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[08 Raptors, 5-2] CLOSED (READ FIRST PAGE)

Postby Skills on Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:33 am

Why I closed this?
The stats have been too unrealistic and so have the trades.
I'm going to start out fresh and make it better than this!
And no, I won't be using the Raptors ;)
It's hard to manage a dynasty of your favourite team.
You'll see what I have next..
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Postby Chaser7 on Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:07 am

Looks nice, and sure you can use some of my ideas. Heck, I based a lot of my ideas on past dynasty makers too (Y)

Cept why are you simming the 07-08 campaign? I only did it because I wanted Brand/Livingston back from injury? (even though I traded Brand haha)
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Postby Skills on Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:38 am

Huh? Oh I wrote that up wrong. I didn't mean that..
I meant I would be simming half of the games if I can't play.
I'm real busy with other stuff.
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Postby Skills on Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:22 am

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RAPTORS NEW STAFF LOOKS PROMISING

TORONTO STAR - OCT 20, 2007


The Toronto Raptors have announced today that they have hired four new staff members to help better the organization. But they're not your regular, average staff members. Each of these members have been associated with some of the most popular figures in basketball.
Below are the new members of the staff and some extra info.

Ass. Head Coach - Albert Leon | Age: 38 | Rumors: C | Development: B- | Leadership: A+ | Contract Info: 2 Years, 964k
Assistant - Armando Lopez | Age: 51 | Offense: A- | Defense: A- | Athleticsm: B | Contract Info: 3 years, 873k
Trainer - Javier Rodriguez | Age: 49 | Grade: A | Contract Info: 3 years, 591k
Scout - Luis Hidalgo | Age: 41 | Offense: B- | Defense: A- | Athleticsm: A | Contract Info: 2 years, 570k


Bryan Colangelo has done it again. He has made some interesting moves signing some of these unknown staff members. Albert Leon, the new Assistant Head Coach is a cousin of legendary Duke Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski. "Mike has taught me a lot about basketball." says Albert. "It wasn't for him, I wouldn't be signing with the Raptors right now." For a few years, Leon was head coach of a few teams in the European League. Including Spain. "I had to learn a lot of spanish when I first got there. The country is just magnificent! It will be a pleasure working with Jose Calderon and Jorge Garbajosa."

Then there's Assitant Armando Lopez. He was one of the people responsible for helping Jermaine O'Neal get into his prime. "I first met Jermaine when he was in high school." He had great potential to become a basketball star." says Lopez. "At the time, I was working for the Portland Trail-Blazers. They sent me and a scout to see how we was. We came back to Portland with a fabulous report. He even improved the next time I saw him!" "I've been with Jermaine until he went to the Pacers. When he won the Most Improved Player award. He visited me personally and thanked me for helping him develop."

Trainer Javier Rodriguez is a close friend of Bryan Colangelo's. "I originally hired him back in 2002 when I was with the Suns." says Colangelo. "His contract finished this year so I decided to bring him to Toronto." Javier Rodriguez helped Amare Stoudemire recover from his injury that sidelined him for almost the whole 2005-2006 season. "Amare wasn't in a good stable condition." says Rodriguez. "He missed playing the game and he felt that his injury would never get better." I've worked with him almost every day in the 05-06 season. "As time passed by, he started to get better." The next season, Amare came out as a powerful force in the West. Better than he ever was!

Finally, there's Scout Luis Hidalgo. He was with the Golden State Warriors for a long period of time. "I was very young at the time the Golden State hired me." says Hidalgo. "They gave me a list of draft prospects to scout for the 1998 NBA Draft. We held the #5 pick. There were a lot of excellent prospects I scouted, but only two in my mind stood out the most to me. Antawn Jamison and Vince Carter. They were both really talented. Originally, we were going to pick Jamison. But the Raptors took him, so we took Carter. Later on, I had a discussion with the GM about trading Carter for Jamison. He liked the idea and went with it." In the end, it looked like the Raps got the better end of the deal. Hidalgo is also responsible for choosing to scout all-star guards Gilbert Arenas and Jason Richardson. "Arenas was a big steal for us! He really helped our club."

With all the new staff members, the Raps should look forward to a surprising season.
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Postby Skills on Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:31 am

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Home Sweet Home
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The Raps have a scrimmage at the ACC.

NOTE: This takes place before the staff signing

The Toronto Raptors have had a busy offseason. They've tooken part in NBA Europe Live and now they're heading home for Toronto. The flight was.. how you say, interesting?

"Yo Jamario!" -Joey Graham
"The guys and I have been talking and we finally came up with a decision."
"We decided to come up with something fly" -Chris Bosh
"The hit thing everyone's talking bout now." -Kris Humphries
"Say hello to your new backpack!" -Joey.
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"Oh fuck no." -Jamario Moon


The whole team starts laughing.

"You should be happy we didn't pick a Dora bag. Like the one we picked for Jose when he was a rook." -CB4
"Oh yeah. Don't bring that up again Chris." -Jose Calderon
"And least you don't play for the Hornets." -Joey
"What's happening to the rooks there?" -Jamario
"They gotta wear the pink bags and come to practice with a baby stroller." -Joey
"HELL YEAH BABY!"-Juan Dixon
"Juan, what the hell you doing?" -CB4
"Whoopin TJ's ass in Madden 08" -Juan
"Cause you playin with the Patriots, all I got are the Giants." -TJ Ford
"Haha the Giants will never make the Superbowl!" -Anthony Parker


It's getting late, and everyone starts to go to sleep.. almost.

