World League of Baseball is coming back

[jokerswild]

That is right the league that was considered the most inovative and competitive in BBMO history will be making a comeback. I am starting this now with the anticipation of beginning in a month, so don't worry about having to leave a league in order to join straight away.

#1 unequalized league
#2 everyone has 100 million to start with
#3 you must place a bid for your team, city and amount (i.e. New York for 80 million)
#4 I will begin each cities auction at a set time and end it exactly 3 days later. There will be 3 city auctions going on at any time.
#5 The following Tokyo and New York will each have two teams.
#6 every city will be set at its true value (i.e. Mexico City will have a huge population, but a low income base)
#7 Any team will be a minimum of 60 million to purchase.
#8 Preferential treatment will be given to long term GM's
#9 The following cities will run their auctions on these days (these cities shall be in the league).

Tokyo- nysteinbrenner 300,030,003
trucoug 190,000,005
New York- smokind23 240 million
daubrinss 235.5 million
Mexico City- edeutsch 200 million
Shanghai- stevens170 180 million
Los Angeles- dasox 305 million
Sao Paulo- rainman 173.6 million
Buenos Aries- JMO 100 million
Chicago donyoungdropsit 95 million
Seoul jokerswild 80 million
Bejing superstar1 80 million
Osaka cipster 280 million
Rio de Janeiro chipper Jones 300 million
Paris jewcer2k5 205 million
London dirtyd 225 million
Moscow yorkmidi37 175 million
Cairo paige1814 128 million
Hong Kong toogood 250 million
Boston renos 235 million
San Francisco winks429 185 million
Washington D.C. dturkenk 207 million
Essen andyandrews 236 million
Santiago SlickRick 150 million
Madrid redaddy 133 million
Istanbul professor 40 million (wild card)
Milano tdks 40 million (wild card)
Delhi mogulhater 40 million (wild card)
Frankfurt Catabowl 40 million (wild card)
Riydah michaeldiscontent 40 million (wild card)

this will give us 25 teams the last 5 will be add in from people who have atempted bids on the most cities yet have failed to land one. They will be allowed to choose any city left over at the price of 40 million.

#10- Each team will be allowed a "mini-me" this will be a superstar player with their name or any name which they choose.
#11- player will have a 6 year contract at the minimum salary.
#12- you will be able to choose their position at the following cost
A. SP- 40 million
B. SS- 35 million
C. 2B and CF- 30 million
D. 3B- 20 million
E. C- 15 million
F. RF and LF- 10 million
G. 1B - nothing

remember these will be superstar players expected to play at a high level but I do not assure equal ability between each player.

#13 Teams who spend more than 60 million shall be
A. 60-140 million (5 year loan 6% interest per season)
B. 140.1-180 million (10 year loan at 5% interest)
C. over 180 million (15 year loan at 4% interest)

Bidding starts now!!!!! Please send me your bids via PM of AIM or ask any questions here.

[dabruinss]

i am unsure of exactly how to bid on your team. what is a point worth. you said minimum of 300 points but what is a point

[jokerswild]

i am unsure of exactly how to bid on your team. what is a point worth. you said minimum of 300 points but what is a point

Sorry Dabs, failed to make all the old points system conversions to the money system. It should be good now.

[JMO89]

Jokerswild you know i am in!

[dabruinss]

can we bid over the 100 million we get and do we have to save money if we want a minime of any value

[rainman]

Looks like the return of Ray N. Mann :D

[jokerswild]

can we bid over the 100 million we get and do we have to save money if we want a minime of any value

you can spend as much as you would like, but remember you have to pay it back.

[jokerswild]

btw, my AIM is jokerswild2800 now.

[Trucoug]

Hmm, the temptation.



I'll be in again. :D

[JMO89]

A. SP- 40 million
B. SS- 35 million
C. 2B and CF- 30 million
D. 3B- 20 million
E. C- 15 million
F. RF and LF- 10 million
G. 1B - nothing


40 mill on a SP?!?! 35 mil on a SS? Confused about this part

[jokerswild]

A. SP- 40 million
B. SS- 35 million
C. 2B and CF- 30 million
D. 3B- 20 million
E. C- 15 million
F. RF and LF- 10 million
G. 1B - nothing


40 mill on a SP?!?! 35 mil on a SS? Confused about this part

Basically it means that you will have to spend that much money if you want the player named after you to be at that particular position.

