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#36718	07/04/2016 8:23:36 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5016 Administrator	Users that have managed their clubs for more than a calendar year will now have the option of giving their teams a custom mascot and PNG file logo (through the profile - update settings page). The caveat being that it must be within the spirit of the game and not contain any names or images that would be objectionable. Please note, there is a manual approval process, so changes wouldn't take affect immediately. The changes will take affect when the mascot name and logo image is approved. Again this was just implemented, so if you encounter any errors, please let me know. Thanks, Steve

#36734	07/04/2016 9:35:15 pm
Slug5373 Joined: 12/23/2014 Posts: 376 Inactive	Awesome!!! I've been hoping for this for a long time.

#36736	07/04/2016 10:25:45 pm
Dcmrulz Joined: 02/14/2013 Posts: 588 Inactive	Excellent! I love this feature!

#36737	07/04/2016 10:42:13 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9737 Haverhill Halflings II.1	Nice Uploading now

#36739	07/04/2016 11:00:06 pm
Dcmrulz Joined: 02/14/2013 Posts: 588 Inactive	Sending in an image for approval, seeking backups if needed.

#36741	07/04/2016 11:36:44 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5016 Administrator	I think this is working pretty well... Steve

#36743	07/05/2016 1:33:15 am
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9737 Haverhill Halflings II.1	First set looks good Steve. Should I resend with a white background instead of transparent for consistency? EDIT: Actually I decided to switch out the sword for a bat. Uploading it with a white background this time. Updated Tuesday, July 5 2016 @ 2:40:55 am PDT

#36752	07/05/2016 4:38:27 am
Holmes Joined: 11/07/2013 Posts: 1175 Inactive	Sorry for submitting my design twice. I was expecting some kind of confirmation the first time... Great idea. The custom logos make everything more colorful and more individual. And I'll finally be able to tell my forum post from slug's at first sight. I'm not a particular friend of Bohr-model electron trajectories in nuclear tech logos because they bring wrong physics into popular culture and have nothing to do with actual nuclear processes. I've decided to stick with them, anyway: They're easily recognizable, and you can put baseballs on them... (Yes, I have the wrong number of baseballs on them, too, but with six, it looked overloaded.) Updated Tuesday, July 5 2016 @ 4:41:26 am PDT

#36760	07/05/2016 6:35:47 am
Mig2015 Joined: 06/17/2015 Posts: 162 Inactive	LOVE ... THIS ... FEATURE!!!!

#36767	07/05/2016 8:01:08 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	I don't get it. I choose a picture, edit it to make sure it 200 x 200 pixels and it keeps saying it needs to be 200 x 200 pixels.

#36769	07/05/2016 8:02:28 am
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	Very nice addition. Might have to work on something for next offseason. Hope there's a free city in Michigan

#36770	07/05/2016 8:04:20 am
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	Hover your mouse over it PC. Does it say it's exactly 200 x 200?

#36771	07/05/2016 8:06:16 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	It says 208x200. When I go and edit it, it says 160x160. Interesting...

#36772	07/05/2016 8:08:59 am
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	If you can't get it to work, you can upload it here and mail me the direct link. I'll futz with it and see if i can get it sized.

#36773	07/05/2016 8:15:56 am
Pig_Cola Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 1445 Glendale Marshals V.5	Thanks for the help Haselrig. I'll PM the link as soon as I can.

#36774	07/05/2016 8:30:27 am
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	No problem

#36781	07/05/2016 4:34:49 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9737 Haverhill Halflings II.1	I can also help out with images if others have problems.

#36792	07/06/2016 2:16:07 am
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	If anybody wants some inspiration for a team nickname, here's the list of team nicks I compiled for the minors project.

#36794	07/06/2016 3:34:30 am
Yuri84 Joined: 10/14/2014 Posts: 640 Apple Valley Raccoons IV.4	I wish I had at least a little bit of image editing skill as some of you guys here... Submitted a humble and fairly simplistic effort of my own, hopefully it gets approved.

