How do you play OOTP? - Page 4

Cras · 02-28-2011, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Layton is my Homeboy

In your setup, do you use the actual teams and fictional players? I ask because I do something similar, although the teams are also fictional (although, they follow a path that is roughly similar to history).

Yes, I use real team names, real logos, real uniforms, real stadiums, real transaction rules, real schedules (which I have to edit since I add the AL to the NL, making the AL sub league 2 where the default MLB schedules that ship with OOTP assumes AL is sub league 1). The only thing fictional for me is the players.

Chicagofan76 · 03-01-2011, 02:14 AM

I have 7 leagues
1871-2009 historical
1871-2009 historical fictional
1959 White Sox single season replay
1993 White Sox " "
American Baseball Federation fictional
EBL 2000 fictional
EBL vs MLB 2003 Fictional and semi historical

Although I am concentrating on the last 1 the most right now, I plan on getting to 2009 in my historical game and seeing how far I can get in my ABF, while still seeing if the '59 or '93 Sox can win the world series

cephasjames · 03-01-2011, 08:40 AM

I'm currently playing the Great Lakes League from my sig and, on and off, the Michiana League, which is the area of southwest Michigan and northern Indiana. I'm a midwestern boy, can you tell?

bosunmate · 03-01-2011, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Chicagofan76

I have 7 leagues
1871-2009 historical
1871-2009 historical fictional
1959 White Sox single season replay
1993 White Sox " "
American Baseball Federation fictional
EBL 2000 fictional
EBL vs MLB 2003 Fictional and semi historical

Although I am concentrating on the last 1 the most right now, I plan on getting to 2009 in my historical game and seeing how far I can get in my ABF, while still seeing if the '59 or '93 Sox can win the world series

Now that's what i would call a dedicated fan, you have covered all the base's..

tigey75 · 03-01-2011, 10:53 AM

I prefer to start with the most updated rosters (MLB) and go from there. This way the fictional players are gradually introduced instead of being forced to learn an entirely fictional league on day one.

The only thing I didn't care for about online leagues was the ocassional randomness of it all. I played in a league where the GM simmed 10 days each time. I wasn't crazy about the idea of not being able to sit my CF if he went 0 for his last 15. I also found that human opponents make trading so unpleasant. Everyone thinks they're still in the playoff hunt and theres never any real "salary dumping" like in real life.

fintach · 03-01-2011, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by RchW

That's a very nice starting set up. Would you consider making a quickstart out of it for the lazy (ie me) amongst us?

Sure thing. I can't wait to see how this works out.

fintach · 03-01-2011, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Vinny P.

I think playing with the DH is a bit easier to manage, because you don't have to worry a whole lot about timing when to balance bringing in a pinch hitter, vs keeping your bull pen rested for as long as possible.

Of course, with the AI the way it is, the reverse is probably true. The AI tends to not worry about the condition of it's bullpen when weighing whether or not to pinch hit for the starter. There are times when the smart thing to do is to just take the loss in the NL. If your pitcher only has 80 - 90 pitches by the 7th inning, but you have a tired pen and down by a couple of runs, don't pinch hit for the starter. Better to not score anything in the 7th and possibly lose the game, than to wear down your pen even further, or worse, bring in a tired reliever, just to have him get injured. But SteveP said the AI doesn't take condition of the pen into consideration. So it's easy to exploit that against the AI in one-pitch mode in the NL.

Yeah, I suspect that managing on the field will be easier, but I'm curious to see how different roster management is. I will be amazed if I react in a way other than getting sick of the DH within a season or two, but you never know. . . .

OBSL Commish · 03-01-2011, 12:04 PM

I play mostly fictional leagues but with real MLB players, drafted to new teams. Sometimes I change the real names of the teams, usually going with a theme for the league (NFL teams, for example, just to cut down the time and process of coming up with new names), and I'll tweak the ratings just to mess with results and sims. I haven't done a true fictional league with all fictional players yet but that is on my to-do list. I also run an online league where we use real players and contracts drafted to other teams. I have tried a sort of historical replay where I inserted myself into the league at age 19 and played along to see what kind of career I could have had. I have tried all the other sim games (DMB, PureSim, Baseball Mogul, et al) but none of them have the richness and complexity of detail that OOTP offers in all aspects of sim formats. Some of them are stronger than OOTP in some ways, but none of them combine the ease with which you can set up one format and then switch over to another format with a pretty realistic sim engine, in my opinion.

mbi · 03-01-2011, 05:55 PM

I more or less only play modern day leagues, but I don't think that OOTP should focus on one area and should keep things the way they are.

canadiancreed · 03-01-2011, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by BusterKing

Well I like the real modern MLB.

