October 2301 - BNN Weekly Report - October 17
 

OK, I might push a little ahead! Maybe at least to the draft.

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...1&d=1623123150

BNN Weekly Report

This Week in the CBO, BMU, and GBRL

by Nat Wright-Kawolski

16 October 2301

News

Vault 81, Abernathy Agree to Swap: Reports have surfaced that Vault 81 has agreed to send 24-year old 1B Jason Robinson to the Abernathy Adamantium in exchange for 24-year old LF Bloatfly Williams and 22-year old minor league LHP Don Sanctuary. "It's a done deal," said one executive speaking on the condition of anonymity. "I'm surprised word got around so quickly. We just signed off on this an hour ago." The deal apparently is awaiting physicals before an official announcement is made by either team.


Lifetime Robinson has hit for a .252 average and totaled 403 hits, 104 home runs and 317 RBIs.

Over his career Williams is batting .320 with 97 doubles, 24 triples, 4 home runs, 139 RBIs and scored 262 runs in 417 games.

North Charles Association Announces Corvega Top Defender Award Winners: Great glovemen can range far and wide to make a backhand stop or an over-the-shoulder catch -- and the best usually make it look easy. Today the winners of the North Charles Association Corvega Top Defender Award for 2301 were announced. These awards for defensive excellence go to:

Pitcher
Lannie Tykeson (Easy Town Assaultrons)

Catcher
Mike Swift (Nordhagen Beach Party Boys)

First Baseman
Antonio Toeclaw (Salem Witch Hats)

Second Baseman
Danny Suarez (Finch Farm Four Leafs)

Third Baseman
Dog Prairie (Easy Town Assaultrons)

Shortstop
Tib Shorthop (Finch Farm Four Leafs)

Left Fielder
Bloatfly Williams (Abernathy Adamantium)

Center Fielder
Millioncap Go (The Slog Ghouls)

Right Fielder
Gene Leftswipe (Concord Radstags)

SCA Corvega Top Defender Award Winners Named: What does it take to win a Corvega Top Defender Award? It's a combination of good hands, knowing how to play the hitters, all-out hustle and a willingness to sacrifice your body to make a play. Good speed and a good arm never hurt either, but not always required. This year's all-defense team in the South Charles Association consists of:

Pitcher
Peak Sizeman (FHE Yao Guai)

Catcher
Biddy Swenson (Roxbury Rad Sox)

First Baseman
Barker Cocoa (University Point Deathclaws)

Second Baseman
Jumper Hayes (Goodneighbor Hancocks)

Third Baseman
Justin Daros (Atom Cats)

Shortstop
Hopper Hayes (Egret Ninjas)

Left Fielder
Kory Richardson (University Point Deathclaws)

Center Fielder
Earthbound Bussey (Atom Cats)

Right Fielder
Baywatch Fischler (Quincy Gunners)

Mannequin Wins Award for NCA Dominance: The Nordhagen Beach Party Boys got more than they expected out of Tom Mannequin in 2301.

At the age of 35, there were questions about whether or not Mannequin could still compete at a high level, but those questions were answered emphatically as he has won the North Charles Association Fallon's Reliever Award.

On the season, the Methuen, Massachusetts native recorded 35 saves in 51 relief appearances and threw 57.1 innings. He recorded 56 strikeouts and 10 walks, while posting an opponent's batting average of .197.

He received 24 first place votes, as a unanimous winner. Freedom Williams of the Concord Radstags finished second in voting, while Aaron Geneva of the Easy Town Assaultrons finished third.

Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Tom Mannequin - Nordhagen Beach Party Boys - 24 - 120
Freedom Williams - Concord Radstags - 0 - 58
Aaron Geneva - Easy Town Assaultrons - 0 - 38

Scorcher Grabs SCA Fallon's Reliever Award: Atom Cats closer Danny Scorcher said he loves to come into the game when the outcome is in jeopardy.

He certainly did a good job of impacting his team's outcomes this season, as he has been named the winner of the 2301 Fallon's Reliever Award for the South Charles Association.

"There's no better feeling than running in from the bullpen with the game on the line and your heart pumping," Scorcher said.

On the season, the Boxborough, Massachusetts native had 29 saves in 44 relief appearances, 36 strikeouts in 50 innings and a record of 4 wins and 5 losses to go with his 0.90 ERA.

