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The Wolf · 02-19-2016, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Padreman

Dam glad I spend Black Friday buying parts to upgrade my computer

I was going to do that and then found an entire quality sixth generation i7 system on sale for thirty bucks more than the chip cost by itself. My nephew is very happy with his earlier-model i7.

OzzieFan · 02-19-2016, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark Horse

Wrigley Field looks AWESOME!!!

i may never come out of the rabbit hole again!

Sounds like a Cub fan.

dave1927p · 02-19-2016, 01:18 PM

"Own the future. Rewrite the past." - Love it!

Multicore support is great milestone

Le Grande Orange · 02-19-2016, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by hefalumps

Does that mean that minor league teams will automatically be moved and re-affiliated (i.e. following historical expansion/movement)?

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Yes.

So does that mean for the 1963 season the American Association disappears, and its clubs get dispersed to the International League and Pacific Coast League? And when 1969 rolls around the American Association returns, with some of its former clubs leaving the Pacific Coast League?

And what of proper schedule lengths for all these minor leagues? What about the playoff formats? (I did pass along data to the guys in regards to the latter; don't know if it got used or not.)

Also, in terms of minor league clubs moving, I'm going to point out there is no reliable history of minor league franchises. There is disagreement between sources in some years as to what actually happened within a league. (There were also numerous instances of franchise moves during a season, which I presume is not being recreated.)

For example, the 1989 New York-Penn League. One source lists the Niagara Falls and Welland clubs being added as expansion teams. Another source lists the Watertown club as having moved to Welland, with an expansion club then being added to Watertown. These are not the same situations (though the end result in terms of league line up is the same).

actionjackson · 02-19-2016, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by lukasberger

They come in the year they started their MiLB careers.

As for recalc, it's the same as in OOTP 16, you can make everyone subject to recalc if you want or leave them up to the development engine, just as you prefer.

Or both if you play random debut historical.

Lukas Berger · 02-19-2016, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by actionjackson

Or both if you play random debut historical.

Huh, didn't realize that using both was possible. Wow!

actionjackson · 02-19-2016, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by lukasberger

Huh, didn't realize that using both was possible. Wow!

Well, you can't retire guys according to history with RD historical, so it darn well better be. (It is: it caused Clayton Kershaw to absolutely crash and burn in one of my games, but then again Tillie Shafer [who?] made it to the HoF with 3,022 hits!) The reason for using both is the guys that have a limited amount of stats (think young, current players like Kershaw, or guys from yesteryear who didn't get that much MLB playing time like Shafer). Once they get beyond those, you want to have the player development system takeover rather than endlessly re-calcing their final season, which might result in them playing until age 65.

Chico Guilbault · 02-19-2016, 03:14 PM

Can the MLB facegens be used for fictional players?

Lukas Berger · 02-19-2016, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Chico Guilbault

Can the MLB facegens be used for fictional players?

Sure.

Anemic_royaltea · 02-19-2016, 03:59 PM

Pitchers and Catchers report, OOTP announces their newest edition... guys. Guys. Baseball. It's real. It's coming back.

rjl518 · 02-19-2016, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by OzzieFan

Sounds like a Cub fan.

yeah...well...nobody's perfect.

r0nster · 02-19-2016, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

No. The next WBC is in 2017, I guess we'll have it next year.

Associations remain untouched.

Curious will we be able to choose which nations we want to participate in the World Baseball League???
Wonders also how will the game determine what players will join what team and will that be an option or just sticking with real life rosters??

r0nster · 02-19-2016, 04:44 PM

I love the storyline after each game above the box score ... terrific thinking there. Would be interesting to see how the game handles that plus I am reasonably sure (educated guess) we would be able to add to it as well

Matt Arnold · 02-19-2016, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by r0nster

Curious will we be able to choose which nations we want to participate in the World Baseball League???
Wonders also how will the game determine what players will join what team and will that be an option or just sticking with real life rosters??

We'll figure it out for next year

As always, I'm sure we'll have a few different options for how it works.

Honorable_Pawn · 02-19-2016, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Baseball Prospectus was purchased by an investor in 2015, and the new ownership had different ideas about our potential colaboration than we did

They have the Tampa Bay Rays winning the AL East this year so no big deal. The Rays will be lucky to win 75 games this year.

Bobble · 02-19-2016, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by kq76

Personally, I'm having such a blast with the 3D animation that it's rekindled my love for the game. I also think the new trading stuff is a big step and there's been some great stuff done with the game recaps, but I can't stop from watching the little pawns making plays left and right.

Agreed. I knew I'd like 3D animation but I didn't think it would be this addicting. It gives a much better feeling of being at the game. You're on the rollercoaster of seeing a hit and then looking at ball trajectory and player motion, anticipating for an instant how it's going to play out.

Habsfan18 · 02-19-2016, 09:20 PM

The automatically generated game reports and headlines make me MUCH more likely to finally join the dynasty report community. Something that has always put me off doing one is that I've never liked the idea of having to manually type out hundreds of game summaries. This certainly makes it much more appealing.

Pineywoods OOTPer · 02-19-2016, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Habsfan18

Their loss.

Agreed

The Game · 02-20-2016, 04:01 AM

Will the Cubs suck in OOTP 17 like they used to prior to 16?

02-20-2016, 04:43 AM

There are recaps for the individual games, are there recaps for the whole seasons?

02-19-2016, 01:18 PM	#103
dave1927p FHM Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Brantford, ON Posts: 2,909	"Own the future. Rewrite the past." - Love it! Multicore support is great milestone __________________ IN 1964 THE LEAFS WON THE STANLEY CUP :: IT'S ALSO THE YEAR THE CANADIAN FLAG WAS DESIGNED...coincidence? Last edited by dave1927p; 02-19-2016 at 01:22 PM.

02-20-2016, 04:01 AM	#119
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02-19-2016, 03:14 PM	#108
Chico Guilbault All Star Starter Join Date: May 2015 Location: Harlingen, NJ Posts: 1,079	Can the MLB facegens be used for fictional players?

02-19-2016, 03:59 PM	#110
Anemic_royaltea Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Vancouver Posts: 38	Pitchers and Catchers report, OOTP announces their newest edition... guys. Guys. Baseball. It's real. It's coming back.

02-19-2016, 04:44 PM	#113
r0nster Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,081	I love the storyline after each game above the box score ... terrific thinking there. Would be interesting to see how the game handles that plus I am reasonably sure (educated guess) we would be able to add to it as well

02-19-2016, 09:20 PM	#117
Habsfan18 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 2,249	The automatically generated game reports and headlines make me MUCH more likely to finally join the dynasty report community. Something that has always put me off doing one is that I've never liked the idea of having to manually type out hundreds of game summaries. This certainly makes it much more appealing.

02-20-2016, 04:43 AM	#120
dmytron Guest Posts: n/a	There are recaps for the individual games, are there recaps for the whole seasons?