"JOEY! GET YOUR FUCKING FEET OUT OF MY FACE!"-Carlos Delfino
"Aw damn Carlos it's like 3:28, go to bed. Everyone's sleeping." -Darrick Martin
"JASON! QUIT THAT FUCKING SNORING!" -TJ
"Aw hell naw." -Darrick Martin


Everyone on the Raps team hardly got any sleep on the plane. So when they got back to Toronto the next morning, everyone took a long nap before practice. Just after lunch, the players get to the practice facility. There was a sign on the door. It read:

"Gym is closed due to rebuilding. Practices are now at the Air Canada Centre until further notice."

All the Raptor players look surprised and confused.
They all take a bus to the Air Canada Centre and head inside.
Sam Mitchell is waiting at center court.

"Hey guys. I'm guessing you saw the note. You'll be in for a surprise.. Anyway let's start off with a scrimmage." -Coach Sam Mitchell

TO BE CONTINUED...
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Postby BP8 on Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:54 am

nice dynasty. keep it up. let's make this section alive.
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Postby Skills on Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:56 pm

Thanks man. I'll post another update when/if a few more people comment. :)
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Postby Miniseys on Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:02 pm

Good dynasty
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Postby Skills on Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:16 pm

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Postby Chaser7 on Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:51 pm

Nice template, although how much did you increase Bosh's 3-point shooting by? ;)
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Postby Elbeen on Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:14 pm

I like what's going on here though templates could need help, try using photoshop for better quality.
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Postby Deathbringer on Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:18 pm

nice recap mate, i remember bosh shooting threes when carter was still in toronto, i suggest u should change that ball, maybe dl looser's
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Postby Skills on Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:10 am

Chaser7: No idea. In training camp, I put offense at 100%. Then Bosh's 3-point stat went up by 10! Freaked me out, so I mentioned it..

Elbeen: What kind of work? And I'm using MGI Photosuite

Deathbringer: Yeah I know, I'm planning to dl Looser's sometime today..
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Postby Elbeen on Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:12 am

Skillmatic wrote:Chaser7: No idea. In training camp, I put offense at 100%. Then Bosh's 3-point stat went up by 10! Freaked me out, so I mentioned it..

Elbeen: What kind of work? And I'm using MGI Photosuite

Deathbringer: Yeah I know, I'm planning to dl Looser's sometime today..


Sometime, maybe I could help you out with your templates.
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Postby Skills on Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:07 am

Elbeen: Thanks. BTW, what IS wrong with my templates? Just wondering..
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Postby Skills on Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:02 pm

Sorry about the hold up! I should have the game #1 update posted today or tommorow.. BTW, should I play ALL the games this season? Or sim some.. I'll probably sim some. But I need to know when's the best time I can sim games. I don't want to bore everyone with 82 game updates.. Thanks if anyone can help me out :)
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Postby Californication on Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:03 pm

great job, keep it up. Liked the backpack bit
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Postby Skills on Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:57 pm

RAPTORS RECAP - RAPS MAKE TEAM HISTORY, WIN BY 47!
PHILADELPHIA 78 - TORONTO 125
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Postby Ordlad on Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:33 pm

Skillmatic wrote:[size=15]

[color=red][b][u]RAPTORS RECAP - RAPS MAKE TEAM HISTORY, WIN BY 47!

PHILADELPHIA 78 - TORONTO 125
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Can I ask you a question about your dynasty? How can I do to make the recap picture as you did in the Raps - 76ers game review? I mean, to make it look exactly like a page copied from an official NBA website. Did you use Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop to edit the page? If not, how did you make that picture? I'd appreciate it very much if you could give me the answer. Thanks.
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Postby Skills on Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:38 am

Ordlad,
I DID use a photoshop, but it WASN'T Adobe Photoshop.
I used a different photoshop called MGI Photosuite.
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Postby Chaser7 on Sat Mar 01, 2008 8:30 am

Wow impressive recap keep it up (Y) Seems liek a lot of work to go to exhibition games to take random pictures though as the highlights of the week...

Though at the same time you should chill out with Bosh's 3-pointers and TJ ford's rebounding. It is ridiculous to suggest Ford is the next OScar Robertson.. his 0 rebound game is proof that he won't be a 10 rebound per night player.. Anyways this is just my suggestion..
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Postby Skills on Sat Mar 01, 2008 9:01 am

Chaser,
Yeah, I know. I would've wrote Jason Kidd, but Oscar Robertson kept coming to mind. :P
And it's hard draining threes with guys like Bosh so don't expect that storyline to be around too long.. ;)
Oh and it didn't take too long, I just picked players at random and made them do some slick stuff in the 1st Q. :P

The next update should be around in a maximum one week.
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Postby RKO on Sat Mar 01, 2008 2:33 pm

Nice dynasty so far. But Which do you use:

-Sliders
-Patch for scoring (I saw teams, the opposing teams are well balanced with minutes and points).
-Anything else I should know about game play because this is interesting when the scores and players points, stats are realistic.
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Postby Skills on Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:45 am

SAballer,
I'm using Kris' gameplay fix and the Simengine update by Kraudi, Lagoa and Yeski.
That's pretty much it ;)
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Postby RKO on Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:13 am

Aight, thanks.

Good luck in your next game.
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