Where did all the new customers come from? - Page 2

mattshwink · 06-20-2008, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Giants44

In my experience there is little difference.

In the past year I have run OOTP on these 3 different machines

1. Laptop - single core - 1.5 gig RAM
2. Desktop - single core - 4 gigs of RAM
3. Desktop - dual core - 4 gigs of RAM

Both Desktops run it very fast and much faster than the laptop. But the dual core desktop and the single core show little difference. I believe the RAM is the biggest factor.

I also remember reading once Markus posting something about not being able to use both cores.

Good to know. The laptop will be dual core, with 4GB of RAM and most likely Vista Home Premium 64. The other difference (besides RAM) in your desktops is probably the HD. Most run at 7200RPM, but laptops run at 5400RPM (or lower), and usually have smaller caches and such.

Matt

gohorns98 · 06-20-2008, 06:38 PM

I am also one of those owners who does not post much, but has been around since OOTP3. If you look at the forum's stats there are 21,879 member, but only 2,680 active members. I for one come by on a very regular basis to see what is going on, but rarely post a comment because there are so many more informed members then myself who usually have replied before I can get to. I love that I have seen so many knowledgable people come into the forum and express there opinions about the game. Each version seems to have picked up a few more Raidergoo's, LGO's and Battist's (and the many others).

Velocity3107 · 06-20-2008, 06:45 PM

I have been a long time mogul player, dating back 5-6 years or so. However I recently became disappointed with the lack of realism that Mogul provided. Sure the simming stats and all of that was accurate and fun, but I'm a true sim kind of guy. The 6 round draft, lack of Rule 5, waivers, etc. all bothered me. Mogul was a fun game, but it was too simple.

I have also played East Side Hockey Manager and Football Manager and am aware that the OOTP series has many similarities to these games in the way that they are set up.

After seeing that OOTP finally got its ML license, I decided to give it a try. I have been extremely thrilled with the depth of this game so far and have been having fun with Foz's old college template until a newer roster hits the streets.

Arctic Blast · 06-20-2008, 06:47 PM

I picked up BM last year, and it was a fun game, but I decided to try something with more depth...especially when I saw the sale price for pre-ordering.

Haven't had much time to play, really (stupid employment!), but this weekend, I'll be taking OOTP out for a good test drive.

Le Grande Orange · 06-20-2008, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Velocity3107

After seeing that OOTP finally got its ML license...

Technically, OOTP does not have either the MLB or MLBPA license. The reason the game can use real player names and stats is due to the outcome of the court case between MLB and CBC.

Raidergoo · 06-20-2008, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by TRON2.0

Yeah, I'm a first time OOTP buyer. I was previously a BM player for the last 3 versions of that franchise. I love Mogul, and may even continue to buy it as well, but I longed for a deeper franchise mode (Waivers, Options, Rule 5 draft, DFA, 60 day DL, etc.). I found a review for OOTP and noticed it was consistently rated higher in reviews then Mogul, and upon further review, i found it was everything I was looking for. I played the OOTP 8 demo, loved it and preorded 9 the next day! my timing was perfect, i only had to wait a week for the release

Nice to see you TRON2.0. When can you start making mods?

OldFatGuy · 06-20-2008, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arctic Blast

I picked up BM last year, and it was a fun game, but I decided to try something with more depth...especially when I saw the sale price for pre-ordering.

Haven't had much time to play, really (stupid employment!), but this weekend, I'll be taking OOTP out for a good test drive.

Nice to see ya AB, bringing your other half of the Canadian contingent with ya??

Raidergoo · 06-20-2008, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gohorns98

Each version seems to have picked up a few more Raidergoo's, LGO's and Battist's (and the many others).

Injury Log and redsoxford and Sitting Duck and ...

They keep coming. Fortunately, we stand on the shoulders of giants.

Draft Dodger, Scott Vibert...

bbastyr · 06-20-2008, 09:38 PM

Played

TeediuS · 06-20-2008, 11:03 PM

another mainly regular lurker, can usually find answers to what i'm not sure about that i don't need to create a new post. came onboard around SI merger, from football manager - and now tend to play more ootp (even although i hardly know anything about baseball). love numbers, and stats, and so I like this type of game, so it serves well and something that can easily be done on a laptop while watching tele with the kids jumping around.

pstrickert · 06-20-2008, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by bbastyr

Played an older version and bought the new one to supplement my DMB solo replays. I'm enjoying the GM aspects, but I will say that the in-game aspect still aren't quite up to DMB. Unless I'm missing something, I can't pull in the corners or in-field, or guard the lines when managing.

