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[Clovidequano Dovatha]

In my experience, it seems that primaries are generally 300 by 300 pixels, while secondaries are half as tall and half as wide, and the game doesn't often have problems with them sized like that. Of course my experiences aren't other people's, so what works for me may not work for others here, you know, Eugene. As you know, I normally prefer non-round and non-square logos, for instance, but in the cases of the four requested teams, I won't mind too much, for sure.

Thanks for your advice and all, as always, EC. I'll certainly try to keep it in mind, for future reference. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

The Misfits came back from 5 runs down at home in the bottom of the 8th to tie the score against the Templeton Bay Slapsticks, capped off by Gordon Clyde Freeman's 472-foot 3-run home run, but we lost the game in the 11th, unfortunately, when we made at least one error, I believe, in the Misfits' last game. We have a lot of young players, or at least several players not very good yet at various positions, so our defensive skills so far aren't evidently very good in places, it seems.

GC is now batting .238/.239/.333 with 1 HR and 12 RBI in 13 games as a batter. Pitching-wise, he is 3-2 with a 2.92 ERA in 40 innings over five games, four of them complete games, including one 9-0 seven-hit shutout against New Horizons Park's Imaginers. He'd have a better record, though, no doubt, if we'd have had better defense in certain games.

As for AG, he is currently batting .186/.222/.233 in fifteen games as a hitter, with ten of those being starts. I don't think he's had enough playing time yet to really see his numbers improve enough, though. On the vRHP depth chart, he's currently listed as the third 1B, and for the vLHP one, he's listed as the third option at 1B as well at present.

I plan for him to see a lot of action, though, this season, at multiple positions, and not just at catcher. I'm currently using him at least as the personal catcher for GC when I can and when I remember, for instance. He is only lacking ratings at pitcher, shortstop, and center field right now, with his best rated position being first base.

Hopefully, by the end of the 1901 season, GC will have a pitcher rating of at least 80, and a 1B rating above 35 or 40, and perhaps even a rating at some other position, somehow. I'm going to try to get him a CF rating of at least a few points by the end of the season, I think, or a corner OF rating, at least. But, of course, that may take some doing, you know, folks.

Here's hoping the Motley Misfits can do better than they were expected to do this season, in any case. We were predicted to have a final record of 68-86 for the season, and we're currently sitting at 8-12 prior to the games of April 23, 1901, three games back. Nobody's really broken out just yet in the Novel House this season for the Good Times League, in truth.

Thank you all for your time and attention here and all, then, for sure. CD out.

[jg2977]

Here's how the Hillsboro Blazers did with Arthyr Gyolgi Freeman on the team. As you can see they were much improved. Getting closer to playoff-caliber once again.

Their offense is decent, as they're in the upper half of the league in every category except home runs. Very good speed and on base percentage. But they need help with pitching and defense.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Okay, I'll see what I can come up with by your 1958 or 1959 season. If any of the players I propose may be rivals of any of the Freemans, in any way, I'll note that, when I PM you the relevant details and all. I am thinking of creating two more Freemans, plus four potential rivals for the two already in your IPA and the next two Freemans I create.

For the rivals, they should not be placed on any team where the Freemans are, ideally, or at least not at first. The Freemans, whether brothers or cousins of some sort in your IPA, should generally be portrayed as being at least somewhat close to each other, in at least one way apiece, on largely, if not entirely, friendly terms, if possible. While the rivals should have a definite rivalry with them, for sure, at least at first, just so you know.

Thank you for posting a screenshot related to Hillsboro and AG. I'd love to see the career statistics for both Freemans to date, as possible and as appropriate, soon, for sure. While I don't believe AG has pitched yet, of course, he should still have at least batting and fielding statistics so far. While GC has statistics as a batter, a pitcher, and as a fielder, obviously.

Could you also please show their respective history pages soon, perhaps? Meaning the ones listing their accomplishments to date and all, at least, jg2977? I'd really like to see what special accomplishments they've already achieved so far in their careers, you know.

