"Our League" Season 4--Who Wants To Play Our Way?

[Bottom Of The Sixth]

Originally Posted by Charlatan

Also, I wanted to report that my plan to complete some of the easier missions worked ... after a fashion. I completed 3 of those easier missions that award a gold pack. And in one of the rewards, I actually got a historical gold! However, it was a duplicate of one of the 3 gold cards I already own.... so there you go. I think that is an indication as to how it's going to go this year!

Doesn't that just drive you nuts!



In PT21, I had that happen with one particular Live Diamond card, 3-4 different times!

[Bottom Of The Sixth]

I woke up this morning to a surprise single reward pack from a overnight tournament my team was in.


I went back and forth trying to determine if I should save it until I get more packs or open it by itself.


Then I started thinking of the 1971 movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and the Golden Ticket, and the fact that it only takes one to win.


So with very, very high hopes, I decided to open the single standard pack thinking that this was the pack that I was needing and guess what I got.........?



6 lousy Live cards rated 67 or lower!



Oh, what the drama!

[Bottom Of The Sixth]

Originally Posted by IanIachimoe

do I add friends on the same level now? I don't really know how this works besides the roster rules.

You can if you want however, it will not change anything for this week.


If you didn't get placed with other OL teams, you need to make sure you have friended teams that will be at the same level as you BEFORE Monday morning otherwise they will not take effect.


That is why we always remind everyone on SUN and SUN Night about double-checking your Friends List.

If you are not sure how to do this, just let us know and someone will walk you through it.

[stl jason]

Originally Posted by IanIachimoe

do I add friends on the same level now? I don't really know how this works besides the roster rules.

Also, double check your settings to verify “use friend’s list” is showing, and not “random”.... sometimes it reverts back or doesn’t stick even if you make the change


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[Fenway]

The Boston Red Sox - OL are in Rookie .65, 1-3, last in my division. There's one non-OL team in my division with a lot of gold players. Even among OL teams, mine seems to be behind the curve. I still have 6 iron players on my roster, for example.

I have about 2000 PP and am debating whether to use it to complete collections or to buy targeted upgrades to my weakest positions. I've heard one shouldn't do incremental upgrades, but maybe iron-to-silver isn't incremental?

[Charlatan]

Fenway, my suggestion to you is to think carefully before you purchase any players. You certainly don’t want to go with Irons for too long, but I have found that PP is quite valuable and so when I spend it I wanna make sure I’m spending on the right thing.

If I was getting twitch drops for that account I would wait a few days and see if I could get some packs to open that might provide me some players. Or some funds to buy players!

Don’t forget to get your challenge packs also I know it’s just one pack of the time but you never know what you can get.

I have also been working on a bronze tournament team so I have spent freely to buy the players I need for the team, and since they’re pretty good bronzers I don’t feel at all bad about sticking them in my team, at least as a starting point!

But if you are not getting quick drops and it’s frustrating to play iron players I would think if you’re careful you can get some decent upgrades in bronze or silver. After all the point here is not (just)to crush our competition completely but to have fun with historical players!

[Charlatan]

Lost game 7 of the Daily Early Bronze tourney. Check out the way we lost it... I have a feeling both teams were exhausted at that point. We had played 25 days in a row at that point!

[IanIachimoe]

Originally Posted by Bottom Of The Sixth

You can if you want however, it will not change anything for this week.


If you didn't get placed with other OL teams, you need to make sure you have friended teams that will be at the same level as you BEFORE Monday morning otherwise they will not take effect.


That is why we always remind everyone on SUN and SUN Night about double-checking your Friends List.

If you are not sure how to do this, just let us know and someone will walk you through it.

thanks, not really sure but sure I can figure it out. do people usually post if they are getting promoted/relegated? I will check on fri-sat & set friends list then.

doesn't look like I am in with any OL teams this week.

[KvotheSG]

Originally Posted by Fenway

The Boston Red Sox - OL are in Rookie .65, 1-3, last in my division. There's one non-OL team in my division with a lot of gold players. Even among OL teams, mine seems to be behind the curve. I still have 6 iron players on my roster, for example.

I have about 2000 PP and am debating whether to use it to complete collections or to buy targeted upgrades to my weakest positions. I've heard one shouldn't do incremental upgrades, but maybe iron-to-silver isn't incremental?

It's ok. Still no win for me in first six games. Starters ERA 8.31, FIP 3.51, Good.

[Tinkerman]

Originally Posted by Charlatan

* Tinkerman I love your team logo, it’s awesome.

Thanks, Charlatan. I spent a bit of time polishing it up as I figured I'm gonna be looking at it plenty! I'm fairly handy with Gimp now, which is a great little bit of free picture editing software.

