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Originally Posted by The Wolf
Now you can make up numbers, but at that point you have a fictional league.
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It seems this is the heart of the issue. I myself would totally welcome the game adding the ability to select a negro league for use, and it wouldn't bother me in the slightest if the game considered it to be a fictional league as opposed to historical.
Or even to include negro league players in the player pool in the way some people want the history of MLB/team history/league values but want randomness in who plays where. That would interest me greatly. And to Wolf's point most here would call that a
fictional historical league.
I do understand the reticence though I think some of language is a little overheated. If these league/players ever were to be included the inability to produce highly accurate ratings like MLB could certainly be stated out front in the days and weeks prior to release, if not in the very first statement Markus makes upon each new version. And since it would only ever be an opt-in option I don't believe anyone could rightfully claim that they were buying an offensive product.
It is always fascinating to see how intense these conversations become. It certainly is a sign of a great appreciation for this game. And yet they frequently hover around one poster. So as to the Wolf, I've been here far longer than I've been registered and while his tone can be very difficult to accept, I have no doubt he is not dealing in personal attacks when disagreeing - even though it may feel like that! And he doesn't ever back down, or seemingly back off. That said, he does provide a lot of value to these forums in his own unique and different ways. I recommend taking a deep breath and just try to respond to the merits of what he said.
But really, there's
got to be a way to make it easy for people to have this option. Maybe the community needs to come up with an add-on
