Post by TheMainEvent on Mar 3, 2008 21:30:46 GMT -5
SEASON RULES
These are rules that are to be followed throughout the course of the season. Things that must be done to make our league work & flow correctly.
- CHANGING TEAMS. In this league I'll allow team changes any time, you cannot trade for a team thats in a playoff position when you're not, and your only EVER allowed to trade teams ONCE in your entire stay here in the VMLB. If multiple people apply to get the team, the most veteran VMLB owner will get the team, if still tied, the person who had the worse pick in the team draft lottery will get the team.
- PLAY YOUR GAMES IN ORDER. You must play your games in order (unless otherwise stated by the commish). This means you can use flex schedule to play ahead but ONLY if both you & your opponent have played all your games scheduled before your matchup. (some circumstances may allow for owners to play ahead but only to be approved by a commish). Reason we do this is because if we play out of order it will start screwing up the energy meters, they will not be in order & be unrealistic; also if everyone is using flex it makes people lose value of their current game they are scheduled for, if you don't meet the deadline the game will sim it on its own than your screwed & didn't play that game. Just play in order & you can play up to 2 games ahead if you like (as long as your opponents are doing the same).
- POST & FOLLOW YOUR PITCHING ROTATION. You must post your pitching rotation before playing any games and follow it. Post your pitching rotation here: virtualleagues.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=roster
- ROSTERS CARRY OVER. Thats right, in the VMLB we will carry over the rosters after every season (although the game forces us to just play 1 season & than have to start over from scratch). At the start of a new season all teams must put through their teams trades from the previous season(s) & wait for those trades to go through before playing game 1. All Free Agents must get picked up & dropped again by the correct teams also after game 1. So essentially we have a franchise mode without the progression & rookie draft.
- TRADING PLAYERS. Here are our trade rules:
~~ DO NOT MAKE THE TRADE ON THE GAME UNTIL APPROVED ON OUR FORUMS. To get approved the 2 owners must post & accept the trade in the submit trades section & wait for a commish's approval.
~~ You are allowed to trade a total of 8 players. Remember its the total players in a trade, not just the amount leaving your team or going to your team. (our trade deadline is after 17 games played).
- VOTING TO APPROVE CLOSE TRADES. In some cases a commish may send a trade to the BOG to be voted on for approval. In order for the trade to get declines 60% must vote no so if only 59% decline a trade it will still be approved. This will ensure closer trades get approved, a trade must truly be unfair to get declined.
- WAIVER WIRE. There will be a 30 team priority list, which will put the teams in order 1 to 30 in the same order as our free agency draft. Between games every team will be able to submit Free Agent bid's for players that currently sit in Free Agency; if 2 teams make offers to the same player the team who has highest priority (highest on the list) will get the player. Anytime a team pickups a free agent they drop down to the bottom of the priority list & all the other teams who didn't pick up a player move up the ladder. All free agency bid's will be decided at the end of each games deadline, if approved by the commish you can than add to your team. You'll be able to make your Free Agent bid's in the WAIVER WIRE thread stickied in the Submit Trades board. It will get updated after each game.
LEAGUE FORMAT
- the season will be 29 games long. 14 vs division, 15 vs non-division.
- 4 teams from each division will move onto the playoffs & play for the world series.
These are rules that are to be followed throughout the course of the season. Things that must be done to make our league work & flow correctly.
- CHANGING TEAMS. In this league I'll allow team changes any time, you cannot trade for a team thats in a playoff position when you're not, and your only EVER allowed to trade teams ONCE in your entire stay here in the VMLB. If multiple people apply to get the team, the most veteran VMLB owner will get the team, if still tied, the person who had the worse pick in the team draft lottery will get the team.
- PLAY YOUR GAMES IN ORDER. You must play your games in order (unless otherwise stated by the commish). This means you can use flex schedule to play ahead but ONLY if both you & your opponent have played all your games scheduled before your matchup. (some circumstances may allow for owners to play ahead but only to be approved by a commish). Reason we do this is because if we play out of order it will start screwing up the energy meters, they will not be in order & be unrealistic; also if everyone is using flex it makes people lose value of their current game they are scheduled for, if you don't meet the deadline the game will sim it on its own than your screwed & didn't play that game. Just play in order & you can play up to 2 games ahead if you like (as long as your opponents are doing the same).
- POST & FOLLOW YOUR PITCHING ROTATION. You must post your pitching rotation before playing any games and follow it. Post your pitching rotation here: virtualleagues.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=roster
- ROSTERS CARRY OVER. Thats right, in the VMLB we will carry over the rosters after every season (although the game forces us to just play 1 season & than have to start over from scratch). At the start of a new season all teams must put through their teams trades from the previous season(s) & wait for those trades to go through before playing game 1. All Free Agents must get picked up & dropped again by the correct teams also after game 1. So essentially we have a franchise mode without the progression & rookie draft.
- TRADING PLAYERS. Here are our trade rules:
~~ DO NOT MAKE THE TRADE ON THE GAME UNTIL APPROVED ON OUR FORUMS. To get approved the 2 owners must post & accept the trade in the submit trades section & wait for a commish's approval.
~~ You are allowed to trade a total of 8 players. Remember its the total players in a trade, not just the amount leaving your team or going to your team. (our trade deadline is after 17 games played).
- VOTING TO APPROVE CLOSE TRADES. In some cases a commish may send a trade to the BOG to be voted on for approval. In order for the trade to get declines 60% must vote no so if only 59% decline a trade it will still be approved. This will ensure closer trades get approved, a trade must truly be unfair to get declined.
- WAIVER WIRE. There will be a 30 team priority list, which will put the teams in order 1 to 30 in the same order as our free agency draft. Between games every team will be able to submit Free Agent bid's for players that currently sit in Free Agency; if 2 teams make offers to the same player the team who has highest priority (highest on the list) will get the player. Anytime a team pickups a free agent they drop down to the bottom of the priority list & all the other teams who didn't pick up a player move up the ladder. All free agency bid's will be decided at the end of each games deadline, if approved by the commish you can than add to your team. You'll be able to make your Free Agent bid's in the WAIVER WIRE thread stickied in the Submit Trades board. It will get updated after each game.
LEAGUE FORMAT
- the season will be 29 games long. 14 vs division, 15 vs non-division.
- 4 teams from each division will move onto the playoffs & play for the world series.
