Official MLB license is HUGE for OOTP developments, but I have to ask..

[Habsfan18]

Will this negatively affect the gameplay in any way?

What I mean by this, is how much control will they have over decisions being made in regards to adding and removing certain features?

I remember someone mentioned that drug suspensions will likely have to be taken out. Is this the only thing?

I hate to sound paranoid, as I really am super happy for Markus and everyone involved. This is truly great news as more people than ever before will know what OOTP baseball is. Just please don't let them have too much control. Keep doing what you always have, Markus!

So please don't take this thread the wrong may. Maybe just settle my nerves and convince me that this is 100% a good thing?!

Btw, I will be pre-ordering after work today!

Congrats guys! Great day for OOTP developments!

[Markus Heinsohn]

Yes, drug suspensions (and related storylines) are the only thing that will be removed from games which have an MLB league in it. So, no worries

Cheers,
Markus

[Habsfan18]

Great to hear! Thanks Markus!

[Cryomaniac]

Speaking of drug suspensions, can we get them pro-rated for season length instead of fixed length please?

[RchW]

Originally Posted by Cryomaniac

Speaking of drug suspensions, can we get them pro-rated for season length instead of fixed length please?

[tomwolf2008]

Originally Posted by RchW

He means that instead of "suspend player for X games" you do "suspend player for 1/3(half, 3/4, 2) seasons

[xydra]

Related storylines include suspensions for brawling?

[Cryomaniac]

Originally Posted by tomwolf2008

He means that instead of "suspend player for X games" you do "suspend player for 1/3(half, 3/4, 2) seasons

Exactly. So if you have a 100 game season instead of a 50 game suspension you would have a 50*(100/162) = about 31 game suspension (could be rounded to the nearest 10 to make more sense).

[RchW]

Originally Posted by tomwolf2008

He means that instead of "suspend player for X games" you do "suspend player for 1/3(half, 3/4, 2) seasons

But there are no drug suspensions. That was the topic.

[tomwolf2008]

Originally Posted by RchW

But there are no drug suspensions. That was the topic.

None with a game that has MLB league in it, which presumably means fictional games still have those suspensions

[Cryomaniac]

Originally Posted by RchW

But there are no drug suspensions. That was the topic.

That only applies to MLB games, or at least that was how I read it. If not then obviously the point is moot.

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by tomwolf2008

None with a game that has MLB league in it, which presumably means fictional games still have those suspensions

Yup.

[RchW]

Originally Posted by Cryomaniac

That only applies to MLB games, or at least that was how I read it. If not then obviously the point is moot.

Right. That's why the U-turn off topic was confusing. No problem.

[TomVeal]

I won't miss drug suspensions, just as I don't mind the absence of Ray Chapman events.

[Assos]

So, if I play a historical league with real players, there will not be any drug suspensions? I can live with that, I can understand why MLB would want that, God forbid we post a OOTP16 story on the web and some reporter does not do his homework!

[Padreman]

For those who want drug suspension story line can this be modded in?

[Matt Arnold]

Originally Posted by xydra

Related storylines include suspensions for brawling?

Brawling is fine. Only illegal activities had to be removed. I think only 2 or so storylines had to get cut, with maybe one or two others re-worded. We've also added a new resource, Cole, to our text team, and I think by release day he'll have a million new storylines written.*

*okay, I might be exaggerating there, but we'll have a good chunk of new storylines to keep everyone amused in game.

[Orioles1966]

If you move 2 or more MLB teams to a fictional league-are drug suspensions possible?

[Cryomaniac]

Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

Brawling is fine. Only illegal activities had to be removed. I think only 2 or so storylines had to get cut, with maybe one or two others re-worded. We've also added a new resource, Cole, to our text team, and I think by release day he'll have a million new storylines written.*

*okay, I might be exaggerating there, but we'll have a good chunk of new storylines to keep everyone amused in game.

Off the top of my head the only other one that would have to go would be the one involving someone being arrested for fraud, unless there are others that I haven't seen.

[jpeters1734]

so what happens if I have a fictional league with the illegal activity, then I add an mlb league later? would the storylines only affect the fictional leagues or will the feature be turned off for the whole save?