Why would anyone like to play fictional? Names don't mean nothing in that type of game play. What's the fun in that?

Making your own history vs having it written for you?

Myself I'd do historical fiction. Chose fiction since I couldn't' choose both.

Syd Thrift · 03-01-2011, 06:52 PM

However creed plays the game, I think Markus should code it out of the game.

Layton is my Homeboy · 03-01-2011, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Chicagofan76

I have 7 leagues
1871-2009 historical
1871-2009 historical fictional
1959 White Sox single season replay
1993 White Sox " "
American Baseball Federation fictional
EBL 2000 fictional
EBL vs MLB 2003 Fictional and semi historical

Although I am concentrating on the last 1 the most right now, I plan on getting to 2009 in my historical game and seeing how far I can get in my ABF, while still seeing if the '59 or '93 Sox can win the world series

Beastmode

texasmame · 03-02-2011, 03:58 PM

OTHER: Fictional teams with real players - see below for an example.

Syd Thrift · 03-02-2011, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Layton is my Homeboy

Beastmode

Marshawn Lynch plays OOTP????

Rizon · 03-04-2011, 06:57 PM

I play the same fictional league I've played for the last 18 years. I play out each game on the date it's scheduled (so if OOTP says it's April10, I play that game on April10). So I don't play multiple seasons in one year.

Chicagofan76 · 03-04-2011, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Rizon

I play the same fictional league I've played for the last 18 years. I play out each game on the date it's scheduled (so if OOTP says it's April10, I play that game on April10). So I don't play multiple seasons in one year.

I used to do that in High Heat took me 6 yrs to finish 3 season due to life happening

canadiancreed · 03-04-2011, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

However creed plays the game, I think Markus should code it out of the game.

Someone has already created that product. I believe it's called Baseball Mogul.

Casimir · 03-05-2011, 09:43 AM

Fictional players, different parent league set ups. Sometimes I like to follow the MLB set up with a few tweaks (only 2 divisions, or have an expansion to 32 or 36 teams, etc.), sometimes I like to set up the Polska Liga in Poland. And of course the online league features fictional players.

Back when I started playing (OOTP4), I was always searching for the files created by the OOTP fanbase that contained the real names of players. Not so much anymore, and I think somewhere along the line I found that reality needed to be left alone. Example, I wouldn't have been happy to see Cal Ripken playing for a MLB team other than Baltimore (and I'm not a Baltimore fan).

Chicagofan76 · 03-06-2011, 05:57 AM

heres my current setup historical MLB thru 1998 (now in 2003) with a fictional league on another planet. with a 3rd league on another planet due for 2005 season along with a World League on earth due for about the same time. along with a Nippon league due in 2007. and a 3rd planet league due for 2010 and a 4th planet league due for 2012 season.

looking like this historical MLB
EBL 2003- 2038 and beyond
CL 2005-2026
TL 2010 - 2022
CORL 2010-2035
Nippon 2010 ish - 2038 and beyond
World League 2005 -2015
Universal League 2010- 2020
all will be reflected in dynasty thread below. from OOTP 11 - 100?

Layton is my Homeboy · 03-18-2011, 10:03 PM

At 191 votes, this thread needs a bump to crack 200.

View Poll Results: How do you play OOTP?
Mostly historical leagues	41	14.70%
Mostly modern, real-life MLB	69	24.73%
Mostly fictional leagues	152	54.48%
Other (please comment)	17	6.09%
Voters: 279. You may not vote on this poll

03-01-2011, 08:40 AM	#63
cephasjames Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,736	I'm currently playing the Great Lakes League from my sig and, on and off, the Michiana League, which is the area of southwest Michigan and northern Indiana. I'm a midwestern boy, can you tell? __________________ 5000+ Generic Logos Free for the Taking FREE: Uniforms and logos for 500+ teams spanning 1871-present Great Lakes League: 10 Conferences, 100 Teams Pre-OOTP 23 Custom Cap & Jersey Template v3.0 by Deft and NoPepper (with layers from other various artists) that I use: Caps, Jerseys

03-02-2011, 03:58 PM	#73
texasmame All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Planet Texas Posts: 1,638	OTHER: Fictional teams with real players - see below for an example. __________________ Managing and rebuilding the 100-loss BURBANK BLACK BARONS. 1st Place (71-39) as of July 31st. 20 game lead in the AL Central. Last edited by texasmame; 03-02-2011 at 04:00 PM.

