quick multiplayer question

[wildfire]

I see the posts about Online leagues.. but what do those mean? I used to (and my brother is highly into) play hockey sims online using the FHL sim (completely different program from EHM 2007) with real or fake players and it worked great.

One of the main reasons I will buy this game is if it's LAN supportive... Can I connect to his game through LAN, online or direct IP or is just like a hotseat online or singleplayer game.

Thanks



EHM2007 ROCKS

[1998 Yankees]

This is a summary from the game manual about online leagues:

Online leagues in OOTPB are fairly simple. A group of players decides to start an online league. One or more players become the commissioners. These are the people who will “run” the league. In some online leagues, the commissioner also controls a team. Some online leagues have a mix of human- and computer-controlled teams.

The players who initiate an online league typically decide on the league configuration. The commissioner creates the game on his computer, and then provides a copy of the game to the other players, usually via a web site. The managers download the game files and then open up the game. Once they are in the game, they can make changes to their teams, such as setting up lineups. Once they are done making changes, they export those changes to a web site. The commissioner retrieves these team export files and imports the changes into the master copy of the game. The commissioner usually then auto-plays a fixed number of days and posts a copy of the league files again.

This process repeats itself throughout an entire baseball season. League events such as playoffs, free agency, and drafts are handled in different ways in different online leagues. There is no “right way” to handle these things. But the fundamental process continues: make changes, export, import, auto-play, new league file, repeat.

[Long_Long_Name]

Online leagues are basically a hotseat way to play the game. The commissioner uploads the league files, and lets a few days for everyone to "take a seat". He then imports all the information and simulates a given number of days. So, basically, you can't play head to head unless it's hotseat, there's no way of two computers playing opposing teams in a game.