[edeutsch77]

Ding dong, I'm gonna do it again!

[learning2fly_24]

I'm in if allowed.

[jokerswild]

anyone is allowed to make bids on teams, please everyone remember that most of these top teams will go for big money. And everyone has a chance to repay anything beyond your initial 100 million.

[dismaldream]

oh boy... here we go again

[Trucoug]

I wonder if this thread will reach the 20 some odd pages like the last WLB had.

[JMO89]

I'll help you make it that long :D

[nysteinbrenner]

I'll help you make it that long :D

No, dude. I don't think you want to make yourself a BBMO pariah by messing up this thread with blatant post-padding. Just a friendly piece of advice.

[Tdks]

Make sure my mini-me will actually win some games this time :)... I"m in

[dabruinss]

Make sure my mini-me will actually win some games this time :)... I"m in
yeah mine too. last time he would strike out 14 a game and still only go 6 innings and lose

[jokerswild]

yeah I can definately see this becoming one of those huge threads with the # of people responding to the information.

[jokerswild]

reminder the bidding on Tokyo ends at midnight EST. I figure most of you are waiting on NY to see if you get Tokyo, but 24 hours later NY will end.

[Hash1]

Hash Brown was the best mini-me ever ;)

[jokerswild]

winners of the Tokyo teams are


nysteinbrenner 300,030,003
Trucoug- 190,000,005

[Trucoug]

oh boy... here we go again


With this said, We will officially name our Tokyo franchise the Tokyo Titans.

[Donyoungdropsit]

I'm in if you'll have me. What a great group of gm's so far. Hash is back!

[tigeraholic]

I would like to see what the fuss is all about! :D

[jokerswild]

Don there is no doubts that you can be in this league man. Although I have a long list of people who I really enjoy in this game, but you are definately towards the top of that list. I am happy to have you in!!!!

[jokerswild]

Also remember that everyone will be building their stadium as well. This database is a different type of monster.

[nysteinbrenner]

winners of the Tokyo teams are

nysteinbrenner 300,030,003
Trucoug- 190,000,005

I see in Steinbrennerian tradition I grossly overpaid. Oh well. :)

My Tokyo franchise is hereby announcing a "Name the Team" contest. The winner receives lifetime season tickets to the club's games.

You can suggest as many names as you like; just post them here to be considered. If there's one I like, I'll use it. Otherwise, we'll probably be the Yomiuri Giants, Chunichi Dragons, or some other Japanese-League sounding name.

[nysteinbrenner]

Also remember that everyone will be building their stadium as well. This database is a different type of monster.

The franchise fee covers the cost of the stadium though, right? You didn't mention a separate amount for that, so I assumed...

[dabruinss]

open that wallet steiny hahahahahaha :D

[nysteinbrenner]

It's okay, Dabs.

If Tokyo revenues are anywhere near realistic, I'll be able to pay it all off fairly easily. After all, the Japanese leagues have six teams playing in Tokyo, and all of them are surviving just nicely.

[jokerswild]

Well stadiums will have a basic setup but a upgrade in size ect. will cost definately.

[jokerswild]

New York bidding winners

smokind23 240 million
Dabrinss 235.5 million


looks like Trucoug might have gotten some value there in Tokyo :)

[dabruinss]

i am in baby oh yes

[nysteinbrenner]

235.5M, Dabs? You didn't do a whole lot better than I did, and you got a smaller market. Overpaying indeed!

So, when do we see the unveiling of the uniforms and caps for the New York Golden Lobsters? Or is it gonna be the Manhattan Transfer?

[nysteinbrenner]

Well stadiums will have a basic setup but a upgrade in size ect. will cost definately.

Any details available on this, JW?

[jokerswild]

not quite yet guys, but I will try and figure out exactly how I am going to do it today and give more details.

[dabruinss]

235.5M, Dabs? You didn't do a whole lot better than I did, and you got a smaller market. Overpaying indeed!

So, when do we see the unveiling of the uniforms and caps for the New York Golden Lobsters? Or is it gonna be the Manhattan Transfer?
they both sound very good to me.

actually i'm willing to trade my team to someone that wins osaka. that and tokyo were my 2 big wants.

[boomboom]

I am in, just let me know when i can join!

