OOTP 15 Update #3 coming at the end of the week....

[Cryomaniac]

Originally Posted by 24Rocks

Most people have played a version of this game that didn't have proper team names, i know I hated having to change them in V7 V8 when i wanted to make a new league and its probably just a minor bump what have had MLB team loaded up since v9 I think and every year after that and no problems so this is just a minor bump and every one need to clam there tits man.

You certainly have a point, but as I said, the issue is that this will turn people off the game, and will likely affect the sort of press it gets, which - over a few years - could potentially be bad news.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

Given the MLB's history of meddling with licensees - and, of course, their total incompetence - that's exactly what has me worried too.

Yikes, but I would think that MH would drop all references to MLB before he would let the suits and ties muck up his game.

[endgame]

No worries. Markus will always keep the game and his control of it first and foremost in his decisions. Notwithstanding the continued varied wants and needs of the community. Continue to have faith in his judgments. I think this was a ship bound to sail at some point along the way. I'm certain he was prepared for it, along with continuing to provide the best quality product possible for all of us.

[Cryomaniac]

Originally Posted by endgame

No worries. Markus will always keep the game and his control of it first and foremost in his decisions. Notwithstanding the continued varied wants and needs of the community. Continue to have faith in his judgments. I think this was a ship bound to sail at some point along the way. I'm certain he was prepared for it, along with continuing to provide the best quality product possible for all of us.

Indeed. The problem isn't Markus, or even MLB, the problem is 1) how this effects the public impression of OOTP (i/e will it be seen as worse without real team names) and 2) how it also effects FHM (and in the future BTS), because those games don't have the fan base OOTP does and probably couldn't survive a similar thing happening to them at this point.

[Honorable_Pawn]

Originally Posted by ThatSeventiesGuy

Renamed Franchises:

Really Old League Right Coast:

New York Metropolitans
Atlanta Native American Warriors
Philadelphia Natives of Philadelphia
Miami Large Pointy Fish
Washington Artists Formerly Known As Expos

Really Old League Bunch of Cornfields And Such:

St. Louis Maroon-Colored Birds
Chicago Baby Bears
Pittsburgh Scurvy Sailors of a Criminal Nature
Cincinnati No We Aren't Communists, Thank You Very Much
Milwaukee Guys Who Make Beer

Really Old League Left Coast:

San Francisco Really Large Guys
Los Angeles People Who Avoid Trolleys
San Diego Religious Figures
Arizona Venomous Reptiles
Colorado Mountains That Aren't The Appalachians

Not Quite As Old League Right Coast:

Boston Stockings That Are Sort of Maroon-ish
New York Cartoonish Patriotic Figures
Toronto Birds That Are Blue But Are Not Bluebirds
Baltimore Birds That Are Black and Orange And Are Native To Maryland
Tampa Bay Non-Satanic Aquatic Creatures

Not Quite As Old League Bunch of Cornfields And Such:

Chicago Stockings That Are Rather Pale
Cleveland Indigenous North Americans
Detroit Large Cats That Feature In Circuses But Aren't Lions
Kansas City Monarchical Figures
Minnesota Siblings Born On The Same Day

Not Quite As Old League Left Coast:

Los Angeles Heavenly Religious Symbols of Anaheim
Seattle Non-Criminal Sailors Like In That Coleridge Poem, Except Not As Old
Oakland Sporty Types
Houston Space Travelers Who Aren't The Doctor
Texas Chuck Norrises

Tampa Bay Non-Satanic Aquatic Creatures



I almost choked on my sam 'ich

[justafan]

Originally Posted by JohnHoward

Next to follow would be MLB lawyers going after individual mod makers for copyright infringement. It would be expensive and pointless but that just about sums up MLB corporate "strategy".

Come and get me, I have nothing, and they can have it.

[Honorable_Pawn]

Same here. I can share with my friends all I want and I intend to.

Now, I think it's time I switch from fictional-only to MLB. *defiant*

[Honorable_Pawn]

And let's keep things in perspective here, folks. It's MLB we're dealing with not the "Church" of Scientology. MLB ain't coming after 'lil folk.

[Raidergoo]

Let's just see what is coming as the business grows. I hope this will lead to many more sales, and the hiring of several more full time developers.

[STLKyle]

Will this also affect the names of the minor league teams? I've screenshot all of them just in case I need to edit. But, that's a lot of teams!

[Cryomaniac]

Originally Posted by STLKyle

Will this also affect the names of the minor league teams? I've screenshot all of them just in case I need to edit. But, that's a lot of teams!

That is a good question. They are governed by a separate organisation to MLB, so it might not immediately affect them.

[trident]

Originally Posted by pstrickert

Hopefully, paying for the license will also mean that MLB will promote OOTP. In that case, the ROI would be worth paying the fee.

That's the only thing you would think would make it worthwhile. If licensing is excessive, what's the point unless it gets shared across MLB media channels through their own initiatives.

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by RchW

Geez guys let things happen before we have the apocalypse dance.

Rich, are you familiar with the shackles that they put on MLB The Show?

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by Honorable_Pawn

And let's keep things in perspective here, folks. It's MLB we're dealing with not the "Church" of Scientology. MLB ain't coming after 'lil folk.

Tell that to the podcasters the MLB had shut down.

MLB gets baseball podcasts dropped from iTunes. Maybe. - SBNation.com

[Honorable_Pawn]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

Tell that to the podcasters the MLB had shut down.

MLB gets baseball podcasts dropped from iTunes. Maybe. - SBNation.com

eewwwww...I had no idea about that. It must have been that over-zealous Apple employee that did all of that. Thanks for the link.

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by STLKyle

Will this also affect the names of the minor league teams? I've screenshot all of them just in case I need to edit. But, that's a lot of teams!

Save the structure to an XML file.

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by Honorable_Pawn

eewwwww...I had no idea about that. It must have been that over-zealous Apple employee that did all of that. Thanks for the link.

Over zealous MLB to start with.

[Cryomaniac]

Originally Posted by trident

That's the only thing you would think would make it worthwhile. If licensing is excessive, what's the point unless it gets shared across MLB media channels through their own initiatives.

That would be fine if they weren't going to put ridiculous conditions on the release of the game. No way would they agree to a license with the game as it is (at the very least, all brawls, drug suspensions and negative storylines would have to go - because they "show the league in a bad light". I also wonder whether international leagues would survive, since I can't see MLB wanting to have "competition" in a licensed game, which would almost certainly impact fictional leagues too). MLB Licensing will end very badly imho. I will support Markus regardless, but from a personal point of view licensed games can go to hell. I'd rather have no real names in the game than an MLB license if it means losing any of the richness of the game world that OOTP allows.

[BaseballLife322]

Hopefully Markus and co make the right decision and I have faith in them.. Like others have said, if the license agreement has an impact on the overall OOTP game, then I don't think it's worth it.. If it's at that point. I think most would rather just take the time to change the team names themselves or even make up their own team names.

[Papa3]

Don't mean to change the licensing topic but IIRC, this is the patch that's supposed to significantly upgrade 3-D in the game. Is that still the case?