Thank you for your time and attention and all here, and I hope you are well, and that all goes well for you with your computer needs soon, for sure. That's all for now, at least, I think, then. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

EC and jg2977, would you like to perhaps create any town/city histories for the places represented by teams in the Prokiruan Republic? If so, please let me know. I will need twelve such histories created at the moment, and I will definitely take one of them, at least, that one being Motley.

How should I go about asking for potential volunteers to do so? Any suggestions, EC? And where should I post such a thread, and what details would I perhaps need to give those who would potentially create them, at the very least?

Thank you for your time and attention and all here, then, you two. Hope you are all well and all, of course, Lord willing and all. CD out.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Okay, I'll see what I can come up with by your 1958 or 1959 season. If any of the players I propose may be rivals of any of the Freemans, in any way, I'll note that, when I PM you the relevant details and all. I am thinking of creating two more Freemans, plus four potential rivals for the two already in your IPA and the next two Freemans I create.

For the rivals, they should not be placed on any team where the Freemans are, ideally, or at least not at first. The Freemans, whether brothers or cousins of some sort in your IPA, should generally be portrayed as being at least somewhat close to each other, in at least one way apiece, on largely, if not entirely, friendly terms, if possible. While the rivals should have a definite rivalry with them, for sure, at least at first, just so you know.

Thank you for posting a screenshot related to Hillsboro and AG. I'd love to see the career statistics for both Freemans to date, as possible and as appropriate, soon, for sure. While I don't believe AG has pitched yet, of course, he should still have at least batting and fielding statistics so far. While GC has statistics as a batter, a pitcher, and as a fielder, obviously.

Could you also please show their respective history pages soon, perhaps? Meaning the ones listing their accomplishments to date and all, at least, jg2977? I'd really like to see what special accomplishments they've already achieved so far in their careers, you know.

Thank you for your time and attention and all here, and I hope you are well, and that all goes well for you with your computer needs soon, for sure. That's all for now, at least, I think, then. CD out.

I’ll be glad to create more of your players for my IPA, but I beyond that I won’t pay much attention to them. The way that I play my league is to simulate to the playoffs, watch each game, post the playoff box scores, league awards at the end of the season, then Hall of Famers. My goal is to play out as many seasons as possible and develop a huge history. I don’t have the time or interest in posting hundreds of screenshots for each created player.

I’ll add two more Freemans, but that’s it. I don’t want my league to become the Freeman IPA. 4 will be plenty. If you have some other names, I’ll consider them.

I suggest that you create your own dynasty and then you can pay attention to your created players in as much detail as much as you like.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Fair enough, jg2977, regarding the Freemans and any other players I may propose, as it relates to having them in your IPA league, at least. Not saying that your IPA should be the Freeman IPA, of course. And I understand perfectly where you're coming from too, in regards to how you play your leagues and all. Four Freemans is sufficient enough at this point in time, for sure.

The fourth Freeman I have in mind likely won't be submitted until at least the 1958 or 1959 off-season, I think, for he'll be born in the calendar six years after Gordon Clyde's birth year in your IPA's timeline. Freeman #3 will be born in the third calendar year after Gordon Clyde's birth year. Let me know when you want me to propose him, and I'll send you the needed details, at that time, please. Same thing for Freeman #4, of course.

Thanks again for having the Freemans in your IPA. I have a dynasty already started, by the way, and two Freemans are already playing in its first season. Other players will be created later, at some point, of course, jg2977. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

No, CD, sorry, I will not write you any town histories... you are a fine writer... and capable of doing it yourself.

It is highly unlikely anyone will write town histories for you.

There is no OOTP Forum for that.

Once again, I will tell you... if you want logos, jerseys and caps, choose teams that have already been done... it is highly unlikely people will do logos, jerseys and caps as personal requests... you are lucky that hurricanekevin did one for you.... let's see if he does the other three.

Once again... I do not have time to write town histories for you.

And jg2977 is just being nice to you by including the Freemans... you started off by asking for two Freemans and now you want more.