[dabruinss]

I am in, just let me know when i can join!
you have to win 1 of the franchises 1st

[dabruinss]

47 more minutes till the next winner is crowned

[jokerswild]

ok here is going to be the basic information on the stadium building. You can spend up to 200 million for free. Anything extra must be financed. Here is a idea of what you can get for 196 million and I will give you a list of about how much things cost to upgrade.

Dimensions of field

Left
Left Center
Center
Right Center
Right

These will be able to be any size you would like within some limitations I will set but will not effect the cost of the field

Playing Field

Infield Quality - Average (cost goes up or down slightly for Poor, Fair, Good or Excellent about 1.5 million a level)
Infield Grass- Very Short, Short, Average, High or Very High. It does not effect the cost of the field
Visibility- Poor, Fair, Average, Good or Excellent will not effect the cost of the field
Foul Ground- Tiny, Small, Average, Large or Huge will not effect the cost of the field

Seating

Capacity 50000 (looks like about 2.9 million per thousand)
Convenience- Average (can reduce or increase you cost with Poor, Fair, Good or Excellent although expensive. Looks like about 30 million per level)
Comfort- Average (can reduce or increase you cost with Poor, Fair, Good or Excellent although expensive. Looks like about 30 million per level)
Sight Lines- Average (can reduce or increase you cost with Poor, Fair, Good or Excellent although expensive. Looks like about 30 million per level)

Surface- Grass (Turf is about 2 million cheaper)
Structure- Open (Domed or convertable will have a large baring on the cost differential for this the larger the facility the more expensive it will be to make it domed or convertable.) Based on 50,000 the cost is about 24 million for Domed and about 96 million for convertable.

I will want to start doing these soon, so I will give you all complete details soon.

[jokerswild]

and the winner is


Mexico City
edeutsch 200 million

[nysteinbrenner]

Infield Quality - Average (cost goes up or down slightly for Poor, Fair, Good or Excellent about 1.5 million a level)

Convenience- Average (can reduce or increase you cost with Poor, Fair, Good or Excellent although expensive. Looks like about 30 million per level)
Comfort- Average (can reduce or increase you cost with Poor, Fair, Good or Excellent although expensive. Looks like about 30 million per level)
Sight Lines- Average (can reduce or increase you cost with Poor, Fair, Good or Excellent although expensive. Looks like about 30 million per level)

Surface- Grass (Turf is about 2 million cheaper)
Structure- Open (Domed or convertable will have a large baring on the cost differential for this the larger the facility the more expensive it will be to make it domed or convertable.) Based on 50,000 the cost is about 24 million for Domed and about 96 million for convertable.

JW,
I realize that you're going to provide more info down the road, but about these figures you're listing..

Are we talking about $1.5M/30M/etc. from this baseline, using Convenience as an example:
$30M spent would equate to "Poor",
$60M spent would equate to "Fair",
$90M spent would equate to "Average",
$120M spent would equate to "Good", and
$150M spent would equate to "Excellent?"

Or this one?
"Poor" would result in a $60M savings,
"Fair" would result in a $30M savings,
"Average" would result in no savings, but no cost,
"Good" would result in $30M being spent, and
"Excellent" would result in $60M being spent?

Also, what are the baseline costs for Grass Surface and Open Structure? Telling us turf is cheaper and that domed/convertible structures are more is great, but without knowing what the baselines are, it hinders budgeting.

[jokerswild]

JW,

"Poor" would result in a $60M savings,
"Fair" would result in a $30M savings,
"Average" would result in no savings, but no cost,
"Good" would result in $30M being spent, and
"Excellent" would result in $60M being spent


This would be the basic correct formula, and the grass and open air are part of the 196 million price.

[Trucoug]

JW,

Also, what are the baseline costs for Grass Surface and Open Structure? Telling us turf is cheaper and that domed/convertible structures are more is great, but without knowing what the baselines are, it hinders budgeting.


Steiny,

Are you saying you are actually worried about cost here? George would not be happpy about that ;) Budget is not in his vocabulary :)

[Trucoug]

ok here is going to be the basic information on the stadium building. You can spend up to 200 million for free. Anything extra must be financed. Here is a idea of what you can get for 196 million and I will give you a list of about how much things cost to upgrade.

