How will you play OOTP 9?

goof1016 · 05-19-2008, 12:08 PM

I was just wondering what people plan on using for there league setups. What kind of baseball universe do you like to create and play in. As for me I like to have a real world setup so I'm going to start with the Major Leagues and all of the minor league levels.I know not very original. So please let me know what you perfer I'm interested to see what people come up with.

Cryomaniac · 05-19-2008, 12:13 PM

I do tend to not bother with real world setups. I usually make an English league, although with the new multinational leagues, I think a British league is in order.

senorcoo · 05-19-2008, 12:30 PM

I almost always play a fictional universe with the ML setup with fictional teams as well. I may switch it up a bit this time, but I'm not sure. If expansion was fixed, I'd like to do a true expansion draft after simming 3 seasons, but I haven't heard anything along those lines.

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PotatoPeeler · 05-19-2008, 12:32 PM

I have a league based in the Philippines that has three divisions of four teams and two levels of minor leagues. It's based on the 1980's era of Major League Baseball. I can't stand all those homeruns and lack of complete games. I simmed ahead 50 years before taking over a team. I only played one season before I became frustrated with how crappy OOTP8 ran on my Mac. I'm hoping to continue that league in OOTP9 now that the Mac version will be improved.

Eugene Church · 05-19-2008, 12:35 PM

I have found I enjoy fictional leagues better. I don't have any expectations of player performance as I do with real players.

I do not use the minors as I find them unrealistic as far as stats.

I would love to have majors, AAA, AA and A leagues, but so far have not used them.

I'll give them another try in OOTP9.

koohead · 05-19-2008, 12:40 PM

Fictional with "real world" setup...including the MLB, AAA, AA, 2 A teams, SA, and Rookie, and leagues in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Mexico, and Cuba...plus 4 independant leagues based in the US.

Bullman · 05-19-2008, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Eugene Church

I have found I enjoy fictional leagues better. I don't have any expectations of player performance as I do with real players.

I do not use the minors as I find them unrealistic as far as stats.

I would love to have majors, AAA, AA and A leagues, but so far have not used them.

I'll give them another try in OOTP9.

Could you be more specific about the minor league stats? Are the overall league totals off or is it a lack of correlation between minor league statistical performance carrying over into the majors? Both?

zekester91 · 05-19-2008, 01:31 PM

Same as I play 2007, just moving home setup to laptop and laptop to home.

Riverdome · 05-19-2008, 01:35 PM

Fictional league with 16 teams and 2 levels of minors (Hi & Lo). Not sure how well the 2 levels of minors will work with players progressing from Lo -> Hi but it's what the plan is. At some point I would like to add another 4 team division to bring the league up to 20 teams.

117 game schedule. Divisional opp 15 games against, other division in conf 12 games against, all teams in other conference 3 games against. Probably an off day scheduled every 10 days for all teams - if that's easy to implement.

I swear I always have more fun designing my leagues rather than running them.

PotatoPeeler · 05-19-2008, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Riverdome

I swear I always have more fun designing my leagues rather than running them.

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LunaticFringe82 · 05-19-2008, 02:02 PM

I'll set up a very large "North Carolina" league, with 128 teams (16 divisions of 4 teams) from cities and towns around the state. I set the modifiers so that scoring is greatly increased (the league batting average is around .340 and the teams average 8-12 runs per game). The season is relatively short and 64 teams make the playoffs. Each series is "Best of 7", so the postseason could be 42 games long.

I use AAA and AA minors for each club (also set to create a very high scoring environment).

I don't manage, I just like to watch it all play out.

I just recently learned how to modify the names file, so as soon as I get V9, I'll add a names file with 40,000 different last names and will drastically lower the frequencies of "Smith", etc., so my league won't have so many same-named guys.

Finally, V9 is SUPPOSED to have the playoff seed bug fixed (so #1 doesn't play #2 in the 2nd round), so I'm looking forward to that. I'll also look into the different types of playoff systems that are available in V9 to see if anything strikes me.

