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Muzamba · 08-19-2009, 10:23 PM

I want to apologize for not providing any updates over the past few months.

Truth is, I decided to shelve this project temporarily for a number of reasons. Most of the blame lies squarely on my shoulders as a combination of "real life" issues, frustration, and burn-out/fatigue got the better of me. (I am a very compulsive person by nature, so I tend to work feverishly on a project for long periods at a time, then set it aside and have nothing to do with it for a while thereafter.)

While I may feel somewhat recharged at this point, a lot of the frustration that caused me to initially sideline this project remains.

First, my clunkputer was crashing every time I tried loading up all the college leagues into one universe, so I never got to sufficiently test it out.

Plus, the more I worked on this project, the more I realized just how incomplete (to put it nicely) the feeder system is. Many people were asking for a feeder league version of my set-up, which I very much wanted to provide, as I ultimately wanted one myself. Unfortunately, I could never figure out an ideal--or at least (IMO) an acceptable--way to configure it to make it function realistically.

And then the logo project seemed to just fizzle out. At one point, there were 4 or 5 people working on logos and jerseys and such, but I think either real life intervened or they simply began to lose interest... not that I can blame them. Editing over 1700 logos is no easy task and I kinda suspected we wouldn't get too far on it.

Of course, it never helps when you've put countless hours into a project only to have a large portion of it go for naught. This essentially happened to me when I realized that a world template does not save locations. So those 1700 or so cities I entered for each college just--POOF!--disappeared.

Oh, and then when I decided I'd give this project a rest and relax by working on my fictional league, I painfully discovered about a dozen other annoying bugs, limitations, and design flaws with OOTP that I wasn't aware of because I hadn't actually sat down and played OOTP for several years. (I usually know going into a new version that it doesn't yet have the features I'm looking for, so I faithfully plunk down my ~$30 to support the franchise, knowing I probably won't be actually playing it more than a couple times.)

So, umm, yeah...

Anyway...

I'm still torn as to the best way to proceed with this project.

I figure I can either just keep plugging along, entering new info and working on logos and the other peripherals as I'm able or inclined, or I can just set this project on the back burner until the feeder issues can be resolved, hopefully by the next version.

Overall, I'm not sure if there is a great enough interest in this project to keep it going, and honestly, I'm going to need help if I'm to even be able to get the framework done.

So the bottom line is, I'm not really certain as to the next step here, but I appreciate any support, moral or otherwise, people are willing to offer.

08-19-2009, 10:23 PM	#59 (permalink)
Muzamba All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 1,729 Thanks: 462 Thanked 547x in 234 posts	I want to apologize for not providing any updates over the past few months. Truth is, I decided to shelve this project temporarily for a number of reasons. Most of the blame lies squarely on my shoulders as a combination of "real life" issues, frustration, and burn-out/fatigue got the better of me. (I am a very compulsive person by nature, so I tend to work feverishly on a project for long periods at a time, then set it aside and have nothing to do with it for a while thereafter.) While I may feel somewhat recharged at this point, a lot of the frustration that caused me to initially sideline this project remains. First, my clunkputer was crashing every time I tried loading up all the college leagues into one universe, so I never got to sufficiently test it out. Plus, the more I worked on this project, the more I realized just how incomplete (to put it nicely) the feeder system is. Many people were asking for a feeder league version of my set-up, which I very much wanted to provide, as I ultimately wanted one myself. Unfortunately, I could never figure out an ideal--or at least (IMO) an acceptable--way to configure it to make it function realistically. And then the logo project seemed to just fizzle out. At one point, there were 4 or 5 people working on logos and jerseys and such, but I think either real life intervened or they simply began to lose interest... not that I can blame them. Editing over 1700 logos is no easy task and I kinda suspected we wouldn't get too far on it. Of course, it never helps when you've put countless hours into a project only to have a large portion of it go for naught. This essentially happened to me when I realized that a world template does not save locations. So those 1700 or so cities I entered for each college just--POOF!--disappeared. Oh, and then when I decided I'd give this project a rest and relax by working on my fictional league, I painfully discovered about a dozen other annoying bugs, limitations, and design flaws with OOTP that I wasn't aware of because I hadn't actually sat down and played OOTP for several years. (I usually know going into a new version that it doesn't yet have the features I'm looking for, so I faithfully plunk down my ~$30 to support the franchise, knowing I probably won't be actually playing it more than a couple times.) So, umm, yeah... Anyway... I'm still torn as to the best way to proceed with this project. I figure I can either just keep plugging along, entering new info and working on logos and the other peripherals as I'm able or inclined, or I can just set this project on the back burner until the feeder issues can be resolved, hopefully by the next version. Overall, I'm not sure if there is a great enough interest in this project to keep it going, and honestly, I'm going to need help if I'm to even be able to get the framework done. So the bottom line is, I'm not really certain as to the next step here, but I appreciate any support, moral or otherwise, people are willing to offer. __________________ "It may be nothing. But it usually is always something and more than something." - Cardinals GM John Mozeliak on... something?