OOTP Veterans - Page 3

sixto · 02-23-2003, 12:46 AM

I can't believe I am currently one of only 4 who had OOTP the Original. And I hated it. But I came back with v4 and it is the only game I really play, given that SimCity4 is an unplayable memory hog.

The 102 people who have responded to this poll represent over $3400 in likely OOTP5 revenue...but then you have to subtract beta testers and Steve, I guess. Still, I just find that an interesting stat for those who always wonder what the revenue figures are.

The day I discovered Baseball Mogul (on Usenet, and I have no idea how I stumbled across the newsgroup), I remember hating that I hadn't known about that game for the 2-3 months it existed before I discovered it. And I was lucky enough to read about FOF the day Jim Gindin announced it...so I can only imagine how some of you feel who came to this franchise late. All I can say is...it's a lot better now!

statfreak · 02-23-2003, 01:01 AM

Unfortunately, I've been playing since v2. I say unfortunately because I didn't own my first PC until v2 came out. I would have liked to have played v1, but glad I found the series as early as I did.

Geiiga · 02-23-2003, 01:37 AM

I didn't know about OOTP until a couple of days after 4 came out. I had pre-ordered High Heat from some online place that had promised an absurdly early ship date. I noticed it had been pushed back, and I tried, and failed, to cancel my order. High Heat 2002 doesn't work with WinXP, and I had just upgraded, so I was simless. Amusingly, when I 'played' HH, I rarely actually used a controller; I just simmed the games and tweaked my rosters, and was only buying it because I wanted a baseball sim and not an arcade piece of crap.

So, I wandered around on pages, looking for a leaked beta or something. At BBSC I read a review of OOTP, and thought 'That looks kind of cool,' then noticed that it was a download-only program, which made me think it would be buggier than HH (HA!). I kept looking for something baseball-related to do, possibly an Apple ][ emulator and a ROM of the old text baseball game I used to play on that. I stumbled across another review of it, thought 'What the hell?' and bought it.

Best money I've ever spent in gaming. In fact, only the MS Office suite of programs, ACID music, and WinAmp have had as much hard drive time on my computer in the last year. It's not the only game I have on my computer, but it's the only one I play with anything approaching regularity (I bought No One Lives Forever 2 when it came out, played for a couple hours, then put it away and simmed some historical seasons. Did the same for Unreal Tournament 2K3, Sim City 4, and several other games that I was excited about at the time, but not as much as OOTP).

BaseballMan · 02-23-2003, 02:00 AM

ootp2 stiil got the disk.
Just keeping it for old time memories.

My high heat ones became frisbees.

I honestly dont remember where i saw the game but theres only been 3 baseball games that i was so impatient waiting for the delivery.
Earl weaver baseball II, Baseball for Windows, and OOTP2.

bigphesta · 02-23-2003, 02:03 AM

v3

BasicGuy · 02-23-2003, 02:32 AM

OOTP2 was my first(still have the cd here

)

would of tried one but at the time I was into Baseball Mogul 1....Amazing how far OOTP has came In that time....This might sound mean but I wish I could say the same for Mogul.

Maverick · 02-23-2003, 05:08 AM

OOTP2 for me!

dsvitak · 02-23-2003, 09:12 AM

Gawd...where to start.

Let me simply say that there is not one...and I mean that, not I baseball game, board or computer, that I haven't purchased....since Richard Nixon was president.

Sherco Baseball Simulations, All-Star Baseball, Strat, Pursue the Pennant, Apba, various and assorted quickly forgotten games (they ALL sucked, hard).

Ahhh....then the advent of the 'puter.

Weaver was pretty good, there was another one, something about radio baseball....Front Page Sports was ..... buggier than a Florida swamp, but fun.

Mogul was the first of the better games, but still, very bizarre and non-representative results.

High Heat was .... OK, but homey don't do arcade...to much of an arcade feel to it.

Like a previous poster, I saw a reference to OOTP on the Mogul board, and....HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, (visuals of angels circling, throwing confetti) the rest is history.

Can't wait for OOTP12.

Highlander · 02-23-2003, 09:28 AM

I am really surprised at how few people have been here from the beginning. I laughed when I saw Andy's post about the CD for version 1...I had just dug mine out and was looking at it too. I can't seem to find my CD for version 2....I know I didn't throw it out either. It may be interesting to pop in that version 1 CD sometime to get a real feel for how far things have come.....never mind-I'll be too busy playing version 5!!! I didn't mention before, but my simming days started out with the Stratomatic board game days back in the early 80's. Then, when we got our first computer (an Apple IIe), Microleague Baseball was the GREATEST game of all time....at least back then. In fact, when I was in college, my roommate still had an old Apple at home and brought it into our dorm room so we could sim seasons while we were going to classes. It was close to 1/2 hour per game, but we kept that thing running from the minute we woke up until we went to sleep.....that was about 10 years ago, but I still remember we were replaying the '81 strike season-I did the AL games, he did the NL, and I got beat in the All-Star game!!!!

