The first think you will do... - Page 2

JaBurns · 03-16-2016, 07:34 PM

Bring my fictional league over from 16 on my home computer and then start a historical league with minors in 1919 on my laptop. After I figure out how bring over everything in add ons central again (that may take some time and much cursing at the computer, and questions in the forums again!).

Kent814 · 03-16-2016, 08:06 PM

The first thing i will do when i get the game on fri is scream excitedly for 30 minutes. And then i will start an mlb league with ma padres. OOTP IS LESS THAN 40 HOURS AWAY ERMAGHERD

jd200600 · 03-16-2016, 08:53 PM

The first thing that I will do is start my first fictional league. I still need to decide on the setup, but I will save my Real player league in a few weeks.

DJP53916 · 03-17-2016, 12:36 AM

I was going to say that I was going to just start up the 2016 Milwaukee season, and work on the rebuild, but now I'm tossing up between that, and playing around with some historical seasons first. Could the Brewers win it 1982? Montreal in 1994? Take a shot with the 2001 Seattle team, or 1954 Cleveland team? Any countless number of other examples?

I'll probably still do what I was going to do first, but I'd be curious to see what could have happened to some of those "near miss" teams from the past, and see if they can win it in the game.

wilkiburger14 · 03-17-2016, 03:48 AM

Start with 1997 Marlins (Spent a year in Florida from England) will play on from there.

Orioles1966 · 03-17-2016, 04:25 AM

I just put together in OOTP16 (for importing into OOTP17) the USA Baseball League(186 teams) and the USA Developmental League(200 teams).

I also want too do something with the 1967 Historical Minor Leagues(especially the IL and PCL).

Might take the 4 MLB 1969 expansion teams and place them in the minor leagues a year or too before their arrival in MLB.

Also with the schedule editor I would like too make a more realistic PCL schedule including longer home stands for the Hawaii Islanders. I play 2 game series in all my leagues so I would like to expand the Islanders to hosting 4 straight hames against the same team rather than two games. Doesn't bother me if two teams play each other ten times in a division when other teams might only play a handful of divisional games against each other. As long as every team finishes with the same amount of games is all that matters.

DrMcAwesome · 03-17-2016, 09:01 AM

I spent most of my OOTP 16/MLB Manager 15 time building franchises that were just on the cusp of potential greatness but never quite found that success in real life (the 1980 Expos being the inspiration for this mindset)

This year, I feel like my OOTP 17/MLB Manager 16 time should be spent at the helm of completely hopeless, non-expansion scenarios to see if I'm skilled enough to drag teams from their own ashes and into contention. For some reason, the pre-relocation St. Louis Browns jumped to mind once I decided on this direction. Likely going to hop in around 1949ish to give myself a bit of a chance at avoiding the historical floor that the Browns hit before shuffling off to Baltimore. Ultimately, I'm just interested in seeing if I can build a franchise that can either reclaim St. Louis from the red-feathered grip of the Cardinals or just be a suitable 1a under the NL club's shadow.

Once that drives me to the point of insanity, I'll just take over the 2016 Pirates.

Assos · 03-17-2016, 09:09 AM

I think this is what everyone should do first!

rpriske · 03-17-2016, 10:26 AM

Port over my 5 existing leagues and then start my 6th (a Blue Jays quick-start).

(Let's be honest, I'll spend a bunch of time grumbling about settings not porting over and reloading all the park pictures and turning off all that 3-D nonsense...)

bleachercreature · 03-18-2016, 03:08 AM

projects to be completed (and in no particular order)

1. Contract down to some number of teams between 20 and 24. Start a league from scratch with everyone as free agents, controlling the team I put in New Jersey.

2. Somewhere along the line (haven't decided the year): Players, fans and a group of investors who worked with the players got fed up with all the work stoppages. After a lockout imposed by the owners, a new league was formed. And we take off from there.

3. Pick a random team and a random year and try to build a dynasty.

4. Pick some number of all time great teams and play out a season with all these teams facing one another.

5. Do the same as above but instead of playing a season, make it a tournament, where each team plays a best of seven series against another and the winners move to the next round.

