Saying Goodbye: A Personal Message from Markus - Page 8

Highlander · 12-13-2024, 09:08 AM

So sad to see you leave, Marcus! I've been with you since that first version and I've loved every one. I used to play MicroLeague Baseball on my old Apple IIe back in the day and was looking for some way to recapture that game when I stumbled on OOTP. I never thought it would have turned into what it has, but I am so glad it did. I've spent a lot of hours playing for sure. You've done an incredible job over the years but your legacy of creating one of the best sports simulation games of all time will remain for a very long time. Enjoy your next chapter in life!

Braden · 12-13-2024, 10:21 AM

Good game for historical replays. You did an excellent job. Hopefully, things will not go the wrong direction in the future.

Enjoy retirement!!

byzeil · 12-13-2024, 11:14 AM

Thank you Markus for your dream and sharing it with us. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors. I am confident that you are leaving your baby in good hands and look forward to where we go from here.

Bobfather · 12-13-2024, 02:17 PM

Markus number needs to be retired in the game

panda234 · 12-13-2024, 07:30 PM

I’d like to offer you my personal thanks and to wish you well. I started with OOTP 18, so for many folks here I’m pretty new. But it’s been a blast, and I don’t know how many hours I’ve spent but it’s been a few. You’ve touched my life.

molarmite · 12-14-2024, 12:05 AM

Markus,

Thank you for everything you've done for this game and for me. I've bought this game every year for over half of my life, I was on the beta team for a few years, I have almost 5000 posts on here. I've always been inspired by your posts and love for the game, this game has helped me become so much more knowledgeable about baseball and I can't thank you enough for that!

If I ever make my way out to Germany again, I hope I can buy you a drink!

Eugene Church · 12-14-2024, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Lukas Berger

This is incredibly sad news for all of us who've been lucky enough to have had a chance to know you and work with you over the years, Markus.

It's been a real pleasure to have this time with you for me personally and for all of us. You'll be truly missed both professionally, with your steady, optimistic, calming presence, and also as a friend to all of us on the team. You're a real inspiration to us all!

Wishing you all the best in your new endeavors.

It certainly will not be the same without you but we'll do our best to carry on your legacy and keep building on the amazing foundations you've created for OOTP and keep making the most awesome baseball game around with the same amount of passion and commitment you've always shown!

Markus is certainly the King of OOTP by a long shot.
However, Lukas Berger is certainly a part of all the success OOTP has had.

Thank you, too, Lukas, for all the help you have given the OOTP Community over the years. I hope you have a big part in OOTP's future success.

Dr.K · 12-14-2024, 09:49 AM

Thank you Markus! I have been loyal from the beginning of the game and wish you well!

LloydLungs · 12-14-2024, 07:12 PM

One can certainly have legitimate quibbles with this game. But sometimes I just have to take a step back and look at the big picture. Like, I can't believe a game exists that does all the freakin stuff this game does. John Henry called it an "astonishing accomplishment," and it is. Baseball nerd paradise.

Thanks, Markus!

Mariner and Giants Fan · 12-15-2024, 01:30 AM

I wish you all the blessings in the World on your future endeavors, Markus. I have been playing your creation since 2002 when I was 46 years old. I cannot believe I still enjoy playing this amazing game now that I am 69 next month. I have had no complaints with any and all versions and am just so appreciative for what you and your cohorts at OOTPD have made for us to enjoy all these decades. OOTPB has made spring so much more enjoyable since 2002.

As a young boy I would have so loved this game, I even made my own dice games because I was not satisfied with what was available in the 1960's.
Thank you for making this game, which I consider a "dream come true".

You will be missed (hopefully not absent too much).

Westheim · 12-15-2024, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Bobfather

Markus number needs to be retired in the game

Underrated comment.

OmahaBaseball · 12-15-2024, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

Underrated comment.

I think this is great. Also, how about a Perfect Team baseball card?

texasmame · 12-15-2024, 12:35 PM

Thank you, sir, for making the best baseball sim in history!

Good luck in your future!

Bobbuttons · 12-17-2024, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by phenom

You can't go! All the plants are gonna die!!

This is a quality comment.

tm1681 · 12-17-2024, 10:44 PM

Best of luck to you, and thanks for 20+ years of providing an excellent game.

bosunmate · 12-17-2024, 10:58 PM

Thank you Markus I started playing this game back in 2003 and this game was like a dream. This game got me through surgery and radiation for lung cancer. It helped me get by after losing my wife of 49.6 years. I'm now 74 and at the end of my life and want you to know how much I appreciate you.
I didn't know back in 2003 when i picked up Season Ticket Baseball how much it was going to help take me away from problems I was going to be facing.

I wish you nothing but success for the rest of your life....

BaseballMan · 12-18-2024, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobfather

Markus number needs to be retired in the game

That and maybe the ootp team could put a permanent award in the game for Markus.

robc · 12-18-2024, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweed

Markus, thank you for creating the masterpiece that is OOTP. I found the game in 2002/version 4 and couldn't believe I would be able to import my game into each new version. The game I started then is the game I still play now in v25. I've managed every inning of every game over 44 seasons, soon to start season 45.

