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228 Ways to the Winter Meetings! The 128th Annual Winter Meetings in FORTALEZA, BRAZIL!

Mr. Radpants

Trog Five Standing By
IMMERSION: VERY HIGH

The WBL Winter Meeting Committee would like to invite GM-Owner-Managers men and their family and friends to the 129th annual WBL Winter Meetings in FORTALEZA, BRAZIL!

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Fortaleza is the capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of Ceará. It's known for its beaches, which are punctuated by red cliffs, palm trees, dunes and lagoons. It's also known as the home of the WBL's newest beisebol team, the Fortaleza Sol! Sol is the name of the sun, which is an oddly diurnal name for a baseball team owned by an e-sport creature that sits up streaming Chinese gaming at 4am UR Standard Time, but we digress! Grab a friend-GM and go for a long walk on the beach, because the Winter Meetings don't end after two posts like his fan fiction!

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Beaches are the top draw in this sunny, rapidly developing city, particularly bohemian, party-hearty Iracema, family-friendly Meireles, fishing and boating base camp Mucuripe and low-key Praia do Futuro. Stalls at the Mercado Central or Feirinha Beira Mar brim with local handicrafts, ranging from ceramics to lacework and leather goods.

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Not into beaches? Check out the lovely colonial architecture, with the best examples along the Praia de Iracema beachfront. The Dutch-built Fortress of Nossa Senhora da Assunção in the city center, constructed in 1649, marks the spot where Fortaleza originated.

Anything else to enjoy? We're not sure! We're not even sure Fortaleza still exists, because it is the year 2079 and Buffalo has grown into an Ecumenapolis covering the entire planet Earth. In fact, we're not sure if any other cities exist and if the league should even technically exist.

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A joint collaboration between the Winter Committee Meeting and the WBL Commissioner's Office, the Worldtopia Baseball League and their affiliated parties will gather at the 128th annual meetings for a week filled with seminars and league and organizational meetings.

For six event-packed days, the host hotel will bring together front office personnel, trade show exhibitors and job seekers, all under one roof. Throughout the week, a number of notable events fill the agenda, including the Baseball Trade Show; the WBL Job Fair, presented by the ULG; the Banquet; the Bob Freitas Business Seminar & Workshop Series; the Awards Luncheon; and the Gala. This year's breakout sessions include:

SABR 601: The best minds in advanced statistics try to piece together the Oradpants Mystery and the properties around @Orlando and @Mr. Radpants quitting the league, @OU11 joining the league, the intricate dependencies between their relationships, and who remains in the league.

80/80 Power Posting: @jdlikewhoa breaks down the impact of capitalizing QUIT in QUITTING threats during negotiations

The Return of Clippy!: We've heard your cries, new owners. Brought back from Windows 95, Clippy is joining OOTP! He will advise new owners to not commit $200M in contracts in their first season.

OOTP Megastructures: In this tutorial by @NML, he'll describe how to outclass the Ecumenapolis and the Dyson Sphere by creating the largest man-made structure known to the galaxy: The Rule Change Thread.

And a live screening of a new film:
30 for 30: Sea of Dreams

When Iowa seaman Rutgers Mike (Kevin Costner) hears a mysterious voice one night on the sea saying "If you build it, he will come," he feels the need to act. Despite taunts of lunacy from sane GMs, Mike builds a baseball diamond on the sea. Afterward, ghosts of great cheating players begin emerging from the waves to play ball, led by Shoeless Jo- …well, actually, led by all of them, because they were all edited to be TEAM CAPTAINS. Will Mike attempt to immortalize their cheating in the Hall of GOATS? Or will he learn to let sleeping cheaters continue to swim with the fishes in that painted Sea of Dreams hanging on the wall of the local seafood joint?
 

