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Originally Posted by rotorhead
Sounds good to me. I did a 1965 AL pennant year replay using Strat and the "as played" files. The Indians and Twins tied for first place, and the Twins won the playoff game. The playoff game changed the rotation for the World Series, but the Dodgers prevailed.
The reason to move towards OOTP is Don Mincher led the league with 31 dingers and Earl Battey lead in batting, around .320. Never would of happened in real life.
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If you want individuals to repeat their RL stats then OOTP probably isn't for you, but if you want to be able to take charge of your favourite team for a couple of decades or even more then you've found the right game. The great players will still be great and the crappy ones will still be crappy (depending on your custom settings), but player X isn't going to hit .316 like he did in year Y. Bit of a steep learning curve, but well worth it. Strat's my first game too and if they're anything like they used to be when I left, their problem is in customer service, specifically the folks with attitude who man their customer service telephone lines, which it appears you have to pay $1.99 per minute for now. What's the number for that 1-888-KICK-ME1? Strat boys, you used to be the only game in town, but it's been a long time since 46 Railroad Plaza, Glen Head, New York was the centre of the baseball sim universe. They may still have the numbers, but they've been kinda left in the dust, since the advent of the career sim and I always thought Diamond-Mind beat them at their own game anyway.
