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Originally Posted by Scott Vibert
I think at least for me is there seems like an awful lot of irrelevant information to me, I'll be honest, while I don't mind seeing a players Marital Status, if there is a reason for it (maybe a random event where a players performance might suffer if he's going through a divorce or something); I don't need to know the names of his wife and/or kids. That kind of stuff, at least to me doesn't give any greater immersion, its just clutter and something readily ignored. Frankly even the marital status thing could be chucked with the "divorce" or "new birth" event occurring randomly to particular players.
Similarly all that data would have to be tracked in an already bloated database, given the choice between more stats and the ages of my 5th starter in AA's kids, I'll take the former.
I do like some of the options, and I'm always in favor of lessening the number of screens I have to flip back and forth between, but I'm also in favor of keeping the information displayed and used, relevant to the game in some way shape or form.
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I totally get where you're coming from. I agree that some of the info I included isn't absolutely necessary. While I DO want to see players' morale affected by off-field events--like a divorce, for instance--and for them to periodically miss time for the birth of a child, I don't personally care too much if there's a lack of continuity in that department. In other words, if a 16-year-old John Jones Jr. shows up on a high school feeder team, I'm not gonna go back 16 years in my sim and see if John Jones Sr. missed a game due to a child being born. I'm not that nitpicky.
Again, a lot of the data is there to give an idea of what
could ultimately be added down the road. For example, I would eventually love to see a new incarnation of ITP incorporated into OOTP, allowing you to start a career as an amateur player and work your way up to the bigs, become a coach/manager, and maybe eventually a GM or even an owner. So if this ever became a reality (like, by about OOTP18
) things like marital status and children would actually become pertinent.
As for now, I agree that this type of data is unnecessary. However,
most of the other info, in my opinion, is relevant... at least in terms of what I would like to see added to the game.
If anyone has any other questions as to why I included certain information, please feel free to ask. To me, that's what this is all about--sharing and debating our ideas on how to make OOTP better in the future.
