Sim Dynasty Game Guide
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=== League Types === | === League Types === | ||
| + | There are five different types of leagues - Single Season, Short Season, Dynasty, Private, and Speed Leagues. | ||
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==== Single Season Leagues ==== | ==== Single Season Leagues ==== | ||
| + | Single Season Leagues are free leagues that conduct an initial draft and play one season of baseball. Single Season Leagues were created for owners to test out Sim Dynasty before jumping in right into a Dynasty League or for other owners to gain more experience. The game play is nearly the same as the Dynasty Leagues, except that teams are not carried over to the next season. | ||
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| + | Single Season owners have the same trade options available to them as Dynasty owners, except that they do not have the option to trade future draft picks. League message boards are available for each league, and there is a Sim Dynasty message board available for all owners to post questions or share ideas or just ask questions. | ||
==== Short Season Leagues ==== | ==== Short Season Leagues ==== | ||
| + | In order to accommodate as many owners and teams as possible, Short Season Leagues are available so that you can sign up to play any time a season is in progress. All Single Season Leagues start their seasons the same day as Dynasty Leagues. If you sign up for a Single Season League after the regular season has started, you will be assigned to a Short Season League. These Short Season Leagues are identical to Single Season Leagues except that their draft preferences are modified and they will play an abbreviated season. The number of games played will depend on when the league filled up with 16 owners, and how far along the full single season is. For example, if your Short Season League started at game number 49, you will only play 114 games for that season. | ||
==== Dynasty Leagues ==== | ==== Dynasty Leagues ==== | ||
| - | ==== Private Leagues ==== | + | Dynasty Leagues span many seasons, and start in the year 1950 with an initial draft, where both your major league and minor league rosters are filled. Teams keep their players from season to season, unless they waive or trade them, or if ABE chooses to retire them. Developing your players from year to year, orchestrating trades, and putting a competitive team on the field each year is very challenging, and is one of the main reasons why Sim Dynasty is so much fun. |
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| + | The Dynasty Leagues are designed with the hard core baseball fan in mind. Dynasty team owners tend to be very active general managers and managers, and participate in frequent, if not daily, message board discussions in their league's message board. | ||
| + | ==== Private and Speed Leagues ==== | ||
| + | You can also join Private and Speed Leagues - these are similar to Dynasty Leagues but with a few changes. These leagues typically plays more than 3 games per day. Private Leagues are customized leagues that have different rules of play than the Dynasty Leagues. Speed Leagues are very similiar to Dynasty leagues, except that they typically play more than 3 games per day. Speed Leagues are also very similiar to Private Leagues, except we don't allow special rules in Speed Leagues. Each League also has a commissioner, whose role is to ensure fair play among the owners and to ensure the well being of the league. Commissioners should be experienced Sim Dynasty players - generally we only accept commissioners who have played in a Dynasty or Private league before. | ||
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| + | For more information about pay leagues, or to be notified when there are openings in pay leagues, please visit the [http://www.simdynasty.com/payleagues.jsp Pay League information page]. | ||
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=== Game Schedule === | === Game Schedule === | ||
==== Regular Season ==== | ==== Regular Season ==== | ||
Revision as of 19:35, 9 May 2007
Sim Dynasty Rulebook
This is the wiki rulebook for Sim Dynasty baseball. Please feel free to make any changes or additions you see fit.
Contents |
Introduction
Objective of the Game
The objective of Sim Dynasty is to build a team from the ground up and compete against other owners for the chance to become a baseball dynasty. You, as owner and General Manager of your franchise, draft your team starting in 1950 and must develop your prospects in your minor leagues, nurture your veterans on the major league roster, set your rotation and lineup, make blockbuster trades, and much more, all in hopes of developing your dynasty. Three times a day our custom designed Artificial Baseball Engine (affectionately named ABE) simulates the games and compiles complete box scores, play-by-play, and year-to-date statistics.
Why the 1950's
Baseball, hotdogs, and apple pie. It can be argued that the 1950's were when baseball was at its greatest. It was a time before free agency, before modern expansion, and before owners held cities hostage in seeking tax-funded stadiums. It was a time when all that mattered was what happened on the playing field, where baseball players spent most of their careers with one team, and where fans everywhere knew the starting lineups of even their staunchest rivals on the 16 team senior circuit. It was a time when the game was more pure, and we have captured that here at SimDynasty.com.
How Sim Dynasty is Different from the 1950s
Sim Dynasty is modelled after the 1950s in regards to General Manager activities and Free Agency. Many of the in-game features more closely resemble how baseball is played today. A few major differences include:
162 Game Schedule
A 162 game schedule has been chosen over the 154 game schedule to assist with 3 games-per-day scheduling. An added benefit is that this allows players to challenge some of baseball's magic numbers like 60 Home Runs, 20 Wins, or 300 Strike Outs.
