Comments on: Fake Team Friday http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2008/08/15/fake-team-friday/ A Chicago Cubs Blog and Fan Site Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:40:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Greg http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2008/08/15/fake-team-friday/#comment-12133 Greg Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:26:11 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2008/08/15/fake-team-friday/#comment-12133 I've played OOTP since OOTP3 and believe it's the best baseball sim out there. While MLB leagues are fun, I think OOTP's best attribute is fictional leagues. You can start such a league using the MLB template in around five minutes or you can invest several hours in starting a league from scratch using your own cities, teams, logos, and facepacks. By playing out games and becoming familiar with players your baseball world becomes real. This method of playing also takes away the expectations that come with a "name" player... the game doesn't necessarily know that Carlos Zambrano is freaking awesome and should strike out 21 batters and hit three homeruns every start. Thanks for doing this, Joe. It'll be neat to watch from the sidelines. One player I'd like for you to track for me is Ross Gload. He's been a legend at the OOTP forums since way back in the day... I guess you could say that he is to clutch as Chuck Norris is to punching. Go here http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/search.php?searchid and search "titles only" for Gload to see what I mean. I’ve played OOTP since OOTP3 and believe it’s the best baseball sim out there. While MLB leagues are fun, I think OOTP’s best attribute is fictional leagues. You can start such a league using the MLB template in around five minutes or you can invest several hours in starting a league from scratch using your own cities, teams, logos, and facepacks. By playing out games and becoming familiar with players your baseball world becomes real. This method of playing also takes away the expectations that come with a “name” player… the game doesn’t necessarily know that Carlos Zambrano is freaking awesome and should strike out 21 batters and hit three homeruns every start.

Thanks for doing this, Joe. It’ll be neat to watch from the sidelines. One player I’d like for you to track for me is Ross Gload. He’s been a legend at the OOTP forums since way back in the day… I guess you could say that he is to clutch as Chuck Norris is to punching. Go here http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/search.php?searchid and search “titles only” for Gload to see what I mean.

]]> By: John L http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2008/08/15/fake-team-friday/#comment-12132 John L Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:57:00 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2008/08/15/fake-team-friday/#comment-12132 Is it Clay or Ian? They only have 2 employees. Is it Clay or Ian? They only have 2 employees.

]]> By: Joe Aiello http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2008/08/15/fake-team-friday/#comment-12131 Joe Aiello Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:34:56 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2008/08/15/fake-team-friday/#comment-12131 Gotta love that jjputz has an e-mail address (which is hidden to you guys) that is from Sports Mogul, the makers of Baseball Mogul. Hmmm, conflict of interest? Gotta love that jjputz has an e-mail address (which is hidden to you guys) that is from Sports Mogul, the makers of Baseball Mogul. Hmmm, conflict of interest?

]]> By: jjputz http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2008/08/15/fake-team-friday/#comment-12130 jjputz Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:40:58 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2008/08/15/fake-team-friday/#comment-12130 The real "investment" with OOTP isn't the $34.95 you'll shell out. Its the time you spend just to try to get it running right. My first universe I made I spent 5 hours just trying to get it set up to play the first game of the season but the whole thing ended up being "improperly configured" and useless. So I started again and after just 3 hours I was able to play a game. IMHO, it's not worth it. The sim is so slow you have to make dinner whenever you sim anything. There is some more depth to the league reports which might be worth the effort for like 10% of the people out there but Baseball Mogul is so much faster and easier to use and the sim is actually more accurate in terms of stats and realism, especially for real players. The real “investment” with OOTP isn’t the $34.95 you’ll shell out. Its the time you spend just to try to get it running right. My first universe I made I spent 5 hours just trying to get it set up to play the first game of the season but the whole thing ended up being “improperly configured” and useless. So I started again and after just 3 hours I was able to play a game. IMHO, it’s not worth it. The sim is so slow you have to make dinner whenever you sim anything. There is some more depth to the league reports which might be worth the effort for like 10% of the people out there but Baseball Mogul is so much faster and easier to use and the sim is actually more accurate in terms of stats and realism, especially for real players.

]]> By: Tom C http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2008/08/15/fake-team-friday/#comment-12128 Tom C Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:43:49 +0000 http://viewfromthebleachers.com/blog/2008/08/15/fake-team-friday/#comment-12128 joe, are you going to do all the trades and pickups that have happened thru the season? i have never used ootp, only baseball mogul. have you tried mogul? is ootp worth the investment? thanks joe,

are you going to do all the trades and pickups that have happened thru the season? i have never used ootp, only baseball mogul. have you tried mogul? is ootp worth the investment?

thanks

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