Dimensions of field

Left
Left Center
Center
Right Center
Right

These will be able to be any size you would like within some limitations I will set but will not effect the cost of the field

Playing Field

Infield Quality - Average (cost goes up or down slightly for Poor, Fair, Good or Excellent about 1.5 million a level)
Infield Grass- Very Short, Short, Average, High or Very High. It does not effect the cost of the field
Visibility- Poor, Fair, Average, Good or Excellent will not effect the cost of the field
Foul Ground- Tiny, Small, Average, Large or Huge will not effect the cost of the field

Seating

Capacity 50000 (looks like about 2.9 million per thousand)
Convenience- Average (can reduce or increase you cost with Poor, Fair, Good or Excellent although expensive. Looks like about 30 million per level)
Comfort- Average (can reduce or increase you cost with Poor, Fair, Good or Excellent although expensive. Looks like about 30 million per level)
Sight Lines- Average (can reduce or increase you cost with Poor, Fair, Good or Excellent although expensive. Looks like about 30 million per level)

Surface- Grass (Turf is about 2 million cheaper)
Structure- Open (Domed or convertable will have a large baring on the cost differential for this the larger the facility the more expensive it will be to make it domed or convertable.) Based on 50,000 the cost is about 24 million for Domed and about 96 million for convertable.

I will want to start doing these soon, so I will give you all complete details soon.

Tokyo Titan Stadium (tentative name)

Dimensions of field

Left 325
L.C. 375
Center 395
R. C. 370
Right 320

Playing Field

IQ- excellent (+3m)
IG- average
Vis- average
Foul- average

Seating

Capacity 75000 (72.5m)
Convenience- Excellent (+60m)
Comfort- Excellent (+60m)
Sight Lines- Excellent (+60m)

Surface- Grass
Structure- Convert. (+96m)

My estimate:
196m base stadium
+3m Inf. Quality
72.5m capacity
60m conv.
60m com.
60m sight
96m convert.
---------
547.5m total
200m starter $
---------
347.5m rough starting price

Is this right JW?

[dabruinss]

is there a way to see what the stadiums look like when the league starts. this way we can focus our play on who we are playing.

[Tdks]

Geez, that's a lot of debt... 347 + your team rights + your superstar.... I'm still trying to get a big city and not go into debt :)

[jokerswild]

LOL good luck tdks, and yes Dabs all stadium information will be posted.

[nysteinbrenner]

Steiny,

Are you saying you are actually worried about cost here? George would not be happpy about that ;) Budget is not in his vocabulary :)

Worried? No. But I always like to know approximately what the check's going to come to whenever I sit down to dinner. :)

[Trucoug]

Steiny-

Remember, you have 15 yrs to spread the debt over at a lower interest rate ;)

[jokerswild]

Worried? No. But I always like to know approximately what the check's going to come to whenever I sit down to dinner. :)

hey if you want to write me a check for your teams debt I will sent you my address :) I will even forgive it if you give me a dollar of every $1000 owed ;)

[dabruinss]

you need to list the winners beside their team on your 1st post in this thread joker

[jokerswild]

will do tomorrow, going to set up a lot of other things tomorrow too including the main forum.

[jokerswild]

winner of the bid..............

Shanghai

stevens170 180 million

[boomboom]

how do you bid...this seems complicating.

[Trucoug]

how do you bid...this seems complicating.

You find a citiy you want to bid on (see original thread) that is coming up for bid soon. Then you send Jokerswild a pm with the city name and your bid.

Here is a copy of what JW had in the original thread:


#1 unequalized league
#2 everyone has 100 million to start with
#3 you must place a bid for your team, city and amount (i.e. New York for 80 million)
#4 I will begin each cities auction at a set time and end it exactly 3 days later. There will be 3 city auctions going on at any time.
#5 The following Tokyo and New York will each have two teams.
#6 every city will be set at its true value (i.e. Mexico City will have a huge population, but a low income base)
#7 Any team will be a minimum of 60 million to purchase.
#8 Preferential treatment will be given to long term GM's
#9 The following cities will run their auctions on these days (these cities shall be in the league).

