Until 2007 comes out ...

Zitofan75 · 02-20-2007, 04:49 PM

Are you still playing (assuming you were playing it to begin with) OOTP2006 and if so, how?

I like big games. Majors + Full Minors (often bigger than normal systems). Multiple US Independent Leagues. Multiple International Leagues. The thing I didn't like about OOTP2006 was having to create them all at once. The World template device helped but I also never liked how all these leagues started at the same time.

So I'm thrilled we can add and delete leagues as we go through our baseball careers. So now in 2006 I've created a very simple league, just the majors with minors. I did it deliberately when I heard 2007 would let you add leagues. Just waiting for the new version to come along so I can then begin tacking leagues on as I like. Still I'm not playing it as much. I'm waiting for all the other features I suppose. Has the news of the release and what it contains changed anyone else's playing habits?

chimanbj · 02-20-2007, 05:06 PM

I've thought about creating a template for the new game, but I decided to wait. I'll play the new version like a new toy at Christmas. I'll make lots of junk leagues, and see "what happens if?" Once I'm satisfied with how the game works, then I'll start a fresh league, and if that works, I'll bring over my leagues from 2006...

silvam14 · 02-20-2007, 05:18 PM

Oh yeah,

Just finished my 1953 fictional season (started in 1940) and will continue on to 1954. I'm very excited to make use of all the new functions in the new game with my existing league!

Mattymo · 02-20-2007, 05:24 PM

Yes I am! Once I heard that 2007 was coming out, I started a new universe with promotion/relegation starting in 1901

Division 1= MLB (using real players, with a draft, original teams circa 1901)
Division 2= 2 leagues
Division 3= 4 leagues
Division 4= 8 leagues

The Champion of each Division (as determined by a tournament played out through exhibition games in the pre-season of the NEXT season) then plays the lst place team of the above division (as determined by the loser of a tournament/series of the last place teams) in a best-of-three for the right to play in that division. Sounds like a lot, but it's not.

I'm really looking forward to a few things, mainly expansion and adding/deleting leagues. I'll probably continue playing this (i'm just simming currently) until I get a good vibe on 2007.

chimanbj · 02-20-2007, 05:43 PM

With the ability to add new leagues, you could create a new history of baseball...going from the turn of the century, with no minor leagues, to the development of independent leagues, which could become affiliated with teams over time, to the creation of a full-on minor league system, and the introduction of college baseball, and of course, the negro leagues. And then the anti-major leagues, which could then turn into a new league to rival the MLB.

The possibilities are almost endless...

endgame · 02-20-2007, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silvam14

I'm very excited to make use of all the new functions in the new game with my existing league!

I share your excitement about the new functions. Well, as excited as I ever get about anything. I did notice, I think it was Sweed, mention he was holding off starting his new season - thinking it was integral to the time of conversion - and then electing to move forward. To the point, I haven't really seen any commitment to the idea that Spring Training has undergone the overhaul I would have expected it to, but if it has it'd be great to start the new season off including that new function as well. Might be something to keep in mind, depending how important that area is to anyone.

FWIW

robster1225 · 02-20-2007, 06:50 PM

Aside from testing the new game, I'm in two very good online leagues, and that is pretty much the only way I play the game. I've never been a solo player, really, but with 2007 I think I'm going to really get into historical simming!

84Hammy · 02-20-2007, 09:17 PM

I'm playing the heck out of 2006 right now. I am trying to get a few years in for my solo fictional league. I also started a dynasty with this league (which I haven't posted yet...). I will import the 2006 league to 2007, and hopefully everything is intact. Of course I said the same thing with moving from 6.5 to 2006, so who knows.

Raidergoo · 02-20-2007, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by endgame

I share your excitement about the new functions. Well, as excited as I ever get about anything. I did notice, I think it was Sweed, mention he was holding off starting his new season - thinking it was integral to the time of conversion - and then electing to move forward. To the point, I haven't really seen any commitment to the idea that Spring Training has undergone the overhaul I would have expected it to, but if it has it'd be great to start the new season off including that new function as well. Might be something to keep in mind, depending how important that area is to anyone.

