame posted:But now Larkin's on the board still and Carter's not, so I have no idea wtf to do with my 3rd rounder. I could certainly give you a catcher and any one of half a dozen spare starters. Take a look at the final week of last season for names. (The Finger-Bangers have a Number of spare catchers, as well, though less of a spare pitching selection) On the same note, Cthulhu, just make me an offer for Fisk if you're interested.
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Now, I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that Ty Cobb is better than Eddie Mathews.
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CaptainYesterday posted:cbx, what are the divisions/leagues for the Franchise Challenge? All teams are separated by their current AL/NL locations. The NL is the bigger league by 2. Both leagues are DH, though, for maximum bats.
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Viscount Slim posted:I'm not sure there is, for you. I even have an Eddie Mathews I can let you have if you feel the need for one. For a 1909 Cobb, for instance. Umm.. do you have any idea what you might want? The syndicate, collectively, doesn't really have any obvious holes.
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:Umm.. do you have any idea what you might want? The syndicate, collectively, doesn't really have any obvious holes. Ugh. Travis Jackson and Kinder? DannoMack posted:I can think of one The one where a soul should be?
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The Merry Marauder posted:Ugh. Travis Jackson and Kinder? I know what you mean - Jackson is for sure on the table for sure. Few things - what year is Fisk, and is there any chance of some pitching assistance going around as well, for one or more draft picks? Edit: Ugh, reviewing SL Ref, he's probably 36 right? Fisk is an unbreakable battleship yeah - but what year is that Gene Tenace? Or, alternatively, 33 year old Hartnett.. of which you have two? Cthulhu Dreams fucked around with this message at 08:45 on Nov 25, 2013 |
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Cthulhu Dreams posted:I know what you mean - Jackson is for sure on the table for sure. Few things - what year is Fisk, and is there any chance of some pitching assistance going around as well, for one or more draft picks? From '84. Still a lot of years on ol' Pudge, but if you're scared of an older catcher, I understand. Tenace is from '71. Hartnetts are unavailable.  Ol' Gene looks pretty happy at the prospect of moving Down Under! The Merry Marauder fucked around with this message at 09:10 on Nov 25, 2013 |
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Marauder, I will look your teams over in exchange for my pick. If we cannot wok something out by this evening when my clock expires I will take Larkin.
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The Merry Marauder posted:From '84. Still a lot of years on ol' Pudge, but if you're scared of an older catcher, I understand. Tenace is from '71. Hartnetts are unavailable. Who here is Matt Groening?
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OK Marauder, a couple of potentials, I guess: With Imperialists -My 2nd Rounder + <thing we'll have to negotiate> -Your Messersmith, Burgess, and Fisk Or, more easily With Coburns -My 2nd rounder -Your Posada and one of the Blylevens
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FairGame posted:With Imperialists I'm reluctant to burn two catchers, one of whom was my starter last year, but I guess it's doable. What did you have in mind for secondary compensation? Sadly  can't be involved.
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The Merry Marauder posted:I'm reluctant to burn two catchers, one of whom was my starter last year, but I guess it's doable. What did you have in mind for secondary compensation? Sadly Meet me in IRC and we'll talk? Is the Coburns iteration a non-starter for you?
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The Merry Marauder posted:The one where a soul should be? YOU ARE THE HOLE. AN rear end in a top hat!
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