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Old 10-17-2006, 09:45 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange View Post
Actually, it was not disbanding of leagues but rather being able to set leagues as active or inactive.

However, given the potential issues arising from setting leagues as active or inactive which must be thought through carefully, it was not surprising to me to see the feature not get incorporated. It is a feature which requires considerable planning and forethought to make work right, so shoehorning it into an update might not have been the best approach.
Yeah, I wouldn't expect it this year, but given the many voices I've seen asking for it, I do hope and expect to see at least a rudimentary version next year.

The main area where OOTP2006 is lacking, even compared to previous versions, is on-the-fly customizability. You're locked into many of your initial choices, and the game doesn't handle change over time well at all. For example:

- You can't change league affiliations.
- All leagues must play all years.
- History doesn't record properly if you make structural changes in the offseason.
- Team history doesn't include previous team names.
- Nation and city files are locked from the beginning, which stops any realistic history in that regard from happening. Names sort of are, too, but there's a workaround.

And there's more. The game needs to be able to handle dynamic universes much better.
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