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the nightfly · 04-15-2009, 06:23 PM

Although I've had OOTP for a number of years, I have never tried playing it in full career mode until now. So, I figure I should "start at the bottom," and take a job managing the rookie-league Helena Brewers.

However, at this moment, I'm wondering if Milwaukee's GM is a closet sadist trying to drive me crazy, or a team of monkeys making personnel decisions by throwing darts.

It's a regular event for my GM to make wholesale changes to my roster every two or three days, sometimes more. I'm not talking about a player here or there; I'm talking about ten-fifteen players at a shot. And, while I could understand it if "he" were simply calling people up to a higher level, so far, all "he" has done has been to shuffle players between a couple of rookie-league teams in different divisions, or else release players outright (including some of my best performers).

Today took the cake. All five members of my starting rotation were sent elsewhere and replaced by new starters with nothing but 1s and 2s in their ratings. Several middle relievers also left, including my top performer, but at least they were replaced with warm bodies. My closer was also sent to another rookie-league affiliate, and not replaced. I also lost every member of my starting lineup except my catcher, second baseman, and center fielder. In return, I found myself with no right-fielder whatsoever; only one left fielder and two center fielders (one of whom is "exhausted"). Also, no backup for my first baseman. On the bright side, I do have catchers...eight of them.

As it stands right now, I can sim a couple of days, then I get the dreaded memo from the GM, and have to go back and rebuild my assignments and lineups (in this case, apparently, mostly from backup catchers) virtually from scratch, only to go through the same process again and again.

Is this normal for OOTP minor-league managing (and, if so, how can anyone say this game has a playable career mode?), or is there some setting I'm missing, or some bug that can be worked around? FWIW, I'm using the latest patch of OOTP9. Do I have any recourse except to soldier on (and consider requesting that the team name be changed to the Helena Catchers-In-The-Rye) or ditch OOTP and start looking at another sim? If this is a known problem, is there any indication OOTP10 will fix it?

04-15-2009, 06:23 PM	#1
the nightfly Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 7	Minor-league managing for an insane GM? Although I've had OOTP for a number of years, I have never tried playing it in full career mode until now. So, I figure I should "start at the bottom," and take a job managing the rookie-league Helena Brewers. However, at this moment, I'm wondering if Milwaukee's GM is a closet sadist trying to drive me crazy, or a team of monkeys making personnel decisions by throwing darts. It's a regular event for my GM to make wholesale changes to my roster every two or three days, sometimes more. I'm not talking about a player here or there; I'm talking about ten-fifteen players at a shot. And, while I could understand it if "he" were simply calling people up to a higher level, so far, all "he" has done has been to shuffle players between a couple of rookie-league teams in different divisions, or else release players outright (including some of my best performers). Today took the cake. All five members of my starting rotation were sent elsewhere and replaced by new starters with nothing but 1s and 2s in their ratings. Several middle relievers also left, including my top performer, but at least they were replaced with warm bodies. My closer was also sent to another rookie-league affiliate, and not replaced. I also lost every member of my starting lineup except my catcher, second baseman, and center fielder. In return, I found myself with no right-fielder whatsoever; only one left fielder and two center fielders (one of whom is "exhausted"). Also, no backup for my first baseman. On the bright side, I do have catchers...eight of them. As it stands right now, I can sim a couple of days, then I get the dreaded memo from the GM, and have to go back and rebuild my assignments and lineups (in this case, apparently, mostly from backup catchers) virtually from scratch, only to go through the same process again and again. Is this normal for OOTP minor-league managing (and, if so, how can anyone say this game has a playable career mode?), or is there some setting I'm missing, or some bug that can be worked around? FWIW, I'm using the latest patch of OOTP9. Do I have any recourse except to soldier on (and consider requesting that the team name be changed to the Helena Catchers-In-The-Rye) or ditch OOTP and start looking at another sim? If this is a known problem, is there any indication OOTP10 will fix it?