He received 21 first place votes out of a possible 24. Josh Samm of the Diamond City Swatters finished second in voting with 3 first place votes, while Jonathan Drumlin of the FHE Yao Guai finished third.

Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Danny Scorcher - Atom Cats - 21 - 114
Josh Samm - Diamond City Swatters - 3 - 60
Jonathan Drumlin - FHE Yao Guai - 0 - 33
Mike Pond - Diamond City Swatters - 0 - 3
Doug Dee El - Jamaica Plain Red Rockets - 0 - 2
Andy Helium - Roxbury Rad Sox - 0 - 2
Michael Thawt - Quincy Gunners - 0 - 2

Big Hitters Get Named NCA BosCom Positional Hitter Award Winners: North Charles Association pitchers had trouble with this group of hitters all season long. The BosCom Positional Hitter Award winners for 2301 are:

Pitcher
Lannie Tykeson (Easy Town Assaultrons)
.287/.371/.509, 324 AB, 18 HR, 1 SB, 138 wRC+, 2.8 WAR

Catcher
Biter Trout (County Crossing Bloodbugs)
.366/.476/.455, 385 AB, 4 HR, 164 wRC+, 6.4 WAR

First Baseman
Zeldolph Violet (Starlight Lady Killers)
.327/.439/.585, 395 AB, 28 HR, 181 wRC+, 6.4 WAR

Second Baseman
C.T. Woodard (The Slog Ghouls)
.256/.313/.437, 407 AB, 12 HR, 46 SB, 103 wRC+, 2.3 WAR

Third Baseman
Taygun Topaloglu (County Crossing Bloodbugs)
.318/.371/.459, 468 AB, 13 HR, 9 SB, 130 wRC+, 4.2 WAR

Shortstop
Austin Engill (Abernathy Adamantium)
.291/.421/.599, 382 AB, 28 HR, 14 SB, 175 wRC+, 6.2 WAR

Left Fielder
Dan Erb (Concord Radstags)
.339/.431/.605, 410 AB, 26 HR, 7 SB, 180 wRC+, 6.0 WAR

Center Fielder
Ben Pawlak (Fort Hagen Silver Shroud)
.346/.427/.591, 425 AB, 22 HR, 32 SB, 172 wRC+, 6.5 WAR

Right Fielder
Donny Kowalski (Abernathy Adamantium)
.340/.410/.593, 427 AB, 26 HR, 11 SB, 169 wRC+, 5.8 WAR

South Charles Association BosCom Positional Hitter Award Winners Announced: Today, the South Charles Association announced the winners of the BosCom Positional Hitter Award, which is given to the top offensive player at his primary position.

Here are the 2301 winners:

Pitcher
Joey Dimes (Quincy Gunners)
.345/.356/.397, 58 AB, 1 HR, 94 wRC+, 0.1 WAR

Catcher
Ayag Mour (Jamaica Plain Red Rockets)
.280/.357/.413, 397 AB, 11 HR, 114 wRC+, 2.6 WAR

First Baseman
Barker Cocoa (University Point Deathclaws)
.336/.506/.618, 351 AB, 27 HR, 9 SB, 101 R, 204 wRC+, 7.3 WAR

Second Baseman
Harry Byrd (Vault 81 Dwellers)
.288/.400/.505, 410 AB, 16 HR, 31 SB, 143 wRC+, 5.0 WAR

Third Baseman
Ben Pettinato (Quincy Gunners)
.319/.390/.537, 376 AB, 19 HR, 1 SB, 148 wRC+, 4.4 WAR

Shortstop
Knud Bather (Vault 81 Dwellers)
.281/.364/.555, 420 AB, 27 HR, 37 SB, 148 wRC+, 6.1 WAR

Left Fielder
Kory Richardson (University Point Deathclaws)
.293/.381/.561, 399 AB, 22 HR, 23 SB, 154 wRC+, 5.0 WAR

Center Fielder
Aesed Hayjen (Vault 81 Dwellers)
.348/.441/.674, 362 AB, 29 HR, 55 SB, 198 wRC+, 8.3 WAR

Right Fielder
Joe Rathmann (FHE Yao Guai)
.375/.482/.648, 389 AB, 21 HR, 41 SB, 207 wRC+, 7.8 WAR

NCA Red Rocket Rookie Award Announced: Last spring Gargoyle Falcone was happy to just make the Silver Shroud roster. He was overjoyed to see the name "Falcone" on the lineup card, too. Now the 22-year-old Fort Hagen right fielder has capped off his debut season by winning the coveted North Charles Association Red Rocket Rookie Award.

