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Hi, and welcome to HBD! I'm making this thread because nasboat literally can't beat me in the playoffs and won't do it anymore. I've lifted most of this stuff verbatim from the last OP only I erased all the silly wrestling nonsense. Update for Season 29!: nasboat literally beat me in the playoffs  WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LAST SEASON Season 29 marked the end of the Cleveland/Santa Fe World Series streak. For the first time since season 24 neither team won their pennant, and the New Orleans Spirits took it all down! Elsewhere... Cleveland tried to repeat their World Series success, putting up 108 wins en route to the #1 seed in the NL and the second best record in the majors. Kansas City wasn't too far behind, taking the coveted second bye with 106 wins. The West was a grinder as it has been lately with three teams winning over 90 games and Anaheim's 102 win team being forced to play in the first round of the playoffs. That New Orleans team I mentioned above? Walked all over their division but at 96 wins ended up with the #4 seed. Then there was the three way wild card race to the bottom where IOWA and Salem lost the least and left Colorado's 91 wins at home. And in the AL... New city, new colors, but nasboat's team was again the juggernaut of the AL. Thanks in part to Art trading away Cody Roosevelt like an idiot the Seattle Shovels won 117 games and coasted to the #1 seed again. Santa Fe once again came away with the second bye but there was no breathing room for the aging Leo Egan and his squad. Richmond tied Santa Fe with 100 wins but lost the tiebreak and only came away with the #5 seed. Charlotte showed that the South has risen again as they won 84 games and a tight WC2 race. In the West Portland's mini division winning streak came to an end and Helena made their first playoff appearance under Stimpy. And Tampa won the East for the 9th straight season cause that's what Snowbirds do  Oh yeah and Art traded Cody Roosevelt and won 23 less games than last season. Playoffs?!? Every AL South team lost their first playoff series in five games. nasboat finally won two playoff series? In a row?!? Despite much pessimism in the face of victory Seattle did something that Trenton could never do and took down the Snowbirds in the ALCS. Fifth time is the charm. nasboat could not win three playoff series in a row. Over on the NL side atheistdeals showed that regular season records don't matter and went into steamroller mode. 14-4 is nothing to sneeze at in the playoffs, especially when the teams you're playing averaged 106 wins! #GoSpiritsGo DIVISION WINNERS AL North: Seattle AL East: Tampa Bay AL South: Santa Fe AL West: Helena NL North: Kansas City NL East: Cleveland NL South: New Orleans NL West: Anaheim WILD CARDS AL: Richmond, Charlotte NL: IOWA, Salem Once again seven out of eight division winners remained unchanged, with Helena being the only new name on the list. The wild card race was much more interesting as all four teams changed from the previous season. Who's next? AWARDS AL MVP: Graham Abernathy (Durham) NL MVP: SteveS_weeney (Colorado) AL Cy Young: Cody Roosevelt (Seattle) (thanks, Art) NL Cy Young: Sean Creek (Cleveland) (can be yours for the low, low price of $110 million!) AL ROTY: Ryouta Yang (Boston) NL ROTY: Weldon Bush (Colorado) OUR PITCH TO YOU, THE PROSPECTIVE NEW GOON OWNER Hardball Dynasty is a game on the sports simulation site WhatIfSports.com. HBD puts you in control of a fake baseball franchise with fake players. You make the decisions. Draft young talent, trade with competing franchises, sign free agents to help you make the postseason, and inevitably lose to jeff in the playoffs. We're looking for dedicated owners to make sure every franchise is run competently, effectively, and, perhaps most importantly, actively. And that's where you come in. Currently, DiMaggio is a majority-goon world. Most of the remaining pubbies are pretty reasonable, but if you're new to HBD it's always a good idea to run any potential trades by veteran goons. Ask any questions you like in the thread here, we're always happy to give advice to a new owner. We have lots of openings! Ask questions if you have any interest whatsoever! Please contact our esteemed commissioner ThatsMyBoye (@paul_boye) or post in this thread if you'd like to play! We'd love to have you! But especially if you're not going to quit a week into the game! WAITING LIST 2. some dodgers guy on twitter 3. You?!?!? NEW OWNERS GUIDE - Work in Progress 1. Consider running trade offers by the veteran owners in thread. We'll tell you if you're getting ripped off too badly. 2. Figure out a plan and stick to it. If you decide your team needs a rebuilding period, don't abort it halfway through and try to win. That's how you get a consistently mediocre team that doesn't go anywhere. 