Please stop asking for more Freemans... create them in your own league and you can put as many as you want.... that would be the simple way to do it.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

EC and jg2977, I'm sorry for being so picky of late regarding certain things. But right now, I'm having some real difficulty with certain things, especially on the writing project-related front. And it's making me more and more frustrated the longer that sort of thing is true for me here. I'm trying to stay calm and all, but I'm having quite a bit of difficulty when it comes to dealing with that frustration I'm now feeling here.

Especially seeing as I have looming deadlines for one or more of my projects coming up in the near future, meaning by the beginning of June 2022, at the latest. I've been working on Lighting Up the Darkness since November 2019, and my original plan for writing its first draft was to average at least a chapter a month until the project was completed at least that much. Also, I wanted to try and finish that entire project by the time I was thirty years out of high school, which I will be come early June of next year.

I have been having some difficulty with that particular writing project for some time, in terms of being able to complete the needed chapters as quickly as planned and wanted, unfortunately. And it looks more and more likely by the day that I won't be able to meet my originally planned deadlines, especially seeing as I'll likely need to write at least another 150-200 pages to complete the story's first draft, if not more.

So please forgive me for any frustration and all that I may be exhibiting here through pickiness and all, you two. It's certainly not my intention to upset you or anyone else here, of course, but I'm dealing with a number of things here, and I don't really have many other people to talk to often enough now in my life, for various reasons. Thank you for your time and attention and all here, then, EC and jg2977. CD out.

[jg2977]

Yeah, I actually don’t want/need any more Freemans. The two I already have are enough. I want some different and unique names, and definitely not anything specific on what year they need to be born, what positions they should play, and what teams they’re on. However, I will probably add Freddie Freeman soon, and naturally he will play on the Chicopee Braves.

I’m not interested in doing any town histories either.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Lindor is 19 in your IPA, jg2977, but already has 11 years of MLB service? Salary rather high too, for someone who hasn't likely been in your IPA long, to be sure. Interesting. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Or maybe his listed age is wrong by accident, somehow. Try adding ten or so years to his listed age, then. Because it's highly unlikely that he would have started playing at eight, if not impossible, of course. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Lindor debuted in the minors at 17, majors at 21, FYI. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Even so, even with all this frustration and everything going on, I'm still fed, still clothed, and still have a roof over my head, praise God. And I still have my parents. I don't know what the future holds yet, exactly, of course, but He who holds the future is still watching over everyone in the Universe, even little old me, for instance. And He will not let those who truly trust in Him down, ever, for sure.

Yes, we may not always get what we might want in this life, but He will always provide for His own, even in increasingly difficult times, if they continue to trust and follow Him and His ways to the best of their respective human abilities in their own mortal lives. And a lot of the things we often want, if not all of them, we don't really need. And we can't really take any of that stuff with us when we finally leave this world, whether it's through death or through translation, most definitely.

I mean, what good is it for men to have the whole world, but to have lost their souls? None at all, especially seeing as this world's time is quickly drawing to a close. It won't still be here in 3050, once the Millennial Kingdom has happened, I'm reasonably certain. It will have at least one thousand more years to exist, but after that, the entire Universe as we know it now will be no more, because an eternally new and eternally perfect Universe is coming, with a new Earth and new heavens.

Ultimately, this frustration I am evidently feeling now is merely of the nature of light afflictions, in the grand scheme of things, and never of a nature sufficiently comparable to the wonders and joys yet to come in the eternal future which will be here soon enough, as the Lord wills and all. Yet, because I am still existing in a mortal body and all, it can be rather bothersome at times, for sure, folks.

Please pray that I'm able to deal better with this frustration and everything else I may be dealing with at the present time, if you don't mind too much, folks. It's hard dealing with things at times when you don't really have many people you can talk to often enough about certain things, I believe, like I currently do. I haven't really been able to talk to many people in real-time since before Kaneva closed, and I can't really get out and about all that often with other people, either, as much as I may want to at times.

Thank you for your time and attention and all here, everyone. Talk more later, as time permits and all, of course, Lord willing and all. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

CD, please don't worry.
Read the words of Jesus in the Bible about worry.

I know... that you know... that you are in good hands... the good hands of Jesus number one... Jesus has you in the palm of his hand... and then God wraps his hands around the hands of Jesus.... nothing anyplace anywhere can harm your soul.

