The RBI Baseball League

[Turd]

Alright, this will be the official thread for all things related to a new RBI league (curve style) I'd like to start.  I want this to happen, the website is ready for it to happen, this is not a post-and-forget thread like the 2010 Fantasy RBI thread was.  I wanted to get some of the new hacks in place before starting this league, but it looks like that's not going to happen.  

First things first, I need to know who's interested.  I want guys with at least 3 games in the RPC. This will accomplish a number of things...one, it'll weed out people who aren't serious about playing, it'll ensure that people know how to upload their stats and that they are actually setup to play.

If you don't have 3 games in, then you need to have a proven track record or have some sort of case you can present that will make me believe you'll actually play your games and are setup to play.  I'd be happy if you just IM'd me and we can discuss that further and I can help you get setup.

I also want to make sure you have a decent connection so that gameplay stays solid.

Time investment on this doesn't have to take over your life...depending on interested parties, we'll play a home and away series vs. each team or something like that...nothing crazy...

Please respond to this post with your interest in playing, as well as your preferred team (this doesn't mean you get that team's players, it just means that's the team you'll be playing with. You'll run through a draft to build your team. First come, first served.

Items for discussion:
1987 Rosters, 2010 Rosters
Two leagues (divisions) based on talent
Include all players available for draft and utilize a salary cap to keep teams from being stacked, or do we limit the player pool to only the number of teams that we have chosen by players in the league

Confirmed to host
Turd - Brewers
Kahouty - Athletics
Dirty - Mets
James23 - Rays
TheCongo - Braves
SuckerPunch - Rockies
Bastardo - Mariners
scrambledeggs728 - Reds
GoNickMontana5 - Nationals
Kulseic - Pirates

Waiting List
Attezz
Timbone666

[kulseic]

I don't have 3 games in, but not for lack of trying. I am much more consistant owner than in the past. I would welcome a chance to join league. My RBI skills are beginner at best (still fall for the curve waaaay to much) so please place me accordingly. I would like to be the PIRATES if poss. Thanx, Jim

[Turd]

Jim, I know you from past leagues...that's good enough for me.

[kahouty]

Kahouty - Athletics

Count me in! Wooohoo!

[Turd]

One point of note, you'll be required to be able to host (either with hamachi or by setting up your router).  I'll just need to verify that with each of you before we make your "membership" official.

Also, AIM is going to be required so that people can find you to setup a time to play your games...

[scrambledeggs728]

I'm in

[Turd]

As requested by Scrambled, I picked his team for him...the Reds.

[DirtySwinger]

Hey Turd count me in - Mets

[The Kongo]

I have a lot on my plate, but am going to cut things out to have time as i think turd can make an rbi league work     I'll be on this weekend for practice rpc etc,  want to play hit me up.

AIM:RBICongo

[Turd]

If you're too busy, it's understandable. You'll always have an invite to my leagues.

[Bastardo]

Turd - I have the controller now and all the capabilities to host.

I would like the Mariners!

[Bastardo]

I like the idea of using 2010 players and a salary cap... perhaps with each team that the user has picked getting that teams franchise player... like Turd would start with Braun on his team, I'd start with Ichiro... etc... then we draft the rest of the players or something.

Just a thought, let me know, I'll be out of town this weekend but then back in buisness after that with baby #2 coming I'll have time to do nothing but sit inside.

[Turd]

Bastardo, you're all setup to host? That's freakin' awesome, who set you up?  Do you have IM? That's helpful to people finding opponents...

I'm debating at least for season one to just have the players availbe from the teams chosen and move into a salary cap style next season.  Keep it simple...I like your idea of getting the team's franchise player...

Hit me up and we'll chat some more...

[Bastardo]

I have Yahoo Messenger but I can get AIM if that is what everybody uses...

What about VoiceChat do we have that capability yet anywhere?

And I should say that I think I've set myself up to host, not positive

[Turd]

AIM is the standard...if you don't want to install it, you can use this:
http://products.aim.com/products/express

Anyways, hit me up tonight or tomorrow (I'm taking a night or two off in the upcoming days to just sit).  But, hit me up and we'll make sure you can setup...

[Turd]

I think for now we'll cap the signups at 8 to keep it simple. Expansion is an option afterwards...once I verify that everyone is good to go for hosting, I'll setup the site and we can draw numbers to find out where we draft, get a schedule going, and hop to this thing...

[Suckerpunch]

I'm in with the Rockies.

[gonickmontana5]

Oops, looks like I'm late to the game, but I'd like to be on the expansion list. I'm an RBI beginner and haven't played any RPC games yet but I'm a dedicated owner and love RBI baseball!

[Turd]

I didn't want to have 10 teams right off the bat because the more owners you have, the more leagues are prone to failure.

That being said, I don't want to turn away interested players...so let me confirm that everyone on the list is able to host either directly or with hamachi.  If so, we'll expand to 10. If not, you guys can replace the ones that can't.  I think most of ya'll can host, so it shouldn't be an issue. 

GoNick, who's your team choice?

[Reds]

I got 20 bucks says this league fails just like every other attempt at online rbi leagues.