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Originally Posted by highandoutside
On top of all that has been mentioned (less suspense, less “great” plays and cutting out the nonsense station identifications) I think what should be added are more references to in-game or season performances of the players. We now have a plethora of statistic to draw from. How about the including more commentary like “Simms is 4-9 in the series” or “Simms is batting .333 with a 1-2 count”. More, quick one- liners that add a statistical context to the at bat or situation would be great. Just don’t over do it with a bunch of fluff. I like to play pitch by pitch and I am a patient person, but wading through some of the text is starting to get to me. Again, learn from DMB.
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DMB has one guy who does PbP. He's good at it. People respond to his PbP. They are always posting PbP that they run across that's context specific and rare, but beautiful. DMB PbP is not perfect. The long-awaited update to version 9 is supposed to be out soon, and it is supposed to include significant additions to the PbP pool. If it actually comes out within the next couple of weeks, I'd strongly suggest someone in OOTP put it through it's paces. It has just the right mix of routine and color. Sometimes your left in suspense, but not constantly hyped. And it lets the game itself be the drama. Face it. Many real-life baseball games are boring. But the beauty of baseball is its rhythms. You put up with all the boredom because you are slowly building story lines that eventually build to a deep, deep drama that manifests itself in a particular play, game, or series. The PbP needs to be a window on that drama, not the drama itself. If the window has stained glass for effect, the drama can actually be diminished.
I know different people will feel differently. I think the ability to modify PbP text, if made easily accessible, is a great feature. Originally, before I bought the game, the Mods section of the forum had people fantasizing about possible PbP mods in the style of specific great announcers. To me, the idea that someone would build a Vin Scully PbP mod captivated my imagination. It must be that the reality has set in that this is a tremendous amount of work which few people have the time for.
Perhaps we will have to wait years for the OOTP2006 foundation to bear the fruit that it's capable of.