Tokyo- nysteinbrenner 300,030,003
trucoug 190,000,005
New York- smokind23 240 million
daubrinss 235.5 million
Mexico City- edeutsch 200 million
Shanghai- stevens170 180 million
Los Angeles June 18th-20th
Sao Paulo June 19th-21st
Buenos Aries June 20th-22nd
Chicago June 21st-23rd
Seoul June 22nd-24th
Bejing June 23rd-25th
Osaka June 24th-26th
Rio de Janeiro June 25th-27th
Paris June 26th-28th
London June 27th-29th
Moscow June 28th-30th
Cairo June 29th-July 1st
Hong Kong June 30th-July 2nd
Philadelphia July 1st-3rd
San Francisco July 2nd-4th
Washington D.C. July 3rd-5th
Essen July 4th-6th
Santiago July 5th-7th
Madrid July 6th-8th

this will give us 25 teams the last 5 will be add in from people who have atempted bids on the most cities yet have failed to land one. They will be allowed to choose any city left over at the price of 40 million.

#10- Each team will be allowed a "mini-me" this will be a superstar player with their name or any name which they choose.
#11- player will have a 6 year contract at the minimum salary.
#12- you will be able to choose their position at the following cost
A. SP- 40 million
B. SS- 35 million
C. 2B and CF- 30 million
D. 3B- 20 million
E. C- 15 million
F. RF and LF- 10 million
G. 1B - nothing

remember these will be superstar players expected to play at a high level but I do not assure equal ability between each player.

#13 Teams who spend more than 60 million shall be
A. 60-140 million (5 year loan 6% interest per season)
B. 140.1-180 million (10 year loan at 5% interest)
C. over 180 million (15 year loan at 4% interest)

Bidding starts now!!!!! Please send me your bids via PM of AIM or ask any questions here.

[jokerswild]

big time bid on LA :)

Los Angeles

dasox 305 million

[nysteinbrenner]

JW,

Any chance we can change the loans to revolving ones (i.e., no specific length), but with minimum payment of say, 7-10% of the total amount owed instead, a la a credit card loan? It'd hurt us stupid, debt-laden teams heavily early on, but over time would help us immensely.

[jokerswild]

that will be something I might consider, but we will put that to a vote, going to probably have some time this weekend to really start working on things and getting this knocked out.

Next Owner joins us

Sao Paulo

rainman 173.6 million

[nysteinbrenner]

Los Angeles
dasox 305 million

That might not be a bad figure though, to have the LA market to yourself.

[edeutsch77]

That might not be a bad figure though, to have the LA market to yourself.
I've seen bigger markets go cheaper...*cough cough* Mexico City *cough cough*

[jokerswild]

Next addition

Buenos Aries
JMO 100 million

[jokerswild]

failed to post this last night, but here was the winner of Chicago

donyoung 95 million

[nysteinbrenner]

I've seen bigger markets go cheaper...*cough cough* Mexico City *cough cough*

Yes, but Los Angelinos (or is that Los Angelinos of Anaheim? :D) probably have more money per capita, and thus are an equal, if not better, market.

[jokerswild]

no bidders on the Korean team so I guess that is where I will be playing :) Have lots of bids on upcoming teams though :(

[edeutsch77]

Yes, but Los Angelinos (or is that Los Angelinos of Anaheim? :D) probably have more money per capita, and thus are an equal, if not better, market.

Ah...but I remember the first WLB....Mexico City had more money than anyone could shake a stick at...

[edeutsch77]

Dimensions of field

Left - 310
Left Center - 360
Center - 400
Right Center - 360
Right - 310

Playing Field

Infield Quality - Excellent (+3 mil)
Infield Grass- Average
Visibility- Excellent
Foul Ground- Large

Seating

Capacity 120000 (+348 mil)
Convenience- Excellent (+60 mil)
Comfort- Excellent (+60 mil)
Sight Lines- Excellent (+60 mil)

Surface- Grass
Structure- Open

Cost: $531 mil
-$200 mil

Final construction costs: $331,000,000

Mini Me: Eric Deutsch, starting pitcher extraordinaire(+40 mil)

Total loan amount: 200 mil(team) + 331 mil(stadium) + 40 mil(mini me) = $571,000,000


This look ok, JW?

[Tdks]

Did you hear that?

That was the sound of yet another homerun being hit in Mexico City...

[nysteinbrenner]

120,000 cap? Is that possible under the 2K6 database?

[rainman]

120,000 cap? Is that possible under the 2K6 database?


Afraid not; 100,000 is tops.

