The annual "So, how long have YOU been playing OOTP?" thread

[Bluenoser]

Originally Posted by Ts-Rock

256 total for version 1, to near 7k (i thought i read that number) pre-orders! Great job Markus building a better product each and every year!

now, since there was only 256 surely there are documents to confirm who on the forums have been here since version 1


Me, started with 6.5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14

Except there have been numerous versions of OOTP Forums over the years too.

[JackRules1]

Started with v9. Time marches on...

[John C]

v2 for me, though v3 was really where I got going.

[bbmike]

Bought every version starting with OOTP 6.
You didn't ask but I got started/addicted to playing PC baseball with Hardball 3.

[bigdgp2]

OOTP v3, v4, v5, v6, v6.5, 2006, 2007, 2008, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and now 14. And I have no doubts that I'll be purchasing 15, once announced.

[asaintsfan]

First one purchased was ootp3 but I've played since ootp1 off a friends computer. We used to play the statis pro baseball board game and I told him ootp was going to put them out of business. Thanks mr h for the most amazing game EVER!

[Pineywoods OOTPer]

Originally Posted by Ts-Rock

haha, my wife says, "all you do is sit there and stare at numbers for hours", which technically she isn't wrong, but we all know there is soooooooooo much more to OOTP than numbers!

My wife says the same thing. I tell her in reply....

"I love you sweetie, now go back to that level on Candy Crush you can't beat."

I think she beat it last night after 2 1/2 weeks (level 30 by the way)

"Go back to those bubbles and ship building you do." (reference to her addiction to Battle Pirates)

[ctorg]

Originally Posted by Bagpipes5

OOTP2. I still have the CD somewhere. I've bought the game every year since.

Same here. I actually came across it recently. The only "version" I didn't buy was 6.5.

[gediojam]

OOTP 12 after trying out iOOTP 11. Didn't get OOTP 13, but got 14. Have gotten every version of iOOTP since 11

[rworth88]

Rookie here only playing since OOTP 9...

[Eckstein 4 Prez]

Started with OOTP 4 in 2002, when I was a first-year law student. Bought every version since, and I'm now a sixth-year law professor.

[Caporegime]

I started with V.4 in '02. Skipped 5 for some reason, played 6 to death, skipped 6.5 (I've regretted it ever since), bought 8-11, skipped 12, and have purchased the last two versions.

[Hellenstone]

Ootp11

[ovccsteve]

I'm pretty sure I started with OOTP 4, discovered and purchased late so won't hit ten-year mark until end of this year, first of next.

[metal134]

I think I started with 9.

[AstrosFan]

Played the game a few years prior, off and on.

Renewed baseball fandom, however, has compelled me to make a purchase for this season.

So technically, I'm a rookie.

[PhillieFever]

It all started with a dud. I found Baseball Mogul in Best Buy in early 2008, and in my first game I threw a no hitter(Ray Culp 64' Phils), this was a blessing in disguise, because it #1 soured me on Mogul and #2 led my to OOTP 8, I haven't looked back since.

[01010010]

for me this is like fondly recounting former loves:

1980-1984 - Statis Pro Basbeball (board game)
1984-1987 - MicroLeague Baseball
1987-2000 - Diamond Mind Baseball
2000-2002 - Baseball Mogul
2002-present - Out of the Park Baseball

[Austsaint]

I think I have been playing since either version 8 or 9, I think I was still living in Japan at the time.

[doors11]

I started in OOTP 9 and have always have the i can't wait until the next version after playing the current version...But i really started loving the product that OOTP puts out with the first version of Title Bout. Hope they'll finally put out a new version.