Finish that book when you finish it... it is not that important.

And don't worry about the trivial things in this life... logos, jerseys and caps are not as important as we make them... how many Freemans are in EC's IPA or jg2977's IPA is not important... or playing 100 seasons of the IPA... or completing so many pages of a your book?

There is only one important thing in this life... am I with God?... or am I not with God?... those are the ultimate questions of life.

EC is with God... CD is with God... we are OK.

Hope and pray everybody else is OK, too.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

I'm not worried, but I am quite concerned about a lot of things, to be sure. And I know worry never does anyone good, and it can be quite lethal too. However, that being said, I'm still rather frustrated and all about any number of things, EC. And it's obviously throwing me for a loop to a degree, even when I'm trying to relax and stay calm, as needed and all, right now.

This life was never promised to be easy for humans. Especially for those who believe in God and seek to follow Him to the best of their ability to do so, you know. He who sustains us said there would be trials and sorrows, among other things, but to not fear, for He has overcome the world. Therefore, that being the case, I do not fear the future as much as I reverently fear the One who made me, if at all. That doesn't mean, of course, that I can't be and won't be concerned about many people or things in this world, while I am still present on it, due to my still-imperfect nature as a human being.

Ultimately, all that matters is God, most of all, in all three of His Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit/Ghost. If we have Him on our side, and we are in His Hands, then NOBODY and NOTHING on this planet or anywhere else will EVER be able to snatch us away from Him, as long as we are still following Him in our lives until we leave this world. Not even Satan, for sure.

Thank you for your kindness and all, and please continue to keep me in your thoughts and prayers, as always, as I always try to do for people in my life, whenever and however I can and all, EC. You guys can do what you want with any players I might propose in the future, no matter what they are called, of course. But I do hope to see more things related to the ones already in, even if it's only special games and periodical reports on their careers' progressions and all, for instance.

I seem to have forgotten how to submit a support ticket, unfortunately, of late. I'll likely need to in order to be able to try and recover my Freeman Dynasty 001 dynasty, of course. I suppose I should PM Lukas again related to that matter, come to think of it. Certainly he can help me out in that regard, soon, if he's not on vacation and all at the present time.

Talk more with you later, as time allows and all, if and when I possibly can, Lord willing, EC. Thank you for your time and attention and understanding and all here, as usual, of course. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Please don't do any of these suggestions unless you cut down to just one league and concentrate on it... otherwise you are just wasting your time and other people's time.

1. Create a small league with two leagues... 10 teams in each... the winner of each league will play in the World Series... design the leagues and playoffs the way you want them play.

2. Pick 20 towns to be in your ONLY league.

3. Pick 20 teams from your collection of logos, jerseys and caps that your already have... if you do this, you will not have to waste your time seeking the utltimate graphics for leagues you will never completely create or play.

4. Once you have this league COMPLETELY set up and ready to play... and it is the ONLY league you are going concentrate on, I will help you get a simple and basic map of the country and I will help you get town histories for each town.

Please don't agree to do this unless you are willing to do it as my suggestions state... I am willing to help you, but only if you will not waste my time.

[Eugene Church]

Being concerned about the important and major things in life is fine, CD... but don't worry and dwell on the trivial and unimportant things in life.

OOTP and your book are trivial things.

I know the book is important to you as far as a hobby and gives you a purpose in life... just like OOTP and music is to me... but in the overall scheme of life, none of them are important.

[Eugene Church]

I will put Gordon Freeman and Arthyr Freeman in my South Island League next season and you can follow each and every game they play in the box scores and statistics I post on the Dynasty Forum.

I will also try and answer all reasonable questions about the Freemans... but I don't intend to post a lot of screenshots about them.

You can follow them very well in the Dynasty Report.

[jg2977]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

Lindor is 19 in your IPA, jg2977, but already has 11 years of MLB service? Salary rather high too, for someone who hasn't likely been in your IPA long, to be sure. Interesting. CD out.

I’m not sure how that happened. But it’s not important to me in the grand scheme of things, so I’ll leave it as is.