FWIW

Spring Training = more of the same.

bleachercreature · 02-20-2007, 10:23 PM

I don'thave 2006. What I'm doing is planning for 2007. Putting together some thoughts for solo leagues, and planning out the universes, and seeing what questions I may have before release. This way when we get the game, I can just dive right in.

cephasjames · 02-20-2007, 11:02 PM

I stopped playing '06 awhile ago because my main world just was not what I wanted it to be because of the 'no add/delete league' thing. Now I'm just tweaking my world's history (which I have pretty much planned out - some 25+ leagues from 1871-now) and fiddling with uniform logos for all of the teams in my world.

endgame · 02-20-2007, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raidergoo

Spring Training = more of the same.

If, at least, transactions and waivers with level movements during this 'trial' period haven't been reviewed and revised, then I find this moderately disappointing.

cibl commish · 02-21-2007, 12:12 AM

Still playing 06 sparingly however as I'm somewhat addicted right now to FM07

lewis31lewis52 · 02-21-2007, 12:21 AM

Nope. I quit my current league because of no expansion, but now I can pick it up again due to included expansion in 2007. And besides, I'll also have FaceGen to make faces.

1998 Yankees · 02-21-2007, 10:25 AM

Just keeping everything on hold until 2007 comes out. Then I will copy my universe over to the new game and try it out. If things don't look good after a few sims, I will revert back to 2006 until patches have been released (and there will be patches for 2007, I'm sure).

One thing I am looking forward to, as others have mentioned here, is the ability to add in a league or two as I go along. I made the mistake (well, to me it was) of activating every league that was offered out of the box in 2006 in my first universe. Aside from the weeks that I spent setting all that up, I found that the span of the game was too much for me to focus on it all and immersion was nil for most of it.

Then I read that if I simmed several decades that a universe that large would probably grind to a halt eventually. That universe was recycled and replaced my a much leaner one.

However, I do miss the Mexican and Venezuelan Winter Leagues and I welcome the opportunity to bring them in 2007 without starting over. So, I'm grabbing my copy of OOTP 2007 on the first day and will begin monkeying around with it immediately, but I am not committing to it until proven.

ctorg · 02-21-2007, 10:42 AM

I've stopped playing 2006 completely now. I really never fully played completely involving leagues in it anyway, but now that 2007 is about to come, I'm not going to start creating something new yet.

Zitofan75 · 02-21-2007, 09:38 PM

Sounds like alot are waiting or dreaming their perfect league.

I've got a league I enjoy that I just started (took the SF Giants to the WS in the first season although got beat by Texas) a season ago. However, I realize that, for my taste, I should've created another level of A ball, sort of a Low A level. This way I can deposit my 18-19 year olds who are ready for a full season but who aren't ready for higher A or AA. So now I'm toying with the concept of stopping play until 2007 so I can insert that extra league in there and roll on. What I love about the add league feature is it will save someone like me who might not think of every needed detail at creation but doesn't want to lose out because of that.

Tycobbler · 02-22-2007, 12:36 AM

well let's not forget about our high school and college feeder leagues which add even more excitement !

ctorg · 02-22-2007, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Tycobbler

well let's not forget about our high school and college feeder leagues which add even more excitement !

Yes. I'm planning on having a feeder league that isn't actually high school or college, but basically an extended little league. Players will start in it at a really young age (not sure if there are lower limits, but I'm thinking 12 or 13) and work their way up until they are 18 (I may have a second league that goes until 21), at which point they will enter the draft.

crz4mets2 · 02-22-2007, 10:01 AM

I'm starting a fresh new league when the game comes out. My old league was a piece of junk anyways. I got all my teams ready to go.