[edeutsch77]

Afraid not; 100,000 is tops.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! My poor poor fans! (literally) :p

[dabruinss]

bid--235.5 million

mini me--picher named George Viau----40.0 million

L-340
LC-380
C-420
RC-380
R-340

inf quality--ex=3 million
inf grass--high
visability--ex
foul ground--huge

seat capacity--76,500=76.8 million
conv--ex=60 million
comfort--good=30 million
sight--good=30 million

surface=grass
structure=open


stadium cost 199.8 million

[superstar1]

The Bejing Dumplings' jersey (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/e3s19h/bejingjersey.jpg)

All players will be payed equally and are motivated by doing what is best for the team as a whole. :rolleyes:

[jokerswild]

despite a nice bid, Osaka goes to

Cipster 280 million

[nysteinbrenner]

GAIJIN PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCES STADIUM

TOKYO, JAPAN (AP) -- At a press conference earlier today, members of the Tokyo Gaijin Baseball Partnership, LP, announced their plans for the newest wonder to grace the Tokyo skyline: Sadaharu Oh Stadium.

Sadaharu Oh Stadium is named for famed Yomiuri Giants star Sadaharu Oh, the Japanese legendary first baseman who led the Japanese leagues in home runs 15 times and RBI 13 times, won five batting titles and two triple crowns, hit an astounding 868 home runs as part of his 2,786 career hits, all on the way to leading his Yomiuri Giants to 11 Japan Series titles. He was an 18-time All Star, and won the Japanese Leagues' MVP award nine times before retiring in 1980.


"We are very pleased to honor Japanese Baseball's greatest player by naming our stadium for him," explained TGBP spokesperson Yoshi Amagato. "Oh san is revered, and we were exuberant upon learning that he had agreed to lend his name to the project."

To be the first open-air constructed facility in Tokyo in nearly three decades, Sadaharu Oh Stadium will almost certainly be known as a hitters' park, with its field dimensions mirroring those of the Central League's smallest park - Yokohama Stadium, which measures 309 down the left and right field lines, 365 in left and right center fields, and just 386 to straight-away center.

Unlike Yokohama Stadium, which was built in 1978, Sadaharu Oh Stadium will feature more modern amenities, including excellent infield quality, average infield grass, and good visibility. The stadium will have a tiny amount of foul ground however in an effort to make the best possible use of available land. The facility also will use grass as opposed to artificial turf, which was favored in Yokohama and many other Japanese League stadia.

Sadaharu Oh Stadium will feature the largest seating capacity of any baseball stadium in Japan at 77,777 seats. The stadium will hope to fill those seats with an excellent level of convenience (including a sushi/karaoke bar that rotates around the upper ring of the stadium each hour, giving spectators the chance to literally see the game from all angles).

The stadium will have excellent comfort as well, with each seat featuring not only a beverage holder, but a SONY video screen on the back which offers each fan an opportunity to interact with others in the stadium, check game statistics, or even e-mail the manager with suggestions. Sight lines in the stadium will be excellent as well, with each seat's alignment to either home plate or the pitcher's mound being determined by laser triangulation.

Originally intended to be designated Sadaharu Oh Yakyu Stadium in an effort to specify its intent as a baseball-only facility, TGBP ultimately decided not to go that route.


"It was decided by the partnership that focusing on yakyu to that degree might be short sighted, said Amagato. "In addition to yakyu, the facility will host concerts, the sumo, and other events. We are currently discussing getting an 'American Bowl' game from America's National Football League as well."

The construction timetable is ambitious, with the stadium expected to be ready in time for the World League of Baseball's inaugural season. TGBP is still conducting a contest to name the club, which will begin play with the 2005 season.

[TSquare64]

Joker:

i just found out this league

i am definitely IN!!!!

will put in a bid soon

TS

[Chipper_Jones]

Sent you a PM, I hope you got it in time for the Rio bidding (didn't see this until now)

[Chipper_Jones]

How do stadiums work?

[jokerswild]

ok gentlemen, the forum is up and running, although not complete yet, please take a look around :)

[Tdks]

is there a link to the forum?

[nysteinbrenner]

http://forum.sportsmogul.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2157

[lucidi35]

Count me in...JW, when you have a minute IM me online...I have a few questions for ya. Thanks.

[jokerswild]

thanks stieny, I was tired last night when I posted that :) Toogood, I am online, but my connection sucks and having trouble getting ahold of you. If you see me online (jokerswild2800) please message me :)

[professor]

I missed this the first time, so count me in this time.

