HypnoxXx Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 I sent llcmac an email, he and I plan on working on some CAPs tomorrow, so expect an update Tuesday. Tonight I worked on all the suggestions made on this thread so far. If we post an update and the changes arent the way you like them, sorry, but its what I or llcmac decided. To new fans who are posting questions, PLEASE read through the whole thread--you'll notice quite a few repeats on questions and suggestions. Example: I've said a few times what our plans are and when we hope to release what. Wondering when we'll have minors? Read what I've already posted. Creating CAPs shouldn't be easy work, unless you want a bunch of crappy guys with the same looks and same ratings, so we're not going to create 2000 players (yes, to create a REAL minor league system for all 30 teams we'd be making around 2000 players) in a week. Or a month. Especially when we're still finding out players who are missing (like Dean Palmer, I thought he was way retired). All in all, the next update may not look impressive, but many things will have been tweaked and added. Just to make this post way way long, (print it out and take it to the can, great bathroom reading!) I'm pasting the list of players I found missing between checking the ESPN rosters (they list like 30-35 players per team, not the full 40 man rosters) and comparing with MVP. And here's who I found missing and thus, llcmac and I are working on making these guys first... Anaheim P-Chris Bootcheck P-Dustin Moseley C-Wil Nieves Atlanta 2B-Pete Orr Baltimore 1B-Walter Young Boston C-Kelly Shoppach RF-Adam Stern Cubs P-John Koronka P-Will Ohman P-Renyel Pinto 2B-Mike Fontenot White Sox P-Bobby Jenks Cincinnati P-Ben Kozlowski 2B-William Bergolla Colorado P-Marcos Carvajal P-Matt Merricks LF-Cory Sullivan Florida P-Luke Hagarty 1B-Jason Stokes Houston P-Ezequiel Astacio P-Taylor Buchholz Kansas City P-Andy Sisco 3B-Chris Truby LA Dodgers P-D.J. Houlton P-Derek Thompson Milwaukee P-Ben Diggins Minnesota Ryan Rowland-Smith NY Mets P-Koo Dae-Sung NY Yankees P-Colter Bean P-Chien-Ming Wang Oakland P-Tyler Johnson P-Keiichi Yabu 1B-Don Johnson Pittsburgh C-Ronny Paulino LF-Nate McLouth San Diego 1B-Tagg Bozied St. Louis P-Adam Wainwright C-Mike Mahoney 1B-Scott Seabol LF-John Gall Tampa Bay P-Angel Garcia P-Jon Switzer Toronto P-Jason Arnold Washington P-Josh Karp 1B-Tony Blanco CF-Tyrell Godwin My goal for the update after next is to have all of these players made. Then, I plan on simming about 5 seasons and really studying the stats it produces. I will then tweak ratings as I feel necessary, and then llcmac and I will more than likely leave the ratings alone for the rest of this project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkrause Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Maybe i am in the minority but i am very thankfully you are focusing on the pros, top prospects and AAA and then doing the AA and A ball teams later if at all. thank you guys- Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealjerk Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 great job guys -- i have only scratched the surface on this so far, but one minor thing i've seen so far (being a jays fan) is that valerio de los santos should be a free agent -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbythepier Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 I second dkrause's comment. If the Giants had even a decent farm system I'd be all over suggestions and corrections on the minors. But our system might be the worst in the league and have no enthusiasm on researching our "draft duds.". (Except maybe Matt Cain, big maybe) can't wait for 3.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houston34 Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Hey can you guys please fix roy oswalt man his face is horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro_s_Midget Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Some info on the Mets: Your Starting 8 is just fine, I know your not into tinkering with the batting order yet, well, we dont really know what it will be either, so its fine. IF backups will be Miguel Cairo (for 2B/3B), Andres Gallaraga (1B) and Chris Woodward (SS - formerly of Tornto, here's his page on mlb.com -> http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player....layer_id=218595 Jason Phillips should be the Backup C (he is no longer intended to play 1B on any kind of regular basis. The OF backups will probably be Eric Valent and Victor Diaz. Guys that should be on the Mets AAA team (IMO) are Ron Calloway (OF -formerly of Montreal/Washington), Kerry Robinson (OF -formerly of St. Louis), Gerald Williams (OF), Marlon Anderson (IF/OF), Danny Garcia (2B) Now for pitching: Steve Trachsel should be #5 in the rotaion with Zambrano #4. The Pen will be (most liekly) Braden Looper (Closer), Mike Dejean (SU), Dae-Jonk Koo, Scott Strickland, Felix Heredia and Jae-Wong Seo (as the Long Relief) Pitchers that should be on AAA, Bartulo Fortunato, MAtt Ginter, Roberto Hernandez. Those are all the guys I can think of right now. Also, the 2 Met entires in the Top 100 prospects are: CF B. Tyner = Lastings Milledge SP T. Tucker = Yusmeiro Petit I hope the information is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjjones Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 I sent llcmac an email, he and I plan on working on some CAPs tomorrow, so expect an update Tuesday. Tonight I worked on all the suggestions made on this thread so far. If we post an update and the changes arent the way you like them, sorry, but its what I or llcmac decided. To new fans who are posting questions, PLEASE read through the whole thread--you'll notice quite a few repeats on questions and suggestions. Example: I've said a few times what our plans are and when we hope to release what. Wondering when we'll have minors? Read what I've already posted. Creating CAPs shouldn't be easy work, unless you want a bunch of crappy guys with the same looks and same