Player names idea

[rich12545]

For fictional leagues it would be nice if they would match the era in which they play. I've been looking but don't know where the names come from now but it has to be somewhere. So here's an idea. I have no idea if this is feasible or not.

For each name pick a random first and last from the Lahman database for the year in play. As the years go by, in a long term association, the name picks will change. It's a simple idea. If it can easily be implemented that would be nice.

[rich12545]

Hmmm, nobody likes this idea.  Does anyone know where the game gets it's names from now?  Where is the list of first and last names?

[KG Erwin]

Sorry, Rich, but the vast majority of us use real players in our associations. Fictionals are simply space-fillers in career leagues. You may find little support for your idea.

[Nukester]

The names are stored in two seperate tables inside "tables.dat" which can be open with Access. There is a table for first names and a table for last names. Ive edited the "last" table to show an * in front of fictional players names for my historical association. Its alot cleaner to me to see a name of "John *doe" as a fictional player instead of something like "Mickey Mantle '62" for real players

[rich12545]

Hmmm, doesn't look like it would be very easy to edit player names for historical leagues with fictional players.

May I suggest changing this method.  How about txt files with a list of names?  I have txt files with lists for different eras but I'd have no clue how to get them in an access file if I had access to begin with.

[Nukester]

ORIGINAL: rich12545

Hmmm, doesn't look like it would be very easy to edit player names for historical leagues with fictional players.

May I suggest changing this method.  How about txt files with a list of names?  I have txt files with lists for different eras but I'd have no clue how to get them in an access file if I had access to begin with.

You could probably open them with OpenOffice also. Getting them into a table wouldnt be difficult, but the names tables also join up to a table that hold some kind of probability of the name appearing. Joining to that table and getting good results might be more difficult. Still shouldnt be that har dto do though