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Squonk · 04-04-2016, 01:21 AM

OK, did that. It's close, it's real close.

For the Tribe, for example, there's about three mistakes. One is major in that Cody Anderson is a starter for the big club and Trevor Bauer got sent to the pen. Bauer is starting in the set. There's a few others .. Soto got released .. stuff like that. It's close.

I just figured .. with the HYPER accurate way these guys approach this that .. it would incredibly obvious that *SNAP* >>righthere<< it would be a SNAPSHOT of exactly how the Opening Day of 2016 looked. Then, what happened after that would be much, much less important in the roster sets. Especially for a game like this. I see a lot of this here. They have incredible accuracy for the 1956 Wednesday through Saturday series between Framingham and Norfolk and then miss the big picture entirely. That happens a lot with baseball nerds. They miss the big picture. Get too wrapped up in the tiny little minutiae. And, to their credit, they get that right. And then miss out on the whole big thing.

I found that the case with the last several versions of the game. Many times, and I have a ton of screenshots I gathered to send to Markus but .. so many times with recent versions .. the game misses the big picture. As in, the sum is not valid. All the PARTS are valid. Incredibly so. But, it just doesn't ADD UP. That could be done immensely better. I think I was up to 56 screenshots over various seasons to show how ... pitchers are amazing .. batters are right on .. but the team is mediocre. Or, the other way around. The big picture .. the sum .. the total .. it wasn't adding up and I found it invalid .. the results .. invalid. So, therefore, it was not worth my time anymore to invest in the program.

The trade AI, the financials .. everything .. is good. Real good. But .. this Opening Day stuff is kind of a symptom of what I have seen over the last few versions. The big picture, the net results .. it's off.

And I thought with today being OPENING DAY IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL .. and this being THIS YEAR'S edition of OOTP that somebody .. would be hyper accurate with a perfect *SNAP* shot of this exact moment in time so we could take *THAT* starting file as our starting point. A;l the time people put in to files after this is less valid and valuable. The Opening Day Roster set should be The Gold Standard, THAT'S the one that is worth incredible amounts and should be The One.

So, that's why I asked. But, even after your suggestion, I found it a bit wanting.

It's close. It's real close.

It's like the entire concept of OOTP itself the last several years.

Gets every little thing right except The Big Picture.

04-04-2016, 01:21 AM	#3
Squonk Minors (Single A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 52	OK, did that. It's close, it's real close. For the Tribe, for example, there's about three mistakes. One is major in that Cody Anderson is a starter for the big club and Trevor Bauer got sent to the pen. Bauer is starting in the set. There's a few others .. Soto got released .. stuff like that. It's close. I just figured .. with the HYPER accurate way these guys approach this that .. it would incredibly obvious that SNAP >>righthere<< it would be a SNAPSHOT of exactly how the Opening Day of 2016 looked. Then, what happened after that would be much, much less important in the roster sets. Especially for a game like this. I see a lot of this here. They have incredible accuracy for the 1956 Wednesday through Saturday series between Framingham and Norfolk and then miss the big picture entirely. That happens a lot with baseball nerds. They miss the big picture. Get too wrapped up in the tiny little minutiae. And, to their credit, they get that right. And then miss out on the whole big thing. I found that the case with the last several versions of the game. Many times, and I have a ton of screenshots I gathered to send to Markus but .. so many times with recent versions .. the game misses the big picture. As in, the sum is not valid. All the PARTS are valid. Incredibly so. But, it just doesn't ADD UP. That could be done immensely better. I think I was up to 56 screenshots over various seasons to show how ... pitchers are amazing .. batters are right on .. but the team is mediocre. Or, the other way around. The big picture .. the sum .. the total .. it wasn't adding up and I found it invalid .. the results .. invalid. So, therefore, it was not worth my time anymore to invest in the program. The trade AI, the financials .. everything .. is good. Real good. But .. this Opening Day stuff is kind of a symptom of what I have seen over the last few versions. The big picture, the net results .. it's off. And I thought with today being OPENING DAY IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL .. and this being THIS YEAR'S edition of OOTP that somebody .. would be hyper accurate with a perfect SNAP shot of this exact moment in time so we could take THAT starting file as our starting point. A;l the time people put in to files after this is less valid and valuable. The Opening Day Roster set should be The Gold Standard, THAT'S the one that is worth incredible amounts and should be The One. So, that's why I asked. But, even after your suggestion, I found it a bit wanting. It's close. It's real close. It's like the entire concept of OOTP itself the last several years. Gets every little thing right except The Big Picture.