Post by Erbes on Dec 23, 2013 10:37:48 GMT -5
Below is what I sent to myself before FA started. These are the stipulations that come with each international player...
2005
MR/SP Masao Kida - He is way better than the tapes say. Each of his numbers will get a +1 bump.
MR Sang-Hoon Lee - Extreme LOOGY! +2 to ratings vs. LHB, but -1 to ratings vs. RHB.
SP Masato Yoshii - If signed by a team with a winning record in the previous season one randomly chosen category will be bumped up one. If signed by a team with a losing record one randomly chosen category will be bumped down one. If signed by a .500 team he stays as is.
LF So Taguchi - Perfectionist. He wants to be the best at the little things. Taguchi has an unlimited amount of TIBs at his disposal, but can only use one per category. He can also be taught positions through a TIB.
Unless otherwise noted above, all these players are good to go under our current rewards program.
Hasegawa - Toronto Blue Jays
Kida - Arizona Diamondbacks
Lee - Arizona Diamondbacks
Yoshii - Oakland Athletics
Taguchi - Pittsburgh Pirates
2006
Iwamura - Pittsburgh Pirates
Matsuzaka - Pittsburgh Pirates
2007
Kosuke Fukodome - The contact rate is there and will never go away. For as long as he's playing, if his hits take a PD hit, it automatically gets reversed. Unfortunately, the power, walks, and speed are all as bad as people thought. If those talents get a positive PD they will be reverted back to their original rating. However, you can TIA him in walks and homers, and TIB his speed and stealing. Those camped ratings would be his new 'original' rating.
Hideki Okajima - Big gamble, big risk, low reward. He's not as far along as people thought. All of his number ratings take a -1 rating. Simple as that.
Kuroda - Texas Rangers
Fukodome - Cleveland Indians
Okajima - Oakland A's
2008
Tazawa - If used as a starter for the majority of his first year in the bigs, the next season his walks rating has a 75% of increasing. If used as a reliever for the majority of his first year, his walks rating has a 50% of increasing. Majority is common sense and is at my discretion.
CC Lee - Doesn't care about winning at all. He'd prefer to go to a team that had a losing record last year to stay under the radar. If he signs with a losing team from last season his TIA is free. If he signs with a winning team from last year his TIA is double. Only the team that signs him can use the TIA. Once traded or once he signs with a new team he can no longer be TIA'd.
HJ Lee - The real deal. Nothing will stop him from being a superstar. Has unlimited PD reversals until age 25 and then will get one from then on. You have to pay for all of them at the 1st PD price.
Kawakami - Kenshin's wife just gave birth to their first child! Congratulations are in order! Unfortunately, because of this he wants to go back to Japan to be with his family. He has agreed to pitch for one season and then will leave to go back to his home country. You will be on the hook for the remainder of his contract. Blame his agent, Scott Boras, for working you over in contract negotiations.
Tazawa - Boston Red Sox
Chen-Chang Lee - Arizona Diamondbacks
Hak-Ju Lee - New York Yankees
Kawakami - Arizona Diamondbacks
2009
Uehara - If he goes to a stadium that has an average homers rating of 105 or higher his homers will go to average. Anything below and his doubles go to good.
Chapman - If he goes to a team that had fewer than 3,000,000 fans last year his hits will go to good. Anything above and his homers go to brilliant.
Igarashi - Florida Marlins
Uehara - Arizona Diamondbacks
Chapman - Montreal Expos
2012
If he signs with a team that has a Cy Young winner or multiple 20 game winning pitchers (as in more than one pitcher who has won 20 games in a season) on it all of his number ratings bump up to 5s and his walks go to average. If he signs with a team that If he signs with a team that has a single 20 game winning pitcher you can pick whether you want his number ratings to go to 5s or his walks to average.
Jin-Young Kim
The Pedro Effect - Over the next three seasons Kim will be travelling back to the DR during the winter to work with Pedro. After 3 years his visa expires and he won't be allowed back in the Dominican. Over the course of this time, each off-season JYK is going to get better. During each BBSBL off-season one of JYK's category ratings will increase. The categories will be put to a random picker and taken to the next level. Once a category is a brilliant it obviously isn't eligible to be increased, but if JYK suffers a negative PD to said category over the season it will once again be eligible for the off-season increase.
