Why I Love OOTPB!

Eugene Church · 04-26-2014, 07:24 PM

I'm sure all of you have great moments to share about OOTPB games.
I had one today.
I was totally stunned while playing out this game.
I use OOTP12 for this league.

Here is the game recap from my Ruthlandian-Tycobbian Dynasty League:

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Monday, October 2, 2045

2045 IPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - Game 3

Tycobbian Union

SUN SOX SHOCK RED SOX ON LONG'S GRAND SLAM
Game three of the Tycobbian LCS was a tense battle for 8 innings, tied at 3-3... then it took a turn toward the miraculous... Josh Stevens boomed a grand slammer to put Red Bluff seemingly in front to stay 7-3... only to have Southport mount an impossible comeback with 5 runs for a fantastic 8-7 win, culminating with James Long's miracle grand slam homer to give the Sun Sox a third consecutive victory in the best-of seven affair... Southport lost the opening game of the Division Series, but has rolled to seven straight wins since then... one more win over Red Bluff in the LCS and the Sun Sox will get a golden chance to repeat as IPA champion.

Starters Jack Wallace (2-0/2.22) for Red Bluff and Cade Brockton (1-0/2.16) for Southport kept things under control for the first 8 frames... Wallace was touched for 3 runs on 7 hits in his 8 innings, while Brockton allowed 3 runs on 6 hits in his 7 and two-thirds innings... then the bullpens took over and both of them tried their best to lose it... the Red Sox clobbered Hal Combs (1-0/0.00) for 4 runs on 2 hits in the top of the ninth and seemed almost certain to get their first win the series... but no... Ayden Carmack (0-1) was even worse as he was slammed for 5 runs and 3 hits by the Sun Sox to take the crushing loss.

The Sun Sox had the advantage in hits 10 to 9... Southport CF Barney Lewis (.152) sparked them with 3 hits... LF Chris Jones (.300) drove in a pair of runs and scored twice... SS Gonzalo Topez (.452) was 1-for-3 and scored 3 times... Stevens (.310) had a double and the grand slam and drove in 5 runs for the Red Sox... he now has 3 homers in the playoffs and 11 RBIs... 3B Fran Blanchard (.289) got his third roundtripper in the playoffs and had 2 hits.

Déjà Bru · 04-27-2014, 12:14 AM

Eugene, you sure have the immersion aspect of this game down cold, judging by the writing of your news article. My hat is off to you, sir.

Eugene Church · 04-27-2014, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Eugene, you sure have the immersion aspect of this game down cold, judging by the writing of your news article. My hat is off to you, sir.

Immersion is really the name of the game for me.

I sim the regular season, then write a summary covering each of the divisions, but play out the playoff games and recap each game.
You really get to know your teams and players when you write news stories about the games.

The players really come alive, so to speak.

The Wolf · 04-27-2014, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Eugene, you sure have the immersion aspect of this game down cold, judging by the writing of your news article. My hat is off to you, sir.

Eugene and that guy with the island nation league invented immersion.

Fyrestorm3 · 04-27-2014, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Eugene Church

You really get to know your teams and players when you write news stories about the games.

The players really come alive, so to speak.

I have to second this. I don't even write dynasty reports, I just keep a word document full of news stories about my most interesting moments. It's amazing how much it adds to the game.

Cole · 04-27-2014, 02:09 AM

You know what might help with immersion, some team logos

Déjà Bru · 04-27-2014, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ripwalk

You know what might help with immersion, some team logos

Heh, that is strange, Eugene. You don't bother with logos? I'm sure you know that there are tons of generic ones out there for adaptation.

The Wolf · 04-27-2014, 04:27 PM

Or he could just hit up Add-Ons Central for The Nickname Project - The Complete Edition.

Fyrestorm3 · 04-27-2014, 04:40 PM

Maybe he just likes that style. Those are custom logos, after all, not the ones that are generated by the game.

Déjà Bru · 04-27-2014, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Fyrestorm3

Maybe he just likes that style. Those are custom logos, after all, not the ones that are generated by the game.

I didn't realize that. They look like the ones the game used to generate a few versions ago, I guess. Well, maybe they are immaterial to Eugene, seeing that the game is primarily going on inside his mind. OOTPB is just keeping his stats for him.

Fyrestorm3 · 04-27-2014, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

I didn't realize that. They look like the ones the game used to generate a few versions ago, I guess.

You could be right, as my knowledge only goes back to OOTP12. It's possible they were generated in an older version and imported forward. I've just never seen them perfectly centered in a circle like that, nevermind with two background colors. But, if that was how they used to be generated, then pardon my ignorance. Either way, though, this is the key point:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Well, maybe they are immaterial to Eugene, seeing that the game is primarily going on inside his mind. OOTPB is just keeping his stats for him.

Eugene Church · 04-27-2014, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ripwalk

You know what might help with immersion, some team logos

I do have custom-created logos. The wonderful guys on the Mods Forum did them for me years ago. I think the problem with them was that OOTP12 used circular logos and mine were mostly square and might not have fit the space.

knuckler did many of them.

#1 is the Ancona Red Elephants
#3 is the Arroyo Grande Suns

Eugene Church · 04-27-2014, 06:19 PM

Here's some more IPA logos:

#2 is the Belair Beach Sunbirds

Eugene Church · 04-27-2014, 06:24 PM

More IPA logos:

#2 is the Colchester Elites
#3 is the Cold Creek Catamounts
#5 is the Crystal Lake Crushers

Eugene Church · 04-27-2014, 06:27 PM

Here are some of the playoff teams:

#1 is the Middlefield Roosters

Eugene Church · 04-27-2014, 06:31 PM

Some other fine logos from the IPA.

