Coming out of retirement

AZTarHeel · 01-12-2004, 11:46 PM

In view of recent developments involving Roger Clemens, it would be neat to have the occasional OOTP player come out of retirement... or maybe have a way of luring a recently retired player to come back and play for your team... just a thought...

kq76 · 01-13-2004, 07:10 AM

I'd love this. It's been brought up a few times in the past, but maybe this'll be the year it makes it in the game.

Treches · 01-13-2004, 07:52 AM

Ya, it's a long-timer. I'd like to see it as well, but may not be easy to implement. The way retired.dat works currently (just by player additions) may need to be tweaked as to admit player submissions. Otherwise it'd give the same problems Pierre's utility encounters when unretiring a player (he stays in the retired.dat as well, thus duplicating players).

Chappy · 01-13-2004, 10:13 AM

I think in order for a feature like this to work well in OOTP, there'd need to be more players retiring when they can still play. It has been my experience that players don't retire until they're worthless.

AZTarHeel · 02-17-2004, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Chappy
I think in order for a feature like this to work well in OOTP, there'd need to be more players retiring when they can still play. It has been my experience that players don't retire until they're worthless.

Good point -- if more players retired "in their prime" we'd all be whining about that...

N8dogg777 · 02-17-2004, 09:55 PM

sorry,my post had already been answered......Im just lazy and didnt read but the 1st guys post =)

GODHAN · 02-19-2004, 09:12 PM

How about just not having guys retire when they can still play .....

Also, not too many guys ever really come outta retirement... Clemens didn't officially retire.. would be pretty wack to have guys like David Cone come back, and screw up a rotation...

darkcloud4579 · 03-01-2004, 04:08 PM

Actually, the game does leave guys who could probably still contribute in the free agent pool for quite a while. Sometimes as long as two years, before they finally retire. You call that "retirement" if you wanted and then say "look who's back" if you're doing a dynasty report.

I dunno...I see the point, but also could see how hard it would be to do this the right way.

01-12-2004, 11:46 PM	#1
AZTarHeel All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,744	Coming out of retirement In view of recent developments involving Roger Clemens, it would be neat to have the occasional OOTP player come out of retirement... or maybe have a way of luring a recently retired player to come back and play for your team... just a thought... Last edited by AZTarHeel; 01-12-2004 at 11:51 PM.

01-13-2004, 07:10 AM	#2
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 12,036	I'd love this. It's been brought up a few times in the past, but maybe this'll be the year it makes it in the game. __________________ My OOTP Wishlist \| My FAQ List OOTP Wiki \| Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project) For Beta/Devs: Full screen (1920x1080)

01-13-2004, 07:52 AM	#3
Treches Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Damned Hell Posts: 2,150	Ya, it's a long-timer. I'd like to see it as well, but may not be easy to implement. The way retired.dat works currently (just by player additions) may need to be tweaked as to admit player submissions. Otherwise it'd give the same problems Pierre's utility encounters when unretiring a player (he stays in the retired.dat as well, thus duplicating players). __________________ The Computer Baseball League

01-13-2004, 10:13 AM	#4
Chappy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,721	I think in order for a feature like this to work well in OOTP, there'd need to be more players retiring when they can still play. It has been my experience that players don't retire until they're worthless. __________________ NPBL - Pennsylvania Freedom AFBL - North Carolina Aviators MLB-Pro - Kansas City Royals

02-17-2004, 09:55 PM	#6
N8dogg777 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: St.Louis Area Posts: 151	sorry,my post had already been answered......Im just lazy and didnt read but the 1st guys post =) Last edited by N8dogg777; 02-17-2004 at 09:59 PM.

02-19-2004, 09:12 PM	#7
GODHAN Minors (Double A) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: LA, NY Posts: 123	How about just not having guys retire when they can still play ..... Also, not too many guys ever really come outta retirement... Clemens didn't officially retire.. would be pretty wack to have guys like David Cone come back, and screw up a rotation... __________________ Dodger Blue Forever LA Dodgers - Stat Geeks Anaheim Angels - Aaron Smart Baseball LA Dodgers - Big League Baseball

03-01-2004, 04:08 PM	#8
darkcloud4579 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 8,712	Actually, the game does leave guys who could probably still contribute in the free agent pool for quite a while. Sometimes as long as two years, before they finally retire. You call that "retirement" if you wanted and then say "look who's back" if you're doing a dynasty report. I dunno...I see the point, but also could see how hard it would be to do this the right way. __________________ ------ My Mods OOTP Advanced Stats & DFS Suite Managerial Strategy Pack Competitive Balance Tax Calculator Major League Women's Baseball (OOTP24) quickstart Indian Premier League \| 300+ years of baseball quickstart \| Expatriate League quickstart \| Off-Field Injuries Update \| Women's Name File for OOTP \| ---- Dynasty classics: Centurion comes to OOTP5 \| DC Moneyball Dynasty (2004)