3. Overall rating is pretty much meaningless, other than to inflate a guy's asking price or determine draft comp. 4. During the preseason, you need to pay more attention to your team than at any other time. After the season starts, you can get away with checking your team once a day or so. During the preseason, you need to be much more active. Don't commit to a team if you can't do that. The main cycles run at (roughly) 3:45am, 11:45am and 7:45pm Eastern, with half cycles in between each. I'd advise that you check every half-cycle, as this is when you get feedback on coach hiring, free agent offers, re-signings, etc. 5. Go through your team roster when you get your team. Figure out what assets you have. Figure out what players you need to protect from the Rule V draft. Failing to do so can seriously set your team back. I'm bolding this part because nasboat is AN IDIOT WHO LOST THREE GOOD PROSPECTS AT ONE POINT BECAUSE I FORGOT TO DO THIS EXACT THING, SO IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU, TOO! SERIOUSLY! 6. Don't be afraid to ask questions! HBD can be overwhelming at first. There's a lot to figure out, and we've all been through it. Use your goon resources. 7. Don't listen to Art's advice. EVER. 8. Coach Hiring Sucks. But it's not that bad honestly if the world works together. We can do this. Trust me. 9. Most of all, have fun with it. Don't get too worked up about fake baseball. Unless you're 10. (NEW) Get a Big Brother! If you've never played this game before feel free to ask the thread for help from the veterans. Hopefully one of us will take you under our wing and teach you some of the stupid convoluted poo poo that you need to know before you quit in frustration. Then when you're a 10 season veteran with multiple world series wins you can pay it forward! As I said before, our commissioner is the esteemed ThatsMyBoye. You will need to be in contact with him to get the password to the world to be able to join.  AWESOME THING YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IF YOU DON'T ALREADY -ADVANCED ROSTER EDIT. This is essential. If you've got (I think) 3 seasons of HBD under your belt, you can take the stupid, WIS-mandated 'training wheels' off your "Edit Roster" page. That's right, no longer will you have to make promotions one player at a time -- which was always a terrible process when trying to bump up all your minor leaguers. To get to advanced roster mode, simply access the "Management Console" from the "Manager's Office" menu, then scroll down and select "Advanced Mode" under "GM Edit Rosters Options" SPRING TRAINING INFO YOU WILL NEED CURRENT GOON TEAMS -- NOW WITH TWITTER HANDLES! Updated as of 11/17 uublog made a Twitter list here pre:Forums name / WIS name / Franchise / Twitter nasboat / nasboat / Seattle Discontent / @nasboat Art Vandelay / thaneoffife / New York Vandelay / @ThaneOfFife gardenald / gardenald / Chicago Barons / @gardenald Devo / devomac / Pittsburgh Steel Birds / @Devo1999 Cory Lidle / dockellis70 / Boston Sophists / @DJWeedPizza Evilbeard / evilbeard / Durham Wolves / @evilbeard ????? / kingfatdik / Toledo Trash Men / @duyarvish jeffersonlives / tjefferson / Santa Fe Leo Egans / @ihateprospects Scrotos / Fervus / Charlotte Goyim / @scrotos uublog / uublog / Richmond Flying Squirrels / @uublog Tavarin / tavarin / St. Louis Gaedels / @tavarin CaptMurphy / captmurphy / Portland Beavers / @haassauce stimpy / stimpy_5 / Helena Thirty Helens / @sas_stimpy The broken bones / kingofspain / Los Angeles Los Angeles / @TheAmitie ????? / ck22 / Vancouver Mooses / @JaredJMassey Nerokerubina / koyunlu / Iowa City Subsidies / @QaraKoyunlu Operaterp / operaterp / Philadelphia Phatties / ernestborg9 / ernestborg9 / Ottawa BEEMOs / @ernest_borg9 ????? / spaldingball / Chicago Cubes / @spaldingethan AlleyViper / alleyviper / Cleveland Attack on Memory / @deanleyland chutwig / chutwig / Buffalo Garden Paths / @erhudy tatankatonk / tatankatonk / New York Metropolitans / @tatankatonk ????? / mattwithanh / Jacksonville Juggernauts / @mattwithanh AtheistDeals.com / atheistdeals / New Orleans Spirits / @DoubleScorpion ????? / cowhitchurch / Austin Express / @cowhitchurch ThatsMyBoye / mrincubus / Anaheim Los Angeleses / @paul_boye gyroball / gyroball / Colorado Burrellballers / @RedbirdMenace Power of Pecota / pecotaredux / Salem Saberhagens / @GeorgeMatanzas Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12 Season 13 Season 14 Season 15 Season 16 Season 17 Season 18 Season 19 Season 20 Season 21 Season 22 Season 23 Season 24 Season 25 Season 26 Season 27 Season 28 Season 29 Devo fucked around with this message at 04:15 on Dec 1, 2014 |
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Nov 17, 2014 09:44
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gardenald posted:Awww yeah looks like I'm only gonna need like five coaches and none of them are super important ones I need a fielding coach again
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Nov 17, 2014 17:13