Yankee151

Hot Girl Summer
Fortaleza is the capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of Ceará. It's known for its beaches, which are punctuated by red cliffs, palm trees, dunes and lagoons. It's also known as the home of the WBL's newest beisebol team, the Fortaleza Sol! Sol is the name of the sun, which is an oddly diurnal name for a baseball team owned by an e-sport creature that sits up streaming Chinese gaming at 4am UR Standard Time, but we digress! Grab a friend-GM and go for a long walk on the beach, because the Winter Meetings don't end after two posts like his fan fiction!

esports-gamer-2.jpg

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Beaches are the top draw in this sunny, rapidly developing city, particularly bohemian, party-hearty Iracema, family-friendly Meireles, fishing and boating base camp Mucuripe and low-key Praia do Futuro. Stalls at the Mercado Central or Feirinha Beira Mar brim with local handicrafts, ranging from ceramics to lacework and leather goods.

Mercado-Central.jpg


Not into beaches? Check out the lovely colonial architecture, with the best examples along the Praia de Iracema beachfront. The Dutch-built Fortress of Nossa Senhora da Assunção in the city center, constructed in 1649, marks the spot where Fortaleza originated.

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Anything else to enjoy? We're not sure! We're not even sure Fortaleza still exists, because it is the year 2079 and Buffalo has grown into an Ecumenapolis covering the entire planet Earth. In fact, we're not sure if any other cities exist and if the league should even technically exist.

6e8ITYj.png

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A joint collaboration between the Winter Committee Meeting and the WBL Commissioner's Office, the Worldtopia Baseball League and their affiliated parties will gather at the 128th annual meetings for a week filled with seminars and league and organizational meetings.

For six event-packed days, the host hotel will bring together front office personnel, trade show exhibitors and job seekers, all under one roof. Throughout the week, a number of notable events fill the agenda, including the Baseball Trade Show; the WBL Job Fair, presented by the ULG; the Banquet; the Bob Freitas Business Seminar & Workshop Series; the Awards Luncheon; and the Gala. This year's breakout sessions include:

SABR 601: The best minds in advanced statistics try to piece together the Oradpants Mystery and the properties around @Orlando and @Mr. Radpants quitting the league, @OU11 joining the league, the intricate dependencies between their relationships, and who remains in the league.

80/80 Power Posting: @jdlikewhoa breaks down the impact of capitalizing QUIT in QUITTING threats during negotiations

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The Return of Clippy!: We've heard your cries, new owners. Brought back from Windows 95, Clippy is joining OOTP! He will advise new owners to not commit $200M in contracts in their first season.

OOTP Megastructures: In this tutorial by @NML, he'll describe how to outclass the Ecumenapolis and the Dyson Sphere by creating the largest man-made structure known to the galaxy: The Rule Change Thread.

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And a live screening of a new film:
30 for 30: Sea of Dreams

When Iowa seaman Rutgers Mike (Kevin Costner) hears a mysterious voice one night on the sea saying "If you build it, he will come," he feels the need to act. Despite taunts of lunacy from sane GMs, Mike builds a baseball diamond on the sea. Afterward, ghosts of great cheating players begin emerging from the waves to play ball, led by Shoeless Jo- …well, actually, led by all of them, because they were all edited to be TEAM CAPTAINS. Will Mike attempt to immortalize their cheating in the Hall of GOATS? Or will he learn to let sleeping cheaters continue to swim with the fishes in that painted Sea of Dreams hanging on the wall of the local seafood joint?

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Travis7401

Douglass Tagg
Community Liaison
INIGO SABINO, GLOVE WIZARD CF is available. >.300 batting average and .781 OPS in DYSON SPHERE! You can pretty much double that in any normal stadium!
 

doh

THANK YOU Dermott McHeshi
Alright let's get the cockbusters going... have a bunch of guys who are ready for WBL who I'd like to move. Ask @jdlikewhoa: these guys will move FAST with any type of good offer.

1B Lawler Meagher (just 23, ready to hit in the WBL v RHP, .450 OBP/.700+ SLG in AAA LY): http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com//game/lgreports/players/player_3938.html
RHSP/RP Loi Ong (70 control, 75 stamina, nice #4-5 innings eater): http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com//game/lgreports/players/player_6763.html
LHRP Tegene "Hillary's fault" Belgazi (gr8 stuff, still just 25): http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com//game/lgreports/players/player_7548.html
RHSP "Not the head butter"Zidan Jomo (3.93 career ERA in almost 100 starts): http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com//game/lgreports/players/player_5447.html
RHRP Jeff Knapp (gr8 stuff): http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com//game/lgreports/players/player_4957.html
 

Mr. Radpants

Trog Five Standing By
Alright let's get the cockbusters going... have a bunch of guys who are ready for WBL who I'd like to move. Ask @jdlikewhoa: these guys will move FAST with any type of good offer.

