OOTP Lifers

Highlander · 03-24-2004, 08:34 AM

While I have been away from posting around here for quite awhile, I have been lurking in the background and eagerly awaiting the release of OOTP6. I am wondering how many of the people still around here have been with OOTP since the beginning (other than Steve and Marcus, of course!!). I still remember getting that original OOTP cd in the mail, and at the time, I thought that was the greatest game I had ever played!!! Of course, I was making the jump up from MicroLeague baseball on the old Apple IIe!! The original OOTP was a great beginning, however, and it is absolutely amazing to see the improvements made since that time.

So, who else out there is an "OOTP lifer"???

AnotherAlias · 03-24-2004, 08:43 AM

Welcome back.

My first version was OOTP3. I've been playing since April, 2001
Even though I had refused to post ANYTHING here, from April 2001 until August 2002, I was still playing the game.

In August of 2002, I realized the true, unmitigated Mensa-type quality of the members of OT and decided to grace their lives with my presence.

My life has gone downhill, ever since....LOL!

But OOTP6 is a lock to change all that. I'm sure it will be the definitive text baseball game for the ages to enjoy, for at least the next year (until the release of version 7).

treedom · 03-24-2004, 09:08 AM

my first was ootp3, which i bought as season ticket baseball...i didn't play it for too long for some reason...though i was very impressed with it, and thought it was even better than mogul, which had been my favourite up to that time...

i bought ootp4 when it came out, again as season ticket baseball, and i found these forums and got into online leagues...i think that's the big reason why it has kept me hooked for so long...

spleen1015 · 03-24-2004, 09:42 AM

OOTP2 was my first version. I found it in January/February 2000, I believe. I was looking for a new game. Mogul had grown old and I remember liking the way OOTP2 looked. The colored bars depicting the ratings has always been one of the things I've liked about the game.

I will get every version of OOTP from here on.

jaxmagicman · 03-24-2004, 09:53 AM

I don't think I will ever buy OOTP. Not sure how you guys can sit around and play games without graphics.

SSG Troyer · 03-24-2004, 10:21 AM

OOTP3 here. Discovered the game while griping on the HH boards, checked it out, and haven't looked back since.

OOTP has graphics. Logos are graphics. Rectangles are graphics. Backgrounds are graphics. Faces are graphics. You wanna game without graphics, try one of the mid-80's era text adventures.

go forward
go left
attack orc
grab key

Ragnar · 03-24-2004, 10:27 AM

OOTP4 was my first. I simply did not know the others existed. Had OOTP had graphics I would not have bought the game. I'v played about 4 different baseball games in the past that were console and one computer game with graphics. I think I would only consider one of them baseball.

drprestwood · 03-24-2004, 10:28 AM

OOTP3.

I don't remember why I decided to try it out...finding a random game online and then purchasing it? Not my style. But hey, it's been fun.

dougaiton · 03-24-2004, 10:30 AM

OOTP2, but I didn't know there was an on-line community about it until a year and a bit ago.

I thought that there were no future versions after it, would you believe!

Rizon · 03-24-2004, 11:02 AM

v2. Although I just recently got v1 for the hell of it.

ctorg · 03-24-2004, 11:21 AM

OOTP2. Like spleen I was getting tired of Mogul and wanted something new.

I didn't frequent these boards regularly until the end of 2002, though. Before then, I just mostly came to ask questions. Now I spend a large chunk of my life here.

sporr · 03-24-2004, 11:30 AM

I've been here since the beginning. I just got out my OOTP and OOTP2 CDs the other day when I was sorting through some old PC games that I had. OOTP (1) had a white label with plain text while OOTP2 had a colorful flag design with a baseball player graphic on it.

playball335 · 03-24-2004, 11:47 AM

OOTP 1 was my first version, I loved it. I've been hooked ever since.

Paul31 · 03-24-2004, 12:03 PM

I've been here since OOTP3. I heard about it on the Mogul boards - Mogul had decided to go with a more simplistic and mainstream game at that time and I figured it was time to go somewhere else. I think Mogul really hurt themselves when they went after the MLBPA license, etc.