Falcone won the award by hitting .314 and collecting 101 hits, 2 home runs, 60 RBIs and 35 walks, along with 44 runs scored and a .384 on-base percentage.

He received 24 first place votes, as a unanimous winner. Whip Lashley of the County Crossing Bloodbugs finished second in voting, while Jason Bourque of the Sunshine Tidings Chemists finished third.

Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Gargoyle Falcone - Fort Hagen Silver Shroud - 24 - 120
Whip Lashley - County Crossing Bloodbugs - 0 - 72
Jason Bourque - Sunshine Tidings Chemists - 0 - 24

Premier Rookie Picked By SCA: The South Charles Association announced today that Wilson Beachball has been chosen the best rookie in the South Charles Association and would be the 2301 recipient of the Red Rocket Rookie Award. The University Point starter had everything working for him as he breezed to a 20-6 record.

During the season Beachball chalked up 28 starts and a 3.21 ERA in 207.1 innings, surrendering 148 hits with 122 strikeouts and 89 walks. Other clubs hit .199 against him.

He ended up tied with Duncan MacCready with 96 total votes and 96 first place votes.

Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Wilson Beachball - University Point Deathclaws - 12 - 96
Duncan MacCready - Roxbury Rad Sox - 12 - 96
Nuke Laloosh - Roxbury Rad Sox - 0 - 20
Moses Church - Roxbury Rad Sox - 0 - 4

Getman of Nordhagen Beach Voted Top Manager in NCA: Nordhagen Beach manager Matt Ballhawk Getman was selected as the 2301 North Charles Association Manager of the Year today.

He was somewhat of a dark horse next to some of the more flashy managers up for the award. Getman, who prefers that everyone call him "Cap" or "Skip," tries to shy away from the limelight in a media-driven world.

"It's really unfair to the guys that busted their humps all year long to put all the focus on me now. They showed up early, put in extra time in the cage, worked on their fielding, consulted with our coaching staff and really made 2301 a highlight in my career."

In fairness to this year's Manager of the Year, Getman certainly played an important part in the Party Boys success as he guided them to a first place finish in the North Charles Association Brotherhood League and a 79-29 record.

#1 Skipper in SCA: Stands of Atom: The Atom Cats had an outstanding season, much of it due to their astute and gifted skipper. For his managerial excellence, Paul Stands reaped the reward of being voted South Charles Association Manager of the Year.

"A manager is only as good as the players he's managing," Stands told reporters. "If I didn't have the talent to work with, making all the right moves wouldn't have helped a bit."

Under Stands the Cats finished second in the South Charles Association Minutemen League with a record of 64-44.

2301 NCA Vim! Pitcher Award Announced: The Nordhagen Beach Party Boys have a rising superstar or maybe even a budding Hall-of-Famer in the making.
It's Beachboy Nut, this year's North Charles Association Vim! Pitcher Award selection. This blossoming hurler wowed fans, peers and sportswriters with a fabulous performance.

Nut compiled a 17-3 record in 27 starts, tallied 223 strikeouts in 217 innings and recorded a 2.16 ERA. Other clubs managed only a .205 batting average against him.

He received 24 first place votes, as a unanimous winner. Tommy Beach of the Nordhagen Beach Party Boys finished second in voting, while Derek Green of the Fort Hagen Silver Shroud finished third.

Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Beachboy Nut - Nordhagen Beach Party Boys - 24 - 168
Tommy Beach - Nordhagen Beach Party Boys - 0 - 95
Derek Green - Fort Hagen Silver Shroud - 0 - 71
Tony Bertha - Salem Witch Hats - 0 - 35
Josh Hugs - Salem Witch Hats - 0 - 20
Gavin Eviritts - County Crossing Bloodbugs - 0 - 16
Chet Arthur - Nordhagen Beach Party Boys - 0 - 2
Whip Lashley - County Crossing Bloodbugs - 0 - 1

Taguchi Chosen SCA's Best Pitcher: This season's South Charles Association Vim! Pitcher Award trophy went to Scruffy Taguchi, the ace of the Atom pitching staff.

He dominated all season, finishing with 13 wins and 7 losses and a 3.23 ERA. In 26 starts he worked a total of 195.1 innings, striking out 162, while walking 66. Other clubs managed to hit only .223 against him.

