As much as I try, I just can't get interested in the HOF.  I guess it's cool to see one of your players make it, but then what?  

Is the HOF support from a vocal minority, or do a lot of folks you communicate with get really into it?  Granted, I just recently got back into HBD, so I haven't been a world for 10+ seasons yet...maybe that makes a difference.

I guess a good measure is how many in your world people vote for HOF candidates.  Do you see 25+, less than 10, somewhere in between?  Just curious.

Somewhere in between.  Meaning nobody gets in.  It's frustrating.

There's no way of telling who voted.

It's been a massive flop.    Coop and MG are low turnover worlds with plenty of long-time owners.   Coop inducted at least one player the first 3 seasons.   MG inducted at least one player in the first two seasons.    Coop missed this season and MG has missed the last two.   Maybe there isn't anyone worth inducting.  But the fact that virtually no one even discusses it leads me to believe that there just isn't any interest.

The nomination screen loads slow(if at all).   So that turns some people off.  
The process is during the busy time of the season for owners.   So that likely puts it on the back burner. 

But I think indifference is why it's a flop.

 

Agree. Coop had enough that I was moving players in and out of my 5 because of the quality. It's indifference.

In our league some owners actually campaign for their candidate. So I guess you could say we take it seriously.

In the worlds I am in, we are too "young" of a world to worry about the HOF just yet. Nobody has been around long enough to make them HOF worthy. I have a special place on the blog for those guys. I know it's not saved on the WIS database but I feel it helps the world know who these guys are.

That's also part of the problem.    Someone can ask "Anyone ever used a guy like this?" and I'll think of a player I had for a couple of seasons 14 seasons ago.  But ask me who's been the MVP for the last 3 seasons in the AL(assuming I'm a NL guy) and I don't have a clue.   We lack "name recognition" in HBD.  Especially with the players that bounce around from teams to team or even position to position. 

Hunter is now in season 18 and we've had low owner turnover and alot of the great players stayed with the same organization for most of their careers. This may be the reason the HoF has worked for us.
In season 15 (first season with HoF) we had 4 guys inducted. Season 16 we inducted 2 guys. Season 17 we inducted 2 more guys and this season we inducted only 1 but it could have been more.
Every season we discuss the worthy candidates leading up to the voting period and alot guys take part in the discussions. So far it has worked for us and added an element to an already good world.

It sounds like I'm not alone in my indifference.  Maybe it's a result of having 4 teams, but I'm far more concerned about who is on my team than I am with any other players.  I know real life baseball players because I watch sports news shows about them, play fantasy baseball where I draft them, and go to see them live.  In HBD, I might recognize a few players that aren't on my team, but I couldn't name the top 3 at any position like I could for MLB.

I think this is what makes me indifferent towards the HOF in HBD.

Maybe it'd be better to put it in during the playoffs... give the teams that aren't in the playoffs something to do?

I think voting should be open all year - starting in ST and ending in the playoffs.  I don't see the harm in this.

I suggested many things.   One of them would be allow voting all season or up until the A/S break.    That way all the pre-season hoopla is over.

But several things need to change.   Player positions for one.   Viewing the candidates.   Comparing against previous HOFers.   The nomination process.  The load times for the nom screen(s).   As it is, it's cumbersome.    And, if your focus is winning games rather than reviewing the past, it's just not something you'll dedicate much time to when you're working on your team. 

Its simply not at all interesting to me. I'd rather invest the time and effort looking for FAs or trade proposals that might make my team better than looking at stats from players I don't recognize. Heck, I'd rather look for MiL FAs that might help my MiL teams do better.

And if I were to keep someone long enough to develop an attachment to, and thru some miracle enough other owners voted him in, there is no payoff if he gets in. No incentive.Its not a goal of the game to develop HOFers, its to win ballgames, Pennants and Championships.

imo its development was a big waste of time.

Posted by MikeT23 on 2/2/2011 4:01:00 PM (view original):
I suggested many things.   One of them would be allow voting all season or up until the A/S break.    That way all the pre-season hoopla is over.

But several things need to change.   Player positions for one.   Viewing the candidates.   Comparing against previous HOFers.   The nomination process.  The load times for the nom screen(s).   As it is, it's cumbersome.    And, if your focus is winning games rather than reviewing the past, it's just not something you'll dedicate much time to when you're working on your team. 

Only loading players you can actually nominate would be a huge improvement, and probably decrease the load time of the nom screen. People actually voting for players who don't hit for power would also help.