My top tip for tournaments is to take fatigue very seriously. Try to imagine your team are playing through a sustained heatwave, or long covid! I saw my primary catcher go from 70 to 0 after game 3, and only recovered to 13 after a day off. Things can clearly go very wrong like that...!

[ebbets1956]

Originally Posted by Stanley Kuppchaser

Congratulations to Route 66 on grabbing the first PT hardware for OL in 22. The team will be debuting this year's plaque/patch, suitable to be sewn on the team's uniform sleeve in the cloth version. I don't have a copy of the team logo, but it was easy enough to find a sign post for America's most famous roadway. Sorry this didn't go up last night, but I generally shut down PT for the week about 8 p.m. and we still weren't able to check other league reports. Thanks, as always, to revmcgator for yeoman work in keeping us up to date.

That is awesome!!! Thank you!

[Fenway]

Charlatan, thanks for that helpful advice!

I'm up to 3-7 now. Woo! Selling off my Live cards, doing missions. Gonna figure out how to add my OL team to my sig.

[Stanley Kuppchaser]

As has happened in the past, the PT servers delete the team graphics. Sometimes they do it time after time. After you reload your team logo in, go to the profiles and hit the "troubleshooting" dropdown tab and select "upload team graphics" and then submit your team again. It's also a good time to check on your friends list. It can be frustrating at times, but if you stick with it, it'll work out.

[Stanley Kuppchaser]

I had time this afternoon to make a google sheet for the R65 standings, so I will try to post them daily. I will do at least tomorrow, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

[Charlatan]

I don't think the PT22 signatures are working yet. I have my 2 teams listed in the sig (assuming they use the same format as last year) and nothing is showing up yet. Eventually they will appear as if by magic!

[revmcgator]

Originally Posted by Stanley Kuppchaser

I had time this afternoon to make a google sheet for the R65 standings, so I will try to post them daily. I will do at least tomorrow, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

Thanks! And thanks to the others who have offered. I enjoy doing it, but sometimes my early morning availability isn't great.

In other news...

West Burlington found All-Time Legend Jose Cruz (PVR 96) in a pack generated from Challenger mode. That's the good news. The not-so-good is that Cruz has been meh so far for the Farmhands. Despite that, West Burlington is riding some strong hitting to an early lead in the AC Central. (Having central AC in West Burlington in the summer is a good thing)

South Holland spent significant PP's to acquire Snapshot Russ Christopher (PVR 90), attempting to bolster an anemic pitching staff. Not surprisingly, Christopher has given the poorest showing of any of the starters for South Holland so far, going 1-2 in 3 starts with a 6.06 ERA. However, his presence has inspired the rest of the rotation, who are currently 6th in the NC in ERA, up from 14th last season.

And I would love to tell you about Gear Terrace. However, I apparently am temporarily locked out of that account for too many failed login attempts


In regards to how I'm managing points, missions, AH, etc...so far I have resisted purchasing any packs. I've also not pursued any missions. I'm doing what others are avoiding -- that is, I'm incrementally upgrading my team to be a little more competitive.

We'll see how it goes

[Edster007]

Originally Posted by Fenway

Charlatan, thanks for that helpful advice!

I'm up to 3-7 now. Woo! Selling off my Live cards, doing missions. Gonna figure out how to add my OL team to my sig.

Keep tournament teams in mind as you are collecting players. I am still building my bronze team and have been entering my gold team in as many as I can as time allows. There are many who out perform me in tourneys but since last Wednesday I have earned 18 standard packs, 2 gold packs and won a tournament for 2,000 PP. Yes, you may get "the" card that you can enter into your lineup or auction for a windfall but you can also get free cards to go towards missions and/or improve your tournament team.

Most of all be patient and be methodical-I learned that by not being either of those in previous versions. When I tried to chase because I was behind I tied my hands and ended up further behind.

Thats my two (for what it's worth) cents.

[Edster007]

Originally Posted by Stanley Kuppchaser

I had time this afternoon to make a google sheet for the R65 standings, so I will try to post them daily. I will do at least tomorrow, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

Can't promise but I can try to do Friday.

[revmcgator]

Originally Posted by revmcgator

And I would love to tell you about Gear Terrace. However, I apparently am temporarily locked out of that account for too many failed login attempts

Gear Terrace, looking to upgrade a low-grade pitching staff, acquired Snapshot Fred Toney (PVR 96), a screwball pitcher...uh, that is, a pitcher with a solid screwball. Toney rewarded the Warriors with a 2-hit performance against the Cary Southpaws in his Gear Terrace debut.

[JesseBarfield]

Right before the season started the Mad Brewers picked up another deadball speedstar (even if he's a little slow for this team) in a 94 rated Roy Thomas. Was the 12k PP better spent on Thomas or on completing missions? I don't know.

(oops - I noticed that my work computer is still logged into the JesseBarfield forum account. Pretend this was written by Madmarcus and it will make more sense)