#36796	07/06/2016 5:13:06 am
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	These were fun to make when I tried it before. Maybe I'll throw together a few that people can use. I'm not the world's greatest graphics artist, but I work cheap Here's one for Atomics: Updated Wednesday, July 6 2016 @ 5:14:24 am PDT

#36844	07/06/2016 9:01:50 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5016 Administrator	Please note, for the custom mascot field ("Input Custom Mascot Name"), you don't need to put the City name. So just something like Bears or Bruins or whatever you want the mascot to be. And then upload the associated image. I though most people we come up with unique mascots...but most people are just using their currently mascot and uploading a new image. Steve

#36846	07/06/2016 9:07:52 pm
Dcmrulz Joined: 02/14/2013 Posts: 588 Inactive	I've been the Huntington Catfish for 14 seasons. I've had hand-picked hall of famers. I've gotten attached to my team, name and all.

#36851	07/06/2016 11:19:00 pm
Slug5373 Joined: 12/23/2014 Posts: 376 Inactive	I've been the Isotopes since I signed up. It's been long enough now that even if I change my mascot, it wouldn't feel quite right if you know what I mean. It's more of a team history thing.

#36856	07/07/2016 1:45:18 am
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	I'm a bit torn myself. I've been in Norwalk for ten seasons now, so it's hard to pick up and move the team somewhere else. I'm going to mull over the idea of moving the team to Michigan until next offseason. I'm guessing I stick with Norwalk in the end. Just goes to show how good this game is that some of the intangible things become so important over time.

#36860	07/07/2016 3:11:50 am
Yuri84 Joined: 10/14/2014 Posts: 640 Apple Valley Raccoons IV.4	I've considered changing from Raccoons to Squirrels, but in the end, decided there's not much point changing the name of a successful team. Also, there's been quite a lot of raccoons in my life recently, as I've just finished translating Dan Abnett's Guardians of the Galaxy book about Rocket Raccoon and Groot so... no. Still waiting on my new logo's approval though.

#36870	07/07/2016 8:53:08 am
Holmes Joined: 11/07/2013 Posts: 1175 Inactive	All right, after I had managed to exceed BrokenBat's standards for dumbest assumable user the first time around, Manhattan now finally also has the new logo online. And, yes, the Isos will stay the Isos, too. Updated Thursday, July 7 2016 @ 9:05:05 am PDT

#36899	07/07/2016 5:28:54 pm
Tiger504 Joined: 06/17/2014 Posts: 1333 Kalamazoo Bloody Tigers II.2	It would be neat to see some unique nicknames but I'm like rest, a decade as the Tigers and I cannot change.

#36909	07/07/2016 9:36:07 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9737 Haverhill Halflings II.1	It looks like we will soon have a new team called the Rooks

#36919	07/08/2016 7:49:53 am
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5016 Administrator	I'm a little surprised there haven't been more custom mascots....most people seem to be keeping their current mascot (i.e. Wildcats) and just generating a new logo. I thought more people would come up with unique mascots (ones not on the regular list) and logos to match. From example, you could re-mascot your team the Trolls and come up with a matching logo. Similarly, San Francisco went from the SF Eagle to the SF Golden Eagles. Steve

#36920	07/08/2016 8:06:49 am
Slug5373 Joined: 12/23/2014 Posts: 376 Inactive	I think as time goes on we will see a transition to more unique mascots. People get tired of things and want to change after so long. But, as I mentioned before, it's mirror a team tradition thing. Heck, the only reason i moved from Naperville to Hampton was because I live like 20 minutes from there. Still, even after playing just one season at the time, it wasn't a decision I made in a heartbeat. Naperville had been this team's home for a while. I think that is what other teams are struggling with.

#36921	07/08/2016 8:07:07 am
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	What can I say, we're a sentimental lot I'm still mulling taking that Doubledays logo. I doubt I come up with one I like better. Do I move the team while I'm at it though? Norwalk Wildcats has a certain ring to it. Norwalk Doubledays not so much.