.

Boom Boom · 06-21-2008, 12:30 AM

If you also look at my forum stats, I joined Sports Mogul in June of 2002, and only posted about 300 post in my first 2 years there...and was stuck with OOTP3, 4 and 5. I heavly played OOTP during this time. OOTP back than was a crawl, but still fun

...

I have only posted around 100 post in 6 years here on the forums. I do check in but infrequently.

Around April of 2004, I joined Baseball Mogul Online, since than, I kind of stopped playing OOTP, and became one of the biggest supporters of Mogul, mostly due to the online play is the best in the genre. (and it still is), BMO doesn't compete against OOTP at all. During this time, I bought OOTP5, 6, and 6.5, and then bought Pure Sim, BM2k5,6,7,8 and then 9,

In December I bought OOTP8 and wasn't impressed, I have no idea why. It was still very slow...then I preordered OOTP9.

I was hooked right away with OOTP9

ODB72 · 06-21-2008, 01:23 AM

I have purchased every version from OOTP 5 to OOTP 9. Just like to mention, despite the prevailing sentiment around here I enjoyed OOTP 2006 at the time.

As a lurker for 4 years I want to give a shot out to Le Grande Orange. There are a ton of great posters on this forum but he always has really insightful info and very knowledgeable posts.

Bears5122 · 06-21-2008, 02:02 AM

I think a lot of people are interested in the MLB style roster set. Remember the last few versions were not built for those who want to play a realistic MLB league. The game lost a lot of customers during that time, some are just coming back.

Ceej · 06-21-2008, 02:10 AM

First-time OOTP purchaser here, #9 is where I've come aboard. I jumped ship from Diamond Mind, or I guess I should more accurately say that I felt like I had to swim over here after learning the DMB ship was being scuttled for parts...

Arctic Blast · 06-21-2008, 02:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OldFatGuy

Nice to see ya AB, bringing your other half of the Canadian contingent with ya??

I dunno if the country can afford to have 15% of it's population on here all the time...

kq76 · 06-21-2008, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arctic Blast

I dunno if the country can afford to have 15% of it's population on here all the time...

LOL! There sure are a lot of us Canadian OOTP fans.

Great name by the way.

hotch49 · 06-21-2008, 04:09 AM

Been a baseball fan since 2000 when i crossed the Atlantic to visit my Uncle and Auntie. My Uncle took me to see the Phillies at the Vet and I have been a Phan ever since.
Got the game for the 1st time this year. I consider my knowledge on baseball to be pretty, pretty good (for you Curb fans!

) but am struggling with the contract side of things. What the hell is Rule 5, arbitration etc. Its not as simple as football is over here where you sign a player to 4 years then re-negotiate whenever you want.#

Any help and I would be most grateful!

kq76 · 06-21-2008, 04:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hotch49

Been a baseball fan since 2000 when i crossed the Atlantic to visit my Uncle and Auntie. My Uncle took me to see the Phillies at the Vet and I have been a Phan ever since.
Got the game for the 1st time this year. I consider my knowledge on baseball to be pretty, pretty good (for you Curb fans!

) but am struggling with the contract side of things. What the hell is Rule 5, arbitration etc. Its not as simple as football is over here where you sign a player to 4 years then re-negotiate whenever you want.#

Any help and I would be most grateful!

Reading these links should help tremendously:
ESPN.com: MLB - Transactions Primer
Major League Baseball transactions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Searching the ootp manuals for keywords should help for how OOTP deals with this stuff as sometimes its not always the same as in real life:
OOTP Baseball Manual - OOTP 9
http://www.ootpdevfiles.com/ootp/ootpb2007_manual.pdf

If you have anymore questions on that stuff, start a thread asking about them and I'm sure you'll receive plenty of more detail in no time!

rasnell · 06-21-2008, 05:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattshwink

...But I may install it this weekend on the old laptop anyway (heck, I can always buy another copy if I run out of licenses!)
Matt

You always have two licenses. You can unlicense from the old laptop when you get the new one and it won't count against you.

06-20-2008, 09:38 PM	#29
bbastyr Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 22	Played Last edited by bbastyr; 09-05-2020 at 12:14 AM.

