Dead players? (In real life)

jokerhusky1129 · 01-17-2016, 03:26 PM

Kind of a weird "issue" came up while was in one of my leagues. I don't really keep track of who's hired as manager. But a story came up and said "Ivan Calderon out as Cubs manager"..... Ivan Calderon has been dead since 2003. I guess I can delete him, but is this normal? Are there players who died in real life still in the game?

NoOne · 01-17-2016, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jokerhusky1129

Kind of a weird "issue" came up while was in one of my leagues. I don't really keep track of who's hired as manager. But a story came up and said "Ivan Calderon out as Cubs manager"..... Ivan Calderon has been dead since 2003. I guess I can delete him, but is this normal? Are there players who died in real life still in the game?

there's a possibility of all sorts of errors in the database for various reasons. it's not personal and a purely chance occurence.

*edit: i'm sure theres a forum to submit errors that you find. not sure if one fits better than 'bug report thread', so take a look first.

jokerhusky1129 · 01-17-2016, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by NoOne

there's a possibility of all sorts of errors in the database for various reasons. it's not personal and a purely chance occurence.

Oh yes, and it's not like we should just forget about all that Ivan Calderon did, haha. He was a fairly decent player, and was well liked by fans of my Seattle Mariners. But I was just taken by surprise to see him named as a manager.

Questdog · 01-17-2016, 04:47 PM

No one is ever dead in OOTP.

actionjackson · 01-17-2016, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Questdog

No one is ever dead in OOTP.

Well you know, except the occasional owner, who miraculously enough always seems to get replaced by a son bearing the same name (aside from the "Jr." part.).

jokerhusky1129 · 01-17-2016, 09:18 PM

It is weird though, this is the first instance IIRC that I've ever seen a real life dead person in the database, at least as a manager. I've never seen Tony Gwynn or anyone like that come up. I should mention, this is a "modern" league, starting in 2015. So it's not like I started in 1983.

swoboda · 01-17-2016, 11:49 PM

Part of why I have always enjoyed baseball sim games is because the heroes of my youth live on forever, kind of like Field of Dreams

The Game · 01-18-2016, 03:53 AM

Somehow NULL Barrett who played in 1872 is a MGR in 2025.

byzeil · 01-18-2016, 12:37 PM

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Somehow NULL Barrett who played in 1872 is a MGR in 2025.

He got bored with retirement?

actionjackson · 01-18-2016, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by The Game

Somehow NULL Barrett who played in 1872 is a MGR in 2025.

What's his FaceGen look like at age ~175?

bwburke94 · 01-18-2016, 01:23 PM

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What's his FaceGen look like at age ~175?

It sort of loops around. Like a rollover bug or something.

Cryomaniac · 01-19-2016, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by byzeil

He got bored with retirement?

He retired from retirement!

The Game · 01-21-2016, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by actionjackson

What's his FaceGen look like at age ~175?

It's actually kind of weird. As a MGR is has him born in 1980 but when you view his former player card is shows playing in 1872 and has him born in 1980.

Phantom9in · 01-21-2016, 08:43 AM

Undead?

Elektranaut · 01-21-2016, 11:57 AM

well as Dylan Thomas wrote......"and death shall have no dominion"

Westheim · 01-21-2016, 01:31 PM

Maybe, one day, Rascal will come back as well from the farm he went to when I was nine years old.

Maybe. One day.

jollyschwa · 01-21-2016, 01:50 PM

People come back all the time. There's an app for it.

01-17-2016, 03:26 PM	#1
jokerhusky1129 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 456	Dead players? (In real life) Kind of a weird "issue" came up while was in one of my leagues. I don't really keep track of who's hired as manager. But a story came up and said "Ivan Calderon out as Cubs manager"..... Ivan Calderon has been dead since 2003. I guess I can delete him, but is this normal? Are there players who died in real life still in the game?

01-17-2016, 09:18 PM	#6
jokerhusky1129 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 456	It is weird though, this is the first instance IIRC that I've ever seen a real life dead person in the database, at least as a manager. I've never seen Tony Gwynn or anyone like that come up. I should mention, this is a "modern" league, starting in 2015. So it's not like I started in 1983. Last edited by jokerhusky1129; 01-17-2016 at 09:19 PM.

01-17-2016, 11:49 PM	#7
swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,220	Part of why I have always enjoyed baseball sim games is because the heroes of my youth live on forever, kind of like Field of Dreams __________________ "...If you want to look ahead to the bottom of the ninth, the Mets will be sending up Buddy Harrelson, Jerry Buchek , and Don Bosch, we'll be right back after this word from Rheingold Beer" The late great Lindsey Nelson

01-18-2016, 03:53 AM	#8
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Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	No one is ever dead in OOTP.

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01-21-2016, 01:50 PM	#17
jollyschwa Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 64	People come back all the time. There's an app for it.