Difference Between Boards?

kq76 · 08-16-2025, 05:37 PM

Can someone explain the difference between how people, in general, use the "OOTP 26 - Historical & Fictional Simulations" board and the "OOTP Dynasty Reports" board? I understand some people might use one the same as some other people might use the other, but in general how are they used?

If there's a difference between how they are used and how you think they should be used, you can point that out too, but if you do please make that clear as I'm more interested in how they are used, in general, as they are right now.

luckymann · 08-16-2025, 08:40 PM

My attitude has changed slightly since this forum was (controversially?) changed a couple years / versions back to "Historical and Fictional".

I'm a fairly literal person and so I keep all of my straight-up historical "do-overs" in here, along with my newish fictional one.

I basically keep everything else in the Dynasty board.

The Eclipse League stayed in here, where I originally started it, although as an RD league it could go in either as far as I'm concerned. Same with my Gulf League, which is newer, which I opted to put onto the Dynasty board.

What sort of specific info are you looking for? What is the nature and context of your enquiry? Happy to provide more insight if desired.

jksander · 08-16-2025, 10:14 PM

I usually am similar, using historical for historical dynasties and the other forum for modern ones ... but I posted my new "Draft League" one in Historical because I misclicked when I first posted it. And honestly i don't think anyone gets too hung up on it. If they were to combine those two forums into one "Dynasties" forum I doubt anyone would kick up any fuss ... and it'd probably be more active.

luckymann · 08-16-2025, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jksander

I usually am similar, using historical for historical dynasties and the other forum for modern ones ... but I posted my new "Draft League" one in Historical because I misclicked when I first posted it. And honestly i don't think anyone gets too hung up on it. If they were to combine those two forums into one "Dynasties" forum I doubt anyone would kick up any fuss ... and it'd probably be more active.

Oh I pray that never happens. I see them as completely different entities altogether but that's just me.

I suspect this thread and the recent outages are not unrelated. If so, any performative improvement is a good thing but I hope the solution isn't a wholesale change to the boards' structure.

David Watts · 08-18-2025, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by luckymann

My attitude has changed slightly since this forum was (controversially?) changed a couple years / versions back to "Historical and Fictional".

I'm a fairly literal person and so I keep all of my straight-up historical "do-overs" in here, along with my newish fictional one.

I basically keep everything else in the Dynasty board.

The Eclipse League stayed in here, where I originally started it, although as an RD league it could go in either as far as I'm concerned. Same with my Gulf League, which is newer, which I opted to put onto the Dynasty board.

What sort of specific info are you looking for? What is the nature and context of your enquiry? Happy to provide more insight if desired.

I think the controversy was mainly just me being a total butthead

I don't deal with change very well and it clearly showed in my reaction to a change that turned out to be a good one in the end. I love having a historical forum, because it's a place that I know You, Lansdowne, JkSander, Jeff, Italyprof, ActionJackson, Brad K, Reed and so many others frequent on a regular basis. Because of that, it's always been a great place to ask a question and get a quick answer from a well informed source. My whining about fictional being added to the forum title was silly. Heck, my historicals are hardly ever historical, they just use historical players. The rest is fictional from the first pitch.

I do hope we always have a Historical/Fictional forum and a separate Dynasty Forum.

Brad K · 08-18-2025, 04:56 PM

Historic taken literally would be a replay league. There's not much to write about one of those.

The division is really between a what if league having historic players and a what if league with fictional players. Random debut belongs with the first.

Combining with Dynasties forum would be a bad idea. Many of the threads here are about teams that at times struggle to win, have the misfortune of losing players to injury, or the good fortune of TCR boosting an OK player into an all star for a year or two. Those sorts of things make a much better story than some dynasty winning the division ten consecutive years.

AZTarHeel · 10-28-2025, 07:47 PM

So ... would writing about a fictional league with historical players, starting in 1901, go here or in the dynasty boards? Or does it matter?

Just want to put my next idea where it would fit best. Thanks!

08-16-2025, 05:37 PM	#1
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 11,755	Difference Between Boards? Can someone explain the difference between how people, in general, use the "OOTP 26 - Historical & Fictional Simulations" board and the "OOTP Dynasty Reports" board? I understand some people might use one the same as some other people might use the other, but in general how are they used? If there's a difference between how they are used and how you think they should be used, you can point that out too, but if you do please make that clear as I'm more interested in how they are used, in general, as they are right now. __________________ My OOTP Wishlist \| My FAQ List OOTP Wiki \| Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project)

08-16-2025, 08:40 PM	#2
luckymann Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 13,385	My attitude has changed slightly since this forum was (controversially?) changed a couple years / versions back to "Historical and Fictional". I'm a fairly literal person and so I keep all of my straight-up historical "do-overs" in here, along with my newish fictional one. I basically keep everything else in the Dynasty board. The Eclipse League stayed in here, where I originally started it, although as an RD league it could go in either as far as I'm concerned. Same with my Gulf League, which is newer, which I opted to put onto the Dynasty board. What sort of specific info are you looking for? What is the nature and context of your enquiry? Happy to provide more insight if desired. __________________ HISTORICAL DO-OVERS A'S RED SOX DODGERS CUSTOM SAVES ECLIPSE LEAGUE MOON SHOT LEAGUE EVERYMAN LEAGUE GULF LEAGUE USBA Last edited by luckymann; 08-16-2025 at 08:42 PM.

08-16-2025, 10:14 PM	#3
jksander All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Indianapolis IN Posts: 1,595	I usually am similar, using historical for historical dynasties and the other forum for modern ones ... but I posted my new "Draft League" one in Historical because I misclicked when I first posted it. And honestly i don't think anyone gets too hung up on it. If they were to combine those two forums into one "Dynasties" forum I doubt anyone would kick up any fuss ... and it'd probably be more active. __________________ A Fledgling “Free Agency” Movement in the Post-War World -- An OOTP 26 Dynasty Online Leagues Modern Baseball (Chicago White Sox) Daily Double Baseball (Tampa Bay Devil Rays) Championship Baseball League (Winnipeg Goldeye) WPORBL 55 (Chicago Cubs) WPORBL 74 (Oakland A's) WPORBL 94 (Montreal Expos) WPOBL (Cincinnati Reds)

10-28-2025, 07:47 PM	#7
AZTarHeel All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,672	So ... would writing about a fictional league with historical players, starting in 1901, go here or in the dynasty boards? Or does it matter? Just want to put my next idea where it would fit best. Thanks! __________________ Current Dynasty Project The Tobacco State League: A Summer With the Red Springs Red Robins From the Way-Back Machine (WAY old dynasty stories): Tale Tales: The Andrew Zarzour Story The Steve Victory Story: Tournament Dreams College Basketball! Baseball In The Tar Heel State: A Fictional Experience The Arizona League: Real Players. Fictional Teams

08-18-2025, 04:56 PM	#6
Brad K Banned Join Date: May 2016 Location: St Petersburg Florida USA Posts: 6,693 Infractions: 0/2 (4)	Historic taken literally would be a replay league. There's not much to write about one of those. The division is really between a what if league having historic players and a what if league with fictional players. Random debut belongs with the first. Combining with Dynasties forum would be a bad idea. Many of the threads here are about teams that at times struggle to win, have the misfortune of losing players to injury, or the good fortune of TCR boosting an OK player into an all star for a year or two. Those sorts of things make a much better story than some dynasty winning the division ten consecutive years.