03-04-2011, 06:57 PM	#75
Rizon Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: SF Area, California Total Posts: 531,691 Posts: 2,369	I play the same fictional league I've played for the last 18 years. I play out each game on the date it's scheduled (so if OOTP says it's April10, I play that game on April10). So I don't play multiple seasons in one year. __________________ JML MILKSHAKES

03-01-2011, 02:14 AM	#62
Chicagofan76 Banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Diamond, IL Posts: 6,339 Infractions: 2/2 (3)	I have 7 leagues 1871-2009 historical 1871-2009 historical fictional 1959 White Sox single season replay 1993 White Sox " " American Baseball Federation fictional EBL 2000 fictional EBL vs MLB 2003 Fictional and semi historical Although I am concentrating on the last 1 the most right now, I plan on getting to 2009 in my historical game and seeing how far I can get in my ABF, while still seeing if the '59 or '93 Sox can win the world series

03-01-2011, 10:53 AM	#65
tigey75 Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 308	I prefer to start with the most updated rosters (MLB) and go from there. This way the fictional players are gradually introduced instead of being forced to learn an entirely fictional league on day one. The only thing I didn't care for about online leagues was the ocassional randomness of it all. I played in a league where the GM simmed 10 days each time. I wasn't crazy about the idea of not being able to sit my CF if he went 0 for his last 15. I also found that human opponents make trading so unpleasant. Everyone thinks they're still in the playoff hunt and theres never any real "salary dumping" like in real life.

03-01-2011, 12:04 PM	#68
OBSL Commish All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 946	I play mostly fictional leagues but with real MLB players, drafted to new teams. Sometimes I change the real names of the teams, usually going with a theme for the league (NFL teams, for example, just to cut down the time and process of coming up with new names), and I'll tweak the ratings just to mess with results and sims. I haven't done a true fictional league with all fictional players yet but that is on my to-do list. I also run an online league where we use real players and contracts drafted to other teams. I have tried a sort of historical replay where I inserted myself into the league at age 19 and played along to see what kind of career I could have had. I have tried all the other sim games (DMB, PureSim, Baseball Mogul, et al) but none of them have the richness and complexity of detail that OOTP offers in all aspects of sim formats. Some of them are stronger than OOTP in some ways, but none of them combine the ease with which you can set up one format and then switch over to another format with a pretty realistic sim engine, in my opinion.

03-01-2011, 05:55 PM	#69
mbi Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 110	I more or less only play modern day leagues, but I don't think that OOTP should focus on one area and should keep things the way they are.

03-05-2011, 09:43 AM	#78
Casimir Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 25	Fictional players, different parent league set ups. Sometimes I like to follow the MLB set up with a few tweaks (only 2 divisions, or have an expansion to 32 or 36 teams, etc.), sometimes I like to set up the Polska Liga in Poland. And of course the online league features fictional players. Back when I started playing (OOTP4), I was always searching for the files created by the OOTP fanbase that contained the real names of players. Not so much anymore, and I think somewhere along the line I found that reality needed to be left alone. Example, I wouldn't have been happy to see Cal Ripken playing for a MLB team other than Baltimore (and I'm not a Baltimore fan).

03-06-2011, 05:57 AM	#79
Chicagofan76 Banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Diamond, IL Posts: 6,339 Infractions: 2/2 (3)	heres my current setup historical MLB thru 1998 (now in 2003) with a fictional league on another planet. with a 3rd league on another planet due for 2005 season along with a World League on earth due for about the same time. along with a Nippon league due in 2007. and a 3rd planet league due for 2010 and a 4th planet league due for 2012 season. looking like this historical MLB EBL 2003- 2038 and beyond CL 2005-2026 TL 2010 - 2022 CORL 2010-2035 Nippon 2010 ish - 2038 and beyond World League 2005 -2015 Universal League 2010- 2020 all will be reflected in dynasty thread below. from OOTP 11 - 100?

03-18-2011, 10:03 PM	#80
Layton is my Homeboy Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Winnipeg, Mb Posts: 429	At 191 votes, this thread needs a bump to crack 200.