Application from Jim Slade - New Applicant
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 9:43 am
A user, Jim Slade, has applied with the following information using the application form.
Real name: Jim Slade
IP: 108.24.178.106
Email: headstache@gmail.com
Applying for: New Applicant
Reason for applying:
City/State/Country: Haddonfield, NJ, USA
Email Address: headstache@gmail.com
OOTP Forums Username: I'm not in the OOTP formums
Desired Forum Username: Haven't thought about that yet
Date of Birth (MM/DD/YY) for in-game purposes: 6/19/1963
Occupation: VP, Shared Services
Other OOTP Leagues (with links): SDMB - our mostly inactive blog is here: https://sdmbootp.blogspot.com/
Have you read the BBA Constitution and agree to abide by its rules?: Yes
Do you own the current version of OOTP, and plan to buy all future versions?: My current league runs off version 21; if I need to upgrade to v22 and it won't interfere with my current league, I would be fine with that.
Do you understand the Participation Point System, and agree to be a regular contributor to our community?: Yes
What interests you about the BBA?: As I said up front, it looks like you cultivate the creative, community aspect the game affords.
Describe your GM style: I like to talk shop with other GMs. I like to make deals in an effort to build a team that meets my imagined desired style of play. I like to be part of fostering participation and competition in a fun way.
Have you ever answered to the alias "Al Hoot"? (a little BBA inside joke!): Never
Tell us more about yourself: I'm a professional in the medical communications industry, a husband and father of two young men (still our boys); I have been in a band with essentially the same group of friends since high school days, which were many days ago.
How did you hear about the BBA?: Through my friend, Mike Dunn.
Real name: Jim Slade
IP: 108.24.178.106
Email: headstache@gmail.com
Applying for: New Applicant
Reason for applying:
First/Last Name: Jim SladeI've been an active participant in another OOTP league, SDMB (I know the first part stands for Straight Dope; I believe the second half is Message Board, the platform on which the co-commissioners met and founded the league, I believe, 15 years ago), since January 2020. I was trying to recruit old friend Mike Dunn for our league, only to learn he was in this league. He talked up your qualities, and I'm interested.
I just wrapped up my 4th season, and love the game. Like your league, it's entirely fictional, which ties in my childhood of creating and managing fictional leagues. I enjoy the creativity and community building aspects of the league along with the "projections" I can make from managing my team. That is, I'll be sizing up a fictional player's qualities and ratings and project to a real-life player from my youth. Although I am a lifelong Phillies fan, my team is this other league is my laboratory for re-creating the early '70s Pirates team, The Lumber Company, which showed me how the game could be played while I waited for my hometown team to grow up.
City/State/Country: Haddonfield, NJ, USA
Email Address: headstache@gmail.com
OOTP Forums Username: I'm not in the OOTP formums
Desired Forum Username: Haven't thought about that yet
Date of Birth (MM/DD/YY) for in-game purposes: 6/19/1963
Occupation: VP, Shared Services
Other OOTP Leagues (with links): SDMB - our mostly inactive blog is here: https://sdmbootp.blogspot.com/
Have you read the BBA Constitution and agree to abide by its rules?: Yes
Do you own the current version of OOTP, and plan to buy all future versions?: My current league runs off version 21; if I need to upgrade to v22 and it won't interfere with my current league, I would be fine with that.
Do you understand the Participation Point System, and agree to be a regular contributor to our community?: Yes
What interests you about the BBA?: As I said up front, it looks like you cultivate the creative, community aspect the game affords.
Describe your GM style: I like to talk shop with other GMs. I like to make deals in an effort to build a team that meets my imagined desired style of play. I like to be part of fostering participation and competition in a fun way.
Have you ever answered to the alias "Al Hoot"? (a little BBA inside joke!): Never
Tell us more about yourself: I'm a professional in the medical communications industry, a husband and father of two young men (still our boys); I have been in a band with essentially the same group of friends since high school days, which were many days ago.
How did you hear about the BBA?: Through my friend, Mike Dunn.