#36922	07/08/2016 8:09:16 am
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	To Slug's point, I actually did some research on Norwalk to name my ballpark as well. Hard to pull up stakes in the night and ship off to somewhere else. Even just changing the logo is harder than you'd think it would be

#36927	07/08/2016 10:10:32 am
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	Say hello to the Novi Doubledays. Decided to take the plunge after seeing that available Michigan cities had decreased by %33 since yesterday. Detroit would fit better, but Novi makes the transition from Norwalk a little easier I guess.

#36931	07/08/2016 12:01:01 pm
PrivateSnowflake Joined: 01/06/2015 Posts: 1211 Bloomington Thunder II.2	Well you're closer to home. When I started I did change towns and took the closest town I could find (luckily, I was assigned an eastern club). Then named my park after the only other thing I could think of from Bloomington (besides IU). Hence, John Mellencamp Field, home of the "Cougars". Our clubs are our identifiers. You can look through the standings and know who certain owners are. I do wonder, if you were assigned a team on your side of the country, did you move it closer to your town or keep the town you were assigned? It would be neat to allow customizable(?) town names. But then the east/west thing comes into play. I would like to see JJNZ's club named after some wilderness New Zealand outpost, or Frank choose some quaint Italian villa.

#36934	07/08/2016 12:49:30 pm
dmcc1 Joined: 02/02/2015 Posts: 79 Inactive	Rooks will be playing as soon as Steve approves the change. Edit: The Rooks are in play Thanks Steve and Rock. Updated Friday, July 8 2016 @ 2:06:39 pm PDT

#36945	07/08/2016 2:30:28 pm
Endrju Joined: 05/28/2015 Posts: 577 Inactive	"It would be neat to allow customizable(?) town names. But then the east/west thing comes into play. I would like to see JJNZ's club named after some wilderness New Zealand outpost, or Frank choose some quaint Italian villa." It's easier, just ask Steve to add a town in the USA that has the same name as the town you want to be based in. That's what I did with Warsaw Steve did it in less than a day.

#36947	07/08/2016 2:34:55 pm
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	From my work on the minor league towns, I can tell you, if it's a European town of any note, there's likely an American version tucked away somewhere. EDIT: I don't think I'd like customizable place names though. Having to kind of adopt your city is one of the unique things about this game and it anchors things in reality in a nice way. Updated Friday, July 8 2016 @ 2:37:21 pm PDT

#36957	07/08/2016 5:07:25 pm
Holmes Joined: 11/07/2013 Posts: 1175 Inactive	Wow, some great logos showing up here. Haselrig's artwork makes my little piece of dilettantism look downright shabby... I've been thinking about a mascot change, but everything just fits too well. I'm originally a nuclear physicist, and I love the nerdy part of the Simpson's humor (I can recommend Simon Singh's book on math humor in the series). I've actually been known to use Mr Burns as my avatar in forums. Works with the city as an allusion to the Manhattan Project, as well. And finally, the team has gone by that name since I picked up the Manhattan Mustangs in League 6 in the 2015 season. So, the Isos are here to stay. The only thing that has bothered me for a long time was the very generic logo, and that's been fixed, too. The one thing I'm still mulling over is a different name for the ballpark. For the moment, I'm using Isotope Stadium following the logic of that other team in pinstripes over in real baseball...

#36958	07/08/2016 6:39:44 pm
Team Scandinavia Joined: 03/03/2016 Posts: 8 Inactive	@Endrju That's awesome! I just requested that Stockholm be added. It is a mid-sized town in New York, but of course, it is referring to the capital of Sweden.