Yu Darvish
Darvish is determined he's ready for the bigs. If he pitches 165 innings throughout the season at the big league level all of his number ratings will be taken to the max per the category rating he's at.
Yoenis Cespedes
This man is under a ton of pressure. Can he handle it? The newspapers are already starting to doubt his power. His personal goal is 25 homers in his first season. If he hits above 25 homers then his walks will increase as he's become a more patient hitter at the plate and is waiting for his pitch. Note: if you TIA his walks during his first year then the increase will be on top of that TIA. If he hits below 25 homers then his average rating will decrease to fair as it means he's swinging at more bad pitches and popping them up instead of driving them. Note: if you TIA his hits to good in his first year the decrease will still drop his hits to fair. This decrease cannot be reversed with a PD reversal, but can be bumped back up with TIA. Note: in regards to other PDs during the year - the lowest his hits will go due to this stip is fair and the increase to walks will happen as long as he's not already at brilliant, and in that case his strikeouts will increase.
Lukashevich - New York Mets
Kim - San Diego Padres
Darvish - Florida Marlins
Cespedes - Philadelphia Phillies
Maturity, maturity, maturity. As a youth in Cuba Yasiel would often find himself in the drunk tank, getting cited for eliciting prostitutes, and he even once set off fireworks aimed directly at Fidel Castro's mansion. Many think he's better suited in a small market where he can concentrate on his baseball and get acclimated to MLB-level pitching, Because of this if he signs in a market that is a Good or below his hits will go brilliant. If he signs to a team in a market larger than Good his hits, doubles, homers, and walks will go to a random picker to see if they stay the same or go down one level. You can TIA these categories back to their starting level, but can't take them any higher through freebies or anything of the sort.
RF Jorge Soler
After getting Soler stateside and getting him in the cages many scouts now think he's a much more rounded hitter than expected. He's able to control his bat speed and hip rotation like no other. Coaches are going to be able to mold Soler into the type of hitter they need because of this. Need more power? Soler can be your guy. Need more contact, more gap to gap hitting, more patience? Soler is your man. Soler currently has two brilliants. He'll get a 'good' rating to use as well. You can pick the categories you want to be brilliant and the one you want to be good. If you move the brilliants, you cannot make that category the good, and it drops to average.
SS Adeiny Hechavarria
Adeiny is Adeiny. Scouts pegged him pretty accurately as he's been playing in Florida for quite some time. The one thing they notice about his is pure athleticism. Very Ricky Henderson-esque. They don't think his speed or defense will ever falter. Neither do I. As long as he's under 35 he'll never lose his speed or defensive ratings.
Puig - San Diego Padres
Soler - San Diego Padres
Hechavarria - San Diego Padres
Alex Guerrero - Loves his family, but he knows he's doing this for him. However, he wants to sign with a team from a city with a large Cuban population if he's going to play in the US. He only wants to play in a city with a large Cuban population. Those cities include Miami, New York, Tampa, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, DC/Baltimore. If he doesn't sign with a team from one of those cities then he will refuse to come play. Literally. He won't come. If a different team signs him, they have until Opening Day to trade him to one of those teams. They still have to pay the posting fee regardless. If no trade is made then he is deleted from the game.
Miguel Gonzalez - He is having a lot of trouble learning English. This meaning he needs to sign with a team who has a Spanish speaking catcher if they want to maximize Miggy's value. By signing with a team that has a Spanish speaking catcher ON THE MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM WHEN HE IS SIGNED then all number ratings raise by 1. If no Spanish speaking catcher ON MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM WHEN HE IS SIGNED then hits go to Good.
Kyuji Fujikawa - Turns out Fujikawa is more of an introvert than thought. He wants nothing to do with the big lights. He wants to pitch and pitch well. As long as he goes to a team that was in the bottom 10 of attendance last season all of his ratings will stay the same. If he signs with a top 20 then all of his ratings drop by one category.
Hyun-jin Ryu - The real deal. While Ryu won't be able to be camped throughout his career. His number ratings will increase one every single season until he's 30. He can be reversed like normal.