02-20-2007, 04:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
Zitofan75 All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,319	Until 2007 comes out ... Are you still playing (assuming you were playing it to begin with) OOTP2006 and if so, how? I like big games. Majors + Full Minors (often bigger than normal systems). Multiple US Independent Leagues. Multiple International Leagues. The thing I didn't like about OOTP2006 was having to create them all at once. The World template device helped but I also never liked how all these leagues started at the same time. So I'm thrilled we can add and delete leagues as we go through our baseball careers. So now in 2006 I've created a very simple league, just the majors with minors. I did it deliberately when I heard 2007 would let you add leagues. Just waiting for the new version to come along so I can then begin tacking leagues on as I like. Still I'm not playing it as much. I'm waiting for all the other features I suppose. Has the news of the release and what it contains changed anyone else's playing habits?

02-20-2007, 05:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
chimanbj All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 705	I've thought about creating a template for the new game, but I decided to wait. I'll play the new version like a new toy at Christmas. I'll make lots of junk leagues, and see "what happens if?" Once I'm satisfied with how the game works, then I'll start a fresh league, and if that works, I'll bring over my leagues from 2006... __________________ People ask if I'm a Cubs or White Sox fan...I tell them, proudly, I'm a Phillies Phan!

02-20-2007, 05:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
silvam14 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Medford, MA Posts: 2,924	Oh yeah, Just finished my 1953 fictional season (started in 1940) and will continue on to 1954. I'm very excited to make use of all the new functions in the new game with my existing league! __________________ Check out my Fictional Uniform Project! http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j1...007%20Jerseys/ Also, Check out my collection of Circular OOTP logos (Kudos to cephasjames for his original logos) http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j10/silvam14/

02-20-2007, 05:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mattymo All Star Starter Join Date: May 2002 Location: Colchester, CT Posts: 1,414	Yes I am! Once I heard that 2007 was coming out, I started a new universe with promotion/relegation starting in 1901 Division 1= MLB (using real players, with a draft, original teams circa 1901) Division 2= 2 leagues Division 3= 4 leagues Division 4= 8 leagues The Champion of each Division (as determined by a tournament played out through exhibition games in the pre-season of the NEXT season) then plays the lst place team of the above division (as determined by the loser of a tournament/series of the last place teams) in a best-of-three for the right to play in that division. Sounds like a lot, but it's not. I'm really looking forward to a few things, mainly expansion and adding/deleting leagues. I'll probably continue playing this (i'm just simming currently) until I get a good vibe on 2007. __________________ Check out my World Cup Dynasty thread! http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...p-history.html See what happens to Francis Timpson http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ml#post2607675

02-20-2007, 05:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
chimanbj All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 705	With the ability to add new leagues, you could create a new history of baseball...going from the turn of the century, with no minor leagues, to the development of independent leagues, which could become affiliated with teams over time, to the creation of a full-on minor league system, and the introduction of college baseball, and of course, the negro leagues. And then the anti-major leagues, which could then turn into a new league to rival the MLB. The possibilities are almost endless... __________________ People ask if I'm a Cubs or White Sox fan...I tell them, proudly, I'm a Phillies Phan!

02-20-2007, 06:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
robster1225 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Long Branch, NJ Posts: 2,523	Aside from testing the new game, I'm in two very good online leagues, and that is pretty much the only way I play the game. I've never been a solo player, really, but with 2007 I think I'm going to really get into historical simming! __________________ Total Sports World - The Place To Get Your Sports Fix! eMLB - New York Mets 2013 - 30-23 2014 - 93-69 (First ever post season appearance for the Mets) BLB - Los Lunas Javelinas

02-20-2007, 09:17 PM	#8 (permalink)
84Hammy Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Stinky Windsor Posts: 252	I'm playing the heck out of 2006 right now. I am trying to get a few years in for my solo fictional league. I also started a dynasty with this league (which I haven't posted yet...). I will import the 2006 league to 2007, and hopefully everything is intact. Of course I said the same thing with moving from 6.5 to 2006, so who knows.

02-20-2007, 10:23 PM	#10 (permalink)
bleachercreature Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 226	Planning I don'thave 2006. What I'm doing is planning for 2007. Putting together some thoughts for solo leagues, and planning out the universes, and seeing what questions I may have before release. This way when we get the game, I can just dive right in.

