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View Poll Results: What should be the new name of the OOTP news network in the game?
ION - International Online Network 7 4.67%
OBN - OOTP Baseball Network/News 76 50.67%
OON - OOTP Online Network 6 4.00%
OBO - OOTP Baseball Online 5 3.33%
WON - Worldwide OOTP Network 35 23.33%
Other (please post) 21 14.00%
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Old 04-11-2008, 01:40 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Nope, it's used in various graphics...
...but the graphics can be changed by the user, right? Or is the name going to appear as in-game text too?
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Old 04-11-2008, 01:44 PM   #22 (permalink)
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...but the graphics can be changed by the user, right? Or is the name going to appear as in-game text too?
I just performed a custom replacement of SION for some online leagues using nothing more than Notepad. All traces of SION were obliterated and overwritten by the desired name. The file name is english.xml.
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Old 04-11-2008, 01:46 PM   #23 (permalink)
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My complaint about WON is that it bothers me when acronyms form words that could conceivably mean something else within a given environment. Like I wouldn't like to call a medical research study on surgery SCALPEL. Since "won" is a real word that comes up quite a bit during talk about baseball, I can't vote for it. OBN sounds the most unintrusive to me.
This is my take, as well. It would subtly annoy me (not so much as to not play the game, of course) if it said "WON" everywhere, so out of the listed options I'd say OBN would be my preference.

HOWEVER - I'd consider something that trumpets the customization features. Perhaps BSN (Baseball Sandbox Network)? Hmm - it may sound too juvenille, so what about OBCN (OOTP Baseball Creations Network) or just OBC (OOTP Baseball Creations) instead?
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Old 04-11-2008, 01:52 PM   #24 (permalink)
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I voted other - Would it be possible to have it customizable for the individual user?
thats my thought as well.
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Old 04-11-2008, 02:06 PM   #25 (permalink)
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thats my thought as well.
Me too. I got a great thing in Razorblade's banners, and I understand things need to be hard coded, but I also think that a majority of us would like to be able to edit our scouting organization's name and news source. That said, I voted for WON, but am agreeing with the WOBN suggestion made and seconded by a few in this thread.
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Old 04-11-2008, 02:09 PM   #26 (permalink)
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I voted for OBN, but I would prefer OSN: OOTP Sports Network. Thanks for asking!
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Old 04-11-2008, 02:38 PM   #27 (permalink)
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I like OSN as well, if we have to choose a default one.
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OB-GYN for short.
That's exactly why I would not vote for OBN. That's the first thing that popped into my mind, and I find it very disturbing that Dagrims and I thought alike even for a brief time ().

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I like WON the best. It just sounds so....global.

actually , I think it should be WOBN (Worldwide OOTP Baseball Network)
Yes to WON, but not to WOBN which I would see forever as "woebegone" which reminds me of my style of play.

(Actually, although I don't like OON which sounds Dutch to me for some reason, I do like redsoxford's TOON; however I know that a 4-letter acronym would be VERBOTEN for programming reasons anyway. )

(Wait a minute, SION was four letters. TOON! TOON! TOON! Despite my vote. But WON is OK, too. Toon.)
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Old 04-11-2008, 04:08 PM   #29 (permalink)
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How about BNN - Baseball News Network.

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Old 04-11-2008, 04:32 PM   #30 (permalink)
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MASN The Markus-Andreas Sports Network
Nice idea but they can't since it is already in use by the Mid Atlantic Sports Network.
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How about BNN - Baseball News Network.

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What about OBNN, just to make it blend in with the rest of the game.
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This is the best solution - imo. I support it.
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Old 04-11-2008, 06:31 PM   #36 (permalink)
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I'd go with OOBN for OOTP Online Baseball Network. It sounds the closest to OOTP. It doesn't sound right not to say the "OO" and OON just sounds too short. OOBN has a nice ring to it.

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What about OBNN, just to make it blend in with the rest of the game.
I quite like OBNN too, but I think I prefer OOBN by a hair.

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I'm just being picky - and I'd probably just go the Raidergoo route anyway - but I don't like any usage of "online" in the acronym. Of those mentioned, I think I like BNN the best.

OSPN - OOTP Sports Network/News
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Yes, my prior silliness aside, BNN sounds best of all.
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I like OBN and I'd take BNN over anything else on the list.
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I'm just being picky - and I'd probably just go the Raidergoo route anyway - but I don't like any usage of "online" in the acronym. Of those mentioned, I think I like BNN the best.

OSPN - OOTP Sports Network/News
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Dislike the "online" part and dislike the "global"/"worldly" part. It's too bad if it is "global" because not every league is global. Make it as generic as possible like "Baseball News Network" or OSPN (OOTP Sports Network).
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