Situational Pitching
Most teams in 1950 used 4-man starting pitcher rotations. Many of these pitchers pitched well into the game, minimizing the reliance on a quality or deep relief corps and talented pinch hitting specialists. Today, as in Sim Dynasty, a team may use 5-6 different pitchers in a game. Having to use 5 starters and multiple relievers makes it necessary to have 6-8 quality pitchers to have a good team. This challenges you, as the owner and general manager, to remain active to develop the talent within your organization or scour the waiver wire or trade for that phenom that will put your team in contention for the World Series. A 5-man rotation with a deep bull pen also requires you to carefully manage your player substitutions during each game. Pitching changes are made based on match-ups with hitters, and therefore pitching changes, and pinch hitters, occur more frequently. The maturation of the closer role also tests the dominance and endurance of certain pitchers. This allows more players to get into each game, and allows you to groom that budding closer or that rookie pinch-hitter who is going to be your starting third baseman next season.
The Playoffs
If Sim Dynasty were to model the playoff format of 1950, only two of 16 teams would get into the playoffs. As Major League Baseball has found since adding the Wild Card to each League, we have also found that there is more competition, interest, and downright fun with the Wild Card format. In Sim Dynasty the top two teams from each league (A.L. & N.L.) will advance to the Playoffs. The playoffs consist of a seven game League Championship Series, with the winners advancing to the World Series.
Why No DH?
There wasn't a DH in the 1950's, and there isn't one in Sim Dynasty either. This also allows more hitters and pitchers to see action during a game, which we feel makes the games more interesting.
Who is Abe?
ABE stands for Artificial Baseball Engine. ABE is our unique and reliable software program that determines the outcome of every pitch of every game. ABE also performs each owner’s customized managerial preferences, such as when to call in a relief pitcher or pinch hitter. There are many other things ABE does for Sim Dynasty to make the ownership experience fun and interesting. A few of those items are that he compiles all the statistics, selects the All-Star Team and Cy Young winners, and also decides if your MVP front-runner gets hurt. It can truly be said that ABE make the game fun and at times unpredictable.
League Information
League Names
Each league type is named according to a different scheme. The Single Season leagues are named after MLB managers, in order of number of career victories. The first 28 Dynasty Leagues are named after the greatest Center Fielders of all time - according to Bill James. The other 20 Dynasty leagues are named after other great players from baseball history. Private and Speed leagues are usually named after players, and the name is usually chosen by the commissioner or site Administrators.
League Structure
Every league is made up of two 8 team divisions. Our leagues have been fashioned after the way baseball stood between 1955-1957, just before the Dodgers and Giants moved west.
| A.L. | N.L. |
| Baltimore | Brooklyn |
| Boston | Chicago |
| Chicago | Cincinnati |
| Cleveland | Milwaukee |
| Detroit | New York |
| Kansas City | Philadelphia |
| New York | Pittsburgh |
| Washington | St. Louis |
League Types
There are five different types of leagues - Single Season, Short Season, Dynasty, Private, and Speed Leagues.
Single Season Leagues
Single Season Leagues are free leagues that conduct an initial draft and play one season of baseball. Single Season Leagues were created for owners to test out Sim Dynasty before jumping in right into a Dynasty League or for other owners to gain more experience. The game play is nearly the same as the Dynasty Leagues, except that teams are not carried over to the next season.
Single Season owners have the same trade options available to them as Dynasty owners, except that they do not have the option to trade future draft picks. League message boards are available for each league, and there is a Sim Dynasty message board available for all owners to post questions or share ideas or just ask questions.
Short Season Leagues
In order to accommodate as many owners and teams as possible, Short Season Leagues are available so that you can sign up to play any time a season is in progress. All Single Season Leagues start their seasons the same day as Dynasty Leagues. If you sign up for a Single Season League after the regular season has started, you will be assigned to a Short Season League. These Short Season Leagues are identical to Single Season Leagues except that their draft preferences are modified and they will play an abbreviated season. The number of games played will depend on when the league filled up with 16 owners, and how far along the full single season is. For example, if your Short Season League started at game number 49, you will only play 114 games for that season.
Dynasty Leagues
Dynasty Leagues span many seasons, and start in the year 1950 with an initial draft, where both your major league and minor league rosters are filled. Teams keep their players from season to season, unless they waive or trade them, or if ABE chooses to retire them. Developing your players from year to year, orchestrating trades, and putting a competitive team on the field each year is very challenging, and is one of the main reasons why Sim Dynasty is so much fun.
The Dynasty Leagues are designed with the hard core baseball fan in mind. Dynasty team owners tend to be very active general managers and managers, and participate in frequent, if not daily, message board discussions in their league's message board.
Private and Speed Leagues
You can also join Private and Speed Leagues - these are similar to Dynasty Leagues but with a few changes. These leagues typically plays more than 3 games per day. Private Leagues are customized leagues that have different rules of play than the Dynasty Leagues. Speed Leagues are very similiar to Dynasty leagues, except that they typically play more than 3 games per day. Speed Leagues are also very similiar to Private Leagues, except we don't allow special rules in Speed Leagues. Each League also has a commissioner, whose role is to ensure fair play among the owners and to ensure the well being of the league. Commissioners should be experienced Sim Dynasty players - generally we only accept commissioners who have played in a Dynasty or Private league before.
For more information about pay leagues, or to be notified when there are openings in pay leagues, please visit the Pay League information page.
Game Schedule
Regular Season
Single Season Leagues
Dynasty Leagues
Private and Speed Leagues
Playoffs
Dynasty Dollars and Wagering
Using this Wiki
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