He received 9 first place votes out of a possible 24. Joey Dimes of the Quincy Gunners finished second in voting with 8 first place votes, while Phlip Wallace of the University Point Deathclaws finished third with 4 first place votes.

Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Scruffy Taguchi - Atom Cats - 9 - 99
Joey Dimes - Quincy Gunners - 8 - 80
Phlip Wallace - University Point Deathclaws - 4 - 62
Bow Rome - FHE Yao Guai - 2 - 57
Sheng Kawolski - Diamond City Swatters - 1 - 52
Pete Pembroke - Atom Cats - 0 - 39
Wilson Beachball - University Point Deathclaws - 0 - 8
Vince McCort - Vault 81 Dwellers - 0 - 8
Chris Deathclaw - Jamaica Plain Red Rockets - 0 - 2
Quincy Eloquent - Goodneighbor Hancocks - 0 - 1

Fort Hagen's Pawlak Wins NCA Nuka-Hitter Award: Ben Pawlak of the Fort Hagen Silver Shroud proved that you can step out of the shadows and onto the stage if you've got the talent and the drive to hone your skills. Hard work, long hours and a tireless resolve paid off for him today in the form of the North Charles Association Nuka-Hitter Award.

Pawlak hit for a .346 average while collecting 147 hits, 28 doubles, 5 triples, 22 home runs, 70 RBIs and scoring 90 times.

He received 13 first place votes out of a possible 24. Dan Erb of the Concord Radstags finished second in voting with 6 first place votes, while Zeldolph Violet of the Starlight Lady Killers finished third with 2 first place votes.

Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Ben Pawlak - Fort Hagen Silver Shroud - 13 - 279
Dan Erb - Concord Radstags - 6 - 232
Zeldolph Violet - Starlight Lady Killers - 2 - 203
Biter Trout - County Crossing Bloodbugs - 3 - 188
Donny Kowalski - Abernathy Adamantium - 0 - 136
Austin Engill - Abernathy Adamantium - 0 - 132
Babs Rooth - County Crossing Bloodbugs - 0 - 89
Mike Swift - Nordhagen Beach Party Boys - 0 - 51
David Seaweed - Starlight Lady Killers - 0 - 35
Lannie Tykeson - Easy Town Assaultrons - 0 - 26
Taygun Topaloglu - County Crossing Bloodbugs - 0 - 19
Millioncap Go - The Slog Ghouls - 0 - 17
Ajani Peacock - County Crossing Bloodbugs - 0 - 5
Nick Maris - Starlight Lady Killers - 0 - 4

Hayjen Chosen 2301 SCA Nuka-Hitter Award: Aesed Hayjen took Commonwealth Baseball Organization by storm this year, and he did it all at the age of 24.

For his spectacular campaign, the Vault 81 Dwellers star has been named the 2301 South Charles Association Nuka-Hitter Award recipient.

"To be considered amongst the best in the league is overwhelming," said the center fielder.

On the season he compiled a .348 batting average to go with a .441 on-base percentage. The native of Provincetown, Massachusetts also added 19 doubles, 6 triples, 29 home runs, 84 RBIs and 98 runs scored.

He received 24 first place votes, as a unanimous winner. Baywatch Fischler of the Quincy Gunners finished second in voting, while Joe Rathmann of the FHE Yao Guai finished third.

Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Aesed Hayjen - Vault 81 Dwellers - 24 - 336
Baywatch Fischler - Quincy Gunners - 0 - 185
Joe Rathmann - FHE Yao Guai - 0 - 185
Barker Cocoa - University Point Deathclaws - 0 - 181
Waze Waiting - Diamond City Swatters - 0 - 130
Tomas Jones - University Point Deathclaws - 0 - 129
Oren Gep - Diamond City Swatters - 0 - 113
Knud Bather - Vault 81 Dwellers - 0 - 84
Earthbound Bussey - Atom Cats - 0 - 28
Hose Wallcrawler - FHE Yao Guai - 0 - 22
Kory Richardson - University Point Deathclaws - 0 - 7
Jim Synthseeker - Diamond City Swatters - 0 - 6
Jake Doucette - Atom Cats - 0 - 5
Deer Quickwalker - Vault 81 Dwellers - 0 - 4
Harry Byrd - Vault 81 Dwellers - 0 - 1

