International Baseball Slam Discussion Thread

[New Wolfopolis]

Way way way way late posting this here, but Signups for the Sixth International Baseball Slam are officially open!

[Noburu Taiyou]

I noticed that Nyrland seems to have deleted their signup. I don't know whether that counts as a withdrawal, though. On a related note, it may be a good idea to TG the 3 not accepted signups to ask them to correct their signups.

Since we are short on time at the moment and since it will, likely, require 3 weeks to run the tournament using the format I have proposed, should I be chosen as host, I will be looking to start the tournament relatively quickly (somewhere between July 6th and 8th being a likely target for the start date) to minimize overlap with World Cup qualifying. With the BoF scheduled through the 15th, that should allow the group stage to conclude by the start of qualifying. If necessary, I will consider 48 hour gaps between cutoffs for the (likely inevitable) portions of the tournament that would overlap with qualifying.

[New Wolfopolis]

I noticed that Nyrland seems to have deleted their signup. I don't know whether that counts as a withdrawal, though. On a related note, it may be a good idea to TG the 3 not accepted signups to ask them to correct their signups.

I'll count that as a withdrawl. I'll make sure to fix that, and send out the TGs. Thanks for the idea.

[Gregoryisgodistan]

I noticed that Nyrland seems to have deleted their signup. I don't know whether that counts as a withdrawal, though. On a related note, it may be a good idea to TG the 3 not accepted signups to ask them to correct their signups.

I'll count that as a withdrawl. I'll make sure to fix that, and send out the TGs. Thanks for the idea.

Send one to Britonisea too as he posted an invalid signup after you didn't accept the others.

[Super-Llamaland]

The Dragon's Nest

Berk - On the eve of the opening day of the International Baseball Slam, Berk's team will take on the Coconutstan Trojans at the Arena in Berk. The Berk Dragons are very experienced for a nation not even located on a map two weeks ago. However, Berk will be using some International Baseball Slam history fielding the team that won the International Baseball Slam I. After Berk was discovered twelve days ago by the refugees of the Kingdom of Costa Luna that included the former Princesa, Berk will take advantage of entering the international sports scene with the experienced Costa Luna Royals team. With a veteran team, look for Berk to have a good chance to advance out of the "Group of Life."

Roster of the Berk Dragons (Formerly the Roster of the Costa Luna Royals)
Batting first, First Baseman, Number 3, Alan Who
Batting second, Second Baseman, Number 4, Gary What
Batting third, Third Baseman, Number 5, Herbert Idon'tknow
Batting fourth, Left Fielder, Number 7, Charlie Why
Batting fifth, Center Fielder, Number 8, Miguel Because
Batting sixth, Starting Pitcher, Number 1, Ramos Tomorrow
Batting seventh, Catcher, Number 2, Randy Today
Batting eighth, Shortstop, Number 6, Jimmy Idon'tcare
Batting ninth, Right Fielder, Number 9, Robert When

The Manager for the Berk Dragons is Abbott Costello.

Players available on the bench:

Outfielder, Number 10, Raymond Where
Infielder, Number 11, Devin How
Catcher, Number 12, Scott Yesterday

Players available in the bullpen:

Starting Pitcher, Number 13, Frank Naturally
Reliever, Number 14, Benny Ofcourse
Reliever, Number 15, Sammy So
Closer, Number 16, Mariaño Sure

(Tomorrow and Today are lefties, Who is a switch hitter, all else are righties)

[spoiler=Uniform]([url=http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/CostaEstrella/9c359a1a-f412-4b57-85c7-b46fff9ce8a0_zpsb2f76e9b.png]Image)[/url]

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My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my runscorers: Yes
Choose my lineup: No
Follow my pitching rotation: Yes (changes will be noted in RP)
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: No
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Eject my players: No
Godmod other events: Yes
Use DH at home: No

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Is this even legal?

