[Bluenoser]

Originally Posted by StyxNCa

Well, the claim is that it is the best game out there, even for historical. That last part is not true, and the one thing I pointed out is one of the reasons why.

If you're going to claim historical accuracy then it better be just that.

Someone suggested long ago that OOTP should be divided into 2 games, fictitious and historical, and that would be great, but it won't happen. As people have pointed out time and time again, the engine isn't "really designed" to be an historical simulation, even though the newsletter mentions how this version is going to be the "most accurate" version for SINGLE SEASON historical replay. So what everyone is claiming is opposite of what Markus himself states in the newsletter.

But in reality, because the game is primarily for fictional play, it will never be the best historical game out there, and that's fine. I'm happy with the fictional part and that's what I use OOTP for, and I don't think anyone will ever be able to top OOTP for that.

Claiming you're the best and claiming you're accurate are two different things. To me, OOTP is the best historical, but that's because I'm not concerned with accuracy as in mimicing real baseball.