The 5seasons.zip readme.txt file
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Five Seasons for OOTP4
OOTP4 is the best career historical baseball simulator in existence (thank you, Markus Heinsohn). Here are five good seasons to start career leagues of your own with, for the thinking man who realizes that "current" does not mean "best," and/or for those who think that baseball took a wrong turn (or several wrong turns) years ago.
The five seasons are some of my favorites. 1964 was an awesome season with great performances and was also the beginning of the end for the old Yankee dynasty. 1968 was "The Last Pure Season" before the league structure of Major League Baseball was destroyed. 1971 featured the Orioles winning their division by 12 games with the help of 4 20+ game winners and also featured one hellacious divison race between the Giants and the Dodgers. 1986 featured one of the best postseasons ever, including the legendary Angels-Red Sox ALCS and the Mets-Red Sox World Series. 1991 was the year that "The Last Shall Be First" when Minnesota and Atlanta went from finshing dead last in their divisions in the previous year to end up facing one another in the 1991 World Series; it also marks the beginning of the Atlanta Braves' dynasty in the NL.
Career mode is set on for all five seasons and finances are set off. Adjust to suit yourself. Remember that free agency did not exist in 1964, 1968, and 1971 - that decision wasn't made until 1975.
Future Five Seasons plans include adding stadiums and (maybe) player photographs.
HOW TO USE THESE FIVE FILES:
1. Rename any existing OOTP4 seasons that you have with the same names (1964, 1968, 1971, 1986, or 1991).
2. Unzip the files to your existing OOTP4 directory, whatever it is. Make sure that you do that with the "use folder names" option in your unzipping program ON or the seasons will not install properly.
3. Your game will now have five new career seasons. Enjoy.
4. I strongly recommend downloading and using my "OOTP4 Historical Name Generation Files" package with this set. It should be available as an OOTP4 add-on wherever you got this set.
SOME RECOMMENDED FORMS OF CAREER PLAY:
1. Play Pure Baseball. Start with the 1964 or 1968 seasons and just keep on playing. No DH, no more expansion, no divisions, no nonsense...just great baseball, the way it ought to be.
2. Take the Earl Weaver Challenge. Take over the Orioles in 1968 and manage them through 1982. Use historical rookies (for the purist, turn trades off and only make historical ones manually!). Beat Earl's 1354-919 record over those years.
3. Take the Bobby Cox Challenge. Take over the 1991 Braves. Use historical rookies (again, for the purist, turn trades off and only make historical ones manually!). See if you can win more than just one World Series by 2002.
4. Take the P*t* R*s* Challenge. Take over the 1986 Reds. Don't bet on any games.
5. Take the Malleus Dei Family Challenge. Take over the 1964 Cardinals and attempt to rule the baseball world thereafter.
(This set is dedicated to my Uncle John and my mother, absolute utter total last-ditch to-the-bitter-end diehard Cardinal fans.)
DISCLAIMER:
I make these files available for the public's use at the public's own risk. I assume no risk or responsibility for any damage or events (or anything else that even the sleaziest lawyer can think of) associated with anyone's use, misuse, or abuse of these files: use is totally at your own risk. If you use these files and your computer explodes, Windows won't boot, OOTP4 will no longer run, your Internet connection goes south, your house is attacked by Formosan Termites, the Braves don't make the playoffs, religious images appear on your bathroom mirrors, unseen creatures from the Dungeon Dimensions drag your family members away screaming in the night, or anything else of any kind goes wrong afterwards, don't bother me about it, because you're on your own, fool. These files are freely available to OOTP and Wizard Works to distribute with future versions of OOTP or STB or at their own websites. These files may also be posted for public download at any other public website as long as this readme file is included, or emailed to your friends, or distributed via free ftp, free CD, or any other not for profit means. Distribution of these files for profit by anyone but OOTP or Wizard Works is strictly forbidden.