Dying isn't the only way to get rid of team anymore

ra7c7er · 04-28-2015, 05:24 AM

Just had an owner sell a team first time that's happened that I've seen playing so far. Not only that I've only seen one owner death.

After OOTP15 I was beginning to think there was a lot of "inside jobs" going on just so people could inherit a baseball team. Now all those owners can eat soup without questioning the cook and at least some of the sons out there will have to work for a team.

majesty95 · 04-28-2015, 07:41 AM

I had two teams get sold in the offseason just recently. It is pretty cool

ashantewarrier · 04-28-2015, 08:00 AM

I may be mistaken but, change of ownership via sale of the team has been in earlier versions as well.

Matt Arnold · 04-28-2015, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by ashantewarrier

I may be mistaken but, change of ownership via sale of the team has been in earlier versions as well.

It was in before, but it hasn't been in for a few versions now, I think.

Lou Gehrig · 04-28-2015, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by majesty95

I had two teams get sold in the offseason just recently. It is pretty cool

I like it too, it adds realism.

mgoetze · 04-28-2015, 09:18 AM

I dunno, my team got sold to a new owner and he upped my budget by a lot... makes the game kinda boring. :P

Assos · 04-28-2015, 09:33 AM

I had a new owner that was a penny pincher after he bought the club from a free spender. My budget to extend player became 0!

ra7c7er · 04-28-2015, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by mgoetze

I dunno, my team got sold to a new owner and he upped my budget by a lot... makes the game kinda boring. :P

I wish I had that kind of boring. I had a new owner from death inheritance in a earlier world I was working on. Let me tell you dad was great with his money. I had the highest budget. I'm pretty sure was just so happy to have a baseball team he didn't care what happened on the field. His son on the other hand. In 4 years my budget went from highest in the league to lowest. and he was throwing out nearly impossible goals.

ThatSeventiesGuy · 04-28-2015, 11:28 AM

It was in the last couple versions I think, but extremely rare. I think it's more common now.

Harry_BallSack · 04-28-2015, 11:30 AM

Would be great to be able to buy a team and act as owner hiring both GM and Manager

maybe thats a potential something you can do with all of your earned salary after 20-30 years

lol

Anyone · 04-28-2015, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Harry_BallSack

Would be great to be able to buy a team and act as owner hiring both GM and Manager

maybe thats a potential something you can do with all of your earned salary after 20-30 years

lol

Especially those who play in "fan mode" and follow a fictional team, don't touch much as commissioner, just root for the team and see what happens, I think this would be great for.

I couldn't play the way they do: If you want to follow baseball but have no control over anything then follow the real thing.

But I could see playing as Owner, hiring the GM and Manager (I'd look at the strategy sliders using Commish Mode, but restrain myself from considering the manager's handle and teach values in hiring), and see how the guys I hired succeeded or not. There'd be a temptation to be very generous with the budget, but too much generosity and you might go broke and have to sell the team.

That could be a fun mode to play.

Lou Gehrig · 04-28-2015, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Harry_BallSack

Would be great to be able to buy a team and act as owner hiring both GM and Manager

maybe thats a potential something you can do with all of your earned salary after 20-30 years

lol

I like that idea, not that it would be easy. I'm afraid some of us would be meddling owners.

The Wolf · 04-28-2015, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Lou Gehrig

I like that idea, not that it would be easy. I'm afraid some of us would be meddling owners.

More than some!

hfield007 · 04-28-2015, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

It was in before, but it hasn't been in for a few versions now, I think.

i think i've seen it in every version if im not mistaken...

04-28-2015, 05:24 AM	#1
ra7c7er All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 1,098	Dying isn't the only way to get rid of team anymore Just had an owner sell a team first time that's happened that I've seen playing so far. Not only that I've only seen one owner death. After OOTP15 I was beginning to think there was a lot of "inside jobs" going on just so people could inherit a baseball team. Now all those owners can eat soup without questioning the cook and at least some of the sons out there will have to work for a team.

04-28-2015, 07:41 AM	#2
majesty95 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 1,755	I had two teams get sold in the offseason just recently. It is pretty cool __________________ College Football Sim League \| '95 Problems Online League

04-28-2015, 08:00 AM	#3
ashantewarrier Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somerset, NJ via Brooklyn, NY Posts: 2,293 Blog Entries: 7	I may be mistaken but, change of ownership via sale of the team has been in earlier versions as well. __________________ "I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being." -Jackie Robinson, #42 Brooklyn Dodgers *"Hitting is better than sex."* - Reggie Jackson

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Harry_BallSack Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Was NJ, Then FL, Then IL, Then VA, Now Natick, MA ! Posts: 241	Would be great to be able to buy a team and act as owner hiring both GM and Manager maybe thats a potential something you can do with all of your earned salary after 20-30 years lol __________________ Playing Sim ball since Microleague Baseball on my C64 in Highschool, Then Front Page Sports (some Earl Weaver on the Amiga in there as well) and finally made the shift to OOTP around version 2. Been here ever since The Original Atlantic City Gambler and Daytona Beach Fatboy Owner.

04-28-2015, 09:18 AM	#6
mgoetze Minors (Triple A) Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 205	I dunno, my team got sold to a new owner and he upped my budget by a lot... makes the game kinda boring. :P

04-28-2015, 09:33 AM	#7
Assos All Star Starter Join Date: May 2004 Location: Just on the fair side of the foul pole! Posts: 1,772	I had a new owner that was a penny pincher after he bought the club from a free spender. My budget to extend player became 0!