Probably sounds crazy... but it's something to do during lunch!

Cryomaniac · 05-19-2008, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Riverdome

I swear I always have more fun designing my leagues rather than running them.

I tend to be like too.

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Originally Posted by LunaticFringe82

(the league batting average is around .340 and the teams average 8-12 runs per game).

Madness, a no-hitter in that league would be a massive achievement.

Who Killed Kenny? · 05-19-2008, 02:43 PM

I'll continue the same universe I've had since V5 while incorporating the new features as I see fit. Two hundred OOTP years in the future and I have gone from a traditonal MLB-like set up to having a independant league on Mars. My universe has gotten bigger but so has my computer.

1998 Yankees · 05-19-2008, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Riverdome

I swear I always have more fun designing my leagues rather than running them.

That's crazy of course, but I know it to be true for some folks. It's applicable to my early OOTP experience but more in terms of time and effort expended in setup vastly outweighing the fun of running the league afterwards. When I realized that, I became an adherent of the KISS method and an ardent admirer of the OOTP modding community.

blackrussian · 05-19-2008, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Riverdome

I swear I always have more fun designing my leagues rather than running them.

oh thank god, im not the only one

ive probably spent triple the amount of time setting up games than actually playing them out. im trying to finish setting up some leagues right now so i can actually get busy playing games sooner rather than later.

Erik W. · 05-19-2008, 11:58 PM

Fictional, playing out games. Not counting online leagues, that's how I've always had the most fun, and with some of the enhancements in the coming version, playing out games should be better than ever.

treedom · 05-20-2008, 12:14 AM

I'm probably going to convert the league I'm in the middle of now and keep playing that. I've been playing it on and off since December...a new record for me.

It's an 8 team league with one division, no playoffs, no financials, no coaches, no scouting, and three minor league levels. It's set in England, but it has 95% foreign players. I've edited the nations file so that the players come from all over, with a majority coming from Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The name files are kind of inadequate for this, what with the silly limit of 40, so I've been manually changing the names.

Andy · 05-20-2008, 09:23 AM

I will continue to use Icy's Fictional MLB setup.

gord · 05-20-2008, 12:36 PM

I use a real-world setup (MLB with full minors) but fictional players. I spent a lot of time setting up a fictional historical league starting in 1901 that automatically expanded. I saved it in 1998 and plan on taking over Tampa Bay.

05-19-2008, 12:32 PM	#5
PotatoPeeler Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Rapid City, SD Posts: 3,639	I have a league based in the Philippines that has three divisions of four teams and two levels of minor leagues. It's based on the 1980's era of Major League Baseball. I can't stand all those homeruns and lack of complete games. I simmed ahead 50 years before taking over a team. I only played one season before I became frustrated with how crappy OOTP8 ran on my Mac. I'm hoping to continue that league in OOTP9 now that the Mac version will be improved. __________________ 培傑西 I have never taken a lesson on how to talk on TV in my life. - Tim McCarver Guns have only two enemies; rust and liberals. The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel.

05-19-2008, 12:40 PM	#7
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,201	Fictional with "real world" setup...including the MLB, AAA, AA, 2 A teams, SA, and Rookie, and leagues in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Mexico, and Cuba...plus 4 independant leagues based in the US. __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

05-19-2008, 01:31 PM	#9
zekester91 All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,122	Same as I play 2007, just moving home setup to laptop and laptop to home. __________________ Bobby Bowden must have a hell of a recruiting pitch, "Son if you come on down to Tallahasee, you just might be able to watch me die during practice!" The road was closed while the Hartford Police Department's bomb squad came and blew up the chicken.

05-19-2008, 01:35 PM	#10
Riverdome All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 964	Fictional league with 16 teams and 2 levels of minors (Hi & Lo). Not sure how well the 2 levels of minors will work with players progressing from Lo -> Hi but it's what the plan is. At some point I would like to add another 4 team division to bring the league up to 20 teams. 117 game schedule. Divisional opp 15 games against, other division in conf 12 games against, all teams in other conference 3 games against. Probably an off day scheduled every 10 days for all teams - if that's easy to implement. I swear I always have more fun designing my leagues rather than running them. __________________ I was at the first OOTP Conference, where were you?..........

