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Sweed · 10-01-2006, 06:13 PM

I am a solo only player that started with v4 and real players and has let the league over time become more and more fictional by attrition. So my comments
are made with no knowledge of online playing.

First thing that sticks out is the "reviewer" will go through the pain of playing the game because there is something there underneath but doesn't seem to think anyone else should have to do this. So nice of him to throw himself on the sword for everyone else

With reagard to oopt, the merger, and this years "new" version. It was indeed released too soon, thought I don't believe waiting was a realistic option either.
No matter what was done people were going to complain (not ready or let us have it now and we can help fix what's wrong).

My feeling in solo play is the game, after patching, gave me a much deeper and better game of baseball than any previous version. I only use a MLB and minor league setup, no world leagues. I still don't see why people complain about the world leagues or what they have to do with soccer.

First the leagues are no different than using the options provided and setting up a fictional world. The only differences between any leagues in the game are the variables you use to set them up. In other words setting up a Korean
league does no more harm then going in and setting up a fictional 16 team league or mirroring MLB baseball in the '50's or 60's.

IMHO the merger is succesful and produced a good game with a solid foundation in place for future versions. As has been said many times the rewrite of oopt is so similar to the rewrite of FM. I believe, like FM, that OOTP will benefit very quickly from this turbulent year and be the unquestioned leader in the baseball sim world. I would hope this will be with
v2007 and am optomistic that it will turn out this way. Marcus spent a massive amount of time getting the base in place. Now that it is done that time can be put to better use.

10-01-2006, 06:13 PM	#138
Sweed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 7,035	I am a solo only player that started with v4 and real players and has let the league over time become more and more fictional by attrition. So my comments are made with no knowledge of online playing. First thing that sticks out is the "reviewer" will go through the pain of playing the game because there is something there underneath but doesn't seem to think anyone else should have to do this. So nice of him to throw himself on the sword for everyone else With reagard to oopt, the merger, and this years "new" version. It was indeed released too soon, thought I don't believe waiting was a realistic option either. No matter what was done people were going to complain (not ready or let us have it now and we can help fix what's wrong). My feeling in solo play is the game, after patching, gave me a much deeper and better game of baseball than any previous version. I only use a MLB and minor league setup, no world leagues. I still don't see why people complain about the world leagues or what they have to do with soccer. First the leagues are no different than using the options provided and setting up a fictional world. The only differences between any leagues in the game are the variables you use to set them up. In other words setting up a Korean league does no more harm then going in and setting up a fictional 16 team league or mirroring MLB baseball in the '50's or 60's. IMHO the merger is succesful and produced a good game with a solid foundation in place for future versions. As has been said many times the rewrite of oopt is so similar to the rewrite of FM. I believe, like FM, that OOTP will benefit very quickly from this turbulent year and be the unquestioned leader in the baseball sim world. I would hope this will be with v2007 and am optomistic that it will turn out this way. Marcus spent a massive amount of time getting the base in place. Now that it is done that time can be put to better use.