Newbie question

[RaysFan]

Hello Everyone,

I have a quick question about labeling replayed games. My predicament is that I can post a game to a collection, but I need help to notate a game date or enter a comment. The goal is to distinguish gameplay throughout the season. For example, how can I distuguish 1 of the 13 times the Rays play the Yanks?

Is this possible or is this a request for a new feature?

I apprecaite the assistance!

Regards,
Sean - RaysFan

[HOFfridge]

No way to do that currently. I can see where it would be useful though. You can use the search feature on the history screen to pull up all games for a particular team which might help a little with what you are trying to find.

[RaysFan]

Thank you @HOFfridge. I appreciate your time!

Regards,
Sean

[RaysFan]

Hello,

I created some steps to help me replay the Rays 2022 season using the collections feature and wanted to share my results. It does require a little work upfront, but it is worth it.

Goals:

1. Record stats for individual gameplay with the capability of adding notes and real-life results data.
2. Roll up individual game data into a season bucket (Collection).
3. Be able to retrieve any given game by the actual sked date.

Note: You’ll need access to Excel or a spreadsheet to import comma-delimited data. These instructions do not cover the Excel instructions.

I will replay the Rays 2022 season on APBA GO for this example.

1. Navigate to retrosheet.org and download the 2022 game log data file.
2. Import the file into Excel.
3. I only used the first 13 fields in the dataset – they are described below.
4. Filter for TPA or your team’s 2022 schedule
   a. I used the following columns but use what you want.
   i. Date, Game #, Day, Visiting team, VT League, VT game #, Home team, HT League, HT game #, VT team score, HT score, # of outs and Day/Night indicator.
   b. Save your Excel file.
5. Navigate to APBAGO
6. Create a collection called 2022 Season Replay – TB Rays
7. Create a collection for single gameplay. I added the actual game date and scores to the collection description. This is a copy-and-paste function from the retrosheet excel file to the collection description field. You can add game notes in the description area.
8. Play a solitaire or micromanager game.
9. Upon completing the game, assign your game to the 2022 season replay collection and the individually named game day collection.

I hope this helps anyone trying to organize their gameplay using APBA GO.

Regards,
Sean - RaysFan