Fantasy RBI Arcade Game thread. Rebooted from 2018

[Darky]

Teams:

The Empire (Darkside)
Swinging Dicks (Ryno)
The SIDES OF BEEF (BeefMaster)
U7 (Ultimate7)
Montreal Expose (Shooty)
Purple Reign (Nacho)
baja california blue footed boobies (Nomaaa)
Cleveland Spiders (fightonusc)
The Hulk Hogans (GDavis)
Steely Dan's Revenge (Tempo)


Season Rules:

- 18-game season, home and away.
- 13-run mercy rule.

-The baseline for errors will be at 5 and will change from week-to-week at Lord Vader's discretion or by lottery.
- Various glitches will be resolved by an Imperial operator with pressing the A or B or arrows on the keyboard. No joystick will be used during game recordings. A common glitch is when the baserunner freezes in-between second and third. -
- Another common glitch is when the RF or LF mysteriously loses a ball in the sun near the wall and fails to make the catch. This is part of the game if you do not know this already.

Pitching:

- SP-SP-RP-RP
- No SP may start in consecutive games, and no RP may start a game
- The SP who does not start shall be slotted in the #2 slot in relief
- RP may be used in any order after the #2 slot

Position players:

- 3 OF (LF/CF/RF), 4 INF (C/1b/2b/3b/ss) must start the game.

Trades: Trades will be available for weeks 4-14. Power deficits will be strongly weighed while speed deficits won't carry the same weight, but will be considered. Anything not covered in the trade rules does not imply you may trade as you wish. All powers are granted in Lord Vader's discretion, but Lord Vader will openly hear pleas.


Playoffs:

- The top 5 teams earn an automatic bid.
- The 8th and 7th place teams shall play a one-game wildcard playoff in order to play another one-game playoff against the 6th place team. The pitching rotations continues from the last week of the season.
- The winner of the wildcard playoff will play the 6th place team in a one-game playoff/play-in to earn the 6th seed in the FRBI Arcade playoffs. The pitching rotation for the winner of the wildcard playoff will continue from the previous wildcard game. The 6th place team may choose who to start.
- The top two teams shall earn a bye and automatically advance to the semifinals.
- The rest of the numbered seeds will play a 5-game playoff to earn a birth for the semifinals.
- The semifinals will be a 7 game series.
- The FRBI Aracade World Series will be a 7-game series.
- All errors in the playoffs will be determined by lottery, from 4 to 9.
- Higher seeded team has the option to choose to play home or away for the series and play-in.

Tiebreaker rules for placement in the standings:

- Head-to-head
- Run differential
- Runs allowed.

Schedule is right here: https://www.recleague.net/leagues/fantasyrbiarcade/schedule/upcoming_games

Google sign in may be required for the above link and in case not everybody has a Google personal account, here is the schedule on Google Sheets: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nDLPEzZbn0q8_VRbSXlS_voyLk4_FNsQWmWPvdA8mQ0/edit?usp=sharing

[ryno]

I like the double play-in set up. 

I did not know about those 2 glitches, but it's been a while since I've participated in FRBI.

Are we still doing "do overs'' if either the Empire or Dicks are behind after 4 innings?   In non head to head games, of course.

[Darky]

I like the double play-in set up. 

I did not know about those 2 glitches, but it's been a while since I've participated in FRBI.

Are we still doing "do overs'' if either the Empire or Dicks are behind after 4 innings?   In non head to head games, of course.

The double play-in is used in the Swedish baseball league to get in the top league, but not the playoffs. The OF mysteriously not making the catch on a fly ball near the wall should happen at least once this season. Unlikely the runner will decided to freeze in-between second and third. There was an odd glitch that I saw in the preseason Classic tournament, and that was the only time I had ever seen it - so doubt we'll see it again unless somebody wants to watch a thousand games. haha @ the do overs!

Oh yeah, the mercy rule is set at 18. I'll add that in the opening post.

[GDavis]

wow just wow

[Shooty]

I'm going to have to change my lineup for next game.  I can't have Maranville leading off if he's going to hit like that. 

[Nacho]

What's that clicking noise in the background?

[nomaaa]

lot of exciting games this week

boobies looked nice out there. watching ted williams & frank robinson waddle in on balls down the line really felt authentic. game was decided by a couple of black aces - blue & jenkins - pretty neat.

ill concur with nacho, this seasons unis are primo

[BeefMaster]

I am immediately firing my third base coach.

[Darky]

At work all day and will try and find a scoresheet/boxscore app for a computer only - hard to find. If you have any tips, please share. I messaged fighton on FB, but apparently he blew me off 

[nomaaa]

i don't think it exists & definitely not for free

[nomaaa]

but what do i know

[nomaaa]

even like $300?

[nomaaa]

nice. everything i've found in the past was either too crappy or huge overkill

[fightonusc]

This is what I used in the past: http://www.iscoresports.com/baseball/. It's mobile-based so you'll have to score the games on your phone.

[GDavis]

You don't have a smartphone?  Have your parents been cutting back the allowance?

[Shooty]

Last work shift before my almost 2 month vacation. Also, I purchased a smartphone which implies I can use a scoresheet/boxscore app on it - easy sailing. Got the phone yesterday. So pretty soon, we gonna blitz through. I go up to Stockholm on Wednesday then off to Vegas on Thursday. So no action on those days and Friday. No worries folks.

[Nacho]

Bump.

[Shooty]

HE SAID "NO WORRIES FOLKS"!!!

[Shooty]

Progress has been made in the lockout! Hope is in the air my friends!

We don't believe you.

[nomaaa]

classic bureaucrat communique