#36963	07/09/2016 2:48:44 am
Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Novi Doubledays IV.8	My stuff is as much luck as skill, Holmes. I have to find the right graphics to work with, so most of the credit goes to the original artists. All I really bring to the table is a certain eye for styles I like. Nobody should get down on themselves for the logos they make. I started doing graphics on the computer for another online game I played four or five years before I found Broken Bat. Anything I've seen on here would put the stuff I made when I started to shame. Graphics is a skill like any other skill. The more you work at it, the better you'll become. I still struggle with making text look good, even though I've been working to get better there for a while now.

#36981	07/09/2016 7:05:06 pm
JJNZ Joined: 12/09/2014 Posts: 1600 Yakima Monster III.3	Haha I have a chuckle Private - unfortunately a large chunk of place names here are Maori - makes it a little bit harder to translate them into the states, however I'm sure I could find something if I ever got motivated to move out of Missoula!

#38151	08/09/2016 8:11:32 am
CoryCates Joined: 08/05/2015 Posts: 80 Rocket City Trash Pandas IV.6	New Amarillo Wranglers logo. This is an awesome feature added to the game.

#38187	08/10/2016 5:57:25 am
toddcates Joined: 08/02/2015 Posts: 81 Baytown Bombers VI.20	New Baytown Bombers logo. Love this addition to the game. Would also suggest adding some more uniform variations.

#38777	08/29/2016 9:53:08 am
motko Joined: 09/06/2014 Posts: 358 Nauvoo The Great Horned Owl III.3	I´d like to propose for a new location which doesnt exist, am now Bronx, appearently in east and the new location is in south dakota,is it possible to move to west with my franchise?

#46142	02/27/2017 8:11:17 pm
cbstatic Joined: 04/05/2014 Posts: 106 North El Dorado Pay Dirt VI.20	Hello Everyone, It's CBstatic from the North El Dorado Armadillos.. Fresh off our greatest Cup Season... I accidently found out about the custom Stadium & Team Name / Mascots yesterday... I have had a love affair with my City Name since joining Broken Bat. But my mascot has changed a few times. In keeping with the El Dorado Concept (As I did with my minor league teams). I would like to change my mascot to "Pay Dirt". I have been attempting to combine a couple of pictures to make a mascot picture. I was wondering if anyone out there might be interested giving me a hand in making a picture. Charley

#46163	02/28/2017 7:50:36 am
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9737 Haverhill Halflings II.1	I can help. Send me a Mail with the details of what you were thinking and links to any images you want to incorporate.

#46209	03/01/2017 6:37:13 pm
cbstatic Joined: 04/05/2014 Posts: 106 North El Dorado Pay Dirt VI.20	Thank You Rock... I am getting right on it.

#46700	03/14/2017 9:22:36 am
ChillFunkEz3000 Joined: 03/13/2017 Posts: 170 High Point Shaolin Stars III.3	Sup everyone, new guy here. Posting here first because I was looking forward to create a new logo to the team I am currently GM & Managing but unfortunately it seems like it will take a full year for that to be an option. I'm sure there's a good reason for it, albeit I cannot think of one especially when images have to be approved by Admin(s). It just seem excessive, like a penalty to new users/reward to veteran users. Anyways, just wanted to say "hi" and share those thoughts. PS: Nice logos

#47132	03/22/2017 6:54:31 pm
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9737 Haverhill Halflings II.1	I feel like this was shortened to 6 months, but I can't find the info anywhere.

#47885	04/11/2017 7:43:37 pm
cbstatic Joined: 04/05/2014 Posts: 106 North El Dorado Pay Dirt VI.20	Rock, All Hail Rock.... The Man behind the New Logo for North El Dorado... https://s4.postimg.org/tabe6wuvh/paydirt.png Charley Now if I just had a little Pennant on the history page to represent the 2030 Cup Finals (Runner up). Updated Wednesday, April 12 2017 @ 3:32:23 pm PDT Updated Wednesday, April 12 2017 @ 3:33:27 pm PDT

#49161	05/14/2017 6:48:59 am
Valmion Joined: 10/16/2015 Posts: 71 Port Arthur Pirates III.2	Port Arthur's new logo, thanks to Rock!