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08-22-2013, 02:39 AM | #122 | ||
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Plus, I am not the only person who doesn't care for storylines. There are a number of us. You just single me out because you don't like me. (Which is fine, I don't like you either.) I have every right to express my opinions and my conclusion. If they run counter to your own, well that's life. And my conclusion is this: TURN STORYLINES OFF.
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08-22-2013, 02:45 AM | #123 |
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Again, it's really simple...if you don't like storylines or have a problem with it just turn the damn thing off.
It's..just...that...simple.
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08-22-2013, 02:48 AM | #124 | |
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Could it be possible that somebody in a position of authority actually reflected on the situation and had a change of heart? That maybe death shouldn't be a subject touched on in this product? Is that even remotely feasible? Apparently not, as you have decreed their actions as nothing more than irrational knee-jerking... I'm sure they appreciate that. EDIT: I'm retiring from this thread... Just going in circles at this point over something pretty much everybody agrees is inconsequential in the big picture. Apologies if I caused anybody any offense. Now back to something only slightly less inconsequential in the big picture... my upcoming in-game trade deadline... Last edited by Nunyer; 08-22-2013 at 03:01 AM. |
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08-22-2013, 03:24 AM | #125 |
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it's in poor taste.
it's stupid. it has no place in the game. |
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In fact, thanks for flipping out on me in general, because you proved my point. I make an impassioned post, and you read it and - because you are offended by the storyline that I'm barely even defending - you assume that I'm insulting the dev team for taking it out. Claiming that someone had a knee-jerk reaction and bashing them are two completely different things. Now please, someone, for the love of all that is holy, close this thread. |
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08-22-2013, 03:40 AM | #128 |
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I never use them. After a few seasons they are like warmed over leftovers. You keep seeing the same ones over and over. Plus the time frames don't matched like a player cutting his hand on a big screen TV inb1912, or players in a football pool in 1901.
I wish they were removed and the space used for better things. But others love them so I'm happy with a shutoff switch. Also I agree with the OP, kids dying is a bit much for a baseball sim. If you need that much realism then just watch the news. |
08-22-2013, 03:40 AM | #129 | |
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There wouldn't even be an OOTP game, or at least not one that remotely resembles what we play, without the thousands of hours of time that volunteers donate to the game. I have infinitely more respect for the people volunteering their work and at least trying to make things better than I do for people just complaining all day on an internet forum. Since you brought up "arrogance", I'm not sure you could do anything more arrogant than tell me what I think. I hardly care enough about you one way or the other to dislike you. I do think you do more harm to OOTP than good, however. |
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This is an incredibly simple fix that should make everyone happy. |
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08-22-2013, 06:43 AM | #132 |
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Hey guys-
I haven't read all the replies but enough for me to say this: Cody, I think you are making a poor decision by removing this particular storyline. Just because a few people complain about this being part of this awesome game does not warrant it to be removed. Please allow me to be more specific: there isn't enough percentage of people against this versus the amount of people that have purchased and play this version of OOTP to warrant it to be removed. I for one have zero problems with it. I have a lot thicker skin than to allow this to get the best of me. So Cody, please put this storyline back in until the percentage of people against this item is more of an acceptable number. Folks, those of you who don't like this storyline the answer is simple: just turn off storylines. Or when one like this appears in your GM inbox, just delete it and move on. Again, as I say, simple as that. It, IMHO, does add more immersion to the game. In fact, since we do have owners dying, we do need to add players, coaches/managers and HOF'ers dying. Again, more immersion added.
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Going to close this as the offending storyline has been removed from the database. Time to let the discussion close and move on. Whichever side you found yourself on, for now this debate is finished, and people can move on to other things and features they would like to see in OOTP and chat about that.
Thanks. But the time for this has closed. See you in the forums!
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08-22-2013, 10:46 AM | #134 |
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Today we had a discussion about this issue in our ootp dev mailing list. Markus, Brad, Jeff and I were involved. We sent several emails around and discussed it. In the end all of us agreed that this storyline should be removed. I opened the online editor and it was already removed. Okay.
Minutes later I received a PM of a forum member that he will never ever again buy or support OOTP and wants his user name removed from the forums because we removed that SL This is a very complex game with hundreds of options and features. We tweak them all the time and now we decided to remove a certain SL. That's not a big deal IMO. People still die in OOTP - parents, brothers, sisters, wifes, players... - but no children because we just decided that this is a bit too much realism. I hope you understand. But much more I hope that nobody gets angry because of this minor design decision. |
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Let me please add another important detail:
Really, Markus and I did not even know this thread until I received that PM. We just got input from Brad that the question was asked whether this storyline makes sense or should be removed. The team discussed it openly. Don't worry, we will not start bending to the most vocal people! If we're not sure what to do, we will start a discussion on the beta testing forum or on a public forum or we'll even start a poll. But in this case we had an opinion which we didn't want to discuss. It's a "design decision". Thank you for understanding! |
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