this league uses baseball mogul 2007
general info on how this league works (for first timers):
basically what happens is you pick a team, and you set you lineup/bench/rotation/bullpen/minors/strategies/expenses how you want them and then post it in a thread for your team in the "rosters" forum. After every sim i'll post a .mog file for you to download and put into your baseball mogul 07 directory. when you start mogul up, hit "resume game" and click on the .mog. Free agency and trades take place through the messageboard, contract extensions take place in the game and you tell me what you did to get so and so to sign at whatever amount.
you can write articles about your team or the league in general to earn "league credits" or LC'S. you then can turn these in for the various rewards listed below.
if you have any other questions please dont hesitate to ask.
1: The sim schedule in this league will be on a faster pace to keep things interesting, the schedule will be as follows: 2 weeks every TUES/THURS/SAT/SUN, with a sim off for the trading deadline, and a reasonable offseason schedule that everyone can follow.
3: Winterball will be free based on your previous years record, (hence the "greenies")
*below .400 you can send 3 players.
*below .500 gets two, below
*.600 gets one.
i will go here:
www.random.org/nform.html to generate numbers. 1-90 gets the automatic +2 clicks on the predicted. 91-95 gets a 200 day injury, 96-99 gets a 300 day injury and 100 gets death by dismemberment (i delete the player from the file) also the number 42 will be the jackpot number which gets 5 +clicks.
4: League credits will be available for doing the following things:
winning the pennant in your league: 2 LC
winning the world series: 3 LC
winning over 100 games: 2 LC
voted owner of the year in your league: 2 LC
writing pre/mid/end of season reports: 2 LC a piece. Pre must be between the end of the draft and May 15th, Mid between May 15th and the trade deadline (July 31st) End between the end of the season and the draft.
misc team/league articles: 1 LC (max 10) the draft is the cutoff each year, after that any you write count towards next year.
LC rewards: you can turn in your LC's for the following,
PCI raise: 1 LC equals 200, max is equal to largest current market (i.e. NY)
Region Pop: 1 LC equals 500, largest current market max
City Pop: 1 LC equals 250, largest current market max
Fan Base: 10 LC equals one raise in fan base, max +5 (loyal)
5 LC's a piece for raises (or decreases) in convience/comfort/sight lines/infield quality/grass/foul ground/visibility
Fence changes are 25ft max any direction for 5 LC's at a time
1 LC=1mil if you want to go the cash route
Fitness: 1 LC equals one raise on the letter grade drop down for health (example: 1LC would make a "B" a "B+"
extra winterball: 10 LC's per click on anybody no restrictions
5: Free agency/trades will be conducted like every other league you've played in. trades must be confirmed by both owners and FA bids must stand for 24 hours. No FA or trades between Aug 1st and the end of the world series.
also players aged 36-39 can only be signed to 3 year deals at the max. 40 or over 1 year
***35 or under can be signed for up to 7
6: we will be at +20 rev, -10 salary demands, -10 inj freq and -20 for severity.
the simulation settings from HG's 1.1 roster update are as follows: EDIT 5/14 update
Ground Outs: 100
Line Outs: 100
Fly Outs: 100
Singles: 96
Doubles: 104
Triples: 70
Home Runs: 99
Walks: 103
Strikeouts: 94
Hit Batters: 100
Infielders Get Lead Runner: +0%
Double Plays: +0%
Stolen Bases: -10%
Caught Stealing: +10%
Successful Tag Up Attempts: +0%
Unsuccessful Tag Up Attempts: +0%
Pitcher Control: +0%
Batting Average: +0%
Batting Power: +0%
7: revenue sharing will be 15% and divided back equally (15% of what you make gets thrown into a pool and divided back evenly, this is calculated before the playoffs and after the regular season)
8: 100 million cap limit with 100% tax for teams going over, any funds derived from this will be distributed back to the 5 lowest revenue grossing teams.
9: any player that has played that has come up in your system or has been on your team for 3 full years can be signed to a 20% loyalty discount from what you negotiate with said player in his contract year, or whenever you are able to resign him. no limit on this.
10: all teams get two free drops. owners joining the league after it has started get the same deal, plus 6 LC's assuming one year has passed. owners taking over a team in debt will get a cash reset to 10million.
11: there will be no waivers, you may freely move players from the majors to the minors.
12: Assistant comish and other jobs will be available for whoever volunteers (LC tracking, sim running if the comish is in the playoffs or has comp problems, etc.)
13: draft pick trading: you can trade your first two rounds up to three years in advance (for right now that would be the 2008/09/10 draft) notice the draft order forum, this is where you can see what picks you have available to trade at any given time. you cant trade rounds 3-6 because since we're not manually drafting those rounds it would be hassle for me and screw that shit.
14: offseason order:
1. resignings/arb posted in the resignings forum by a specified date.
2. Start of Free agency once i have posted a turnover file with all the resignings/arb or releases. we'll go directly to Jan 17th from the end of the world series so this file will also mark the start of the voluntary board draft.
3. Live draft, will take place on a voted on time and day.
4. march first file will be out a couple days after the draft or sooner
5. start of season file
6. after the end of the regular season a revenue sharing/luxury tax file will be put out.