Riverdawg · 02-23-2003, 11:04 AM

First one was OOTP 2, but I didn't really get into it until OOTP 3. I think I got OOTP2 in December or January before OOTP 3 came out

ComputerFreek129 · 02-23-2003, 03:42 PM

Ever since...hmmm.. has to be OOTP3... I got the demo off of my PC Gamer demo disc, but then I was only.. errr... 13 or so I guess... so I didn't have a credit card to download it... So anyway I waited around for a cd version... Then I finally found this thing called "Season Ticket Baseball" and looked at the box screenshots and it looked exactly like OOTP3, and anyways I've been playing it ever since.. Tried out Baseball Mogul but it's nowhere near as deep...

But anyways I'm just really hoping they boost the AI a whole lot in version 5... I've gotten.... like 5 World Series championships in a row right now, and I've got an average payroll of about 60 mil and the Pitcher and Batter of the Year for 3 straight years... uh-oh, their contract's up this season... doh!

Batter UP · 02-23-2003, 06:09 PM

OOTP3
PC Gamer review for this and DMB led me to it

Aussie Mark · 02-23-2003, 08:38 PM

OOTP2

An anti Markus flaming thread in one of the sports gaming newsgroups caught my eye and led me to the OOTP website. I was a FPS player, and at the time OOTP had really ruffled the feathers of the DMB and Strat players. Markus took a lot of flak from some rascist turkeys about what a German was doing releasing a stat based baseball game, but to his and Steve's credit they persevered and have continued with a tradition of great games with great customer service.

JWay · 02-23-2003, 08:42 PM

And they are the best.

sixto · 02-23-2003, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Aussie Mark
OOTP2

An anti Markus flaming thread in one of the sports gaming newsgroups caught my eye and led me to the OOTP website.

wasn't it that jayhawker guy who was the most vicious flamer? is he around here somewhere nowadays?

then there was that guy jeff jones, who went from hating the game vehemently to praising it vociferously in the span of a fruitfly's childhood.

View Poll Results: What was your first version of OOTP you ever played?
OOTP1	7	4.09%
OOTP2	49	28.65%
OOTP3	62	36.26%
OOTP4	48	28.07%
Soon to be OOTP5	5	2.92%
Voters: 171. You may not vote on this poll

02-23-2003, 01:01 AM	#42
statfreak Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 2,434	Unfortunately, I've been playing since v2. I say unfortunately because I didn't own my first PC until v2 came out. I would have liked to have played v1, but glad I found the series as early as I did. __________________ Roll out the barrel!

02-23-2003, 01:37 AM	#43
Geiiga Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: USA Posts: 195	I didn't know about OOTP until a couple of days after 4 came out. I had pre-ordered High Heat from some online place that had promised an absurdly early ship date. I noticed it had been pushed back, and I tried, and failed, to cancel my order. High Heat 2002 doesn't work with WinXP, and I had just upgraded, so I was simless. Amusingly, when I 'played' HH, I rarely actually used a controller; I just simmed the games and tweaked my rosters, and was only buying it because I wanted a baseball sim and not an arcade piece of crap. So, I wandered around on pages, looking for a leaked beta or something. At BBSC I read a review of OOTP, and thought 'That looks kind of cool,' then noticed that it was a download-only program, which made me think it would be buggier than HH (HA!). I kept looking for something baseball-related to do, possibly an Apple ][ emulator and a ROM of the old text baseball game I used to play on that. I stumbled across another review of it, thought 'What the hell?' and bought it. Best money I've ever spent in gaming. In fact, only the MS Office suite of programs, ACID music, and WinAmp have had as much hard drive time on my computer in the last year. It's not the only game I have on my computer, but it's the only one I play with anything approaching regularity (I bought No One Lives Forever 2 when it came out, played for a couple hours, then put it away and simmed some historical seasons. Did the same for Unreal Tournament 2K3, Sim City 4, and several other games that I was excited about at the time, but not as much as OOTP). __________________

02-23-2003, 05:08 AM	#47
Maverick Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Mansfield, UK. Posts: 186	OOTP2 for me! __________________ Keith

