Don't be shy with first impressions today!

[KowboyKoop]

First thing I did was play the 2011 season out in a quick sim. The Royals made the World Series. Guess this sim ain't worth a crap!

I kid...I kid. I look forward to importing my fictional league form OOTP11 when I can and really diving in.

[Cal Ripken's Glove]

just finished my first game. and of course my orioles blew it in the bottom of the ninth.

Bottom of the 9th - Tampa Bay Rays batting - Pitching for Baltimore Orioles : RHP Kevin Gregg
Pitching: RHP Koji Uehara
Batting: LHB Sam Fuld 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
3-2: TRIPLE (Flyball, 8RXD)
Batting: RHB Sean Rodriguez 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Casey Kotchman 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD), Distance : 401 ft
Game Over ... Tampa Bay defeats Baltimore, 6 to 5

[pstrickert]

Captain Chaos!

Wait a minute . . . You lifted him?

[Mntwins]

Originally Posted by highheat42

The only issue i am having is in the draft, every player, and i mean every player, has a Hispanic name.

I know there is a way to fix this but I can't for the life of me remember how.
I believe you can set the % of hispanic, jap, amer, etc somewhere.
Could someone chime in on how to do this cause I can't stand foreign names in the game.

[pstrickert]

Game Setup -->

League Setup -->

Options -->

Foreigner Percentage

[RBLwebguy]

Originally Posted by KBLover

So far, I'm liking the new negotiation system. I signed an extension and like how it shows the mood of the player (no more guessing) and how you can get an off-the-cuff response from the player. Can't wait until offseason to really get into it.

We really only scratched the surface with the number of responses you can get, but I am hoping to build on that for patch #1. I like this in terms of feeling like you are in a negotiation.

[Dr. dru]

The All in one mod takes forever to download and the roster sets are a mess. This is in contrast with what the manual said:

"the best roster set we've ever produced, from the big leagues' top stars to the guys making their debuts in rookie leagues. All players are individually rated with updated statistics and realistic contract data."

If these are the best roster sets ever I would hate to see previous edditions. Also the contract data is wrong at least as often as it is right.

[dkgo]

Originally Posted by Mntwins

I know there is a way to fix this but I can't for the life of me remember how.
I believe you can set the % of hispanic, jap, amer, etc somewhere.
Could someone chime in on how to do this cause I can't stand foreign names in the game.

The draft is still half american players according to the nationality flag, all of them just have last names like torres, sanchez, rodriguez, martinez, lopez, gonzalez, etc. not a single brown, johnson, smith, thomas, etc

[tward13]

First impressions? Same game, same problems.

Also, if you've been waiting patiently to play with 2011 rosters you have a lot of work ahead of you to get them right.

But the org depth chart is nice.

[Questdog]

Originally Posted by dkgo

The draft is still half american players according to the nationality flag, all of them just have last names like torres, sanchez, rodriguez, martinez, lopez, gonzalez, etc. not a single brown, johnson, smith, thomas, etc

In Commissioner Mode, go to "Explore the World" in the Manager Drop Down menu and then select the Untied States. Then select the tab for "Nation Editor" and check out the Language information. If it is not kosher, set it to what you think it should be. If the First choice is US Modern and its value is much higher than all the others, then you have an issue that needs further investigation.

[ike121212]

Love the financial test and stat calibration tools. Generating International FA's is nice. Small things, like listing the market size and fan interest on the available jobs screen are nice too.

On the bad side, locking a player to a minor league level doesn't prevent him from being called up directly to the majors. I hope that's unintentional. International scouting doesn't seem to find many prospects, especially given the cost (small sample size so far, of course). I've also had this cause negative national scouting budgets, no idea what the ramifications of that are. Third pitch development still seems to be completely random. That's disappointing, since the lock feature and player dev budget had me hopeful.

[Questdog]

Originally Posted by ike121212

On the bad side, locking a player to a minor league level doesn't prevent him from being called up directly to the majors.

I think it is assumed with the option to lock players at a minor league level that you are handling the major league roster yourself, but allowing the AI to manage your minor leagues. Never thought anyone would want to use it in conjunction with allowing the AI to promote to the majors.

[Elvis]

Originally Posted by Hasta la vista pelota

Greatly impressed by the single-season replay stats. Zipped through 1970 and 1961 out of the box and the stats were comparable to games like Strat-O-Matic and ActionPC.

M&M boys didn't catch Ruth though, as Mantle finished with 57 homers and Maris 50.

Those are two of my favorite seasons (especially 1961). Could you post your results in the Historical Leagues sub-forum? Would like to see the standings, league totals, leaders, etc. if possible.

Thank you...thank you very much.

[drrok]

Originally Posted by Questdog

In Commissioner Mode, go to "Explore the World" in the Manager Drop Down menu and then select the Untied States. Then select the tab for "Nation Editor" and check out the Language information. If it is not kosher, set it to what you think it should be. If the First choice is US Modern and its value is much higher than all the others, then you have an issue that needs further investigation.

had the same issue and your suggestion appears to be the solution. when i went to the US page it lists Hispanic as the language/name origin no. 1.

[ike121212]

Originally Posted by Questdog

I think it is assumed with the option to lock players at a minor league level that you are handling the major league roster yourself, but allowing the AI to manage your minor leagues. Never thought anyone would want to use it in conjunction with allowing the AI to promote to the majors.

Sometimes I just like to draft and handle off season FA's. In this case, I wanted to lock my freshly drafted college RP to A, in hopes that he might learn a third pitch. Looks like I failed on each.

I thought the best use for this feature would be to prevent the AI from using a stud prospect in an MLB backup roll or to avoid super-2. Just being able to prevent A to AA promotions is disappointing.

[Questdog]

Originally Posted by ike121212

Sometimes I just like to draft and handle off season FA's. In this case, I wanted to lock my freshly drafted college RP to A, in hopes that he might learn a third pitch. Looks like I failed on each.

I thought the best use for this feature would be to prevent the AI from using a stud prospect in an MLB backup roll or to avoid super-2. Just being able to prevent A to AA promotions is disappointing.

I will log this as an issue and we'll see what happens. I just don't think anyone thought of using this option the way you are wanting to (At least , I know, I didn't).

[ike121212]

Originally Posted by Questdog

I will log this as an issue and we'll see what happens. I just don't think anyone thought of using this option the way you are wanting to (At least , I know, I didn't).

Thanks. If you're in the logging mood...high demand amateur draft prospects shouldn't slide in the draft when draft pick negotiation is turned off. It breaks no scouting, no negotiation leagues pretty bad right now.

[Questdog]

Originally Posted by ike121212

Thanks. If you're in the logging mood...high demand amateur draft prospects shouldn't slide in the draft when draft pick negotiation is turned off. It breaks no scouting, no negotiation leagues pretty bad right now.

I will look into it and if I can confirm it, I'll log it...

[Questdog]

Originally Posted by ike121212

Thanks. If you're in the logging mood...high demand amateur draft prospects shouldn't slide in the draft when draft pick negotiation is turned off. It breaks no scouting, no negotiation leagues pretty bad right now.

First draft I ran w/o signing bonuses had the top 5 highest demanding players picked in the first 8 picks.

2nd draft, ditto, top 5 went in first 8 picks.

I'll keep an eye out for this, but it doesn't appear to be a problem that I can tell.

If you have more information, I'd like to hear it.

[mculberson1973]

Originally Posted by highheat42

The only issue i am having is in the draft, every player, and i mean every player, has a Hispanic name.

Same issue here. I was wondering if I was the only one who had this issue. I'm sure it's a bug that needs to be addressed.

Loving the game, as usual, so far.