Since then, it's been quite a run. There still isn't any real competition to OOTP.

rogmax11 · 03-24-2004, 12:17 PM

In since v2, but havent purchased either v4 or v5, so looking forward to future shock. What hooked me then, as now, was the career mode plus the promise of nearly infinite customization.

ctorg · 03-24-2004, 12:25 PM

What was version 1 like, anyway? I know version 2 was buggy and flawed to the extent that I didn't play it much and continued playing Mogul instead. It wasn't until 3 that I began to switch, and with 4 I became completely hooked.

jened · 03-24-2004, 12:32 PM

v5

Treches · 03-24-2004, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sporr
I've been here since the beginning. I just got out my OOTP and OOTP2 CDs the other day when I was sorting through some old PC games that I had. OOTP (1) had a white label with plain text while OOTP2 had a colorful flag design with a baseball player graphic on it.

Ditto. OOTP1 I didn't like much, but made me keep an eye on further developments. Despite its evident limitations for solo play, V2 was great for online. Like some said above, that's the main reason I support this game.

Gastric ReFlux · 03-24-2004, 12:36 PM

OOTP4 was my break in year.

t_wil1 · 03-24-2004, 12:49 PM

I used to get high heat baseball every year. about two months after the last edition of high heat (before the sell to microsoft) I got season ticket. I then went on to OOTP and never even thought about buying high heat again. I hear that MVP is great...... but it doesn't matter. Sticking with OOTP

View Poll Results: Which version of OOTP was your first?
The ORIGINAL OOTP	24	4.86%
OOTP 2	88	17.81%
OOTP 3	139	28.14%
OOTP 4	170	34.41%
OOTP 5	60	12.15%
OOTP 6 will be my first	13	2.63%
Voters: 494. You may not vote on this poll

03-24-2004, 08:34 AM	#1
Highlander All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 985	OOTP Lifers While I have been away from posting around here for quite awhile, I have been lurking in the background and eagerly awaiting the release of OOTP6. I am wondering how many of the people still around here have been with OOTP since the beginning (other than Steve and Marcus, of course!!). I still remember getting that original OOTP cd in the mail, and at the time, I thought that was the greatest game I had ever played!!! Of course, I was making the jump up from MicroLeague baseball on the old Apple IIe!! The original OOTP was a great beginning, however, and it is absolutely amazing to see the improvements made since that time. So, who else out there is an "OOTP lifer"???

03-24-2004, 09:08 AM	#3
treedom Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Transylvania Posts: 2,900	my first was ootp3, which i bought as season ticket baseball...i didn't play it for too long for some reason...though i was very impressed with it, and thought it was even better than mogul, which had been my favourite up to that time... i bought ootp4 when it came out, again as season ticket baseball, and i found these forums and got into online leagues...i think that's the big reason why it has kept me hooked for so long... __________________ A rake and a roustabout.

03-24-2004, 09:53 AM	#5
jaxmagicman Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Retired defloration-maker living in Myrtle Beach, SC Posts: 7,801	I don't think I will ever buy OOTP. Not sure how you guys can sit around and play games without graphics. __________________ See ID Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Minor League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with the permission of Minor League Baseball. All rights reserved.

03-24-2004, 10:21 AM	#6
SSG Troyer All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Somewhere to the left of 2nd base Posts: 1,598	OOTP3 here. Discovered the game while griping on the HH boards, checked it out, and haven't looked back since. OOTP has graphics. Logos are graphics. Rectangles are graphics. Backgrounds are graphics. Faces are graphics. You wanna game without graphics, try one of the mid-80's era text adventures. go forward go left attack orc grab key __________________ MWT Did Tennesee Delaware Mississppi's New Jersey? Idaho ... Alaska!

03-24-2004, 08:43 AM	#2
AnotherAlias Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I'm back...for now Posts: 4,190	Welcome back. My first version was OOTP3. I've been playing since April, 2001 Even though I had refused to post ANYTHING here, from April 2001 until August 2002, I was still playing the game. In August of 2002, I realized the true, unmitigated Mensa-type quality of the members of OT and decided to grace their lives with my presence. My life has gone downhill, ever since....LOL! But OOTP6 is a lock to change all that. I'm sure it will be the definitive text baseball game for the ages to enjoy, for at least the next year (until the release of version 7).

