Hi everyone.
I have been a very happy OOTP5 solo player for 2 years. Due to time
constraints, I unfortunately have never been able to join an online
league. Thus I don't understand how they work/ are built (I DO
understand all non-online aspects, I have played solo a lot).
I hit "search" for this but never really saw an "online newbie help"
thread. So here goes...
1) I want to start an online OOTP5 league for a few family members who
are all complete newbies to the game, have time limitations, but are
all intrigued and are all big baseball fans. I'm probably looking at 6
players. I'll figure out the rules on how to handle that.
2) In order to have them ease their way into this, I will do all the
simming on my computer on Sunday. Plus, my gut tells me to avoid the
confusion of uploading/downloading files each week, so I'll have all
trades, roster moves handled over email or a forum during the week. I
doubt that this is going to be an intense group. A few might get really
into it, while a couple others might just want the computer to run
their teams and just peek in once in a while to see how their team is
doing - which is fine as we are just doing this for a hoot.
3) I need them to be able to look at a league file whenever they want, so
they can look at stats, standings, rosters, etc. Can I just email them
a file, or can I upload it to a webpage for them to look at? Can I do
the webpage idea for free or what is a cheap way to do it?
4) emailing each other is fine, but is there a free (or at least cheap)
forum that I can create for this?
Again, this is a REALLY simple league. What's the easiest, cheapest way
for a group of newbies to play this together? Hopefully I'll get them
hooked and you can get them for your serious leagues later.
Thanks!