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Originally Posted by David Watts
What if PT brings in so much cash that Markus is able to hire a select group of individuals that will focus on nothing else but improving the historical side of the game? This is something I really hope happens. '
OOTP has real transactions. It has real lineups. It has the ability to retire players according to history and the ability for players to miss seasons according to history. Isn't the next step, for real lineups with real game day rosters ? No more Ty Cobb isn't in the starting lineup, but the AI will use him as a pinch hitter every game, so he's basically Cal Ripkinesque if you use real lineups. Creating seasons with real lineups, real transactions and real daily rosters would be a daunting task, but doable if the workforce is in place. OOTP adds this feature and it will be unstoppable. With other games that offer the above, you have to purchase each season individually. The other games do not have career mode, so you don't get to watch a players career stats evolve.
I currently dabble in PT, but I doubt I will do so when I get around to purchasing 20. But, oh how I want it to be a success.
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That still wouldn't solve the Ty Cobb problem. Players have day to day injuries all the time when they are unavailable for a variety of minor illnesses and injuries that don't put them on the DL (IL? This will take some getting used to.) My usual assumption is that if Cobb isn't in the starting lineup, he's unavailable, at least until he played for Connie Mack at the tail end of his career.
The fix for this would be a check box to make the player unavailable as a substitute for the computer, but the amount of micromanagement that would take would be daunting. That kind of detailed roster information simply doesn't exist that far back.
Edit: BTW, I was anti Perfect Team as well, but I've come around. The game is fun if you don't take it too seriously, you don't have to spend a nickel unless you're invested in being in a Perfect League, and it has clearly been a rousing success for the company. You can spend exactly as much time on your team as you want to spend. Furthermore, the existence of Perfect Team and the people who obviously do take it seriously has given Markus more of an incentive and the company more resources to make the AI improvements we're all looking forward to. I don't think I'm going to get an accurate 19th century out of this, but the overall quality of the historical replays will improve.