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bucky badger · 02-26-2011, 01:27 AM

I'm playing Baltimore in 1901. In 1901 I had 25, 24, 26, and 21 players at ML, AAA, AA, and A. In 1908, I now have 21, 16, 10, and 7.

I'm playing with full minor league rosters selected during the initial game setup and with ghost players to avoid the "ABC team has an illegal number of players on their roster" problem. I have scouting turned off. What am I doing wrong?

I played an earlier version of OOTP -maybe 6 or 7 years ago. My impression was the developers were trying to be all things to all people, meaning, of course, the release of a flawed product. I feel the same way about the 2011 product. Maybe most of the bugs are gone but there are so many things that happen that really take away from the fun. To me the most irritating is the salary bargaining where the player asks for X number of dollars and you give it to him. He often refuses your offer and requests the very same thing you just offered and back and forth until you have to bargain with him as a free agent.

One thing that would really be useful is a better save game feature. I know if toy quit the game, it gets saved. All you can do with that saved game is continue it. It would be nice to be able to name that save with a unique name and then come back several times to that saved game to try different things. It might make the learning curve not quite as steep.

Anyone older than me playing OOTP. I'm 75 and remember listening to the Cub games on the radio during the 1945 World Series.

02-26-2011, 01:27 AM	#1
bucky badger Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 11	Septuagenarian's Historic Problem I'm playing Baltimore in 1901. In 1901 I had 25, 24, 26, and 21 players at ML, AAA, AA, and A. In 1908, I now have 21, 16, 10, and 7. I'm playing with full minor league rosters selected during the initial game setup and with ghost players to avoid the "ABC team has an illegal number of players on their roster" problem. I have scouting turned off. What am I doing wrong? I played an earlier version of OOTP -maybe 6 or 7 years ago. My impression was the developers were trying to be all things to all people, meaning, of course, the release of a flawed product. I feel the same way about the 2011 product. Maybe most of the bugs are gone but there are so many things that happen that really take away from the fun. To me the most irritating is the salary bargaining where the player asks for X number of dollars and you give it to him. He often refuses your offer and requests the very same thing you just offered and back and forth until you have to bargain with him as a free agent. One thing that would really be useful is a better save game feature. I know if toy quit the game, it gets saved. All you can do with that saved game is continue it. It would be nice to be able to name that save with a unique name and then come back several times to that saved game to try different things. It might make the learning curve not quite as steep. Anyone older than me playing OOTP. I'm 75 and remember listening to the Cub games on the radio during the 1945 World Series.