[jokerswild]

everyone take a look at this.

http://forum.sportsmogul.com/showthread.php?t=78453

as well as everything in the forum.

[jokerswild]

And Rio de Janiro goes to

chipper Jones 300 million

[jokerswild]

and the winner of Paris is

Paris

jewcer2k5 205 million

[nysteinbrenner]

And Rio de Janiro goes to

chipper Jones 300 million

Whoa... and some of you think I overpaid for Tokyo. Wow.

So, Chip. Will this be the rebirth of the Rio de Janeiro Carnivale?

[dasox]

Dasox stadium :) (red sox fan running LA. what you want me to do?)

left--------- 350
left center-- 380
center------ 425
right center- 390
right-------- 360

playing field

infield quality- excellent (+3mil)
infield grass-- very high
visibility------ excellent
foul ground--- huge

seating
capacity------- 80,000 (+232 mil)
convenience--- good (+30 mil)
comfort-------- good (+ 30 mil)
sight lines------ good (+ 30 mil)

surface------- grass
structure----- domed (not really sure on exact cost)

mini-me: starting pitcher named George Viau jr. (how you like that old man)

stadium cost: 376 million + 40 million
minus 200 million equals
216 million owed

[dasox]

is ok, or did i do somthing wrong?

[jokerswild]

can you post this information in the league forum dasox? I have a thread set up for each of these things. Everyone, I need your information as soon as possible, as I am trying to build this database as we go. I have most of the preliminary information in, so stadiums and mini-me information as well as team names will be extremely helpful to getting the league done right at the end of the bidding period.

[jokerswild]

WOW!!!! London was definately the most active bidding thusfar, with over 20 bids on the city and many people right in the same range I anounce the winner

London

dirtyd 225 million

[Dirtyd]

Sweet I really wanted to be in this league. An offical announcement out of London will be following.

[yorkmidi37]

how do I join?

[Tdks]

Win a bid on a team and you're in...

or bid on everyone and lose like I've been doing :)

[jokerswild]

In a late bid to take the lead on Moscow

Moscow

yorkmidi37 175 million

[jokerswild]

well Cairo we had 4 bids of 125 million, but the man with the winner is......

paige1814 128 million

[jokerswild]

With a surprise set of bids, many people are starting to make moves for these later spots. Another well respected GM joins our fray.

toogood 250 million

[SmokinD23]

The East Manhattan railyards have been purchased and donated for use in constructing the new stadium in NY.
A group comprised solely of the waste management companies in NY, known as The Family LLC, purchased the land for an undisclosed amount and turned it over to the City of New York.
" The proposed site is perfect for our new sport facility" commented Mayor Bloomberg. " The site is centrally located to all five boroughs and the two tunnels leading to New Jersey. With just a little tweeking of the public transportation system as well as private contracts for transportation to the site, this facility will be accessable to anyone who wishes to attend a game. The addition of a team in the World League will help establish New York as a frontrunner as a host city for the 2016 Olympics."

This transaction has helped fuel speculation that the city has not only loosened their stance on organized crime but has become bed buddies with the criminal families of the city.

The announcement of the team name - the New York Mafia - as well as the announcement that companies owned by The Family LLC have been awarded the sole private transportation contract as well as waste removal and maintenance for the facility for their contribution all but announced the marriage of the Mayor's office and New Yorks crime families.

The city announced that they will not be accepting any bids for the construction of the facility as they have already narrowed it down to three companies that they will accept bids from, they have not disclosed the names of these three companies.

When asked how they were able to acquire the land and the delay in the announcement, CEO of The Family LLC, Jimmy 'Big Stones' Iannone said " We have had a long standing relationship with the rail companies in NY. We made them an offer that they couldn't refuse and to tell you the truth, we basically paid pennies on the dollar for this real estate. As for the delay in announcing this purchase and donation to the City, we needed to do some landscaping to make the area suitable for construction. We needed to remove some things that would most definately have been an obstruction to the development of the area."

[jokerswild]

With the city that lives by and dies by baseball, yet another long time GM in mogul

Boston

renos 235 million

[jokerswild]

another long term GM and bidder takes a late team :)

San Francisco

winks429 185 million

[Winks469]

took me long enough, haha.... criticizing over bid can start.... now

[Tdks]

Why can't I get a good franchise for 80 mil? Can the rest of you stop bidding? Good to have you around, winks...

