This has me almost evilly rubbing my hands together with a grin on my face.
I have absolutely no experience with OOTP besides having heard someone talking about it in a chat room.
On the other side, I have a massive amount of experience with modding, customizing, and getting to know the intricacies of EHM. I've read this whole thread, and I recognize some names and I'm pretty sure those names can vouch for that.
First, I have some questions comparing the two game styles that I assume just about anyone can answer for me:
1) What kind of graphics are or would be involved? Could you watch the games at all?
Love EHM to death (RIP), but while I found watching circles skate with the puck to be somewhat enthralling, not everyone else does.
Also, jerseys and such would be nice.
2) How in-depth are the player attributes?
I know EHM had like 55 or so attributes, and it was a very nice system of Physical, Mental, and Technical attributes that I think worked pretty well. I'm curious what OOTP or WTHM would offer in that regard.
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This may seem like an odd concept, but I run a league with 200 or so active players in it. This league is a bit strange, since it's actually a fantasy role-playing game where everyone signs themselves up as a 'player' and then 10 of them also second as 'managers,' making an entire fictional league made up of forum members. Games are posted on a regular basis and everyone gets to have for-fun rivalries with each other and track "their" progress, with the option to change their playing style at the end of every season. Currently running on EHM 2007.
Due to this, I've had extensive experience in testing and changing things within the EHM system, and while I love it, I do know some of its bigger strengths and flaws. The nature of the league kind of mandates that a lot of the more interested and involved players buy the game -- I know that due to me at least 50-100 people wound up buying EHM, even though it wound up being years old.
If there's any way I can offer advise or assistance at all, I'd love to be able to, especially if a tentative attribute list is around or possibly available.
Regardless of my ramblings, I'm getting pretty enthralled with this project.