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heyericiscool · 03-27-2012, 05:01 PM

(If you don't feel like reading all of this below, any general "noobie/welcome" feedback would be appreciated, as would any encouraging stories or gimmicks/ideas to try to get me "hooked" on the game.)

I'm sure there are other people who have asked this before but here goes.

I purchased this game last summer, and for the most part it has laid dormant on my task bar. I have talked to a few people, asking how they played OOTP and they have given me solid answers but nothing that has made me come home from school/work each day and want to sit down and play this like Football Manager used to make me--an equivalent soccer management game, if you have not heard of it. Baseball is now my love, and i love SIM type games so I really want to like this game more, but for some reason I cannot.

Could it be that I play on a Macintosh?
Could it be that I like the in-game management more than the GM type stuff?
Or, that is to say, i think I don't understand the GM stuff well enough to play
Could it be that I haven't found the correct player pool/universe?

I know a lot of people play online, but I feel that I don't have enough solo experience to move to online yet--i don't want to ruin (or hold back) someone else's league online. I play in a SOM league and when i started I made a trade that I thought was great for me but it caused 2 people to leave the league (in the end, looking back i really did win that trade, but still, i am very averse to joining new leagues)

Anyhow, i will be looking to get 13 and give this game one more try. I just don't know where to start playing this game. It seems like "so much" and that I am only scratching the surface, but yet, I get a couple games into the season and I find myself bored. I played one save for about 3 seasons, simming all games, but i felt all I was doing was making trades and moving guys to the minors and it just wasn't all that I thought it would.

I love my SOM league and I love fantasy baseball and watching it, so i assume I will love this game when i find out how to play it. I have no interest in the historical side of it, and very much prefer the fictional aspect of the game. But present-day startups are fine too, i suppose.

One last question--basically, from my FM days--does anyone play in a Table type system with promotion/relegation? If so, i would like that a lot more than the playoff setup. Is it possible to set something like this up, and if so is there a template. Baseball is my favorite sport, but I feel American sports do a poor job of rewarding regular season success, and that playoffs--driven by revenue--have too much emphasis in our culture.

Thanks for the time and sorry for the long winded rhetoric.

Take Care,

EC

03-27-2012, 05:01 PM	#1
heyericiscool Bat Boy Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 10	Getting Hooked (If you don't feel like reading all of this below, any general "noobie/welcome" feedback would be appreciated, as would any encouraging stories or gimmicks/ideas to try to get me "hooked" on the game.) I'm sure there are other people who have asked this before but here goes. I purchased this game last summer, and for the most part it has laid dormant on my task bar. I have talked to a few people, asking how they played OOTP and they have given me solid answers but nothing that has made me come home from school/work each day and want to sit down and play this like Football Manager used to make me--an equivalent soccer management game, if you have not heard of it. Baseball is now my love, and i love SIM type games so I really want to like this game more, but for some reason I cannot. Could it be that I play on a Macintosh? Could it be that I like the in-game management more than the GM type stuff? Or, that is to say, i think I don't understand the GM stuff well enough to play Could it be that I haven't found the correct player pool/universe? I know a lot of people play online, but I feel that I don't have enough solo experience to move to online yet--i don't want to ruin (or hold back) someone else's league online. I play in a SOM league and when i started I made a trade that I thought was great for me but it caused 2 people to leave the league (in the end, looking back i really did win that trade, but still, i am very averse to joining new leagues) Anyhow, i will be looking to get 13 and give this game one more try. I just don't know where to start playing this game. It seems like "so much" and that I am only scratching the surface, but yet, I get a couple games into the season and I find myself bored. I played one save for about 3 seasons, simming all games, but i felt all I was doing was making trades and moving guys to the minors and it just wasn't all that I thought it would. I love my SOM league and I love fantasy baseball and watching it, so i assume I will love this game when i find out how to play it. I have no interest in the historical side of it, and very much prefer the fictional aspect of the game. But present-day startups are fine too, i suppose. One last question--basically, from my FM days--does anyone play in a Table type system with promotion/relegation? If so, i would like that a lot more than the playoff setup. Is it possible to set something like this up, and if so is there a template. Baseball is my favorite sport, but I feel American sports do a poor job of rewarding regular season success, and that playoffs--driven by revenue--have too much emphasis in our culture. Thanks for the time and sorry for the long winded rhetoric. Take Care, EC