Got this about a year ago and have been pretty much addicted to it since. Right now I'm letting games sim on their own and am sticking to mainly GM duties and setting the line-ups/rotation/strategy. My current league has made it to 2045 and I've made it to the playoffs 19 consecutive years now. I'm just playing out the next few years because I want to see some of my draft picks make it into the hall of fame and then i'll start a new one on a harder difficulty. Also, Giancarlo Stanton is my bench coach and he's evolved into a pretty big sabermetrics guy!
Anyways – if any other ilxors are into this, i'd love to talk shop!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 23 October 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
i used to play baseball mogul a ton, tried OOTP maybe 5 years ago and it was definitely a better piece of software (mogul is super slow/clunky and pretty transparently a one-person project) but the interface density and amount of stuff going on in it was almost overwhelming. might give it another shot since i'm sure they've improved it since i last tried it.
― ciderpress, Sunday, 23 October 2016 17:55 (seven years ago) link
there's def a lot going on – they really went all the way in making it as realistic as possible, with the depth of the minor leagues and things like rule 5 and coach personalities etc; but i found it pretty easy to get the hang of at the same time. you just need to know baseball fairly well.obv i'm going to recommend you get it asap!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 23 October 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
oh boy this looks right up my alley. so much for me getting a life.
― brimstead, Sunday, 23 October 2016 19:21 (seven years ago) link
aaaand OOTP 17 just went on sale for $10 for the WS. look like i'll be updating!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
I play iootp on ios but its not that great.. some of the player progression is mystifying and its basically impossible to build a team through the draft since theres usually about 1-2 good players period and the rest are all relievers and 1/2 star prospects.
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 17:08 (seven years ago) link
huh. on the desktop platform i've had some decent luck with the draft (tho my preference is to focus on international talent). once a team gets good tho, it's tough because the 70-80 rated talent is def concentrated in the top 10 picks – but i've still gotten some decent talent in the earlier rounds. the guy i mentioned going into the hall was a 20th round pick! the key is to have a scout that's really good (excellent/legendary) with amateur talent.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 17:32 (seven years ago) link
yeah iootp is way stripped down - no scouts or anything like that. its still fun to sim for a couple years to see what happens but once the players name shift into purely AI generated names I lose interest
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 25 October 2016 20:56 (seven years ago) link
This sounds cool, I've never played sim games but it seems like something I'd really like. I'll have to check this out during the offseason.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 25 October 2016 21:38 (seven years ago) link
do it dude. you won't miss the rest of your life.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 31 October 2016 05:28 (seven years ago) link
played 2 seasons now, blew a 3-1 game WS lead with 3 outs from victory in season1, just won it all in season 2, but I am a trade happy and not concentrating on the farm so I am anticipating a steep drop off for upcoming year
― velko, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 06:28 (seven years ago) link
You're missing out! The Most rewarding thing in the game for me is having one of my draft picks/international amateurs come through the system and light the big leagues on fire. Right now one of my best guys was a low A throw-in I got in a p huge trade. My scouts really liked the guy, looked big league ready, but he'd been languishing in the low minors for no apparent reason. Two years later he was an all-star, ROY and basically replaced Mike trout in RF (Trout was 38 at this point).
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 06:50 (seven years ago) link