I was wondering if anyone wants to brainstorm a Deadball-era playoff roster? I tried this on my own in last year's game but only made two teams before bailing. Things I focused on:
Obviously nerfing all power
Drastically increasing pitch movement (spitballs, scuffing, etc.)
Reducing pitch speed (85-90 mph top speed maybe? Walter Johnson excluded)
Increasing errors, reducing fielding ability
High bunting ability across the board
High base-running aggression, steal ability
Low strikeouts, high contact
High Starter Stamina
...and some other stuff.
Obviously we'd have to use teams with good old-school unis, and pick some era-appropriate batting stances and pitching motions. And luckily there are a couple good classic stadiums.
Where I bailed last time, was trying to get the faces accurate. I was trying to match them to the real photos, but it was too damn hard.
I think to make it easier this time, we should use only the real faces of the star players (Cobb, Wagner, Shoeless Joe, etc.), because there's already some really excellent CAPS in the the latest all-time roster for these guys (posted Nov 24).
For the rest of the players, I would say only match the names or maybe make up some good/funny ones (Three-Finger Brown, anybody?). And then just get the faces believable, but not necessarily accurate to a real-life person. I absolutely hate generic faces, though, so that would be priority number one.
Anyway, if anyone's interested let me know.
Obviously nerfing all power
Drastically increasing pitch movement (spitballs, scuffing, etc.)
Reducing pitch speed (85-90 mph top speed maybe? Walter Johnson excluded)
Increasing errors, reducing fielding ability
High bunting ability across the board
High base-running aggression, steal ability
Low strikeouts, high contact
High Starter Stamina
...and some other stuff.
Obviously we'd have to use teams with good old-school unis, and pick some era-appropriate batting stances and pitching motions. And luckily there are a couple good classic stadiums.
Where I bailed last time, was trying to get the faces accurate. I was trying to match them to the real photos, but it was too damn hard.
I think to make it easier this time, we should use only the real faces of the star players (Cobb, Wagner, Shoeless Joe, etc.), because there's already some really excellent CAPS in the the latest all-time roster for these guys (posted Nov 24).
For the rest of the players, I would say only match the names or maybe make up some good/funny ones (Three-Finger Brown, anybody?). And then just get the faces believable, but not necessarily accurate to a real-life person. I absolutely hate generic faces, though, so that would be priority number one.
Anyway, if anyone's interested let me know.
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