2301 CBO Awards

2301 Positions - Top Players
C Biter Trout County Crossing
1B Barker Cocoa University Point
2B Harry Byrd Vault 81
3B Ben Pettinato Quincy
SS Austin Engill Abernathy
LF Dan Erb Concord
CF Aesed Hayjen Vault 81
RF Baywatch Fischler Quincy

SP Beachboy Nut Nordhagen Beach
RP Danny Scorcher Atom

MVP Aesed Hayjen Vault 81

MGR Matt Ballhawk Getman Nordhagen Beach

Playoffs LF Michael Fogcrawler Nordhagen Beach

Runner Up
C Mike Swift Nordhagen Beach
1B Oren Gep Diamond City
2B Jonathan Abern Oberland
3B Taygun Topaloglu County Crossing
SS Knud Bather Vault 81
LF Carney Cornseed Jamaica Plain
CF Ben Pawlak Fort Hagen
RF Joe Rathmann FHE

SP Tommy Beach Nordhagen Beach
RP Tom Mannequin Nordhagen Beach

MVP Barker Cocoa University Point



Transactions

Thursday, October 17th , 2301
The County Crossing Bloodbugs traded 30-year old LF Ginger Rogers and a 10th round draft pick to the Warwick Mirelurks, getting 23-year old RHP Capstone Goofson, a 7th round draft pick, and a 9th round draft pick in return.

Friday, October 11th , 2301
Warwick Mirelurks: Signed CF Delk Delightful.
Oberland T-51s: Signed 1B Mitch McDonough.

Thursday, October 10th , 2301
The Atom Cats traded 23-year old minor league CF Jason Niederer to the Finch Farm Four Leafs, getting 24-year old RHP Kyle Kyleson Jr. in return.

Wednesday, October 9th , 2301
The Easy Town Assaultrons traded 29-year old RHP David Hill to the Oberland T-51s, getting 23-year old 3B Travis Elwood and a 9th round draft pick in return.

Tuesday, October 8th , 2301
Oberland T-51s: Signed 1B Tim MacVane.

Monday, October 7th , 2301
The Lexington Synths traded 23-year old LF Whiskey Nightcap, 24-year old 2B Bubb Islander, and a 2nd round draft pick to the Warwick Mirelurks, getting 31-year old LF Patty Cuttooth, 19-year old minor league SS Phil Dot, 24-year old CF Gee Force, and a 4th round draft pick in return.

Saturday, October 5th , 2301
Sunshine Tidings Chemists: Signed SP Chief Edwards.
Abernathy Adamantium: Signed Manager Squatty O'Sullivan. - Squatty's back in the CBO!!!
Egret Ninjas: Signed General Manager Loose Lips Pena.

Oh man, we can finally design pants. I'm definitely down to get 23 ASAP as well when it comes out on steam, but I'm in late-may on a season right now and need to progress to the offseason before conversion so there's no rush other than that 10% discount.

Good luck with what's hopefully an upgrade. Don't try to take on too much at once, though I feel like maybe I'm not the best one to give this advice. I accidentally applied for a promotion (it's more like I don't know how to say no) and today I heard I got it. Technically it's a lateral move, but it's much more prestigious even if my benefits are the same.

Best of luck!

I actually think this job would simplify my job description since I currently hold FOUR paid positions at my college. To get the promotion, I would hold one position that takes up my time, 8-4 PM M-F. These days, I will often start checking email around 5:30 AM and planning my day around those emails (for example, if I have to process 20 graduation applications that day, then I know part of what is going to take place in my workday). I am in the office from 8-1 unless there are afternoon meetings (average about once a week) and then take a lunch break. Depending on how much I have going on, I often get home, and then I'm back "on the clock" at 2 PM. Once I have finished my work, then I get started on whatever I have to do for my doctoral studies. I typically then grind through assignments on Saturday and Sunday unless I have to grade papers. Then I do those first and then work on my assignments as much as I can.

Yeah, my days would be simplified and there would be few times other than the early learning curve where I would have to do anything before 8 AM or after 4 PM. The difference would be that my contract would change from a 9-month contract to a 12-month contract, so there would be no options for summers off anymore.

Thank you! I hope I can get a promotion, but if it does not happen now, at least I have the tools necessary to understand the full process for (near) future applications.

