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Originally Posted by ALB123
That's it! Chicopee borders Springfield (Birthplace of Basketball / Hall of Fame) and Holyoke (Birthplace of Volleyball / Hall of Fame). 
I skimmed through this thread. Am I correct in thinking that you were Commissioner of a big 64 team league who's files got lost? You restarted the league, but with only 24 teams making up the IPA? And now you're back to 64 teams? Is this the first season back with 64 teams?
Just a little curious about the backstory of the Islandia and the IPA. I'm aware of the work John Branson did - it must have been an almost impossible task, but I'm curious about the beginnings of Ruthlandia and Tycobbia. Why was Islandia divided into two separate countries? Are there any major differences between the two economically or socially? Or was the island divided to assure no one leader could ever impose his will on all of the people? |
Lots of good questions.
I let the AI run the IPA's 64 teams... in the Commissioner mode, I create new rookies each year... the AI annual draft just doesn't create enough good players... I purge the rosters of players that never amount to anything and players that should have retired 2-3 years ago... the AI doesn't do a good job of rotating players... it doesn't get rid of bad and mediocre players... old players play way past their prime... the reserve rosters are filled with poor players, that never make the active roster.
Here is how it all began... I was going to start with town ball leagues in the 1890's... 64 towns, some ethnically based... I set it up with 4 teams in each town... that's 256 teams in 16 divisions, playing 15-game seasons... after doing several months work setting up the rosters and teams, I discovered, OOTP would not let me not let me do that type of setup... I had planned to begin with town ball leagues, then expand slowly over the years to regions leagues and take the league through amateur leagues to semi[pro leagues with company-sponsored teams... when that didn't work out, so I decided to just do 24 teams, 4 divisions... but I had to choose only 24 of the 64 towns I created...I really got attached to the other 40 teams, so after 2 seasons I expanded to 64 teams and 8 divisions... been that way since 2003 season.
Game Corruption: Microsoft Windown 10 was installed by error on my computer several years ago... they installed it without my permission... they probably asked, but I didn't say "no"... that was in league year 2056... I lost my computer, in the transfer to a new computer, my game was corrupted and I just gave up on it.
A few months later... I discovered a backup through the 2052 season... I had put it on an external hard drive and didn't remember I had it... so I installed it and it worked... beginning in 2052... I just had to eliminate the 4 or 5 seasons to 2056 from this thread... you can see where I deleted page after page of posts.
My first season back after the game corruption was about 2052.