I think that just about covers it.

oh wait...

there's more...

6. Grab a team in 2016, play out the season and years going forward.

7. I had another thought and now it's lost.

osborneman · 03-18-2016, 04:51 AM

The first thing I'll do is agonize over the settings for about an hour... then I'll start up the 2016 SF Giants!

skunkle333 · 03-18-2016, 04:57 AM

I will setup a replay of the 1959 World Series so I can watch little Nel and Aparicio make their plays at 2B & SS on 3D. : )

Then either play WSeries 2005 or play some 2015 playoffs with Cubs/Cards !!

Can't wait. Thank you again Markus and crew...

Markus Heinsohn · 03-18-2016, 04:58 AM

I will get drunk.

Matt Arnold · 03-18-2016, 04:58 AM

I was going to say the first thing I do with the new release is drink, but sounds like we'll be getting it out earlier in the day than expected, so I guess I'll have to wait on that.

Markus Heinsohn · 03-18-2016, 04:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

I was going to say the first thing I do with the new release is drink, but sounds like we'll be getting it out earlier in the day than expected, so I guess I'll have to wait on that.

Wait? Hmmm. Okay. Until noon at least.

gamefan1978 · 03-18-2016, 05:03 AM

Matt and Markus do you play OOTP or are you burned out at this point?

Markus Heinsohn · 03-18-2016, 05:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gamefan1978

Matt and Markus do you play OOTP or are you burned out at this point?

I'll start my annual draft from scratch MLB league after the Release on Tuesday

Matt Arnold · 03-18-2016, 05:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gamefan1978

Matt and Markus do you play OOTP or are you burned out at this point?

Sadly been too busy working haven't gotten nearly as much in. I'm still playing my game from 2 versions ago. I think I've got 15 World Series wins for Toronto, and am up to about 2065 by now.

Although I can look through my team history and find when I first started working for OOTP. That was the first year that I missed the playoffs

Jeff_Thomas · 03-18-2016, 05:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Wait? Hmmm. Okay. Until noon at least.

Hmmm so noon at the earliest, eh? Thanks for that heads up!

surly manservant · 03-18-2016, 06:07 AM

This is all very cruel, it's already Friday night here in Singapore...

03-17-2016, 10:26 AM	#29
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 27,285	Port over my 5 existing leagues and then start my 6th (a Blue Jays quick-start). (Let's be honest, I'll spend a bunch of time grumbling about settings not porting over and reloading all the park pictures and turning off all that 3-D nonsense...) __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

03-18-2016, 04:51 AM	#31
osborneman Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Bay Area Posts: 56	The first thing I'll do is agonize over the settings for about an hour... then I'll start up the 2016 SF Giants! __________________ Go Giants!

03-18-2016, 04:57 AM	#32
skunkle333 All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2006 Location: St. Louis metro area...IL side. Posts: 643	I will setup a replay of the 1959 World Series so I can watch little Nel and Aparicio make their plays at 2B & SS on 3D. : ) Then either play WSeries 2005 or play some 2015 playoffs with Cubs/Cards !! Can't wait. Thank you again Markus and crew... __________________ Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Adjust accordingly. Don't forget to try PStrickert's great 1959 World Series Quickstart Mod for V12 & V11 !! At Padresfan's site.

03-18-2016, 04:58 AM	#33
Markus Heinsohn Developer OOTP Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 24,803	I will get drunk. __________________ Buy Out of the Park Baseball 25 now! Download OOTP Go 25 for iOS Download OOTP Go 25 for Android

03-16-2016, 07:34 PM	#21
JaBurns All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Kelowna, British Columbia Posts: 1,301	Bring my fictional league over from 16 on my home computer and then start a historical league with minors in 1919 on my laptop. After I figure out how bring over everything in add ons central again (that may take some time and much cursing at the computer, and questions in the forums again!).

03-16-2016, 08:06 PM	#22
Kent814 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: San Diego Posts: 650	The first thing i will do when i get the game on fri is scream excitedly for 30 minutes. And then i will start an mlb league with ma padres. OOTP IS LESS THAN 40 HOURS AWAY ERMAGHERD

03-16-2016, 08:53 PM	#23
jd200600 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 140	The first thing that I will do is start my first fictional league. I still need to decide on the setup, but I will save my Real player league in a few weeks.