October 2301 - CBO News and Notes -
 

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...1&d=1623123150

BNN Weekly Report

This Week in the CBO, BMU, and GBRL

by Nat Wright-Kawolski

18 October 2301

Buses Get Makeover

CBO artist Erin Reische has revealed the addition to CBO team buses for the 2302 season. Instead of having plain frames, the graphical artist team for the CBO will paint logos and team names on all 24 buses across the league.

Artist rendering of the new-look team buses:
https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...1&d=1650121170

Since the Corvega plant has been open, they have made it a priority to keep the league moving. Each team has employed a bus driver and mechanic to guarantee that teams can make all games.

Commissioner Nate Howard has talked about the possibility of expanding the league's schedule and removing the "river border" when scheduling season games. At this point, all CBO teams play 108 games with 60 of those games against their own league (6 home and 6 away per team) and the other 48 games (4 home and 4 away per team) coming against the other league in their association.

Howard has begun talks to see if teams could add 48 additional games with a 2 home-2 away structure versus the other association. There is also a possibility that those numbers could be fewer with possibilities of playing as few as 12 total games against the other association where there would be a 4-year rotation versus the association and different home and away structures each year.

For example, the Abernathy Adamantium would play their regular 108-game schedule. They would also play the following sort of rotation over a four-year period:

Year 1 vs Minutemen League
6 home games total vs Atom, Goodneighbor, and Jamaica Plain
6 road games total vs Quincy, University Point, and Warwick

Year 2 vs Railroad League
6 home games total vs Diamond City, Egret, and FHE
6 road games total vs Oberland, Roxbury, and Vault 81

Year 3 vs Minutemen League
6 road games total vs Atom, Goodneighbor, and Jamaica Plain
6 home games total vs Quincy, University Point, and Warwick

Year 4 vs Railroad League
6 road games total vs Diamond City, Egret, and FHE
6 home games total vs Oberland, Roxbury, and Vault 81

According to Howard, schedule change considerations are not planned for the 2302 season.

"We're still building our pool of players," Howard said. "With more games, there will be more injuries, so we need to ensure that teams can field a competitive team before we start adding even more games on the schedule."

Asked if the increase in numbers of games would move the caps salary above the current numbers, he stated that it would. Currently, five players per CBO team are paid 10,800 caps per season or 100 caps per game for the regular season; five more players are paid 8100 caps or 75 caps per game; and the remaining 15 players are paid 6480 caps per season or 60 caps per game.

Love the bus. I'm a nerd about many things, and transport/infrastructure is one of them and probably the most nerdy/least socially acceptable :laugh:

Thanks. I have not fully thought out infrastructure for the new and improved Commonwealth. I suppose all the construction has allowed for them to clear out paths along the old road system. I never did a walkthrough of where buses and cars could drive, but it will just have to work. Also, I may have written about work being done on the rail system beyond just the path to Nuka-World. Unfortunately, I cannot find specific proof I wrote that, so that may be tabled (on my timeline, I have the Boston rail system opening in 2303). That one runs north-south from Outpost Zimonja past Egret Tours Marina.

Note: I will go ahead and add the rail lines to a story. Planned opening in 2303. Let me think about it.

I vaguely remember you mentioning the trains, I don't think that one specifically, but one *to* Nuka-world expanding, because, you know, it had a train sort of to begin with technically.

Settlements Today
 

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...1&d=1623123150

Today in the CBO

Settlements Today

by Nat Wright-Kowalski

20 October 2301 - Walden Pond

It is a lazy Sunday morning stroll around the pond. I stand outside the Thoreau House, in which I rented for the evening for a hefty 500 caps. It is the tourist attraction of the Walden Pond settlement. Well, it was; now baseball brings in additional jobs and funds.

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...1&d=1650209276

The light fog, or "strange smoke" as the locals call it, serves as a blanket over the serene part of the Commonwealth. We can feel the history of this natural place, yet the hope of a future where we can return to places like this one without the fear of the brutal wastes. I am standing looking down on the pond. While it is serene, there are several water pumps in the lake. It was once another of the many irradiated no-go zones of the Commonwealth, but serious efforts to clean it up to make the water filters provide some of the purest water in the area.

Just to my west stands the Gift Shop. It is not full of merchandise, but the settlers here have been producing some merchandise to match it. While the original transcendentalist texts of the tourist attraction are not here, the Boston Public Library did provide me with some reading materials before coming. For now, the only real history indicator at Walden Pond is General Atomics still functioning robotic audio tour boxes. For the complete history, keep reading.