ratings, so we're not going to create 2000 players (yes, to create a REAL minor league system for all 30 teams we'd be making around 2000 players) in a week. Or a month. Especially when we're still finding out players who are missing (like Dean Palmer, I thought he was way retired). All in all, the next update may not look impressive, but many things will have been tweaked and added. Just to make this post way way long, (print it out and take it to the can, great bathroom reading!) I'm pasting the list of players I found missing between checking the ESPN rosters (they list like 30-35 players per team, not the full 40 man rosters) and comparing with MVP. And here's who I found missing and thus, llcmac and I are working on making these guys first... Anaheim P-Chris Bootcheck P-Dustin Moseley C-Wil Nieves Atlanta 2B-Pete Orr Baltimore 1B-Walter Young Boston C-Kelly Shoppach RF-Adam Stern Cubs P-John Koronka P-Will Ohman P-Renyel Pinto 2B-Mike Fontenot White Sox P-Bobby Jenks Cincinnati P-Ben Kozlowski 2B-William Bergolla Colorado P-Marcos Carvajal P-Matt Merricks LF-Cory Sullivan Florida P-Luke Hagarty 1B-Jason Stokes Houston P-Ezequiel Astacio P-Taylor Buchholz Kansas City P-Andy Sisco 3B-Chris Truby LA Dodgers P-D.J. Houlton P-Derek Thompson Milwaukee P-Ben Diggins Minnesota Ryan Rowland-Smith NY Mets P-Koo Dae-Sung NY Yankees P-Colter Bean P-Chien-Ming Wang Oakland P-Tyler Johnson P-Keiichi Yabu 1B-Don Johnson Pittsburgh C-Ronny Paulino LF-Nate McLouth San Diego 1B-Tagg Bozied St. Louis P-Adam Wainwright C-Mike Mahoney 1B-Scott Seabol LF-John Gall Tampa Bay P-Angel Garcia P-Jon Switzer Toronto P-Jason Arnold Washington P-Josh Karp 1B-Tony Blanco CF-Tyrell Godwin My goal for the update after next is to have all of these players made. Then, I plan on simming about 5 seasons and really studying the stats it produces. I will then tweak ratings as I feel necessary, and then llcmac and I will more than likely leave the ratings alone for the rest of this project. Hi, I sent the completed Anaheim rosters to billfitch@gmail.com over the weekend. Bootcheck, Nieves, and Mosely were included in those files. Only thing that definitely needs to be doublechecked in the files I sent are for the hitters, the "Homerun Percentage" field, which is "0" for most. Not sure if that has an effect on actual home runs hit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llcmac Posted March 7, 2005 Author Share Posted March 7, 2005 found an issue with 3.2 that will cause a crash, will fix this in the next ver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody2034 Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 whats the word on a release today?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddy Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 i think they stated earlier that it will be out sometime on tuesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HypnoxXx Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 i think they stated earlier that it will be out sometime on tuesday Thanks for reading what I say, Fiddy, its nice that someone does! :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddy Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Thanks for reading what I say, Fiddy, its nice that someone does! :wink: np Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Yankee Faithful Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Thanks for reading what I say, Fiddy, its nice that someone does! :wink: Cant wait till they are out :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbythepier Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 i love the time you guys are putting in. great stuff. i love, like the rest of you, to mull over a sports page full of box scores. but as my posts suggest, i am also interested in the parts of the game "outside the numbers". i watch so many games and appreciate the subtleties. here are my suggestions to the top players in some categories not measured by numbers. i haven't watched a royals game in years, but Brian Andrson was voted the best pickoff move by a coaches poll (given by Baseball America, who supllied EA with the player rankings). Here are some adjusted rating suggestions. Pickoffs B. Anderson____99 A. Pettitte______95 K. Rogers______95 T. Mulholland____95 Righties J. Fogg____90 A. Osuna___90 R. Franklin___90 EA has J. Contreras as a 99. please... (maybe 75) http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1977698 Bunting J. Castillo___95 (just below Pierre and Ichiro) http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/stor...&id=1964657 Baserunning ability Jeter____99 R. Alomar____99 L. Walker____99 O. Vizquel ___95 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/stor...&id=1969362 Best Control Pitchers: Radke, Wells, Maddux and Lieber? J. Lieber deserves better control numbers http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/stor...&id=1969362 Throwing strength (outfielders) J. Guillen__95 R. Hildago___95 B. Abreu___95 T. Hunter___90 J. Edmonds___90 R. Mondesi___90 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1983180 A. Rios (nicknamed Vlad II)___95 Throwing strength (infielders) Rolen___99 (he was voted a virtual tie with Furcal) http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/stor...&id=1988383 remember there are many player characteristics not based on numbers. Some of those proposed by EA programmers i buy, some i don't. the good thing about this game is you don't have to buy the whole batch (as some would want you to believe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One51 Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Esix Snead from AAA Mets affiliate is on the Braves (not sure where yet though, he's been invited to Spring Training) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HypnoxXx Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 This is a call to all who want to help us fix some holes...Every day I'm finding players who are still playing and projected to be in the Majors or AAA around opening day and are not in MVP 2005 but ARE in MVP 2004. After we release the next update, we'd really appreciate it if you could help post players who fit that criteria as well as a link or something showing me that he is signed through this year. Right now, if anyone has a solid CAP or a link for Chris Truby and Dean Palmer, PLEASE PLEASE send! