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battists · 03-02-2009, 07:21 PM

Hi, and welcome chaserbren!

DMB and OOTP are both great games, in my opinion, but for some of the reasons other people mentioned above, we'd love for you to give OOTP a try.

One thing I should point out about head-to-head: while there is no head-to-head mode today (or in the upcoming OOTP 10, sadly), there is a new option available in OOTP as of last year called "replay." Most OOTP leagues simulate games, and the output of a single game is typically a game log and a box score. However, with "replays," you can actually choose to save the complete play-by-play for each game. Of course, I'm not claiming that it's the same thing as making the in-game calls yourself as in a true head-to-head, but it does allow you a greater degree of insight into how the games actually went down.

Not sure if that's "good enough" for your constituents, but I thought I would mention it!

Of course, someone else mentioned the customization. This is particularly cool for online leagues, as the game generates a huge # of HTML reports that you can share with your leagues. Here's one of many examples:

American Baseball Association Home

Let us know if you have any other questions!

Thanks,

Steve

03-02-2009, 07:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
battists OOTP Developments Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 17,189 Blog Entries: 7 Thanks: 31 Thanked 776x in 220 posts	Hi, and welcome chaserbren! DMB and OOTP are both great games, in my opinion, but for some of the reasons other people mentioned above, we'd love for you to give OOTP a try. One thing I should point out about head-to-head: while there is no head-to-head mode today (or in the upcoming OOTP 10, sadly), there is a new option available in OOTP as of last year called "replay." Most OOTP leagues simulate games, and the output of a single game is typically a game log and a box score. However, with "replays," you can actually choose to save the complete play-by-play for each game. Of course, I'm not claiming that it's the same thing as making the in-game calls yourself as in a true head-to-head, but it does allow you a greater degree of insight into how the games actually went down. Not sure if that's "good enough" for your constituents, but I thought I would mention it! Of course, someone else mentioned the customization. This is particularly cool for online leagues, as the game generates a huge # of HTML reports that you can share with your leagues. Here's one of many examples: American Baseball Association Home Let us know if you have any other questions! Thanks, Steve