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drewst18 · 10-25-2013, 01:21 PM

Someone correct me on this but this is how I vaguely remember it.

Risto Remes created the EHM Freeware and after a successful launch it was picked up by SI Games the creators of football manager.

Markus and co were at that time developing out of the park baseball. Which also eventually was picked up by SI Games.

So yes you are right from some point I want to say 05 - 07 the games were all made through the same producer in sports interactive. After this period of time EHM was shelved while SI still owns the rights and Riz now works on the Football Manager franchise and from my understanding due to the similarities in coding from FM > EHM that SI games will not sell the product.

OOTP on the other hand didn't have such coding and after SI games decided not to continue publishing the game I think Markus and OOTP Developments bought the rights back to continue publishing independently.

It may not have went exactly like that but that is how I remember it shaking down. I am sure Jeff has a lot on his plate but in this community he is probably the best to speak to this being part of both the EHM team and the FHM team.

10-25-2013, 01:21 PM	#4
drewst18 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 164	Someone correct me on this but this is how I vaguely remember it. Risto Remes created the EHM Freeware and after a successful launch it was picked up by SI Games the creators of football manager. Markus and co were at that time developing out of the park baseball. Which also eventually was picked up by SI Games. So yes you are right from some point I want to say 05 - 07 the games were all made through the same producer in sports interactive. After this period of time EHM was shelved while SI still owns the rights and Riz now works on the Football Manager franchise and from my understanding due to the similarities in coding from FM > EHM that SI games will not sell the product. OOTP on the other hand didn't have such coding and after SI games decided not to continue publishing the game I think Markus and OOTP Developments bought the rights back to continue publishing independently. It may not have went exactly like that but that is how I remember it shaking down. I am sure Jeff has a lot on his plate but in this community he is probably the best to speak to this being part of both the EHM team and the FHM team. Last edited by drewst18; 10-25-2013 at 01:22 PM.