anyone doing a 25man for osfm?

[Millennium]

Quote: Originally Posted by Powertoyourhead

You ban people for being excited???? That makes no sense what so ever. It is like banning people from entering a baseball game just because they cannot wait for the game to start. Makes little to no sense to me so if you could please explain then maybe people would not be getting so angry

It's been explained multiple times - It's not about the people that are excited. The thread was open for weeks until it became toxic - People complaining about how long it is taking and constantly asking for an ETA when it's already been stated that one isn't given.

I'm going to guess by your username this isn't your first time at OS, so I'm sure you have seen this previously. The unfortunate few vocal jerks mess it up for everyone else. I agree with you that people should be exited - Hell I'm excited! But there is still a decorum to follow on these forums.

[Powertoyourhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by Millennium

It's been explained multiple times - It's not about the people that are excited. The thread was open for weeks until it became toxic - People complaining about how long it is taking and constantly asking for an ETA when it's already been stated that one isn't given. I'm going to guess by your username this isn't your first time at OS, so I'm sure you have seen this previously. The unfortunate few vocal jerks mess it up for everyone else. I agree with you that people should be exited - Hell I'm excited! But there is still a decorum to follow on these forums.

I have seen some people being jerks but I guess my problem is banning someone or closing a thread for just saying I hope the Rosters drop tonight. That is not in anyway being a jerk it is just excitement and not even asking for an ETA. Ban the people being jerks instead of closing threads and banning people that just comment on how sweet it would be if the dropped soon. Just feel there are much better ways to handle things than the jerks ruining it for everyone. I do not comment hardly ever but I just follow the threads just to see what is new and what exactly is going on. I understand why it was done but just do not understand the way it was done.

[Millennium]

Quote: Originally Posted by Powertoyourhead

I have seen some people being jerks but I guess my problem is banning someone or closing a thread for just saying I hope the Rosters drop tonight. That is not in anyway being a jerk it is just excitement and not even asking for an ETA. Ban the people being jerks instead of closing threads and banning people that just comment on how sweet it would be if the dropped soon.

On a fundamental level I agree with you. Personally I wish that every user on OS shares my, and to some point your, take on how people should act on these forums. Unfortunately it just doesn't seem to happen that way as "Some people just want to watch the world burn".

I've been doing my best to keep the OSFM thread updated even though it is locked. I'm ecstatic that people are excited for the roster - more so for the guys who make it as they deserve the love they get. And I try to keep the banning to a minimum (despite my apparent 'iron fist' reputation). In this specific case it's a necessary evil that I will be happy will be done with soon (with the release of the rosters).

Again - I'm sorry you even had to post what you did. You're not wrong in any way. It's just something we as a site have to do to ensure things don't get out of hand.

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[Powertoyourhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by Millennium

On a fundamental level I agree with you. Personally I wish that every user on OS shares my, and to some point your, take on how people should act on these forums. Unfortunately it just doesn't seem to happen that way as "Some people just want to watch the world burn". I've been doing my best to keep the OSFM thread updated even though it is locked. I'm ecstatic that people are excited for the roster - more so for the guys who make it as they deserve the love they get. And I try to keep the banning to a minimum (despite my apparent 'iron fist' reputation). In this specific case it's a necessary evil that I will be happy will be done with soon (with the release of the rosters). Again - I'm sorry you even had to post what you did. You're not wrong in any way. It's just something we as a site have to do to ensure things don't get out of hand. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

I understand. I just felt it needed to be said only because your comment was that you were doing everyone a favor by not closing the thread only because someone said I hope the roster drops tonight but I do understand why some people do need to be banned.

[Millennium]

Quote: Originally Posted by Powertoyourhead

I understand. I just felt it needed to be said only because your comment was that you were doing everyone a favor by not closing the thread only because someone said I hope the roster drops tonight but I do understand why some people do need to be banned.

I get that, and looking back I shouldn't have insinuated that I was doing someone a favor. Agreed.

People post "they hope the roster drops" and it turns into "I heard the roster is coming tonight!" and the 'telephone game' starts. Then people are upset when they don't, and you are well versed enough to understand what happens from there.

Thanks for the chat, though. I am glad we found some type of common ground. Do me a favor and respond to my PM if you wouldn't mind. Just closing up a loose end.

[ehamme08]

Quote: Originally Posted by Millennium

I get that, and looking back I shouldn't have insinuated that I was doing someone a favor. Agreed. People post "they hope the roster drops" and it turns into "I heard the roster is coming tonight!" and the 'telephone game' starts. Then people are upset when they don't, and you are well versed enough to understand what happens from there. Thanks for the chat, though. I am glad we found some type of common ground. Do me a favor and respond to my PM if you wouldn't mind. Just closing up a loose end.

Good job guys, way to work it out! Rosters will be here soon, and there should be nothing but love and excitement all around! #OSFM #TRUEopeningDay

[msmith05]

My 2 Cents....THe OSFM rosters are terrific....The 25 man off these are a bit better as lineups and pitchers are accurate through simming spring training. Thy Hybrid and pitch edits are a thing of beauty. Personal experience. pick a roster and go. Dont look back...and if you want to start a secondary one then pick up latest roster. But if you wait and wait and wait in my experience you start around last part of May and you lose the excitement.

[furball321]

Lisac, I listen to the Giants' games but don't follow the other teams closely, and I'm not an expert at using MLBTS or downloaded rosters. I have MLBTS 2015 on a PS3. I only play offline franchise mode. I'd like to describe my goal and how I tried to do it last year, then ask you some questions.

The goal is to play the Giants' opening day roster against the other teams' opening day rosters for an entire seaon. I play every game by hand and don't use injuries. I play 3-6 games every other night while drinking wine. I realize this isn't very "realistic" but I don't want to spend the time researching and making roster changes to all 30 teams during the year. I figure the MLB clubs chose their best guys for opening day and that's what I want to simulate. If a guy like Mazarro comes up and outperforms expectations, I'll miss out on that. But if his numbers in the game aren't as good as the guy's he replaced, he probably won't do as well over the course of the season IN THE GAME. The ideal would be that you guys would update Mazarro's numbers as he outperforms expectations, but since we can't import players into an ongoing Franchise, I'd still have to download your updated rosters, then manually go into my Franchise and edit Mazarro.

SO: What I did last year was download the OSFM opening day rosters. Before starting the franchise mode:
GIANTS: Put any ML player starting on the DL into the 25 man roster on the ML team. Put any other DL player into a minor league team. Remove any player from the 40 man roster who is not on the ML team.
ALL OTHER TEAMS: Remove all players from the DL, putting them wherever their overall number puts them. (An 88 overall would replace an 85 overall, even if the 85 was the team's choice for opening day.) Remove any player from the 40 man roster who is not on the MLB team.
Removing the non-opening day players from the 40 man roster is so they don't get charged with a "send-down" and so the game won't change the rosters at the end of the preseason.

Question 1) It sounds like that's almost exactly what you're doing, except you are putting DL players onto minor league (A) teams. What would I need to do after downloading your 25 man roster to achieve my goal?

Question 2) What will your roster be called? Any current thoughts on when it might be available?

Question 3 - off-topic) As I said, I'm not knowledgeable about MLBTS. Haven't they released a 2016 roster? I don't see one when I go into COMMUNITY -> VAULTS -> ROSTER VAULTS -> BROWSE ROSTER. I thought the game automatically downloaded rosters that the devs provided, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Thanks and regards!
furball