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Originally Posted by oldtimey
Thank you for your response. The game looks great, but I won't be purchasing this year.
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I have to ask... do you play any baseball simulation games? If so, which one?
I ask because I find it hard to believe that you truly have enough interest in baseball simulation to purchase any game. However, if you are indeed interested in simulating baseball games, and this feature has blocked you from choosing this game, I am dying to know what game has the AI warm-up feature plus all of the other great features of OOTP19.
You are entitled to your opinion of course. It's your money. But, if you are really serious and not just trolling, and if you are a fan of baseball simulation games, I respectfully suggest that you reconsider your position.
Bullpen management is an important feature of real baseball, no doubt. But you still get to manage your bullpen. The AI is not perfect, and likely not as good as you in any aspect of management. So consider the AI getting a pass on bullpen management as a handicap for the player. Do you play the game with trades on easy? Do you force all of your trades? Do you change the draft order to give yourself the first pick every year? I doubt that you would do any of that, because you likely want the game to challenge you. This is just another way to increase the difficulty without taking away from your participation.
I have been playing baseball simulation games since All-Star Baseball with a spinner. Even longer, if you count crawling along the floor hitting marbles with baseball cards. (Really screws up a baseball card by the way.) In ALL of that time, through countless board games and card games and computer software programs, not one game has come close to the overall depth and quality of this game. Do you really want to deny yourself all of this pleasure over one feature? I don't think so. I suggest that you forgive the developers for this design decision and stop denying yourself all of the great fun that lies ahead for you in this masterpiece of baseball simulation software.