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tatankatonk posted:Somebody do a FA preview so I know who to buy with my sheikh oil money Sean Creek, One hundred ten million dollars
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Nov 17, 2014 17:28
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ThatsMyBoye posted:I'm back but obviously messed up reserving and now apparently Anaheim is no longer available for the NL West so I guess I'm moving AND having my budgets reset this offseason is gonna blow Hopefully the stigma of Pittsburgh has worn off from the league
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Nov 17, 2014 17:32
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So TMB is obviously back and EB tweeted that he'd be back later this week. Before I start working on open team previews have we heard from CJL, Stimpy, or duyarvish yet?
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Nov 17, 2014 17:38
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If EB and duyarvish are returning as expected I believe we're down to one opening each in the NL and AL. I've written a short summary of each team in the second post.
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Nov 18, 2014 11:13
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Down to one opening plus our AL East stragglers. That NL East team might be a good pickup for someone who's played before if we have any of those people laying around.
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Nov 18, 2014 21:20
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I kind of want to do a mini rebuild but I also don't want to give up my divisional championship streak. #FirstPlaceProblems
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Nov 22, 2014 07:35
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uublog posted:Good point but I'd think it would say somewhere, either on the option report, or on his transaction page that he accepted his end, like how retirements show up immediately after rollover It should probably but it doesn't. Alex Miranda for example is already on my free agent report but Jose Carrasco still shows up on my option report so I know he's staying until I decline my end.
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Nov 22, 2014 07:43
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chutwig posted:Christ I am glad I don't have to play the stupid FI game this year no it's awesome you're totally missing out
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Nov 23, 2014 18:02
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nasboat posted:don't everybody TC all at once now No one wants your aging players Enjoy your $200 million payroll
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Nov 23, 2014 18:49
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When people quote me now it shows up yellow and I'm not sure I'm ok with that
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Nov 23, 2014 19:28
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Sean Creek status: Gettin' Paid
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Nov 25, 2014 20:34
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ThatsMyBoye posted:17 teams in for fielding coaches great For those of you keeping track that means someone is going home with a fielding coach of 49 or lower. Good times.
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Nov 25, 2014 22:51
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uublog posted:e: in addition to the Todd Davis trade arthur also just gave Albert Mangual 5 years/$33.6M so I guess he is doing some kind of thing and I just don't know what that kind of thing is I really really wanted Mangual but holy hell not at that price
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Nov 28, 2014 08:26
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Boy I am not landing any FAs at all and I'm going to have a ton of money left over
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Nov 28, 2014 19:57
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Nerokerubina posted:congratulations nasboat on essentially out and out cheating Mainly you should thank Art for taking nasboat's last max contract off his hands
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Nov 28, 2014 21:26
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Nerokerubina posted:I'm not talking about trades and don't give the slightest poo poo i'm talking about nasboat saving 8 million and getting a mutual on creek by gaming the poo poo out of the system Ah I hadn't noticed that. Just assumed it was a max with nasboat swooping in with his PC/BU coaches
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Nov 28, 2014 21:32
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One of you jerks that's already signed a type A should sign McKnight. Especially if the type A you signed was from a better team than mine.