Abreu - Pittsburgh Pirates
Guerrero - San Diego Padres
Gonzalez - Montreal Expos
Fujikawa - Philadelphia Phillies
Ryu - Pittsburgh Pirates
2014
SS Aledmys Diaz - Diaz is much more of a basket case than originally thought. While he struggles in the field he refuses to move to another position other than SS. He's even given up 3B as an option. He also refuses to DH as he says it removes him from the flow of the game. Because of this you can only play him at SS or else he will demand a trade and refuse to play until he is traded. He will also lose his 3B defense. Unfortunately he still hasn't gotten over his yips and with his mental state the way it is he's also going down to poor in strikeouts.
CF Rusney Castillo - Rusney is not motivated at all. It turns out he comes from a wealthy family and is well off no matter what. What you see is what you get with him. He cannot be camped as he has no motivation to improve. No camps at all. Including PD reversals.
SP Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez - People have underestimated Miggy his entire career and he's sick of it. Hearing that he might be a career minor leaguer has really chapped his ass. He wants to be great. Miggy will have the ability to TIA two of his talents to brilliant for a cost of $10m board cash each. All other PDs will be half cost (including PD reversals) until he is 30. When he turns 31 everything reverts back to normal costs and he can longer be TIA'd to brilliant.
Iglesias - San Diego Padres
Diaz - San Diego Padres
Castillo - San Diego Padres
Gonzalez - San Diego Padres
2015
SS Jung-ho Kang - In his first BP with American pitchers Kang looked lost. Scouts don't think his power is going to translate and have downgraded him to 'Average'. The eye is still there though. An RNG will be used, numbers 10-25 to see where his number ratings end up. On the bright side, he was making more contact, it just wasn't leaving the park. Scouts are optimistic and have upgraded his hits to 'Average'.
3B Yasmany Tomas - The weight was always going to be an issue. RNG, numbers between 1-400, as in 400 pounds. If the number is below 255 (his current weight), his doubles and homers raise to brilliant. If the number is above 255, his hits and walks drop to average. Regardless, Tomas can only be IRI'd throughout his career. No other camps due to his fluctuating weight, including PD reversals.
Tanaka - Arizona Diamondbacks
Kang - New York Mets
Tomas - San Francisco Giants
2020
Moncada - Oakland Athletics
Fox - Chicago Cubs
Olivera - San Diego Padres
Alvarez - San Diego Padres
Severino - Cincinnati Reds
No stips.
2005
Dec 20, 2013 1:04:45 GMT -5 Erbes said:
CL Shigetoshi Hasegawa - Craves a winning team. If the team that signs him doesn't make the playoffs within the first two years of his contract he automatically opts out and becomes a FA. If the team who signs him doesn't make the playoffs in the first year and then trades him in his second year, the receiving team will only have that year to make the playoffs. This will only affect his first contract.MR/SP Masao Kida - He is way better than the tapes say. Each of his numbers will get a +1 bump.
MR Sang-Hoon Lee - Extreme LOOGY! +2 to ratings vs. LHB, but -1 to ratings vs. RHB.
SP Masato Yoshii - If signed by a team with a winning record in the previous season one randomly chosen category will be bumped up one. If signed by a team with a losing record one randomly chosen category will be bumped down one. If signed by a .500 team he stays as is.
LF So Taguchi - Perfectionist. He wants to be the best at the little things. Taguchi has an unlimited amount of TIBs at his disposal, but can only use one per category. He can also be taught positions through a TIB.
Unless otherwise noted above, all these players are good to go under our current rewards program.