[Garifunya]

The Dragon's Nest

Berk - On the eve of the opening day of the International Baseball Slam, Berk's team will take on the Coconutstan Trojans at the Arena in Berk. The Berk Dragons are very experienced for a nation not even located on a map two weeks ago. However, Berk will be using some International Baseball Slam history fielding the team that won the International Baseball Slam I. After Berk was discovered twelve days ago by the refugees of the Kingdom of Costa Luna that included the former Princesa, Berk will take advantage of entering the international sports scene with the experienced Costa Luna Royals team. With a veteran team, look for Berk to have a good chance to advance out of the "Group of Life."

Roster of the Berk Dragons (Formerly the Roster of the Costa Luna Royals)
Batting first, First Baseman, Number 3, Alan Who
Batting second, Second Baseman, Number 4, Gary What
Batting third, Third Baseman, Number 5, Herbert Idon'tknow
Batting fourth, Left Fielder, Number 7, Charlie Why
Batting fifth, Center Fielder, Number 8, Miguel Because
Batting sixth, Starting Pitcher, Number 1, Ramos Tomorrow
Batting seventh, Catcher, Number 2, Randy Today
Batting eighth, Shortstop, Number 6, Jimmy Idon'tcare
Batting ninth, Right Fielder, Number 9, Robert When

The Manager for the Berk Dragons is Abbott Costello.

Players available on the bench:

Outfielder, Number 10, Raymond Where
Infielder, Number 11, Devin How
Catcher, Number 12, Scott Yesterday

Players available in the bullpen:

Starting Pitcher, Number 13, Frank Naturally
Reliever, Number 14, Benny Ofcourse
Reliever, Number 15, Sammy So
Closer, Number 16, Mariaño Sure

(Tomorrow and Today are lefties, Who is a switch hitter, all else are righties)

[spoiler=Uniform]([url=http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/CostaEstrella/9c359a1a-f412-4b57-85c7-b46fff9ce8a0_zpsb2f76e9b.png]Image)[/url]

([url=http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag7/CostaEstrella/TheDoghouseII_zpse5c54a60.jpg]Image)[/url]

My opponent, if they RP first, may do the following:
Choose my runscorers: Yes
Choose my lineup: No
Follow my pitching rotation: Yes (changes will be noted in RP)
Godmod scoring events: Yes
RP injuries to my players: No
Godmod injuries to my players: No
Eject my players: No
Godmod other events: Yes
Use DH at home: No

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Is this even legal?

If the user behind Berk Island is the same user behind Costa Luna, then why not? If Berk's not the same person as CL, then it's probably illegal unless s/he has permission from CL.

[Noburu Taiyou]

If the user behind Berk Island is the same user behind Costa Luna, then why not? If Berk's not the same person as CL, then it's probably illegal unless s/he has permission from CL.

I'd imagine that Berk Island is, most likely, Costa Luna. Considering the nation's founded date (somebody who founded their nation 11 days ago isn't going to know who Costa Luna is) and the fact that Costa Luna has come back under a different name once before (Middleton Valley), the odds are rather high that Berk Island is Costa Luna.

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The first cutoff will be around 12-13 hours from now. Stadium information should be included in your rosters, as only the double elimination rounds will take place in the host nation. The non-inclusion of stadium information in my roster, as originally posted, was an oversight caused by the fact that my roster was copied and pasted from either the previous IBS or the last WBC (all games of which were played in the host nations).

[Berk Island]

It is the same. I will be RP the history of transition throughout the tournament.

[Garifunya]

Soooo yeah...Appalachia just copied my RP and added a picture...Can NT or someone let them know that that's not appropriate?

[Noburu Taiyou]

Soooo yeah...Appalachia just copied my RP and added a picture...Can NT or someone let them know that that's not appropriate?

That's definitely not acceptable and would not receive any RP bonus, in its current form. Obviously, you can't just copy and paste part of your opponent's RP without attribution, add a picture and call it your RP.

[Imota]

If my math is right, the final score of the third Imota-Perinpanland game should be 8-7, not 7-6.

[Noburu Taiyou]

If my math is right, the final score of the third Imota-Perinpanland game should be 8-7, not 7-6.