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...1&d=1650209280

“Hello, and welcome to Walden Pond,” the box beeps. “You are now standing in front of the cabin inhabited by transcendentalist writer and philosopher Henry David Thoreau starting in the summer of 1845. For two years, two months, and two days, Thoreau lived in this cabin, hoping to gain a more objective understanding of society. This experiment was influenced by Thoreau's interest in transcendentalist philosophy, which believed that people were at their best when truly self-reliant. By living off the land with few material possessions, Thoreau proved it skeptical to think that any outward improvement of life could bring inner peace and contentment.” It then goes on to advertise merchandise in the Gift Shop and gives General Atomics credit for the tour. For an additional fee, Buddy Goodwater at the Gift Shop will give you a walking tour with more information about Thoreau’s time at the cabin.

The Thoreau House as they call it is a humble abode. The small cabin has a comfortable bed, a table with a chair, a desk with another chair, and a fireplace. Right now, the Goodwaters are preparing breakfast as part of the experience: scrambled mirelurk eggs, roasted tatos, and bourbon-baked cram.

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...1&d=1650209276

I look out west in the general direction of the somewhat larger Sunshine Tidings settlement lies several miles away. In that direction, I see where the Walden Pond settlers have made their tiny town. There are several rows of wooden and metal shacks as well as the chain-linked field for the Walden Pond poets.

I head out to The Field of Walden where the coaching staff—manager Lou Churchman, PC Kevin Hollow, and HC Money Caceres—are doing some general maintenance. They are happy to see me out there and show where they have improved the stadium. They explain that they love the peacefulness of the area where the baseball players can concentrate only on the game. While no players are at the field this early in the morning, Churchman tells me that several players are spending their offseason at Walden Pond to get in extra work. He tells me that all of the youngest players stayed, except for one of the rookies (not named) that wanted to return to work on his parents’ homestead for the winter. A quick check tells me that player is SP Joe Broomstick, a 4th-round pick of the Nordhagen Beach Party Boys, the Poets’ parent team. Otherwise, all of the other rookies stayed. Churchman points out players like RF Snake Walton and SP Cory Clone, the Boy’s 8th and 9th-round picks, who were making huge strides already.

After my tour of the baseball facility, I head back to Thoreau House where my steaming breakfast is waiting for me on the table. I dig in with a glass of ice-cold brahmin milk from Sunshine Tidings Co-op and write down my notes. I think what it must have been like in the 1840s when Thoreau sat down here to compose his Walden; or, Life in the Woods book. The Boston Public Library had a copy intact, and I read it before coming, trying to see the pond through Thoreau’s eyes. I check the notes that I scribbled when visiting the library.

https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...1&d=1650209276

Some of the lines of poetry I try to live in this experience. Of course, it is all relative. Thoreau was in solitude. I am in a tourist attraction of a settlement of people living their lives. Slowly, quietly, but populated.

"I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude."

"I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well."

"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify."

"I have a room all to myself; it is Nature."

"I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."

“An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day."

I think of my apartment in Hangman’s Alley in the new portion of Diamond City. It is urban and loud and bright. There are people available to fulfill my every need. Just like the hot (and delicious!) breakfast that I am consuming, my needs are met without self-sufficiency. Life in the wastes is sometimes awful and almost always dangerous. Yet, as a person who grew up in Diamond City, I realize that my life has been set for me. Out here, for the people of Walden Pond, they are making their own life. Like Thoreau writes, "All nature is your congratulation, and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself." I believe that to be true at this moment. In two hours, I must check out and return to Diamond City where I will publish this article for BNN. I will rejoin the steel and concrete of my reality, but I will forever remember this experience, this closeness to nature.

And I will return.

To view past versions of Settlements Today, please visit our ESAU page link at https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...67&postcount=2

Settlements Today! Great as always. Was always one of my favorite parts of the series. Oddly the statement about how much the cost of renting the cabin cost got me thinking, I wonder if anyone's crafted some good economic theories for the Fallout Universe. I mean, like, what's the average weekly wage for a wastelander (though I guess that'd only apply in settlements). I say this, because as we've previously discussed, Elder Scrolls is actually pretty well thought out both in-game and out of universe, and if 1 cap = 1 septim, 500 would be almost exactly the average laborer's one week's of wages.