02-20-2007, 11:02 PM	#11 (permalink)
cephasjames Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Michiana Posts: 2,528	I stopped playing '06 awhile ago because my main world just was not what I wanted it to be because of the 'no add/delete league' thing. Now I'm just tweaking my world's history (which I have pretty much planned out - some 25+ leagues from 1871-now) and fiddling with uniform logos for all of the teams in my world. __________________ Most in circle format at silvam14's photobucket site. CAMPAIGN for League Associations in OOTP10

02-21-2007, 12:12 AM	#13 (permalink)
cibl commish Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sycamore, IL Posts: 476	Still playing 06 sparingly however as I'm somewhat addicted right now to FM07 __________________ Rick CIBL Founder/Tampa Bay Devil Rays GM FLB New York Bombers GM

02-21-2007, 12:21 AM	#14 (permalink)
lewis31lewis52 All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Central Michigan University Posts: 581	Nope. I quit my current league because of no expansion, but now I can pick it up again due to included expansion in 2007. And besides, I'll also have FaceGen to make faces. __________________

02-21-2007, 10:25 AM	#15 (permalink)
1998 Yankees Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yankee Stadium Posts: 6,134	Just keeping everything on hold until 2007 comes out. Then I will copy my universe over to the new game and try it out. If things don't look good after a few sims, I will revert back to 2006 until patches have been released (and there will be patches for 2007, I'm sure). One thing I am looking forward to, as others have mentioned here, is the ability to add in a league or two as I go along. I made the mistake (well, to me it was) of activating every league that was offered out of the box in 2006 in my first universe. Aside from the weeks that I spent setting all that up, I found that the span of the game was too much for me to focus on it all and immersion was nil for most of it. Then I read that if I simmed several decades that a universe that large would probably grind to a halt eventually. That universe was recycled and replaced my a much leaner one. However, I do miss the Mexican and Venezuelan Winter Leagues and I welcome the opportunity to bring them in 2007 without starting over. So, I'm grabbing my copy of OOTP 2007 on the first day and will begin monkeying around with it immediately, but I am not committing to it until proven. __________________ The 1998 Yankees are considered to be among the The Best Major League Baseball Teams Ever From 1902-2005 by Baseball Almanac. They were 68-20 at home that year (including playoffs and World Series) in the original Yankee Stadium (1923-2008), "Where Players Became Legends."

02-21-2007, 10:42 AM	#16 (permalink)
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 9,416	I've stopped playing 2006 completely now. I really never fully played completely involving leagues in it anyway, but now that 2007 is about to come, I'm not going to start creating something new yet. __________________ THE VERY US ARTISTS - A project for musicians and visual artists My music Currently reading: Thirteen by Richard Morgan "When the trees blow back and forth, that's what makes the wind." - Steven Wright Fjord emena pancreas thorax fornicate marmalade morpheme proteolysis smaxa cabana offal srue vitriol grope hallelujah lentils

02-21-2007, 09:38 PM	#17 (permalink)
Zitofan75 All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,319	Sounds like alot are waiting or dreaming their perfect league. I've got a league I enjoy that I just started (took the SF Giants to the WS in the first season although got beat by Texas) a season ago. However, I realize that, for my taste, I should've created another level of A ball, sort of a Low A level. This way I can deposit my 18-19 year olds who are ready for a full season but who aren't ready for higher A or AA. So now I'm toying with the concept of stopping play until 2007 so I can insert that extra league in there and roll on. What I love about the add league feature is it will save someone like me who might not think of every needed detail at creation but doesn't want to lose out because of that.

02-22-2007, 12:36 AM	#18 (permalink)
Tycobbler All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 20 minutes from Comerica Park Posts: 1,415	well let's not forget about our high school and college feeder leagues which add even more excitement !

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02-22-2007, 10:01 AM	#20 (permalink)
crz4mets2 Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 62	I'm starting a fresh new league when the game comes out. My old league was a piece of junk anyways. I got all my teams ready to go. __________________ ATHL - Cooperstown Legends A proud owner of OOTP2007, and a very disappointed owner of OOTP2006...