Storylines and injuries

[nebben]

We turned storylines off in my online league, but a player got injured taping a late night show? (See attached screenshot.) Wouldn't such an injury be a storyline?

Also, we wanted to turn injuries off during the offseason but realized that doing so also turns off your ability to see a player's injury proneness. I don't believe that was always the case, as we had injuries off our previous offseason and could still see injury proneness.


I'm assuming neither of these are bugs. Just flagging in case it's something the devs can consider in the future.

[Rain King]

There are off-field injuries in the Injury file, which is separate from the Storylines feature.

[uknownick]

Originally Posted by nebben

We turned storylines off in my online league, but a player got injured taping a late night show? (See attached screenshot.) Wouldn't such an injury be a storyline?

Also, we wanted to turn injuries off during the offseason but realized that doing so also turns off your ability to see a player's injury proneness. I don't believe that was always the case, as we had injuries off our previous offseason and could still see injury proneness.


I'm assuming neither of these are bugs. Just flagging in case it's something the devs can consider in the future.

This injury is ridiculous.

[Pelican]

Dick (then known as Rich) Allen severed a tendon in this wrist while pushing a stalled car, apparently breaking the headlight glass. At the time, few people believed his story, because it sounded so preposterous. Some doubters assumed he was involved in a knife fight. Turns out he loved old cars, used remarkably poor judgment putting his weight on the headlight. Point is, it happens.

Not saying it isn't ridiculous. As Commissioner you can always open the Editor and shift the injury to history. I don't think anyone but the extreme purists would judge you for that.

[joefromchicago]

Originally Posted by uknownick

This injury is ridiculous.

As Rain King noted before, this isn't a storyline, it's an off-field injury. And yes, it's ridiculous. I mean, I really want to know how someone can suffer a torn labrum from taping a late-night TV show. And, by the way, who tapes TV shows? Who even watches TV? Not only is this a strange injury, it seems to have occurred in 1990.

But, as Pelican points out, stranger things have happened. Sammy Sosa once strained his back because he sneezed too hard. Jose Cardenal missed a game once when he overslept because a cricket kept him up all night.