02-23-2003, 09:28 AM	#49
Highlander All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,035	I am really surprised at how few people have been here from the beginning. I laughed when I saw Andy's post about the CD for version 1...I had just dug mine out and was looking at it too. I can't seem to find my CD for version 2....I know I didn't throw it out either. It may be interesting to pop in that version 1 CD sometime to get a real feel for how far things have come.....never mind-I'll be too busy playing version 5!!! I didn't mention before, but my simming days started out with the Stratomatic board game days back in the early 80's. Then, when we got our first computer (an Apple IIe), Microleague Baseball was the GREATEST game of all time....at least back then. In fact, when I was in college, my roommate still had an old Apple at home and brought it into our dorm room so we could sim seasons while we were going to classes. It was close to 1/2 hour per game, but we kept that thing running from the minute we woke up until we went to sleep.....that was about 10 years ago, but I still remember we were replaying the '81 strike season-I did the AL games, he did the NL, and I got beat in the All-Star game!!!! __________________ "The baseball mania has run its course. It has no future as a professional endeavor." — Cincinnati Gazette editorial, 1879

02-23-2003, 12:46 AM	#41
sixto Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,271	I can't believe I am currently one of only 4 who had OOTP the Original. And I hated it. But I came back with v4 and it is the only game I really play, given that SimCity4 is an unplayable memory hog. The 102 people who have responded to this poll represent over $3400 in likely OOTP5 revenue...but then you have to subtract beta testers and Steve, I guess. Still, I just find that an interesting stat for those who always wonder what the revenue figures are. The day I discovered Baseball Mogul (on Usenet, and I have no idea how I stumbled across the newsgroup), I remember hating that I hadn't known about that game for the 2-3 months it existed before I discovered it. And I was lucky enough to read about FOF the day Jim Gindin announced it...so I can only imagine how some of you feel who came to this franchise late. All I can say is...it's a lot better now!

02-23-2003, 02:00 AM	#44
BaseballMan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 6,647	ootp2 stiil got the disk. Just keeping it for old time memories. My high heat ones became frisbees. I honestly dont remember where i saw the game but theres only been 3 baseball games that i was so impatient waiting for the delivery. Earl weaver baseball II, Baseball for Windows, and OOTP2.

02-23-2003, 02:03 AM	#45
bigphesta Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 1,366	v3

02-23-2003, 02:32 AM	#46
BasicGuy Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: ND Posts: 478	OOTP2 was my first(still have the cd here ) would of tried one but at the time I was into Baseball Mogul 1....Amazing how far OOTP has came In that time....This might sound mean but I wish I could say the same for Mogul.

02-23-2003, 09:12 AM	#48
dsvitak Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,409	Gawd...where to start. Let me simply say that there is not one...and I mean that, not I baseball game, board or computer, that I haven't purchased....since Richard Nixon was president. Sherco Baseball Simulations, All-Star Baseball, Strat, Pursue the Pennant, Apba, various and assorted quickly forgotten games (they ALL sucked, hard). Ahhh....then the advent of the 'puter. Weaver was pretty good, there was another one, something about radio baseball....Front Page Sports was ..... buggier than a Florida swamp, but fun. Mogul was the first of the better games, but still, very bizarre and non-representative results. High Heat was .... OK, but homey don't do arcade...to much of an arcade feel to it. Like a previous poster, I saw a reference to OOTP on the Mogul board, and....HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, (visuals of angels circling, throwing confetti) the rest is history. Can't wait for OOTP12.

02-23-2003, 11:04 AM	#50
Riverdawg Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Woodstock...not NY Posts: 198	First one was OOTP 2, but I didn't really get into it until OOTP 3. I think I got OOTP2 in December or January before OOTP 3 came out

02-23-2003, 03:42 PM	#51
ComputerFreek129 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 58	Ever since...hmmm.. has to be OOTP3... I got the demo off of my PC Gamer demo disc, but then I was only.. errr... 13 or so I guess... so I didn't have a credit card to download it... So anyway I waited around for a cd version... Then I finally found this thing called "Season Ticket Baseball" and looked at the box screenshots and it looked exactly like OOTP3, and anyways I've been playing it ever since.. Tried out Baseball Mogul but it's nowhere near as deep... But anyways I'm just really hoping they boost the AI a whole lot in version 5... I've gotten.... like 5 World Series championships in a row right now, and I've got an average payroll of about 60 mil and the Pitcher and Batter of the Year for 3 straight years... uh-oh, their contract's up this season... doh!

02-23-2003, 06:09 PM	#52
Batter UP Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 102	OOTP3 PC Gamer review for this and DMB led me to it

02-23-2003, 08:38 PM	#53
Aussie Mark Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Downunder Posts: 489	OOTP2 An anti Markus flaming thread in one of the sports gaming newsgroups caught my eye and led me to the OOTP website. I was a FPS player, and at the time OOTP had really ruffled the feathers of the DMB and Strat players. Markus took a lot of flak from some rascist turkeys about what a German was doing releasing a stat based baseball game, but to his and Steve's credit they persevered and have continued with a tradition of great games with great customer service. __________________ Cheers Mark

02-23-2003, 08:42 PM	#54
JWay Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 5,031	And they are the best.