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thbroman · 04-28-2008, 10:05 AM

Dear Marcus, Andreas, Steve, & Co. --

It was great to get news of the forthcoming release of OOTP.

I have already pre-ordered, but wanted to ask a couple of questions.

First, I wanted to ask how the problem of data management will be handled. I found having to manually delete messages from the OOTP2007 savegames (at least, I never found a way to have them deleted automatically) to be pretty annoying. Will there be a better set of options on the league set-up to pare the size of savegames down?

My other question is one that is near and dear to my heart. Some time back after the release of OOTP2007 I initiated a discussion with Le Grande Orange about how one might create a fictional universe of the 1940s, with multiple levels of farm teams, independent minor leagues, and the reserve rule in effect. OOTP2007 offered a hope of recreating this with its use of high-school and college feeders, but I could never get those feeders to work in a way that was satisfactory to me. (Maybe someone else solved this -- I haven't really been able to keep up). Anyway, the reason why I have always wanted to have something like this be possible is that it would really put your scouts to work in an interesting way, driving though those small southern or Canadian towns, trolling for a prospect.
So my question is: will OOTP9 move a step closer to recreating that sort of universe? If not, is it something that you guys think is a goal worth shooting for?

As always, I am eagerly looking forward to the new version.

04-28-2008, 10:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
thbroman All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 512	A couple of questions about OOTP9 Dear Marcus, Andreas, Steve, & Co. -- It was great to get news of the forthcoming release of OOTP. I have already pre-ordered, but wanted to ask a couple of questions. First, I wanted to ask how the problem of data management will be handled. I found having to manually delete messages from the OOTP2007 savegames (at least, I never found a way to have them deleted automatically) to be pretty annoying. Will there be a better set of options on the league set-up to pare the size of savegames down? My other question is one that is near and dear to my heart. Some time back after the release of OOTP2007 I initiated a discussion with Le Grande Orange about how one might create a fictional universe of the 1940s, with multiple levels of farm teams, independent minor leagues, and the reserve rule in effect. OOTP2007 offered a hope of recreating this with its use of high-school and college feeders, but I could never get those feeders to work in a way that was satisfactory to me. (Maybe someone else solved this -- I haven't really been able to keep up). Anyway, the reason why I have always wanted to have something like this be possible is that it would really put your scouts to work in an interesting way, driving though those small southern or Canadian towns, trolling for a prospect. So my question is: will OOTP9 move a step closer to recreating that sort of universe? If not, is it something that you guys think is a goal worth shooting for? As always, I am eagerly looking forward to the new version.