03-17-2016, 12:36 AM	#24
DJP53916 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 175	I was going to say that I was going to just start up the 2016 Milwaukee season, and work on the rebuild, but now I'm tossing up between that, and playing around with some historical seasons first. Could the Brewers win it 1982? Montreal in 1994? Take a shot with the 2001 Seattle team, or 1954 Cleveland team? Any countless number of other examples? I'll probably still do what I was going to do first, but I'd be curious to see what could have happened to some of those "near miss" teams from the past, and see if they can win it in the game.

03-17-2016, 03:48 AM	#25
wilkiburger14 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 153	Start with 1997 Marlins (Spent a year in Florida from England) will play on from there.

03-17-2016, 04:25 AM	#26
Orioles1966 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,869	I just put together in OOTP16 (for importing into OOTP17) the USA Baseball League(186 teams) and the USA Developmental League(200 teams). I also want too do something with the 1967 Historical Minor Leagues(especially the IL and PCL). Might take the 4 MLB 1969 expansion teams and place them in the minor leagues a year or too before their arrival in MLB. Also with the schedule editor I would like too make a more realistic PCL schedule including longer home stands for the Hawaii Islanders. I play 2 game series in all my leagues so I would like to expand the Islanders to hosting 4 straight hames against the same team rather than two games. Doesn't bother me if two teams play each other ten times in a division when other teams might only play a handful of divisional games against each other. As long as every team finishes with the same amount of games is all that matters.

03-17-2016, 09:01 AM	#27
DrMcAwesome Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: New Florence, Pa. Posts: 2	I spent most of my OOTP 16/MLB Manager 15 time building franchises that were just on the cusp of potential greatness but never quite found that success in real life (the 1980 Expos being the inspiration for this mindset) This year, I feel like my OOTP 17/MLB Manager 16 time should be spent at the helm of completely hopeless, non-expansion scenarios to see if I'm skilled enough to drag teams from their own ashes and into contention. For some reason, the pre-relocation St. Louis Browns jumped to mind once I decided on this direction. Likely going to hop in around 1949ish to give myself a bit of a chance at avoiding the historical floor that the Browns hit before shuffling off to Baltimore. Ultimately, I'm just interested in seeing if I can build a franchise that can either reclaim St. Louis from the red-feathered grip of the Cardinals or just be a suitable 1a under the NL club's shadow. Once that drives me to the point of insanity, I'll just take over the 2016 Pirates.

03-17-2016, 09:09 AM	#28
Assos All Star Starter Join Date: May 2004 Location: Just on the fair side of the foul pole! Posts: 1,768	I think this is what everyone should do first!

03-18-2016, 03:08 AM	#30
bleachercreature Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 403	projects to be completed (and in no particular order) 1. Contract down to some number of teams between 20 and 24. Start a league from scratch with everyone as free agents, controlling the team I put in New Jersey. 2. Somewhere along the line (haven't decided the year): Players, fans and a group of investors who worked with the players got fed up with all the work stoppages. After a lockout imposed by the owners, a new league was formed. And we take off from there. 3. Pick a random team and a random year and try to build a dynasty. 4. Pick some number of all time great teams and play out a season with all these teams facing one another. 5. Do the same as above but instead of playing a season, make it a tournament, where each team plays a best of seven series against another and the winners move to the next round. I think that just about covers it. oh wait... there's more... 6. Grab a team in 2016, play out the season and years going forward. 7. I had another thought and now it's lost.

03-18-2016, 04:58 AM	#34
Matt Arnold OOTP Developer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here and there Posts: 16,243	I was going to say the first thing I do with the new release is drink, but sounds like we'll be getting it out earlier in the day than expected, so I guess I'll have to wait on that.

03-18-2016, 05:03 AM	#36
gamefan1978 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Iowa Posts: 101	Matt and Markus do you play OOTP or are you burned out at this point?

03-18-2016, 06:07 AM	#40
surly manservant Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 61	This is all very cruel, it's already Friday night here in Singapore...