05-19-2008, 11:58 PM	#17
Erik W. Global Moderator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rivière-du-Loup, Qc Posts: 4,615	Fictional, playing out games. Not counting online leagues, that's how I've always had the most fun, and with some of the enhancements in the coming version, playing out games should be better than ever. __________________ Free agent baseball fan. Let's go (insert team name here)!

05-19-2008, 12:08 PM	#1
goof1016 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 64	How will you play OOTP 9? I was just wondering what people plan on using for there league setups. What kind of baseball universe do you like to create and play in. As for me I like to have a real world setup so I'm going to start with the Major Leagues and all of the minor league levels.I know not very original. So please let me know what you perfer I'm interested to see what people come up with.

05-19-2008, 12:13 PM	#2
Cryomaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hucknall, Notts, UK Posts: 4,903	I do tend to not bother with real world setups. I usually make an English league, although with the new multinational leagues, I think a British league is in order. __________________

05-19-2008, 12:30 PM	#3
senorcoo Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 103	I almost always play a fictional universe with the ML setup with fictional teams as well. I may switch it up a bit this time, but I'm not sure. If expansion was fixed, I'd like to do a true expansion draft after simming 3 seasons, but I haven't heard anything along those lines.

05-19-2008, 12:35 PM	#6
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,918	I have found I enjoy fictional leagues better. I don't have any expectations of player performance as I do with real players. I do not use the minors as I find them unrealistic as far as stats. I would love to have majors, AAA, AA and A leagues, but so far have not used them. I'll give them another try in OOTP9.

05-19-2008, 02:02 PM	#12
LunaticFringe82 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 31	I'll set up a very large "North Carolina" league, with 128 teams (16 divisions of 4 teams) from cities and towns around the state. I set the modifiers so that scoring is greatly increased (the league batting average is around .340 and the teams average 8-12 runs per game). The season is relatively short and 64 teams make the playoffs. Each series is "Best of 7", so the postseason could be 42 games long. I use AAA and AA minors for each club (also set to create a very high scoring environment). I don't manage, I just like to watch it all play out. I just recently learned how to modify the names file, so as soon as I get V9, I'll add a names file with 40,000 different last names and will drastically lower the frequencies of "Smith", etc., so my league won't have so many same-named guys. Finally, V9 is SUPPOSED to have the playoff seed bug fixed (so #1 doesn't play #2 in the 2nd round), so I'm looking forward to that. I'll also look into the different types of playoff systems that are available in V9 to see if anything strikes me. Probably sounds crazy... but it's something to do during lunch!

05-19-2008, 02:43 PM	#14
Who Killed Kenny? Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 410	I'll continue the same universe I've had since V5 while incorporating the new features as I see fit. Two hundred OOTP years in the future and I have gone from a traditonal MLB-like set up to having a independant league on Mars. My universe has gotten bigger but so has my computer.

05-20-2008, 12:14 AM	#18
treedom Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Transylvania Posts: 2,900	I'm probably going to convert the league I'm in the middle of now and keep playing that. I've been playing it on and off since December...a new record for me. It's an 8 team league with one division, no playoffs, no financials, no coaches, no scouting, and three minor league levels. It's set in England, but it has 95% foreign players. I've edited the nations file so that the players come from all over, with a majority coming from Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The name files are kind of inadequate for this, what with the silly limit of 40, so I've been manually changing the names. __________________ A rake and a roustabout.

05-20-2008, 09:23 AM	#19
Andy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Dayton, OH Posts: 2,263	I will continue to use Icy's Fictional MLB setup.

05-20-2008, 12:36 PM	#20
gord Major Leagues Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 361	I use a real-world setup (MLB with full minors) but fictional players. I spent a lot of time setting up a fictional historical league starting in 1901 that automatically expanded. I saved it in 1998 and plan on taking over Tampa Bay.