03-24-2004, 09:42 AM	#4
spleen1015 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 6,000	OOTP2 was my first version. I found it in January/February 2000, I believe. I was looking for a new game. Mogul had grown old and I remember liking the way OOTP2 looked. The colored bars depicting the ratings has always been one of the things I've liked about the game. I will get every version of OOTP from here on.

03-24-2004, 10:27 AM	#7
Ragnar Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,478	OOTP4 was my first. I simply did not know the others existed. Had OOTP had graphics I would not have bought the game. I'v played about 4 different baseball games in the past that were console and one computer game with graphics. I think I would only consider one of them baseball.

03-24-2004, 10:28 AM	#8
drprestwood All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,501	OOTP3. I don't remember why I decided to try it out...finding a random game online and then purchasing it? Not my style. But hey, it's been fun.

03-24-2004, 10:30 AM	#9
dougaiton Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Location: Posts: 3,414	OOTP2, but I didn't know there was an on-line community about it until a year and a bit ago. I thought that there were no future versions after it, would you believe! __________________ tThis shower of clowns My park-adjusted, historically split Born in '69 league file! (also at Joe's wonderful site +BBSC)

03-24-2004, 11:02 AM	#10
Rizon Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: SF Area, California Total Posts: 531,691 Posts: 2,369	v2. Although I just recently got v1 for the hell of it. __________________ JML MILKSHAKES

03-24-2004, 11:21 AM	#11
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 9,848	OOTP2. Like spleen I was getting tired of Mogul and wanted something new. I didn't frequent these boards regularly until the end of 2002, though. Before then, I just mostly came to ask questions. Now I spend a large chunk of my life here. __________________ My music "When the trees blow back and forth, that's what makes the wind." - Steven Wright Fjord emena pancreas thorax fornicate marmalade morpheme proteolysis smaxa cabana offal srue vitriol grope hallelujah lentils

03-24-2004, 11:30 AM	#12
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	I've been here since the beginning. I just got out my OOTP and OOTP2 CDs the other day when I was sorting through some old PC games that I had. OOTP (1) had a white label with plain text while OOTP2 had a colorful flag design with a baseball player graphic on it.

03-24-2004, 11:47 AM	#13
playball335 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Georgetown, MA Posts: 286	OOTP 1 was my first version, I loved it. I've been hooked ever since.

03-24-2004, 12:03 PM	#14
Paul31 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 56	I've been here since OOTP3. I heard about it on the Mogul boards - Mogul had decided to go with a more simplistic and mainstream game at that time and I figured it was time to go somewhere else. I think Mogul really hurt themselves when they went after the MLBPA license, etc. Since then, it's been quite a run. There still isn't any real competition to OOTP.

03-24-2004, 12:17 PM	#15
rogmax11 All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,320	In since v2, but havent purchased either v4 or v5, so looking forward to future shock. What hooked me then, as now, was the career mode plus the promise of nearly infinite customization.

03-24-2004, 12:25 PM	#16
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 9,848	What was version 1 like, anyway? I know version 2 was buggy and flawed to the extent that I didn't play it much and continued playing Mogul instead. It wasn't until 3 that I began to switch, and with 4 I became completely hooked. __________________ My music "When the trees blow back and forth, that's what makes the wind." - Steven Wright Fjord emena pancreas thorax fornicate marmalade morpheme proteolysis smaxa cabana offal srue vitriol grope hallelujah lentils

03-24-2004, 12:32 PM	#17
jened Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: upstate NY (saratoga county) Posts: 255	v5 __________________ cooper_gd's OTWE Results OTWE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: KING JENED III

03-24-2004, 12:36 PM	#19
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	OOTP4 was my break in year.

03-24-2004, 12:49 PM	#20
t_wil1 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Posts: 2,407	I'm a lifer I used to get high heat baseball every year. about two months after the last edition of high heat (before the sell to microsoft) I got season ticket. I then went on to OOTP and never even thought about buying high heat again. I hear that MVP is great...... but it doesn't matter. Sticking with OOTP