Wow, that is impressive! Do you play any other games or is OOTP the only one?

robc · 12-18-2024, 09:40 PM

Actually, hey you can't leave yet. I didn't check to see in this version how the potential ratings for Ron Guidry and Don Mattingly are on rookie import!!!

just kidding, best wishes - you have lots to be proud of

Tyler87898 · 12-18-2024, 10:27 PM

Hi Markus - joining in to say thank you so much! I've been playing OOTP since I was in middle school (around the time of OOTP10, but I think OOTP8 was free so I played that first?). I've been in the same online league since around that time, and it's incredible that the game you and others built over the years can bring so many strangers together.

I appreciate all your hard work. Congratulation on a job well done, and good luck on your next venture, whatever that may be.

12-13-2024, 09:08 AM	#141
Highlander All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 938	So sad to see you leave, Marcus! I've been with you since that first version and I've loved every one. I used to play MicroLeague Baseball on my old Apple IIe back in the day and was looking for some way to recapture that game when I stumbled on OOTP. I never thought it would have turned into what it has, but I am so glad it did. I've spent a lot of hours playing for sure. You've done an incredible job over the years but your legacy of creating one of the best sports simulation games of all time will remain for a very long time. Enjoy your next chapter in life! __________________ "The baseball mania has run its course. It has no future as a professional endeavor." — Cincinnati Gazette editorial, 1879

12-13-2024, 10:21 AM	#142
Braden Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2021 Posts: 489	Great game Good game for historical replays. You did an excellent job. Hopefully, things will not go the wrong direction in the future. Enjoy retirement!!

12-13-2024, 02:17 PM	#144
Bobfather All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Boston Ma. Posts: 1,555	Markus number needs to be retired in the game __________________ I play out every game—one pitch mode.

12-14-2024, 12:05 AM	#146
molarmite Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 4,916	Markus, Thank you for everything you've done for this game and for me. I've bought this game every year for over half of my life, I was on the beta team for a few years, I have almost 5000 posts on here. I've always been inspired by your posts and love for the game, this game has helped me become so much more knowledgeable about baseball and I can't thank you enough for that! If I ever make my way out to Germany again, I hope I can buy you a drink! __________________ From the wise mind of Davey Eckstein "Now all you need is a signature. A quote or initial, perhaps." [

12-15-2024, 01:30 AM	#150
Mariner and Giants Fan All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Port Townsend, WA. Posts: 1,262	Thanks for the game I waited for since I was 10!! I wish you all the blessings in the World on your future endeavors, Markus. I have been playing your creation since 2002 when I was 46 years old. I cannot believe I still enjoy playing this amazing game now that I am 69 next month. I have had no complaints with any and all versions and am just so appreciative for what you and your cohorts at OOTPD have made for us to enjoy all these decades. OOTPB has made spring so much more enjoyable since 2002. As a young boy I would have so loved this game, I even made my own dice games because I was not satisfied with what was available in the 1960's. Thank you for making this game, which I consider a "dream come true". You will be missed (hopefully not absent too much). __________________ Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen"

12-13-2024, 07:30 PM	#145
panda234 Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2018 Posts: 300	I’d like to offer you my personal thanks and to wish you well. I started with OOTP 18, so for many folks here I’m pretty new. But it’s been a blast, and I don’t know how many hours I’ve spent but it’s been a few. You’ve touched my life.

12-14-2024, 09:49 AM	#148
Dr.K Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: UK Posts: 368	Thank you Markus! I have been loyal from the beginning of the game and wish you well!

12-14-2024, 07:12 PM	#149
LloydLungs Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 107	One can certainly have legitimate quibbles with this game. But sometimes I just have to take a step back and look at the big picture. Like, I can't believe a game exists that does all the freakin stuff this game does. John Henry called it an "astonishing accomplishment," and it is. Baseball nerd paradise. Thanks, Markus!

12-15-2024, 12:35 PM	#153
texasmame All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Planet Texas Posts: 1,637	Thank you, sir, for making the best baseball sim in history! Good luck in your future! __________________ Managing and rebuilding the 100-loss BURBANK BLACK BARONS. 1st Place (71-39) as of July 31st. 20 game lead in the AL Central.

12-17-2024, 10:44 PM	#155
tm1681 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 1,205	Best of luck to you, and thanks for 20+ years of providing an excellent game. __________________ Logo & uniform work here Thread about my fictional universe that begins in 1857 here

12-17-2024, 10:58 PM	#156
bosunmate All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 1,698	Thank you Markus I started playing this game back in 2003 and this game was like a dream. This game got me through surgery and radiation for lung cancer. It helped me get by after losing my wife of 49.6 years. I'm now 74 and at the end of my life and want you to know how much I appreciate you. I didn't know back in 2003 when i picked up Season Ticket Baseball how much it was going to help take me away from problems I was going to be facing. I wish you nothing but success for the rest of your life.... Last edited by bosunmate; 12-18-2024 at 09:15 AM.

12-18-2024, 09:40 PM	#159
robc Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,095	Actually, hey you can't leave yet. I didn't check to see in this version how the potential ratings for Ron Guidry and Don Mattingly are on rookie import!!! just kidding, best wishes - you have lots to be proud of

12-18-2024, 10:27 PM	#160
Tyler87898 All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 794	Hi Markus - joining in to say thank you so much! I've been playing OOTP since I was in middle school (around the time of OOTP10, but I think OOTP8 was free so I played that first?). I've been in the same online league since around that time, and it's incredible that the game you and others built over the years can bring so many strangers together. I appreciate all your hard work. Congratulation on a job well done, and good luck on your next venture, whatever that may be.