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MikeT23
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17 seems like a good number if you're taking suggestions. More than half the league. And, considering 1-2 owner turnover per season, even top worlds are going to have 5 new owners in a player's first year of eligibility.
1/13/2010 9:38 AM
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This is sounding like a lot more fun that I had expected.... another plus for those who hang around for many seasons in a given world, too.
1/13/2010 9:41 AM
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And it's great that it's done during ST, the most boring stretch of the season.
1/13/2010 9:44 AM
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Damn i have had a HOF in Addicted Users going for several seasons now. All that work for nothing.
1/13/2010 9:45 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted By iain on 1/13/2010
This is sounding like a lot more fun that I had expected.... another plus for those who hang around for many seasons in a given world, too.
Agreed. Like jvford mentioned, this gives us something interesting to do during spring training, which is torturously long and boring.
1/13/2010 9:53 AM
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In Mr. October, we on a Blog have tried to put a HOF together. BUT this sounds like a real cool addition

I like the ability that you can nominate a player that the SIM may not have include. Should be good some debate in the world chat.. not nasty just good honest debate which is always fun.

Eg I had a Closer played for 11 Season 4 A/S appearance, 2 Fireman awards, first to get to 300 Saves (still 2nd in career saves) .... Now according to this he would not be an 'automatic' but I'd put his name forward.
1/13/2010 9:54 AM
tecwrg
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And I agree with Mike. 17 votes for induction.
1/13/2010 9:54 AM
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it'll be funny when we see a pitcher nominated because he won a string of gold gloves or silver sluggers...
1/13/2010 9:55 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted By tecwrg on 1/13/2010And I agree with Mike. 17 votes for induction


My reasoning in more detail:

1. It's half the current world.
2. I'm accounting for 2-4 owners who just aren't going to bother.
3. As I said, most worlds will have 1-2 new owners each season. If it's 7 new new owners, which is still a pretty low number, that's 25 who were around when a player "retired". 17 is still more than 2/3 of those owners.
1/13/2010 10:14 AM
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And, hopefully, the owners will take the HOF a little more "seriously" than the BBWAA does and only vote for real HOFers.
1/13/2010 10:15 AM
schuyler101
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Quote: Originally posted by MikeT23 on 1/13/2010
Quote: Originally Posted By tecwrg on 1/13/2010And I agree with Mike.  17 votes for induction.My reasoning in more detail:1.  It's half the current world. 
2.  I'm accounting for 2-4 owners who just aren't going to bother.
3.  As I said, most worlds will have 1-2 new owners each season.  If it's 7 new new owners, which is still a pretty low number, that's 25 who were around when a player "retired".  17 is still more than 2/3 of those owners.



Except all these new owners will be voting as well and possibly casting "yes" votes on some of these guys up for induction
1/13/2010 10:20 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted By patrickm885 on 1/13/2010Hey guys,

Here are some details on how the HOF is going to work. I'll answer any other questions you might have throughout the day and the coming weeks until we release it.

Each individual world will have their own HOF. We are not implementing an "All Worlds HOF" just yet. HOF eligibility will be retroactive for all seasons in every world. So players that played in season 10, retired, and qualify in a world currently in season 15 will be eligible to be nominated. Voting is all user based and a player needs 20 votes to be inducted into the HOF.

Eligibility for the HOF is two fold, there are automatic nominations that the AI processes. These players are automatically eligible to be voted into the HOF (criteria below). Users will get to nominate players that fit the criteria listed below as well. Users can nominate any player that played on his franchise at any point during his career.

Criteria is as follows:

Auto-nominations-
Position Players: 7+ Silver Slugger, 10+ Gold Gloves, 7+ All Star Appearances, 3+ MVPs, 500+ HRs, or 3,000+ Hs

Pitchers: 7+ All Star Appearances, 3+ Fireman of the Year, 3+ Cy Young Awards, 300+ wins, 3000+ Ks, or 500+ SVs

User nominations-
Position players: 10+ years of ML experience with 400+ PA per season.
Relief pitchers: 10+ years of ML experience with 50+ IP per season.
Starting pitchers: 10+ years of ML experience with 150+ IP per season.
Will this refer to the franchise or the owner? I could easily see a situation where a guy played 5 seasons for one club, then six fo another, then waits 5 seasons post-retirement, and by the time he can be nominated, no one who actually owned him is in the World. Will new owners be able to nominate a player who played for their franchise, but before they owned it?



Also, why the 5-season waiting period? I know that's how it is in real life, but in real life players can un-retire, which is why they have the waiting period (i.e. so we don't have HOFers back playing in MLB 2 years later). Since HBD players don't un-retire, a shorter waiting period could be effective.
1/13/2010 10:21 AM
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What about the players who's career was in midstream when the world started. How would those players figure in? Example, when the world started, a player was 31 years old, had 5 great seasons out of 6 when he retired, with 2 MVPs, 5 All Star appearances, 2 Silver Sluggers and a Gold Glove, for example.
1/13/2010 10:24 AM
MikeT23
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Quote: Originally Posted By schuyler101 on 1/13/2010
Quote: Originally posted by MikeT23 on 1/13/2010
Quote: Originally Posted By tecwrg on 1/13/2010And I agree with Mike. 17 votes for induction



My reasoning in more detail:

1. It's half the current world.
2. I'm accounting for 2-4 owners who just aren't going to bother.
3. As I said, most worlds will have 1-2 new owners each season. If it's 7 new new owners, which is still a pretty low number, that's 25 who were around when a player "retired". 17 is still more than 2/3 of those owners.



Except all these new owners will be voting as well and possibly casting "yes" votes on some of these guys up for inductio


Which is the reasoning for 17. That's still more than half of the current world. And I'm still assuming a handful of owners aren't going to vote.
1/13/2010 10:25 AM
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gjello10: There is no 5 year waiting period. We did this for game play reasons. We want these guys available right away otherwise we would lose a lot of the fun.

ptoday: They won't be eligible if they don't fit the criteria that I listed on page 1.
1/13/2010 10:28 AM
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