Correct. In the Miscellenator help file, The Babbage Islands mentioned that 15 inning games could result in ties (although it only happened to him once "in thousands of tests"). That happened, so I followed the procedure from my bid and scorinated a second game, adding on innings from the second game until one of the teams was ahead after an inning. Then, I must have missed the runs that both teams scored in the 16th inning.

I'll correct the score and the table for Group VII.

EDIT: Then, the very next game scorinated (each group has to be scorinated separately in Miscellenator) produced 10 runs for Diegstra in the bottom of the 5th inning.

[Estenia]

Sorry to interrupt, but how did I win Gregoryisgodistan, instead of losing all the games or at least the two of them?

[Imota]

Sorry to interrupt, but how did I win Gregoryisgodistan, instead of losing all the games or at least the two of them?

Luck. Just because you're unranked, doesn't mean you can't occasionally take series from better teams. Besides, their two losses were by just one run each, and their win was an eleven run blowout. Things could have easily ended differently.

[Estenia]

Sorry to interrupt, but how did I win Gregoryisgodistan, instead of losing all the games or at least the two of them?

Luck. Just because you're unranked, doesn't mean you can't occasionally take series from better teams. Besides, their two losses were by just one run each, and their win was an eleven run blowout. Things could have easily ended differently.

Oh thanks Imota.

[Imota]

Luck. Just because you're unranked, doesn't mean you can't occasionally take series from better teams. Besides, their two losses were by just one run each, and their win was an eleven run blowout. Things could have easily ended differently.

Oh thanks Imota.

No problem.

But still, 21 innings... followed by Diegstra's ten run inning...I'm sorry my teams are bending the limits of probability, Taiyou.

[Nova Anglicana]

NT, or anyone who can run Miscellenator (since it requires Python, I can't): Does Miscellenator tend towards higher-scoring games, more so than xkoranate or NSFS? Do style modifiers have a disproportionate effect on the score? I ask because we've currently scored 42 runs and allowed 46, for an average of 7 runs scored and 7.7 runs allowed per game. This is not at all consistent with the image I have of my team, which has a style modifier of +1, which I consider to be slightly aggressive or with slightly better hitting than pitching. In my mind, a +1 team is a team that wins games 6-4 or something like that, rather than 9-7 and 9-8, as two of our wins have been.

I'm just wondering if in testing, Miscellenator has been shown to producing higher-scoring games relative to other scorinators or if this is a SSS (small sample size) illusion.

[Perinpanland]

LOOL margaret pls explain how notsofreeland is doing good without even RPing!

[Imota]

LOOL margaret pls explain how notsofreeland is doing good without even RPing!

Margaret is Margaret.

[Guerro]

Bit disappointed with the results of the Guerro-Gregoryisgodistan series. But I still managed to take a game, and from the looks of the scores, I didn't go down without a fight.

[Berk Island]

Bit disappointed with the results of the Guerro-Gregoryisgodistan series. But I still managed to take a game, and from the looks of the scores, I didn't go down without a fight.

You are not the only one disappointed in the result.

[Nova Anglicana]

Bit disappointed with the results of the Guerro-Gregoryisgodistan series. But I still managed to take a game, and from the looks of the scores, I didn't go down without a fight.

Dude, Greg has the highest ranking in this event and has won two of six Slams. An unranked team taking one game from the Bat Slaves is a huge accomplishment, OOCly and ICly.

[Berk Island]

Bit disappointed with the results of the Guerro-Gregoryisgodistan series. But I still managed to take a game, and from the looks of the scores, I didn't go down without a fight.

Dude, Greg has the highest ranking in this event and has won two of six Slams. An unranked team taking one game from the Bat Slaves is a huge accomplishment, OOCly and ICly.

And he also posts almost everyday for RP bonus, which makes your win even more impressive.

[Guerro]

Dude, Greg has the highest ranking in this event and has won two of six Slams. An unranked team taking one game from the Bat Slaves is a huge accomplishment, OOCly and ICly.

And he also posts almost everyday for RP bonus, which makes your win even more impressive.

I plan on RPing everyday for the bonus as well. I'm going to make sure I make an impact in my first tournament.

[Estenia]

Noburu Taiyou, how much RP bonus do I have from my roster and RP?