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbythepier Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Fresno (Giants AAA) joe foster-C = Yamid Haad-C (SD org in 2004) stats: http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/21570 proof of signing: 12/14/04 http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/NASApp/...04&month=12 luis atchley-ss = Jaime athas-SS (Fresno 2004) stats: http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/292127 signing: same page (assignment) luis chantres-RF = Fred Lewis-CF stats: http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/479032 michael wells-SP = Matt Kinney-RP (Mil-KC) stats: http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/21597 chris hernandez-3B = Donaldo Mendez-SS (Pirates org 2004) stats: http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/223616 what are you looking for with Truby and Palmer? http://www.cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/21718 http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/7959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbythepier Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Fresno (Giants AAA) joe foster-C = Yamid Haad-C (SD org in 2004) stats: http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/21570 proof of signing: 12/14/04 http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/NASApp/...04&month=12 luis atchley-ss = Jaime athas-SS (Fresno 2004) stats: http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/292127 signing: same page (assignment) luis chantres-RF = Fred Lewis-CF stats: http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/479032 michael wells-SP = Matt Kinney-RP (Mil-KC) stats: http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/21597 chris hernandez-3B = Donaldo Mendez-SS (Pirates org 2004) stats: http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/223616 what are you looking for with Truby and Palmer? http://www.cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/21718 http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/7959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody2034 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Jamal Stong of the Mariners has 44 speed in the game yet he stole 40 bags a few years ago and 19 in 60 something games last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HypnoxXx Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 what are you looking for with Truby and Palmer? I guess I wanted to see if anyone had a CAP already made for either...I know Truby had a few CAPs posted online for MVP 2004, so there should be some floating around. Not sure if Palmer had any made last year though. Basically I just want to be stingy about their info/ratings since they have major league experience. Creating prospects isn't an exact science, they havent had much (if any experience) so rating them is kind of a crapshoot. But players like Truby and Palmer HAVE faced ML pitching and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HypnoxXx Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 For those of you getting antsy about an update, here's a teaser of the stuff I've done since the last update. (This does NOT include what llcmac has done for this update, and is NOT the official readme of the next update, just a preview) IMPORTED FROM 2004 Jimmy Journall (Cards) Mark Guthrie (DRays) Danny Klassen (Cubs) George Lombard (Red Sox) Chris Singleton (DRays) Kevin Tovar (DBacks) Albie Lopez (Pirates) Pablo Ozuna (White Sox) Donaldo Mendez (Giants) Matt Kinney (Giants) PLAYER MOVEMENT Valerio de los Santos, Vic Darensbourg, Lou Collier and Randall Simon are now free agents. Sandy Martinez to the Tigers Ricky Gutierrez to the Mariners Aaron Small to the Yankees C.J. Nitkowski to the Twins Shawn Wooten to the Red Sox Tony Alvarez to the White Sox CREATED PLAYERS Robinson Cano (Yankees) John Koronka, Renyel Pinto, Will Ohman and Mike Fontenot (Cubs) Yamid Haad, Jamie Athas and Frew Lewis (Giants) EDITING Lots of player tweaking (ratings, appearances)…Too many to mention John Franco’s face changed to generic. This should fix any issues with crashing games. Chris Singleton’s face changed to generic to prevent any Franco-like crashes. I also began tweaking players' salaries when I noticed something...ALL salaries are incorrect. Now I dont know if some players are way outta whack (I heard someone mention that Ray King's was way low), but in general, every player is making $200,000 per year more than they really are. Example, if a player is making 4 million over 4 years, his salary in the game (when converted with MVPEdit) will be $4,800,000. So I stopped editing salaries, heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF3141 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 just curious if this will include the Rangers update I sent in :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houston34 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 http://www.fanfaregames.com/mvp/ I hope this site helps just go under downloads,or even better tips and hints. or create a player/edit players even has alot from 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houston34 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Can you please fix some of the astros faces? Oswalt looks horrible.And how about doing some of all aaa teams on the next version then on the version after that do all aa then all u half to do is (a) ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody2034 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 is this the roster that has all minors in it? A-AAA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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