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Eugene Church · 08-19-2006, 08:38 PM

Just my two cents worth.

To be quite honest, I have not played very many games in V2006, but I have played enought games to form a decent opinion.

I really am not fond of either screen. But I have no choice, if I want to play this new version. I just suffer through it, but really don't enjoy the game yet. Maybe with time and the new patch, enjoyment may come.

SION Broadcast and SION Webcast are both flawed with poor graphics, poor fonts, poor content and poor layout. I intend to post suggestions on the graphics forum in hopes something will be done for V2007.

I much prefer the simple and uncluttered OOTP6.5 game screen in all respects compared to V2006. The stats content is also much superior, too.

News stories and PBP in V2006, however, are much superior to OOTP6.5.

Of the two screens, by far, I prefer the SION Broadcast. It is the less cluttered of the two and doesn't have the faded logos to interfere with the text. It only has them on the lower right side, where they don't interfere with the PBP text.

I think the Defensive Lineup is fine on the SION Broadcast. It is much superior to the Webcast graphics.

SION BROADCAST:
hard to read lineup...poor color contrast between the yellow font and black background...I wish the line up and scoreboard were white letters on black with a font that is not dotted...but the stats are clear for the batter and pitcher...not a big deal with most people, but the logos are chopped off. I have spent three years getting my custom logos and now they will be chopped up...this is picky, but the order is wrong for pitcher stats...should be W-L IP H R-ER BB K ERA...that is the standard pattern...batting stats do not list runs, 2B, 3B, BB, SO...current batter is not highlighted enough...it is just a slightly different color from the rest of the lineup...V6.5 is far superior in clarity...another picky point, outfielders on the defensive setup are in the stands, not on the field...I know I can adjust them, but they should already have been adjusted in the default settings.

WEBSITE BROADCAST:
I don't think I will use this very much...faded logos just clutter the screens and make it hard to read text...it doesn't have them under the PBP text either, which is a plus...on the defensive layout the white foul lines block part of the third base name and first base name...when runners are on base, the screen is very cluttered...when the runners are on first and third, the black font on the dark gray background is hard to read...background should be a lighter gray, so the black doesn't disappear...pitch count and strike count is on top of the baserunner on first...runs are not listed in the batting section...would be nice to have AB R H HR RBI BB K listed...for pitching list IP H R-ER BB K HR ERA.

On the substitution screen, it is a big plus to have the scoreboard. I really like this. V6.5 needed this feature. However, there are very poor graphics here...there is hardly any contrast between the player's position and the background. They both are basically the same color, with the position just a tad lighter. But very hard to read.

Note on the Boxscores: Overall the Boxscore is great...but there is a little thing that needs to be fixed...it needs RBI on it...only the BI is listed.

08-19-2006, 08:38 PM	#37 (permalink)
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 16,946 Thanked 96x in 50 posts	Just my two cents worth. To be quite honest, I have not played very many games in V2006, but I have played enought games to form a decent opinion. I really am not fond of either screen. But I have no choice, if I want to play this new version. I just suffer through it, but really don't enjoy the game yet. Maybe with time and the new patch, enjoyment may come. SION Broadcast and SION Webcast are both flawed with poor graphics, poor fonts, poor content and poor layout. I intend to post suggestions on the graphics forum in hopes something will be done for V2007. I much prefer the simple and uncluttered OOTP6.5 game screen in all respects compared to V2006. The stats content is also much superior, too. News stories and PBP in V2006, however, are much superior to OOTP6.5. Of the two screens, by far, I prefer the SION Broadcast. It is the less cluttered of the two and doesn't have the faded logos to interfere with the text. It only has them on the lower right side, where they don't interfere with the PBP text. I think the Defensive Lineup is fine on the SION Broadcast. It is much superior to the Webcast graphics. SION BROADCAST: hard to read lineup...poor color contrast between the yellow font and black background...I wish the line up and scoreboard were white letters on black with a font that is not dotted...but the stats are clear for the batter and pitcher...not a big deal with most people, but the logos are chopped off. I have spent three years getting my custom logos and now they will be chopped up...this is picky, but the order is wrong for pitcher stats...should be W-L IP H R-ER BB K ERA...that is the standard pattern...batting stats do not list runs, 2B, 3B, BB, SO...current batter is not highlighted enough...it is just a slightly different color from the rest of the lineup...V6.5 is far superior in clarity...another picky point, outfielders on the defensive setup are in the stands, not on the field...I know I can adjust them, but they should already have been adjusted in the default settings. WEBSITE BROADCAST: I don't think I will use this very much...faded logos just clutter the screens and make it hard to read text...it doesn't have them under the PBP text either, which is a plus...on the defensive layout the white foul lines block part of the third base name and first base name...when runners are on base, the screen is very cluttered...when the runners are on first and third, the black font on the dark gray background is hard to read...background should be a lighter gray, so the black doesn't disappear...pitch count and strike count is on top of the baserunner on first...runs are not listed in the batting section...would be nice to have AB R H HR RBI BB K listed...for pitching list IP H R-ER BB K HR ERA. On the substitution screen, it is a big plus to have the scoreboard. I really like this. V6.5 needed this feature. However, there are very poor graphics here...there is hardly any contrast between the player's position and the background. They both are basically the same color, with the position just a tad lighter. But very hard to read. Note on the Boxscores: Overall the Boxscore is great...but there is a little thing that needs to be fixed...it needs RBI on it...only the BI is listed.