06-21-2008, 04:09 AM	#38
hotch49 Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scunthorpe, England Posts: 8	Been a baseball fan since 2000 when i crossed the Atlantic to visit my Uncle and Auntie. My Uncle took me to see the Phillies at the Vet and I have been a Phan ever since. Got the game for the 1st time this year. I consider my knowledge on baseball to be pretty, pretty good (for you Curb fans!) but am struggling with the contract side of things. What the hell is Rule 5, arbitration etc. Its not as simple as football is over here where you sign a player to 4 years then re-negotiate whenever you want.# Any help and I would be most grateful!

06-20-2008, 06:38 PM	#22
gohorns98 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Flower Mound, TX Posts: 194	I am also one of those owners who does not post much, but has been around since OOTP3. If you look at the forum's stats there are 21,879 member, but only 2,680 active members. I for one come by on a very regular basis to see what is going on, but rarely post a comment because there are so many more informed members then myself who usually have replied before I can get to. I love that I have seen so many knowledgable people come into the forum and express there opinions about the game. Each version seems to have picked up a few more Raidergoo's, LGO's and Battist's (and the many others).

06-20-2008, 06:45 PM	#23
Velocity3107 Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Melville, NY Posts: 6	I have been a long time mogul player, dating back 5-6 years or so. However I recently became disappointed with the lack of realism that Mogul provided. Sure the simming stats and all of that was accurate and fun, but I'm a true sim kind of guy. The 6 round draft, lack of Rule 5, waivers, etc. all bothered me. Mogul was a fun game, but it was too simple. I have also played East Side Hockey Manager and Football Manager and am aware that the OOTP series has many similarities to these games in the way that they are set up. After seeing that OOTP finally got its ML license, I decided to give it a try. I have been extremely thrilled with the depth of this game so far and have been having fun with Foz's old college template until a newer roster hits the streets.

06-20-2008, 06:47 PM	#24
Arctic Blast Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Leduc, AB, Canada Posts: 29	I picked up BM last year, and it was a fun game, but I decided to try something with more depth...especially when I saw the sale price for pre-ordering. Haven't had much time to play, really (stupid employment!), but this weekend, I'll be taking OOTP out for a good test drive.

06-20-2008, 11:03 PM	#30
TeediuS Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7	another mainly regular lurker, can usually find answers to what i'm not sure about that i don't need to create a new post. came onboard around SI merger, from football manager - and now tend to play more ootp (even although i hardly know anything about baseball). love numbers, and stats, and so I like this type of game, so it serves well and something that can easily be done on a laptop while watching tele with the kids jumping around.

06-21-2008, 12:30 AM	#32
Boom Boom Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Issaquah, WA Posts: 348	If you also look at my forum stats, I joined Sports Mogul in June of 2002, and only posted about 300 post in my first 2 years there...and was stuck with OOTP3, 4 and 5. I heavly played OOTP during this time. OOTP back than was a crawl, but still fun ... I have only posted around 100 post in 6 years here on the forums. I do check in but infrequently. Around April of 2004, I joined Baseball Mogul Online, since than, I kind of stopped playing OOTP, and became one of the biggest supporters of Mogul, mostly due to the online play is the best in the genre. (and it still is), BMO doesn't compete against OOTP at all. During this time, I bought OOTP5, 6, and 6.5, and then bought Pure Sim, BM2k5,6,7,8 and then 9, In December I bought OOTP8 and wasn't impressed, I have no idea why. It was still very slow...then I preordered OOTP9. I was hooked right away with OOTP9

06-21-2008, 01:23 AM	#33
ODB72 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 57	I have purchased every version from OOTP 5 to OOTP 9. Just like to mention, despite the prevailing sentiment around here I enjoyed OOTP 2006 at the time. As a lurker for 4 years I want to give a shot out to Le Grande Orange. There are a ton of great posters on this forum but he always has really insightful info and very knowledgeable posts.

06-21-2008, 02:02 AM	#34
Bears5122 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 846	I think a lot of people are interested in the MLB style roster set. Remember the last few versions were not built for those who want to play a realistic MLB league. The game lost a lot of customers during that time, some are just coming back.

06-21-2008, 02:10 AM	#35
Ceej Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 190	First-time OOTP purchaser here, #9 is where I've come aboard. I jumped ship from Diamond Mind, or I guess I should more accurately say that I felt like I had to swim over here after learning the DMB ship was being scuttled for parts...