Hasegawa - Toronto Blue Jays
Kida - Arizona Diamondbacks
Lee - Arizona Diamondbacks
Yoshii - Oakland Athletics
Taguchi - Pittsburgh Pirates
2006
Feb 3, 2014 23:59:23 GMT -5 Erbes said:
Iwamura - He's not adjusting as well to America as some thought he would. Because of this his TIA will cost $7M, his TIBs will cost $5M, his TICs will cost $3M and his IRIs will cost $2M. He will also be unable to learn any new positions.Feb 3, 2014 23:59:23 GMT -5 Erbes said:
Matsuzaka - Well to begin with he's two years older than what people thought. His birth certificate lied. He's also having major visa problems because of this and will have to sit out the first 3 months of the season while he awaits the proper paperwork (will stay in AAA and can pitch while there). People are still unsure of how his talents will translate to the bigs. Consequently all of his talent ratings will go to a random pick to determine if they go up or if they go down. If they go up then so do the number ratings, but if they go down the number ratings will follow. Any talent rating that falls during this initial stipulation will not be able to be TIA'd. If he suffers a bad PD to those ratings to take them even lower than you can TIA that rating. All other camps are good to go.Iwamura - Pittsburgh Pirates
Matsuzaka - Pittsburgh Pirates
2007
Mar 27, 2014 0:50:45 GMT -5 Erbes said:
Hiroki Kuroda - Loves home. Loves being able to visit family on the reg and have family watch his games. If he signs with a team west of the Rockies one random talent will get a bump. If he signs with a team between the Rockies and the Mississippi he will stay the same. If he signs with a team east of the Mississippi one random talent will take a hit.Kosuke Fukodome - The contact rate is there and will never go away. For as long as he's playing, if his hits take a PD hit, it automatically gets reversed. Unfortunately, the power, walks, and speed are all as bad as people thought. If those talents get a positive PD they will be reverted back to their original rating. However, you can TIA him in walks and homers, and TIB his speed and stealing. Those camped ratings would be his new 'original' rating.
Hideki Okajima - Big gamble, big risk, low reward. He's not as far along as people thought. All of his number ratings take a -1 rating. Simple as that.
Kuroda - Texas Rangers
Fukodome - Cleveland Indians
Okajima - Oakland A's
2008
May 21, 2014 21:23:14 GMT -5 freeagents said:
Tazawa - If used as a starter for the majority of his first year in the bigs, the next season his walks rating has a 75% of increasing. If used as a reliever for the majority of his first year, his walks rating has a 50% of increasing. Majority is common sense and is at my discretion.
CC Lee - Doesn't care about winning at all. He'd prefer to go to a team that had a losing record last year to stay under the radar. If he signs with a losing team from last season his TIA is free. If he signs with a winning team from last year his TIA is double. Only the team that signs him can use the TIA. Once traded or once he signs with a new team he can no longer be TIA'd.
HJ Lee - The real deal. Nothing will stop him from being a superstar. Has unlimited PD reversals until age 25 and then will get one from then on. You have to pay for all of them at the 1st PD price.
Kawakami - Kenshin's wife just gave birth to their first child! Congratulations are in order! Unfortunately, because of this he wants to go back to Japan to be with his family. He has agreed to pitch for one season and then will leave to go back to his home country. You will be on the hook for the remainder of his contract. Blame his agent, Scott Boras, for working you over in contract negotiations.
Tazawa - Boston Red Sox
Chen-Chang Lee - Arizona Diamondbacks
Hak-Ju Lee - New York Yankees
Kawakami - Arizona Diamondbacks
2009
Jun 28, 2014 20:12:41 GMT -5 Erbes said:
Igarashi - If he goes to a market that is 'good' or bigger his walks will go to average. Anything below and his homers go to good.Uehara - If he goes to a stadium that has an average homers rating of 105 or higher his homers will go to average. Anything below and his doubles go to good.
Chapman - If he goes to a team that had fewer than 3,000,000 fans last year his hits will go to good. Anything above and his homers go to brilliant.
Igarashi - Florida Marlins
Uehara - Arizona Diamondbacks
Chapman - Montreal Expos
2012
Nov 1, 2014 13:01:38 GMT -5 Erbes said:
Aliaksei LukashevichIf he signs with a team that has a Cy Young winner or multiple 20 game winning pitchers (as in more than one pitcher who has won 20 games in a season) on it all of his number ratings bump up to 5s and his walks go to average. If he signs with a team that If he signs with a team that has a single 20 game winning pitcher you can pick whether you want his number ratings to go to 5s or his walks to average.
Jin-Young Kim
The Pedro Effect - Over the next three seasons Kim will be travelling back to the DR during the winter to work with Pedro. After 3 years his visa expires and he won't be allowed back in the Dominican. Over the course of this time, each off-season JYK is going to get better. During each BBSBL off-season one of JYK's category ratings will increase. The categories will be put to a random picker and taken to the next level. Once a category is a brilliant it obviously isn't eligible to be increased, but if JYK suffers a negative PD to said category over the season it will once again be eligible for the off-season increase.