#2 is the Far Mountain Redhawks

Déjà Bru · 04-27-2014, 09:38 PM

Very nice. You should work on getting them back into your game. Too good not to use.

Eugene Church · 04-28-2014, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Very nice. You should work on getting them back into your game. Too good not to use.

You are right. I may just take the time to see if they can be placed into the game in a simple fashion.

I'm not very well-versed with computers and many times struggle with things that seem to be a breeze for others.

megamanmatt · 04-28-2014, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Eugene Church

You are right. I may just take the time to see if they can be placed into the game in a simple fashion.

I'm not very well-versed with computers and many times struggle with things that seem to be a breeze for others.

Well if you can describe what you want and want to send me the league file I'd be happy to set it up how you'd like and get it back to you.

Carlton · 04-28-2014, 11:12 AM

It's this factor that in my 1995 Dynasty that kept me hooked in,

and why backup C Adam Melhuse then of the Blue Jays
and journeyman, injury replacement Chuck Cary of Havana
will always be in my memory

The former hit a soul crushing HR to change the momentum of the League championship, he hit 2 in 200 PA in his rookie season

The latter had an ERA in the 6.00's and would be wallowing in AAA if not for 3 SP going down, yet he went 7 IP and K'd 8 to keep Havana alive

04-27-2014, 06:19 PM	#13
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,979	Here's some more IPA logos: #2 is the Belair Beach Sunbirds Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 04-27-2014 at 06:24 PM.

04-27-2014, 06:24 PM	#14
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,979	More IPA logos: #2 is the Colchester Elites #3 is the Cold Creek Catamounts #5 is the Crystal Lake Crushers Attached Images

04-27-2014, 06:27 PM	#15
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,979	Here are some of the playoff teams: #1 is the Middlefield Roosters Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 04-27-2014 at 10:31 PM.

04-27-2014, 06:31 PM	#16
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,979	Some other fine logos from the IPA. #2 is the Far Mountain Redhawks Attached Images

04-27-2014, 09:38 PM	#17
Déjà Bru Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Long Island Posts: 11,740	Very nice. You should work on getting them back into your game. Too good not to use. __________________ - Bru

04-26-2014, 07:24 PM	#1
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,979	Why I Love OOTPB! I'm sure all of you have great moments to share about OOTPB games. I had one today. I was totally stunned while playing out this game. I use OOTP12 for this league. Here is the game recap from my Ruthlandian-Tycobbian Dynasty League: THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Monday, October 2, 2045 2045 IPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - Game 3 Tycobbian Union SUN SOX SHOCK RED SOX ON LONG'S GRAND SLAM Game three of the Tycobbian LCS was a tense battle for 8 innings, tied at 3-3... then it took a turn toward the miraculous... Josh Stevens boomed a grand slammer to put Red Bluff seemingly in front to stay 7-3... only to have Southport mount an impossible comeback with 5 runs for a fantastic 8-7 win, culminating with James Long's miracle grand slam homer to give the Sun Sox a third consecutive victory in the best-of seven affair... Southport lost the opening game of the Division Series, but has rolled to seven straight wins since then... one more win over Red Bluff in the LCS and the Sun Sox will get a golden chance to repeat as IPA champion. Starters Jack Wallace (2-0/2.22) for Red Bluff and Cade Brockton (1-0/2.16) for Southport kept things under control for the first 8 frames... Wallace was touched for 3 runs on 7 hits in his 8 innings, while Brockton allowed 3 runs on 6 hits in his 7 and two-thirds innings... then the bullpens took over and both of them tried their best to lose it... the Red Sox clobbered Hal Combs (1-0/0.00) for 4 runs on 2 hits in the top of the ninth and seemed almost certain to get their first win the series... but no... Ayden Carmack (0-1) was even worse as he was slammed for 5 runs and 3 hits by the Sun Sox to take the crushing loss. The Sun Sox had the advantage in hits 10 to 9... Southport CF Barney Lewis (.152) sparked them with 3 hits... LF Chris Jones (.300) drove in a pair of runs and scored twice... SS Gonzalo Topez (.452) was 1-for-3 and scored 3 times... Stevens (.310) had a double and the grand slam and drove in 5 runs for the Red Sox... he now has 3 homers in the playoffs and 11 RBIs... 3B Fran Blanchard (.289) got his third roundtripper in the playoffs and had 2 hits. Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 04-26-2014 at 07:35 PM.

04-27-2014, 12:14 AM	#2
Déjà Bru Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Long Island Posts: 11,740	Eugene, you sure have the immersion aspect of this game down cold, judging by the writing of your news article. My hat is off to you, sir. __________________ - Bru

04-27-2014, 02:09 AM	#6
Cole Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick Posts: 2,685	You know what might help with immersion, some team logos

04-27-2014, 04:40 PM	#9
Fyrestorm3 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Tampa Bay, Massachusetts Posts: 2,928	Maybe he just likes that style. Those are custom logos, after all, not the ones that are generated by the game.

04-28-2014, 11:12 AM	#20
Carlton Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,765	It's this factor that in my 1995 Dynasty that kept me hooked in, and why backup C Adam Melhuse then of the Blue Jays and journeyman, injury replacement Chuck Cary of Havana will always be in my memory The former hit a soul crushing HR to change the momentum of the League championship, he hit 2 in 200 PA in his rookie season The latter had an ERA in the 6.00's and would be wallowing in AAA if not for 3 SP going down, yet he went 7 IP and K'd 8 to keep Havana alive __________________ "I am at that stage of my life where I keep myself out of arguments. I am 100% self sufficient spiritually, emotionally & financially. Even if you say 1+1=5, you are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. Enjoy!" Last edited by Carlton; 04-28-2014 at 11:18 AM.