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Originally Posted by Curtis
This is from a locked thread, dated October 14th, by RonCo:
Why did you leave this place?
Just to be clear, while I think OOTP is a great little game in its own comprehensive way, the only thing I care about is simulating a realistic fictional environment that is played online--i.e. getting players to develop right and getting the game engine to play actual baseball. I don't care about the GM AI, nor do I care about historical simulation. I don't care about face gen. I don't care about scouting except as it gets in the way of or interacts with development. I don't care about uniforms. All I care about is whether players age right and the game engine works. I spent easily 1,000 hours proposing designs and doing testing on this game over the last year. I focused on development, a new pitching model, and a few other small areas--pretty much none of which was used. It is obvious to me that the game is not going to get any better if I work on it or if I don't. So I'm taking my ball and going home because, quite honestly, the game is no fun for me. I see nothing but the gaping holes. I've also gotten so deeply involved at my real work, that I haven't had time to run my FOBL team, so what little motivation I had for the work was removed.
If this last ever changes, I'll come back to run a FOBL team. And if it _really_ changes, perhaps I'll even decide to write my own game. It's really what I should have done last year given this effort.
But until then, I'll leave this post as my presumptive last post...but then again, I should never say never.
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To me, the reason why he left is awfully petty. Is it that big of a deal? RonCo came up with his own settings that fit HIS need.
Isn't that the motto of OOTP? "It's your game, play it your way??" I'm sure there's settings for EVERYONE out there, and Markus and the rest of development and testing created this game to be able to customize it exactly to your own specifications, however varied they may be. To me, that's the most important thing.
Thanks, Markus, for a great game.