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If you are a first timer to the franchise... I would definitely use OOTP 8 for now and wait for OOTP 11 to come out. As for bugs... OOTP X is patched and and pretty solid. There is not a better baseball sim on the market, period... and there has not been for at least maybe before OOTP 3. Feature set, community mods, and a pretty vibrant and active support forum all make this franchise the clear leader.
The biggest knock on OOTP (you'll see it in nearly every review) is the learning curve. It's simply a program that has so much depth and options to is, that learning to navigate for the first time can be daunting. Keep at it. Read the boards. Those of us that have been using OOTP going back to the ver 2 and 3 engine have a significant advantage of learning all the new features that get piled on as they were progressing. But it's obvious that if you jump right into OOTP X from never seeing a previous version before... it's a whirlwind and you never quite know where to start or where everything is.
Sounds like OOTP 11 will address that. That will only help bring more new people to the best baseball sim in existence.
But if you love baseball and enjoy spending time on your computer, this software is heaven on earth. AND playing in a good online league enhances the experience even further.
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