Yu Darvish
Darvish is determined he's ready for the bigs. If he pitches 165 innings throughout the season at the big league level all of his number ratings will be taken to the max per the category rating he's at.
Yoenis Cespedes
This man is under a ton of pressure. Can he handle it? The newspapers are already starting to doubt his power. His personal goal is 25 homers in his first season. If he hits above 25 homers then his walks will increase as he's become a more patient hitter at the plate and is waiting for his pitch. Note: if you TIA his walks during his first year then the increase will be on top of that TIA. If he hits below 25 homers then his average rating will decrease to fair as it means he's swinging at more bad pitches and popping them up instead of driving them. Note: if you TIA his hits to good in his first year the decrease will still drop his hits to fair. This decrease cannot be reversed with a PD reversal, but can be bumped back up with TIA. Note: in regards to other PDs during the year - the lowest his hits will go due to this stip is fair and the increase to walks will happen as long as he's not already at brilliant, and in that case his strikeouts will increase.
Lukashevich - New York Mets
Kim - San Diego Padres
Darvish - Florida Marlins
Cespedes - Philadelphia Phillies
Dec 25, 2014 14:12:41 GMT -5 Erbes said:
RF Yasiel PuigMaturity, maturity, maturity. As a youth in Cuba Yasiel would often find himself in the drunk tank, getting cited for eliciting prostitutes, and he even once set off fireworks aimed directly at Fidel Castro's mansion. Many think he's better suited in a small market where he can concentrate on his baseball and get acclimated to MLB-level pitching, Because of this if he signs in a market that is a Good or below his hits will go brilliant. If he signs to a team in a market larger than Good his hits, doubles, homers, and walks will go to a random picker to see if they stay the same or go down one level. You can TIA these categories back to their starting level, but can't take them any higher through freebies or anything of the sort.
RF Jorge Soler
After getting Soler stateside and getting him in the cages many scouts now think he's a much more rounded hitter than expected. He's able to control his bat speed and hip rotation like no other. Coaches are going to be able to mold Soler into the type of hitter they need because of this. Need more power? Soler can be your guy. Need more contact, more gap to gap hitting, more patience? Soler is your man. Soler currently has two brilliants. He'll get a 'good' rating to use as well. You can pick the categories you want to be brilliant and the one you want to be good. If you move the brilliants, you cannot make that category the good, and it drops to average.
SS Adeiny Hechavarria
Adeiny is Adeiny. Scouts pegged him pretty accurately as he's been playing in Florida for quite some time. The one thing they notice about his is pure athleticism. Very Ricky Henderson-esque. They don't think his speed or defense will ever falter. Neither do I. As long as he's under 35 he'll never lose his speed or defensive ratings.
Puig - San Diego Padres
Soler - San Diego Padres
Hechavarria - San Diego Padres
Feb 17, 2015 21:05:02 GMT -5 Erbes said:
Jose Abreu - Needs a good support system to coach him through his swing troubles and keep away from fast food and candy. Spencer recently wrote an article where he ranked the GMs. If the GM who signs him is in the top 12 of those rankings then Jose will have a 1 in 2 chance of improving each of his ratings. If he signs with a GM ranked outside of the top 12 then his ratings will have a 1 in 2 chance of declining. This stip will apply to only the team he signs with. If he is traded no changes to his ratings will take place regardless of GM ranking.Alex Guerrero - Loves his family, but he knows he's doing this for him. However, he wants to sign with a team from a city with a large Cuban population if he's going to play in the US. He only wants to play in a city with a large Cuban population. Those cities include Miami, New York, Tampa, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, DC/Baltimore. If he doesn't sign with a team from one of those cities then he will refuse to come play. Literally. He won't come. If a different team signs him, they have until Opening Day to trade him to one of those teams. They still have to pay the posting fee regardless. If no trade is made then he is deleted from the game.
Miguel Gonzalez - He is having a lot of trouble learning English. This meaning he needs to sign with a team who has a Spanish speaking catcher if they want to maximize Miggy's value. By signing with a team that has a Spanish speaking catcher ON THE MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM WHEN HE IS SIGNED then all number ratings raise by 1. If no Spanish speaking catcher ON MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM WHEN HE IS SIGNED then hits go to Good.
