SimYard has been upgraded with a new database server, and it is performing very well.  Opening Day 1906 has been better than any opening day so far.  The server performed well, and even the longest games took only 30 minutes to run.

If you haven’t joined SimYard yet, you should check it out right now.  SimYard doesn’t end in October like most baseball.  It continues right through the off-season with a new season every month.  So far there’s more than twenty leagues in Major, AAA, and AA levels, competing for their championships and to increase their fanbase.

Bid on players, join a league, trade with other managers, claim players from the waivers list, make the championship — all of this can be yours on your custom team.  You create them.  You name them.  You decide who starts, who sits, and who gets cut.

SimYard runs right in your browser.  You can play from work, or from school.  No download or plugin is necessary.  It’s massively multiplayer, so all of your opponents will be other real people.  And they’re great guys.  I know a lot of them, and really respect them.  They love baseball, and they’re fun to compete with.

Try SimYard now.  It’s free to play pick-up games, and under $5 / month to play in leagues.

Gift Certificates for this unique fantasy baseball game are available for under $20.  Any fantasy baseball nut will enjoy playing this online game.  Would your friend make a great manager?  This is where he can test his skills against other fantasy managers.

http://www.simyard.com/gift/

The Gift Certificates come for $19.95 or $59.95 for a 3-month or 1-year membership.  Three months is enough time to try the site out and see if it’s right.  The year is perfect for the competitive player looking to build a franchise.  The Stadium Permit offered by these gift certificates allows you to have three teams and two stadiums.  This is required to pay players and join leagues.  This is a truly unique fantasy baseball simulator where you call the shots as the team owner.

Do you have a fantasy baseball group already that is looking for more of a challenge?  If you buy five three-month gift certificates, the sixth is free!  After playing SimYard for three months, your fantasy baseball group isn’t going to want to go back to traditional fantasy baseball.  This is perfect for the off-season!

My fantasy baseball website, SimYard, was featured on a podcast today on Baseball Zealot Radio.  You can find the podcast here.  We also talked quite a bit about Japanese baseball.  I was a cheerleader for the Hanshin Tigers last season and we had an interesting discussion about that.

The fantasy baseball simulator, SimYard, opens up the 1901 season tomorrow night.  Now is your chance to get in and start playing Spring Training games.  Give your guys a little training boost before the new season.  SimYard is the next generation of fantasy baseball.

The playoffs are in the air at SimYard.com, with single elimination wildcard playoffs leading into tomorrow’s quarterfinals. SimYard went live at the beginning of February with the goal of simulating a full season of baseball each month. In February, we have succeeded.

Hundreds of teams were created and thousands of games were played. Fifty-three of those teams made the playoffs. Some of the teams used all their pitchers at the end of the season to get their spot and now face a tired bullpen. There is a lot of excitement in the air.

Every two hours, there’s another round of games. This gives your bullpen a bit of time to rest leading up to a hectic 20 minutes of 48 teams all facing elimination at once in the first round of the playoff wildcard tournament. The top 5 teams get automatic entry to the quarterfinals, guaranteed to have their pitchers rested tomorrow when they start. The next 48 teams have to win four straight to get the same quarterfinal spot.

We’re going to do this every month.

If you haven’t found SimYard yet, then you’re missing out on the next big thing in fantasy baseball.  In the first week, over a hundred people have already signed up, and more than half of them are actively playing against each other in the park.  At any given time during the day, there are four or five games going on simultaneously, each of which takes about 20 minutes to play.

SimYard is a fantasy baseball management simulation game.  Teams are battling it out in the park for a position in the postseason tournament, which will start on February 27th and last for two days.  Currently, the Puyallup Eagles are in first place with a 48 – 35 record.  The Mars Green Stockings (27 – 17) and Srilankan Pirate Ninja Robots (20 – 10) are both 1.5 games back in second.  These standings will be used to seed into the tournament.  If you want to be involved, now is the time to join up!

The game is free, and soon there will be a paid portion launching where you can create your own leagues, build a stadium, and negotiate contracts with your players.  Sign up for SimYard, and help create a new baseball history in this next generation of fantasy baseball.

Based on past posts, we know for the fact that I dislike the Moment of Truth.  The show just moves WAY to slow for me.  What if we were to add an interesting twist, I say pay Roger Clemens a shitload of money to go on the show and play.  Watching him answer those 50 questions would be classic!  Here are a few that I can think of before actually asking if he ever took steroids or HGH.

First it will start off easy for the 10k round.

“Has anyone injected you with a substance in your ass?”

“Do you think you are the best pitcher in the history of the league?”

“Have you ever lied about taking illegal substances?” – This would could be things like, have you ever smoked pot?  Think of the possibilities here.

“Do you think you will get voted into the hall of fame?”

“Have you ever paid for sex?” – They cannot ALL Be about baseball, can they?

“Have you ever thrown out fan mail without actually reading it?” – now this will be the 10k question.  They need people to continue to watch.  The next 5 questions would be harder…

“Have you ever thrown a game to win a bet?”- Pete Rose anyone?  Why not…

“Have you ever sent flirtatious messages to anyone other than your girlfriend?” – this is assuming that he has a girlfriend.  They always throw in this question in some variation…

“Would you do anything to play another season of baseball?”

“Have you purposely beaned someone in the head by a pitch?”

Finally, for 40k, here comes Brian McNamee and reads out “Have you ever taken steroids to increase your performance?” – At this moment, we can finally see if the name is telling the truth or not.

Personally, for me, I have given up on the steroids business.  I have turned my focus to the online world of baseball.  There is nothing better than playing the game of simyard and get to manage the team without worrying about the politics of baseball.  It is just about the love of the game.

Nothing pisses me off more than paying for something and then getting spammed with ads.  You see this most commonly with television.  I pay like $75 / month for DirecTV, and almost all the channels are loaded with advertisements.  It sickens me.

A couple of people have asked me why I don’t put ads up on SimYard.  (For those of you who don’t know, SimYard is my new fantasy baseball management simulation webgame.)  The answer is, I will be charging next month to join leagues, and I don’t think it’s right to charge money for something and then make more money advertising to those people.  People are going to play my game because it’s fun and it makes them relax, and advertisements steal from that environment.

So, no ads.  That’s the way I like it.  Please, enjoy SimYard, a brand new webgame that has no ads.

A game?  You want the next greatest web game?  I will give you one!

NOTE: Erick, I can spam my own blog too about your game.  You don’t need to do all the spamming you jackass! 

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What is so great about it?  It appeals to everyone.  For those people that love baseball but can’t play those games where you need to hit and catch the ball, you don’t need to do that here.

For those people that love to fire and hire players and find the best lineup.  You can do that here.

For those people that hate to fire and hire people, you can have the computer do that for you.

For those people that don’t have a lot of time to play, but want to make a good team.  You can launch a game and then walk away.  The game will play while you are gone!

For those people who  just love to watch a great baseball game unfold!

For those people that love to play against other people and not the computer.  That is right!  You pair up against other people’s teams.  You will never pair up against a computer!

What I am trying to say is that simyard is just good for everyone.  I love playing this game and I really hope that you will too!  You will NOT be disappointed!!!

If you want to play baseball on the web, there’s only one place to go: SimYard!  SimYard is a new kind of fantasy baseball.  You can sign up and make a team in minutes, and then go into the Public Fields and find an opponent.  The game takes under 20 minutes to play, and you get to choose your lineups and pitching rotation.

If you like webgames, and you like baseball, and you haven’t tried SimYard yet, then go there right now and sign up.  Seriously, you will enjoy this game a lot!