1B Lawler Meagher (just 23, ready to hit in the WBL v RHP, .450 OBP/.700+ SLG in AAA LY): http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com//game/lgreports/players/player_3938.html
RHSP/RP Loi Ong (70 control, 75 stamina, nice #4-5 innings eater): http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com//game/lgreports/players/player_6763.html
LHRP Tegene "Hillary's fault" Belgazi (gr8 stuff, still just 25): http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com//game/lgreports/players/player_7548.html
RHSP "Not the head butter"Zidan Jomo (3.93 career ERA in almost 100 starts): http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com//game/lgreports/players/player_5447.html
RHRP Jeff Knapp (gr8 stuff): http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com//game/lgreports/players/player_4957.html

Please reframe your post in the form of a fanfic roleplay, third person preferred.

Where in Fortaleza are you? Are you in a hotel conference room addressing the entire GM group on a mic or something? Seems weird if that's how you operate, but if so, there should be quotes around your speech.
 

Mr. Radpants

Trog Five Standing By
Travis lets out a forced chuckle at Mayor McCheese's latest absurdity, secretly hoping to quickly turn the conversation back to his spreadsheet creation. Suddenly, Doh's voice booms over the casual conversation and GM Travis looks up in surprise. The JV Clown is standing on stage with a Mic in his hand like some mid-century rapper, Travis thinks, amused.

Doh pauses as all eyes turn to him, then continues.

"Alright let's get the cockbusters going..." Doh begins, rattling off his words quickly.. "Have a bunch of guys who are ready for WBL who I'd like to move. Ask @jdlikewhoa: these guys will move FAST with any type of good offer."

JD begins to speak, but before the other GMs can hear whether he is objecting or confirming Doh's claims, doh loudly rattles off a dizzying list of players, stats, and URLS, even raising his hands to indicate parenthesis, air quotes, and two stacked hands in circles to indicate that great should be spelled gr8:

"1B Lawler Meagher (just 23, ready to hit in the WBL v RHP, .450 OBP/.700+ SLG in AAA LY): http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com//game/lgreports/players/player_3938.html
RHSP/RP Loi Ong (70 control, 75 stamina, nice #4-5 innings eater): http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com//game/lgreports/players/player_6763.html
LHRP Tegene "Hillary's fault" Belgazi (gr8 stuff, still just 25): http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com//game/lgreports/players/player_7548.html
RHSP "Not the head butter"Zidan Jomo (3.93 career ERA in almost 100 starts): http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com//game/lgreports/players/player_5447.html
RHRP Jeff Knapp (gr8 stuff): http://utopia.allsimbaseball9.com//game/lgreports/players/player_4957.html"

Screw it, Travis thinks, unphased by the thought of public negotiating.

"YOU INTERESTED IN INIGO SABINO?" Travis bellows out, his voice echoing in the conference room.

Travis pauses, suddenly very conscious of dozens of GM eyeballs on him. He clears his throat, reconsidering. "If so, step into my office with some of them pitchers," he says meekly, gesturing to one of the touchdown offices simply labeled PM.
 
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Yankee151

Hot Girl Summer
Meanwhile, I've been in a time loop where I already skipped past the Winter meetings but ended up in a reality where every team has a 200M budget. I still have to get used to Earth-Based time skip technology, nothing like what we had on Triton. Oh, there goes my researcher mom calling again.
 

Yankee151

Hot Girl Summer
So nice of @Mr. Radpants to continue to run the winter meetings after quitting.

"And this is the message our former commissioner Orlando has left for us, will GM Radpants confirm or deny this claim?" I say from atop the hyper-podium, then I motion to staff to turn the AC up some more so I'm not reminded of Triton.
 

Yankee151

Hot Girl Summer
You and Las Vegas had $200M+ budgets at $40 and that was too much discrepancy with the Fan Interest HAVE NOTS
 
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