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How to Play SmallBall Baseball
This Help page
contains a walk-through of all the steps you'll need to take to start
managing and training your own new SmallBall team. Otherwise, please select the topic you wish to read: |
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Registering in order to create your NEW team Changing your Password, and E-mail Settings Low resolution option Setting up your team Skills and Training Potential Basic training practices The Passive Training feature |
Seasons, Leagues and Games Team Home pages and Team Standings Star Ratings and Statistics Playing an Exhibition or Training Game Playing a Pro League Game Reviewing your Games and Watching other teams Controls while viewing a Game |
Registering in order to create your NEW team Once you've installed SmallBall Baseball and started it for the first time, SmallBall will pop up a Start Screen, similar to the one seen to the right. Click on Settings at the top of the screen, and then on the menu that drops down select Registration to register your e-mail address, your personal password, and the name you want to us to call you as the "Owner" of your team. Click on the box at the bottom if you want SmallBall to send you an e-mail whenever your team is challenged to a game, and to receive an e-mail of your team's stats when each season ends. When you're done, press Send. SmallBall will then assign you a new team, and give you a unique SmallBall Owner ID number. It is VERY IMPORTANT that you write down your Password, Owner ID #, and Owner name. All three are necessary to manage and play your team. Note: If you do forget the password for your team, you can view your password reminder question by clicking on the Change button on the Start screen. If you want to create a new team at a later date, register exactly the same way you did to get your first team. If you do own more than one team, to switch from one team to another, you must click on the Login button, and enter the ID # and password for the team you wish to use. By default, the system automatically logins in whichever team was last used. |
The SmallBall Start Screen (the image on the left side changes each season)
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For those users who intend to run SmallBall on a slow system, and for those who want to run other applications simultaneously with SmallBall, there is a low resolution version of the game. In Low Res mode, SmallBall runs in a much smaller window with smaller characters, and always runs very smoothly. To access low resolution mode, click on Settings, then select Low resolution. NOTE: In order to use this feature, you MUST select Low resolution first, prior to going into Training or playing any games.
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Skills and Training Potential | |
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After clicking on a ballplayer, the
scoreboard will display the statistics for the player. In addition,
on the right side of the board, four icons are displayed which reflect that
player's ability in four basic skill areas:
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![]() Training Potential |
To improve a player's skill, make
them perform that skill, while the player has Training Potential
remaining. To view a player's remaining Training Potential
(TP), click on the player. A rotating yellow pie will appear
under the player's feet. The larger the pie, the more energy the player
has remaining to train and grow. If the circle under the player's
feet is clear (empty), any further training on that player is wasted.
TP is replenished each day. |
Basic training practices | |
Mood Levels
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There are many ways to maximize a player's training. Here are the most basic ways to increase player skills:
In addition to the skills icons, there is a colored display of the player's Mood. The mood of each player is very important, because it directly effects all other skills -- it truly effects how well they play. To improve a player's mood, simply remember to click on them to interact with them.
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The Passive Training feature | |
In the Trainer Window, under the Training menu, it is possible to activate "Passive Training". When this feature is activated (a check mark appears next to it), your team will use TP to train and learn through their activities in EACH game. When you turn Passive Training off, your team does not train during games, and therefore no TP is used. Passive Training essentially allows your players to retain some portion of their skills, and possibly increase some skills, without going to the training field. This feature can be useful to increase training on skills that are specific to particular positions on the field. For example, through Passive Training a pitcher on the mound will receive highly concentrated training in pitching, and an outfielder will receive significant training in throwing. Hint:This feature is useful for keeping your team at least somewhat well-trained when you are not be able to train them regularly for an extended period of time (i.e. While you are on vacation, other teams will actually train your team by challenging them). Hint: This feature is best used in conjunction with individual ballplayer training, NOT as a replacement for it. Also remember that when Passive Training is on, your players use some of their earned TP during each game, so it is possible that some of players may not have a full pie of TP when you decide to train them yourself. SmallBall Ad: Have you heard about the Deluxe Trainer, which allows you to create custom, individualized training schedules for each player on your team?
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Seasons, Leagues and Games | |
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SmallBall has two separate divisions: the Pro Leagues and the Big League. The new seasons for the Pro Leagues and the Big League start on the same day, and are typically two weeks long. Teams can be members of both divisions, and will have a unique ranking in each division. The Big League includes all teams currently in SmallBall Baseball. It is the free-for-all League where any team can play any other. Big League games are called Public Games. Wins and losses in these games effect your team's Big League standings ONLY. Training games can be played against any team. These games are not recorded in any way, and therefore do not effect any standings. If Passive Training is active, this will also train your team (and use TP as a result). The Pro Leagues are the highly competitive leagues. When a new team is created in SmallBall, it is not a member of the Pro Leagues. Pro League Games are pre-scheduled by SmallBall at the start of each season. These are games between teams who are in the same Pro League Level. Wins and losses in these games effect your team's Pro League standings ONLY. Teams who are at the top slots of their League at the end of the season (slots marked in the standings with a Blue background) will advance into the next higher league level at the start of the next season. Teams at the bottom of their league (slots with a Red background) will drop down to the next lower league level. Any team who does not play any games during its season is dropped from the Pro Leagues entirely, and must earn its way back into the Pro Leagues, reentering at the lowest League level. Entering the Pro Leagues New teams are only be able to play
Exhibition games and Public games until they earn membership into the
Pro Leagues. Teams who are not
part of the Pro Leagues and wish to earn membership must initiate at least
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Reviewing your Games and Watching other teams | |
It is possible to watch games currently in progress, or past games, by selecting Review Game from the SmallBall Start Screen. This feature can be used to review any game, including games between two teams not your own. To review a game when another team challenges yours, you will need to know the Game ID#. When your team is challenged, SmallBall sends you an e-mail informing you who has challenged you, and what the Game ID# is for that game. Enter this Game ID# in the Game To Review window to watch the game. Depending on whether the game has been completed yet or not, you will either see the current inning of the in Live Game mode, or you will see the start of the first inning in Review Game mode. To review past games of a rival team, do a search on that team to bring up their Team page. At the top left corner of their Team Page, you can view which teams they have played against recently, and also see the outcome of those games. To watch any game currently in progress, go to the Live Games link on the Big League page. A web page will appear showing live games in progress, and the corresponding Game ID numbers to use. Additionally, the Recent Games link will show a list of all the games that have just been completed. |
![]() Game to Review Window Can be used to watch your games or to spy on other teams |
Controls
while viewing a Game
When you review a game, the Game window may be in Live Game mode or Review Game mode. The controls available to you are different in each mode. |
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Live Game mode When you initiate a game with another team, or when the game you want to view is currently in progress, the Game Window opens in Live Game mode. A flashing message, "LIVE", appears in the lower left corner of the Game screen when it is in Live Game mode. In this mode there are two icons available in the lower left corner of the screen:
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There's a special level of excitement in watching games LIVE! |
If the game you want to watch has finished, then the game will be shown is Review Game mode. If the game you are watching is in Live Game mode, you can choose to close the Game Window and return to SmallBall after it is completed to watch it in Review Game mode. The advantage of doing this is having access to six additional VCR-type icons, which allow you to quickly jump to any point in the game:
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User controls during Review Game mode -- the power of a VCR! |
Still Have Questions?
Try our SmallBall Baseball Tutorial!
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