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JerryShoe · 04-01-2022, 08:22 PM

I played Strat since the 1968 season with cards, obviously, and played the computer game as soon as in came out, around 1990 or so. I had a project that encompassed 1950 forward that I had to scrap when I purchased a new PC with no floppy drive (remember them?) and was told I had to re-buy the 60 or so seasons to continue it. Nah. During the shutdown I wanted to try it again, but along with their prices going up, they no longer offer breaks on multiple season purchases like the used to. So now I'm doing it with OOTP, which isn't as accurate as SOM but is "in the ballpark". I can remember doing SOM 1961 and Maris had 62 homers. I did 1961 and OOTP and he hit 51 and Mantle hit 53. Know what? That's good enough; it's not 31 and it's not 91. To me OOTP is about 85% of SOM's gameplay (not counting the GM and financial stuff) at about 1/70 (for me) the cost.

04-01-2022, 08:22 PM	#20
JerryShoe Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 122	I played Strat since the 1968 season with cards, obviously, and played the computer game as soon as in came out, around 1990 or so. I had a project that encompassed 1950 forward that I had to scrap when I purchased a new PC with no floppy drive (remember them?) and was told I had to re-buy the 60 or so seasons to continue it. Nah. During the shutdown I wanted to try it again, but along with their prices going up, they no longer offer breaks on multiple season purchases like the used to. So now I'm doing it with OOTP, which isn't as accurate as SOM but is "in the ballpark". I can remember doing SOM 1961 and Maris had 62 homers. I did 1961 and OOTP and he hit 51 and Mantle hit 53. Know what? That's good enough; it's not 31 and it's not 91. To me OOTP is about 85% of SOM's gameplay (not counting the GM and financial stuff) at about 1/70 (for me) the cost.