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Sweed · 02-25-2018, 12:32 AM

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Been playing OOTP since v4 (2002). The game I started then is the game I am still playing today imported into every new version. I've played every inning of every game with my Cubs and am currently in the 2032 season.

Cut my teeth on Strat O Matic with the 1969 season. Kept stats by hand on recipe cards, one for each player on my team. Wrote out stat sheets, again by hand, every 20 games.

Reading other posts here about Strat brings back a lot of memories but the most vivid are the ones about finally receiving the new season cards from the UPS driver. I'd save my paper route money, go to the bank and get a money order (wouldn't have to wait for parents check to clear), and mail in my order always checking the "receive order within 10 business days"(IIRC an additional $3 charge) from when they got my order. There was no package tracking so I was left to guesstimate when my cards would come. 3 days for order to get in + 10 days back to me. Should have them in 13 days + any Sundays or holidays in between, usually 15 days. UPS would normally come to our neighborhood at approx 5:30pm and it was torture counting the days. If they didn't come on day 15 I started to wonder, "did they get lost in transit?" "Did they even get the order?" No online tracking so no way to really know. I would be sure to be home at 5:00 every day and pretend nothing was out of the ordinary but every time I heard anything sounding like a delivery truck the heart would start to race. And when the brown truck finally pulled up with my large manila envelope it was every bit as good as Christmas. I get a very similar feeling downloading the newest version of OOTP

Moved to Lance Haffner Full Count (?) baseball in 1991. A game that, with the stat keeping disc, gave me the ability to play out full seasons with standings and stats for all teams. I thought I had reached the pinnacle. I had a game that could do everything.

Then while playing High Heat with my son on ps1 I ran across a game called OOTP on the baseballsimcentral forums. The rest is history. OOTP could do what Haffner's game could do and a lot more. The ultimate was players aged, developed, regressed, and were replaced by younger players? Really? A whole "living" baseball world growing before my eyes? Unbelievable and yet here it was in 2002 and it only gets better with each new version.

02-25-2018, 12:32 AM	#75
Sweed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 6,664	58. Been playing OOTP since v4 (2002). The game I started then is the game I am still playing today imported into every new version. I've played every inning of every game with my Cubs and am currently in the 2032 season. Cut my teeth on Strat O Matic with the 1969 season. Kept stats by hand on recipe cards, one for each player on my team. Wrote out stat sheets, again by hand, every 20 games. Reading other posts here about Strat brings back a lot of memories but the most vivid are the ones about finally receiving the new season cards from the UPS driver. I'd save my paper route money, go to the bank and get a money order (wouldn't have to wait for parents check to clear), and mail in my order always checking the "receive order within 10 business days"(IIRC an additional $3 charge) from when they got my order. There was no package tracking so I was left to guesstimate when my cards would come. 3 days for order to get in + 10 days back to me. Should have them in 13 days + any Sundays or holidays in between, usually 15 days. UPS would normally come to our neighborhood at approx 5:30pm and it was torture counting the days. If they didn't come on day 15 I started to wonder, "did they get lost in transit?" "Did they even get the order?" No online tracking so no way to really know. I would be sure to be home at 5:00 every day and pretend nothing was out of the ordinary but every time I heard anything sounding like a delivery truck the heart would start to race. And when the brown truck finally pulled up with my large manila envelope it was every bit as good as Christmas. I get a very similar feeling downloading the newest version of OOTP Moved to Lance Haffner Full Count (?) baseball in 1991. A game that, with the stat keeping disc, gave me the ability to play out full seasons with standings and stats for all teams. I thought I had reached the pinnacle. I had a game that could do everything. Then while playing High Heat with my son on ps1 I ran across a game called OOTP on the baseballsimcentral forums. The rest is history. OOTP could do what Haffner's game could do and a lot more. The ultimate was players aged, developed, regressed, and were replaced by younger players? Really? A whole "living" baseball world growing before my eyes? Unbelievable and yet here it was in 2002 and it only gets better with each new version.