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coljesep · 11-12-2009, 01:12 PM

Awesome post.

The # of posts is honestly because there have been some who want to go to OOTP 8 because it's free. We're fine in terms of owner participation etc. Getting new owners when we have to is a small struggle, but we haven't had a season with vacancies yet.

My theory is OOTP 8 is free for a reason and if owners want to switch engines from 6.5 why go to 8 when we could just go to 9 or 10 you know?

See my scare would be (and I'm just an owner in the league, our commish doesn't own a team) my scare would be convert to X then XII comes out in 2 yrs... then what was the point? I can appreciate new engines for what they are but if let's say the best part about X over 6.5 is a better financials system, then maybe we can come up with something smart enough to do manually in 6.5.

I mean heck, I have run an FPS 98 league since 2002... at least OOTP 6.5 is a recognizeable name

Our league (the ootp 6.5) is an interesting one because if I guessed that 10% of our owners joined BECAUSE of OOTP I'd be either over estimating or right on target. We have a lot of clusters of friends that come aboard which makes the league very fun and competitive but also new owners take time to learn 6.5

BTW great analogy with the aging superstar haha.

Maybe I'm just pointing out an eventual problem with the OOTP engine as a whole. I mean you have to think OOTP 11 is coming out one day, so then what? I've used the reference before but it's very Madden-esque. Madden was a dynasty league that over time turned into kind of a 1 and done mentality because why get invested in Madden 05 past 1 or 2 seasons when if you take is serious and don't rush it, Madden 06 will be out.

At what point does OOTP become "THE" simulation engine, rather than the engine to use until next year.

So I guess if 26 owners enjoy 10+ seasons of 6.5 and we switch to X for example and they have a hard time with it, what's a reason we'd use not to switch to say OOTP XII?

Of course I get the OOTP makers need to make $ but the engine is going to become too much of a yearly cycle, especially if leagues do not convert.

11-12-2009, 01:12 PM	#10 (permalink)
coljesep Minors (Double A) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Connecticut Posts: 182 Thanks: 13 Thanked 26x in 23 posts	Awesome post. The # of posts is honestly because there have been some who want to go to OOTP 8 because it's free. We're fine in terms of owner participation etc. Getting new owners when we have to is a small struggle, but we haven't had a season with vacancies yet. My theory is OOTP 8 is free for a reason and if owners want to switch engines from 6.5 why go to 8 when we could just go to 9 or 10 you know? See my scare would be (and I'm just an owner in the league, our commish doesn't own a team) my scare would be convert to X then XII comes out in 2 yrs... then what was the point? I can appreciate new engines for what they are but if let's say the best part about X over 6.5 is a better financials system, then maybe we can come up with something smart enough to do manually in 6.5. I mean heck, I have run an FPS 98 league since 2002... at least OOTP 6.5 is a recognizeable name Our league (the ootp 6.5) is an interesting one because if I guessed that 10% of our owners joined BECAUSE of OOTP I'd be either over estimating or right on target. We have a lot of clusters of friends that come aboard which makes the league very fun and competitive but also new owners take time to learn 6.5 BTW great analogy with the aging superstar haha. Maybe I'm just pointing out an eventual problem with the OOTP engine as a whole. I mean you have to think OOTP 11 is coming out one day, so then what? I've used the reference before but it's very Madden-esque. Madden was a dynasty league that over time turned into kind of a 1 and done mentality because why get invested in Madden 05 past 1 or 2 seasons when if you take is serious and don't rush it, Madden 06 will be out. At what point does OOTP become "THE" simulation engine, rather than the engine to use until next year. So I guess if 26 owners enjoy 10+ seasons of 6.5 and we switch to X for example and they have a hard time with it, what's a reason we'd use not to switch to say OOTP XII? Of course I get the OOTP makers need to make $ but the engine is going to become too much of a yearly cycle, especially if leagues do not convert. Last edited by coljesep; 11-12-2009 at 01:14 PM. Reason: forgot something