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Re: Fantasy Japanese Baseball
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Feb 28, 2006 1:13 PM
| YBS Fan
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A number of years ago, FSJ became the first fantasy sports site to cover Pro Yakyu. In the beginning, they were bilingual, as well. However, the interest in the English side of things wasn't worth the cost of maintaining everything in both languages, so the English section was dropped. I've tried to convince FSJ-san that there is interest by the English speaking community, but his resources are limited and he wants to see solid numbers. (He's been trying to recuit me to rebuild his system to be bilingual for about 10 years. I'm thinking about it still.)
The problem isn't just making the system bilingual (that's actually pretty trivial), it's providing news, accurate disabled lists, projected pitchers, etc. in two languages - the whole package.
I'll ask him when the 2006 Challenge will be up this evening. But I think it will just be in Japanese, at least for the first half of the season.
A number of years ago, FSJ became the first fantasy sports site to cover Pro Yakyu. In the beginning, they were bilingual, as well. However, the interest in the English side of things wasn't worth the cost of maintaining everything in both languages, so the English section was dropped. I've tried to convince FSJ-san that there is interest by the English speaking community, but his resources are limited and he wants to see solid numbers. (He's been trying to recuit me to rebuild his system to be bilingual for about 10 years. I'm thinking about it still.)
The problem isn't just making the system bilingual (that's actually pretty trivial), it's providing news, accurate disabled lists, projected pitchers, etc. in two languages - the whole package.
I'll ask him when the 2006 Challenge will be up this evening. But I think it will just be in Japanese, at least for the first half of the season.
Re: Fantasy Japanese Baseball
[ Author: mijow | Posted: Feb 28, 2006 9:34 PM
| HT Fan
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- However, the interest in the English side of things wasn't worth the cost of maintaining everything in both languages...
I tried it out for one season but it was very expensive to make trades, etc. Maybe that's one reason for the low interest.
I tried it out for one season but it was very expensive to make trades, etc. Maybe that's one reason for the low interest.
Re: Fantasy Japanese Baseball
[ Author: Guest: Matt | Posted: Mar 1, 2006 8:50 AM
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I would not think that it would be too hard for Yahoo! to do something about it. They already have the engines and everything set up for the American game. All they would have to do is create a database for the Japanese and update it.
Re: Fantasy Japanese Baseball
[ Author: Guest: John Brooks | Posted: Mar 1, 2006 12:16 PM
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- I would not think that it would be too hard for Yahoo! to do something about it. They already have the engines and everything set up for the American game. All they would have to do is create a database for the Japanese and update it.
Though there's the problem of lack of knowledge of the NPB in the general public. With that fact, I think Yahoo! will most likely not offer it. It's sad, because Yahoo! offers free fantasy leagues, which are indeed fun.
On a slightly off-topic number, I wonder if Yahoo! Japan has fantasy baseball? Though the Yahoo! Japan log-in is completely seperate from the rest of Yahoo!. Which means if you have a ID from say Yahoo! US, it won't work.
Though there's the problem of lack of knowledge of the NPB in the general public. With that fact, I think Yahoo! will most likely not offer it. It's sad, because Yahoo! offers free fantasy leagues, which are indeed fun.
On a slightly off-topic number, I wonder if Yahoo! Japan has fantasy baseball? Though the Yahoo! Japan log-in is completely seperate from the rest of Yahoo!. Which means if you have a ID from say Yahoo! US, it won't work.
Re: Fantasy Japanese Baseball
[ Author: Guest | Posted: Mar 2, 2006 11:02 AM
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Yahoo! Japan only seems to be offering Fantasy Soccer, as in the local J-League.
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