[paige1814]

Why can't I get a good franchise for 80 mil? Can the rest of you stop bidding? Good to have you around, winks...

Because JW didn't include any Canadian cities.

[Catabowl]

And I keep losing too...

Over 1000 posts now :D

[Trucoug]

Why can't I get a good franchise for 80 mil? Can the rest of you stop bidding? Good to have you around, winks...


Tristan, quit being a cheapskate. Just bite the bullet and put in a decent bid for a city. :)

[jokerswild]

winner of Washington D.C. is yet another old BETA tester :)

Washington D.C.

dturkenk 207 million

[Tdks]

Tristan, quit being a cheapskate. Just bite the bullet and put in a decent bid for a city. :)

I'll get one of these guys for 80 mil when you least expect it...

[Catabowl]

but I am bidding 80 million too... Maybe I should up it too 81... :p

[Trucoug]

I'll get one of these guys for 80 mil when you least expect it...

I'm not getting any younger ;)

[jokerswild]

Ok gentlemen I have decided to go ahead and close down bidding on all cities as I have recieved everyone's bid today for these last 3 spots that I could imagine will want in the league. I also have the wild card teams selected. So here we go.

Essen

andyandrews 236 million

Santiago

SlickRick 150 million

Madrid

redaddy 133 million

Wild Card teams being posted next.

[jokerswild]

Istanbul, Turkey

professor

Milano, Italy

tdks

Delhi (Bombay), India

mogulhater

Frankfurt

Catabowl

Riydah, Saudia Arabia

michaeldiscontent

Person who I left out who I can't let out of this league is jmarter, who I am now offering my team to and I will commish only.

[SlickRick1382]

Thanks Jokers for letting me get in on this. You always ran the best league from what I remember and its been a long time since I've been gone. Whoever beat me on Essen by 1 million dollars (235 was my bid obviously) **** you man.

Good luck to everyone in the league and tdk, looks like you got your team for under your 80 mil =)

[TSquare64]

Istanbul, Turkey

professor

Milano, Italy

tdks

Delhi (Bombay), India

mogulhater

Frankfurt

Catabowl

Riydah, Saudia Arabia

michaeldiscontent

Person who I left out who I can't let out of this league is jmarter, who I am now offering my team to and I will commish only.


Dam Joker!~~

i didn;t even get a wild card spot!

[Trucoug]

Tristan-

You're lucky, I almost had JW convinced last night that you needed to be in Siberia. I even had the capital city and info all ready for JW but he decided against it. Siberia for 80m would have been a good place for you :D

[nysteinbrenner]

That's what you get for low-ballin' on bids.

[edeutsch77]

That's what you get for low-ballin' on bids.
Says the guy who "big balls" on bids. :p

[Tdks]

Tristan-

You're lucky, I almost had JW convinced last night that you needed to be in Siberia. I even had the capital city and info all ready for JW but he decided against it. Siberia for 80m would have been a good place for you :D

Wild card cities are only 60 mil... and you know I would've taken it.. always love the challenge... I almost considered taking Vatican City or something... just for the fun of it... but after the challenge last time I decided to go with a city that has a little more population..

[MogulHater]

Hey Bombay (mumbai) owner here, just reminding you jokerswild, before you guys make the city profiles and give me the wrong city. Delhi is a different city, bombay is also known as Mumbai :D

[MogulHater]

Wild Card cities are $40 million apiece I believe.
Me, I am playing in Bombay, India
Population, 11,500,000
Average Income, $2750
Yeh Baby, we'll be playing ball in the ghetto
Requested Stadium Dimensions

LF = 300ft
LCF = 375FT
CF = 450FT
RCF = 375FT
RF = 300FT

Looks to be a hitters ballpark to me

[nysteinbrenner]

Says the guy who "big balls" on bids. :p
Hey... if you got 'em, flaunt 'em. :eek: :D

[nysteinbrenner]

Hey Bombay (mumbai) owner here, just reminding you jokerswild, before you guys make the city profiles and give me the wrong city. Delhi is a different city, bombay is also known as Mumbai :D

Let me guess your team name: The Bombay Tech Support Team?

[jokerswild]

Just posted how to join the league everyone, if you can please take the team that I posted it under. If you join the league under this city you will get your team! Good night gentlemen, the wait is almost over :)

[Donyoungdropsit]

Anybody know the password??