I am planning to explore the island for the Far Harbor expansion. I just never took the time to do it during the 2301 season. It may happen for the 2301 offseason instead to push Vikky Vail to stop spending all her time with her man-friend Wayne Bruce and get back to work!

As far as the caps are concerned, I have no idea if they are accurate or consistent. I suppose there has been or could be a deep dive at some point to determine if rates are consistent among vendors and seem to have a caps scale. I am mostly avoiding financials in this dynasty, but I notice I have some trades I do not want to happen that could be avoided if I prevented NWL/VimL teams from being able to afford CBO-level contracts.

It’s a shame there’s no housing purchases you can make. That’s how I sorted out my finances in my TES league

I went ahead and made a dive in Reddit and YouTube to seek an answer, but I could not find a consensus. There is a YouTube video that tries, but that math will not work out for me! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln34...eGameTheorists


In the end, I like OrangeP47's idea of approximately 500 caps per week for labor, and I'll just go with that as though one cap = approx. one septim = approx. $1 USD.

I like the settlement system, but yeah Fallout 4 could use a bit more of the traditional "purchased home" aspect as well. Really, the only town you don't have fix up yourself id Diamond City.

Oh yeah, I remember that video. I mean though, for TES, there's actually several well thought out theories about in-game economics, as well as some in game references to there being an 80 Septim a day minimum wage at certain points in the timeline (notably, this bit of dialogue was in reference to Argonians in Windhelm getting shafted and payed much less than that by Stormcloak friendly dockmerchants).

I found the post while looking for other missing info in my dynasty: https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...postcount=2010


So I do have the rail line open already. A news story will come with some additional public transportation information. Let's see if an underground crew can work more on clearing out more rubble, but 2303 will launch Outpost Zimonja to Egret Marina. Maybe later it will expand out beyond that, but I don't plan to move any part of the league beyond the Fallout map.

When I look at the real Boston-area scale to game scale, I have no idea how my league would actually be possible for walking from place to place. :ohmy: Without some sort of transportation system, nothing here would be possible. I know, I know. It's a game and it has giant, mutated creatures and suspending disbelief. And, of course, magical transportation is also a possibility, but I will leave that sort of magic to the main characters in game (and, well, the Institute, too). I suppose I could solve all problems with fast travel and teleportation. I mean, both DO exist. Alas, I will not! Energy limitations or some other SCIENCE!

One word, bicycles ;) :laugh:

I introduced quadcycles to the Fallout New Vegas dynasty. The year 2306 and beyond may revolutionize travel in the Commonwealth.

With the OOTP 23 release, I simmed ahead in a test save despite the absolute ****ton of work I need to complete. I am about to go dark until everything is complete, but for now, before I do, here are some "things."

The Rad Sox became overpowered in this one sim, at one point making NINE straight Sole Survivor Series and 10 of 11. Amazingly, they lost their last six appearances. Another team that began to dominate, though not as much in their association, was County Crossing. Over the 14 years I simmed, they made four appearances in the SSS, winning all of them (3 vs Roxbury and 1 over University Point). Other champions in the 14-year span include Nordhagen Beach (back-to-back over Atom in 2301 and 2302 and again in 2310), Concord (twice), Starlight (twice), and Egret.

Lannie Tykeson, now with Roxbury as a 38-year-old is the Ohtani of the league. As a hitter, he has a career .332 average, 323 career HR, and 1283 RBI. As a pitcher, he has gone 236-98 with a 3.63 ERA, winning 10 or more games in 15-straight seasons. He won 20 or more three times.

Barker Cocoa became the all-time greatest hitter, with a .358 career batting average (best) and 468 homers (best). He is also #1 in career stats in OBP, SLG, OBPS, R, TB, BB, and WAR (133.65), 40 points higher than the second-best all-time (Earthbound Bussey).

2301 County Crossing rookie Whip Lashley has become the all-time wins leader at pitcher. He also won 10 or more games in 15 straight seasons with his career-low (11) coming in the final season simmed, 2315. Overall, he is 254-91 with a 3.22 ERA. He also has the best all-time WAR with 96.5.


None of this is official, but interesting to look at for what happens next.

I don’t know if you’ve had a chance to look under the hood of 23 yet for your league but they made a pretty drastic change to the syntax of the name file this year.

Gonna set me back a bit for my world.