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Weird setup this week, so everybody gets a Memorial Day game. All series are SEVEN games, scheduled 5/23-25, 5/27-30 (EXCEPT Interleague, SIX games, off 5/23, first 3 are 5/24, 25 & 27, last 3 are 5/28-30). First team listed is the away team for the first three games.
Be sure to get in contact with your opponent early ("e-mail him before he can e-mail you" is always a good rule to follow) and figure out if you're going to NetPlay or MP them, then schedule accordingly.
Players who exceed 110% usage for the year will be posted here. New additions are in bold. They have been mandatorily farmed for the year, can not be traded, and are ineligible for postseason and cup play. These players are noted in your roster with the coding ++NAME++.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CUT YOUR ROSTER DOWN TO 25 MEN BEFORE STARTING THIS WEEK. BE CAREFUL TO KEEP PLAYERS ON DISABLED LIST FOR MINIMUM 15 DAYS. Check the DL listings below to be sure what date players are eligible to return. PLEASE NOTE: The game program allows players to be brought back before they've served 15 days. ISBL DOES NOT, so please consult the DL listings to ensure that you're bringing players back on the correct date. DON'T MAKE NON-DL-RELATED MID-SERIES ROSTER MOVES. The only moves you can make during a series are to put someone on the DL or to take them off (and an accompanying promote/farm to cover THAT player). And be sure to consult the list below to see when your player is eligible to come off the DL.
CHECK YOUR MANAGER PROFILE Remember what Troy always says. Recheck your manager profile weekly to make sure phantom zeros aren't popping into your usage limits. Check to see if you have injured players, or players eligible to be reactivated. Be sure to check that your roster is at 25, especially if you have acquired new players through trade or free agency, as the game tends to make all of these players active. We would advise those of you that constructed preseason manager profiles (before the Week 1 disk was released) to double check them to ensure that playing limits are correct. The last preseason disk that was posted showed several players with settings of zero, and the CM will pass over many of these players when your team is away. You can see this on the final page of the profile where the players are listed. The playing limits were corrected to the actual usage numbers on the Week 1 disk. If you put together an MP using an older V9 disk, you can correct the playing limits this way:
Of course, once you've corrected these playing time limits, you can manipulate them as needed to make sure that players are used only in the specific roles you want them to play (i.e. if you have a pitcher rated both to start and relieve, and you only want him used as a starter, you can set his relief appearances to zero). Also, be sure to note that in Version 9, there's a new page for setting player-specific tendencies, as well as team tendencies. PAY ATTENTION TO OPPONENT'S INSTRUCTIONS If an owner takes the time to send you an MP and/or instructions as to how to install his pitchers/lineups, take care to use these. Seen a couple of instances this year where MPs have been sent, only to be ignored/looked over/forgotten by opponents. If they're sending you an MP, it means they have changes from what's on the disk that may affect their rotation, or player usage, or whatever. So use them. Otherwise, you're risking having to play the games over again. And might get fined for repeated occurances.
When
your opponent has taken the time and care to create an MP for your
series that week, make sure to import it into the database. If you're
unsure that you're doing things correctly, please contact Micah, Troy or
Tim for help. Some important things to consider:
SOME ADDITIONAL DIRECTION ON PLAYING IN NETPLAY
When
FTF players set their rosters to 25 (or make changes to their
roster between weeks), whoever the host is won't have those handy, so
you'll need to at least make whatever pre-series changes on your disk,
generate an MP file with those changes (just like you would a file
with played games to send), and send it to whichever of the two of you is
hosting. That's an extra step we haven't had to contend with before with
the NetMeeting, where you could just make the changes yourself or
instruct your opponent to do so. And you can STILL instruct your
opponent to do so, but you'll need to do that before you link onto the
NetPlay, 'cause there's no way to get to the MPs once you've
linked. Because of this, it's advisable that for the series, one team
remains the host throughout, who will have made his changes and
installed the MP (or made the changes as directed) of their opponent.
Switching
between who is the home manager and who is the away manager is pretty
simple if you're mid-series and already connected with one as home and
one as away. The host needs only to click on "NetPlay" in the
top menu line and then "Swap manager roles" to flip them.
As
for changing options, this is done by the host. Make sure the settings
for the host are "Human" and for away are "Remote."
If for some reason, you get into the game and one party doesn't have
control of, say, baserunning, have the host go in and fix it.
If you have any additional questions about V9 play, please direct them to stats@isbl.com.
You can track your finances, as well as your payroll ceiling, at the ISBL Finances page (see link above).
Please be sure to check if you have injured players. This lists only players already placed on the DL. A (CAREFUL!) note denotes a player whose injury expires before his DL time does. Don't bring these players up until the day noted, or the Usage Nazi hammer will come down on your little head. New additions for this week are in RED These players are eligible to come off the DL at some point (see below) this week:
These players are not eligible to come back this week:
TWO WEEKS WORTH OF BALLOTS IN THIS GAZETTE
POW BALLOT FOR WEEK 6 (June 9-15) You can vote for BOTH Senior AND Junior POWs. Submit by WEDNESDAY, 9 pm EDT (extended). |
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