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Nov 28, 2014 21:55
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uublog posted:Mark "gently caress Mark Cobb" Cobb 42 years old and still kickin' strong
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Nov 28, 2014 22:32
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ArtVandelay posted:I am about to have about 10 players, including 2 pitchers, on my major league team. Gonna get that #1 next season. A lot of people are going to ask, "You won over 100 games two seasons ago, how is this even possible?" But the real question is, "How did you ever win 100 games?"
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Nov 28, 2014 22:33
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Atheistdeals.com posted:This Sizemore contract was probably not a good idea... Yeah you were supposed to let me get him for like 60
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Nov 29, 2014 00:13
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Well the new owner in Austin is about to get completely murdered in the rule 5
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Nov 29, 2014 09:58
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You know every time someone posts a team preview I see so many drat former Snowbirds Am I...am I nasboat now??? 
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Nov 29, 2014 10:01
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I lean towards trading back the top end players, but then again I was picking low enough that they were never going to get to me so I'm not sure how much weight my opinion should even have. e: Martinez, Sele, and Santos were the three I had on my big gently caress up list. All three from new owners.
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Nov 30, 2014 05:28
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I'd be surprised if DiFelice makes it through waivers. I thought about claiming him myself but I've already got enough guys without options I'm trying to push through.
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Nov 30, 2014 17:46
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The owner's manual is a good idea but I think each brand new player should have a Big Brother for a season or two. Someone to tell them "Hey you need to set budgets" or "holy poo poo you should protect that guy from the rule 5". Just have the Little Brother be in the opposite league as the Big Brother and not trade together for a couple seasons so there's no conflict of interest. The game as a whole is in a much worse place than our own little world but we are starting to hemorrhage users at a rate that warrants action I think.
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Nov 30, 2014 23:48
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Someone explain to me why Vinny is getting given away for free
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Dec 1, 2014 19:12
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I feel like if you're going to win 115 games a season then no trade clauses are something you have to deal with.
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Dec 2, 2014 00:12
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nasboat posted:
That's bullshit and you know it. Vinny has been flipped twice for absolutely nothing in a blatant attempt to skirt the rules.
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Dec 2, 2014 00:15
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Like others have said I wouldn't have looked twice if Grebeck was involved because I thought it was supposed to be a three way trade in the first place. As it was laid out though TMB was actually losing value just to be the middleman in breaking 10/5 rights.
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Dec 2, 2014 04:18
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ArtVandelay posted:The Mark Cobb for HOF has to start this year as well. He is the pitching version of McKay Duffy, and i will not rest until he's made it. Hopefully he retires a Vandelay after this season. You're a jerk for signing him before I could but I would have had to waive him anyway
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Dec 3, 2014 08:38
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How is it even possible to have an entire division that bad? I feel like you could make a 75 win team just with late signing FAs and waiver pickups.
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Dec 5, 2014 04:14
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Playoff status makes no difference in draft order. Dryb won the world series one season here in DiMaggio and had a protected pick the next season.
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Dec 5, 2014 06:24
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uublog posted:I don't think it could've been dryb, he won 90+ for 90% of his AL West reign, from S17-25, and won the WS in 20 and 23... He had an 81-81 team in there. I thought that one won the world series. e: Season 16 and I guess it was only an AL pennant
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Dec 5, 2014 06:34
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You're all monsters for not voting in Ken "KEN TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMBS" Toombs into the hall of fame
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Dec 6, 2014 11:29
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The Snowbirds have left the cold concrete dome in Tampa and the Steel Birds say hello to the grey smoke filled skies in Pittsburgh.  This is subject to change very soon. I threw together a bunch of position players pretty haphazardly after losing out on Jerry Sizemore and Tomas Montanez doesn't throw ground balls so he's a jerk who needs to leave.
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Dec 7, 2014 19:11
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Julian Melendez is a fuckin dick
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So my bullpen has just decided to lose every game now
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