Kyuji Fujikawa - Turns out Fujikawa is more of an introvert than thought. He wants nothing to do with the big lights. He wants to pitch and pitch well. As long as he goes to a team that was in the bottom 10 of attendance last season all of his ratings will stay the same. If he signs with a top 20 then all of his ratings drop by one category.
Hyun-jin Ryu - The real deal. While Ryu won't be able to be camped throughout his career. His number ratings will increase one every single season until he's 30. He can be reversed like normal.
Abreu - Pittsburgh Pirates
Guerrero - San Diego Padres
Gonzalez - Montreal Expos
Fujikawa - Philadelphia Phillies
Ryu - Pittsburgh Pirates
2014
Mar 29, 2015 8:45:16 GMT -5 Erbes said:
MR Raisel Iglesias - Unbeknownst to MLB talent evaluators, Iglesias actually made a trip to Hollywood with cousin Enrique this past month and really liked what major agencies had to say about his future in the show business world. He knows his MLB prospects are a long shot and is going to require major work that he's not sure he wants to put in. If he signs with a team in California he's willing to try the whole dual career thing as he'll be close to Hollywood. But he won't wait for his cup of coffee forever. In each offseason that he's not on the major league roster (for the entire previous season) he'll go to a random picker to see if he stays in BBSBL. Each year his odds of leaving increase. In the first offseason it starts at 65%, 2nd offseason 80%, 3rd offseason 95%, and if he's not a major leaguer by his 4th offseason then he's leaving.SS Aledmys Diaz - Diaz is much more of a basket case than originally thought. While he struggles in the field he refuses to move to another position other than SS. He's even given up 3B as an option. He also refuses to DH as he says it removes him from the flow of the game. Because of this you can only play him at SS or else he will demand a trade and refuse to play until he is traded. He will also lose his 3B defense. Unfortunately he still hasn't gotten over his yips and with his mental state the way it is he's also going down to poor in strikeouts.
CF Rusney Castillo - Rusney is not motivated at all. It turns out he comes from a wealthy family and is well off no matter what. What you see is what you get with him. He cannot be camped as he has no motivation to improve. No camps at all. Including PD reversals.
SP Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez - People have underestimated Miggy his entire career and he's sick of it. Hearing that he might be a career minor leaguer has really chapped his ass. He wants to be great. Miggy will have the ability to TIA two of his talents to brilliant for a cost of $10m board cash each. All other PDs will be half cost (including PD reversals) until he is 30. When he turns 31 everything reverts back to normal costs and he can longer be TIA'd to brilliant.
Iglesias - San Diego Padres
Diaz - San Diego Padres
Castillo - San Diego Padres
Gonzalez - San Diego Padres
2015
May 10, 2015 19:53:32 GMT -5 Erbes said:
SP Masahiro Tanaka - After taking his mandatory BBSBL physical it was discovered that his elbow is a mess. It turns out all of those high stress innings really did him in. Tanaka is a real trooper though and the doctors have told him he does not need surgery. Instead they've imposed a 220 innings limit (regular and postseason combined) on him for each year. If he pitches over 220 innings his elbow will blow out and he'll miss whatever is left in the current season and then the following season. Once he comes back his innings limit will drop to 200 (20 innings each time he blows out his elbow) because we all know nothing is certain when dealing with TJS. This will be a problem for his entire career.SS Jung-ho Kang - In his first BP with American pitchers Kang looked lost. Scouts don't think his power is going to translate and have downgraded him to 'Average'. The eye is still there though. An RNG will be used, numbers 10-25 to see where his number ratings end up. On the bright side, he was making more contact, it just wasn't leaving the park. Scouts are optimistic and have upgraded his hits to 'Average'.
3B Yasmany Tomas - The weight was always going to be an issue. RNG, numbers between 1-400, as in 400 pounds. If the number is below 255 (his current weight), his doubles and homers raise to brilliant. If the number is above 255, his hits and walks drop to average. Regardless, Tomas can only be IRI'd throughout his career. No other camps due to his fluctuating weight, including PD reversals.
Tanaka - Arizona Diamondbacks
Kang - New York Mets
Tomas - San Francisco Giants
2020
Moncada - Oakland Athletics
Fox - Chicago Cubs
Olivera - San Diego Padres
Alvarez - San Diego Padres
Severino - Cincinnati Reds
No stips.