Fictional league preview over at the FOF boards

[Bishop]

Originally Posted by Raidergoo

He's waited for the newest build, which just became available. I just installed it a minute ago.

details, details. My patience or lack thereof doesn't acknowledge such things!

[edm]

I really don't see why people have a problem with this. When early versions of a game were close to going gold (High Heat from years ago comes to mind) the previews/first looks were always posted at the reviewers site. They didn't releases their opinions/thoughts at the companies site.

As for why certain people can post info, and most other's can't, it's really no different than what occurs every where. A company will allow certain outlets to post teasers and first looks, but the majority of testers are under a confidentiality agreement. If everyone was allowed to post anything, it would become chaotic.

[RonCo]

Originally Posted by Charlie Hough

So why does Skydog get to violate the NDA? What gives members of FOFC the right to receive exclusive information from a beta tester, whereas other testers are not allowed to post a damn thing on these forums?

Beta testers can post anything Markus allows them to post. My guess is that the conversation went like this:

SKY DOG: [whistling] "Uh, hey, Markus?"

MARKUS: [swigging Red Bull #22] "Go away. I"m coding and the All Star break is coming sehr schnell."

SKY DOG: "Yeah, right. I was thinking though that I wouldn't mind posting some stuff about the game." [glances curiously at screen]

MARKUS: [switches to new Victoria's Secret screen saver] "What would you post?"

SKY DOG: "Just some stuff on how you set it up and how the stats look."

MARKUS: "Oh, you mean like Duffy's old RTR stuff?" [suddenly scans the room] "What ever happened to that guy?"

SKY DOG: "I think you split awhile back. But, yeah, just like the RTR stuff where beta testers wrote up their results despite any NDA."

MARKUS: [sets the shifty-eye up toward SD and turns the light beam into SD's face] "Not a word about the super-secret residual coaches, richtig?"

SKY DOG: "Uh, yeah, right."

MARKUS: "One question. How are splits supposed to work?"

SKY DOG: [Displaying] "I think you put one leg out this way and one out thata way."

MARKUS: "Holy Cobb but that's gotta hurt."

SKY DOG: "You're telling me."

MARKUS: "You can post, but only under one condition."

SKY DOG: [rubbing stretched ...er... hammies] "What's that?"

MARKUS: "Post only on FOFC."

SKY DOG: "Right-o. That will really confuse them."

BATTISI: [enters stage left] "Sounds good. It's a secure place. No one will think to look for it there."

MARKUS: [startled] "Ach! [begins rotating his swivel chair in circles, grimacing] I've crashed my wrist into the keyboard!"

BATTISI: "Sorry about that."

SKY DOG: "DTD for 4 days, 85% effectiveness."

MARKUS: "Must remember to reduce the impact of injuries in beta builds."

[Raidergoo]

Originally Posted by RonCo

MARKUS: "Must remember to reduce the impact of injuries in beta builds."

It would help.

[OldFatGuy]

Originally Posted by Raidergoo

It would help.

Good stuff, that, good stuff.

[endgame]

Originally Posted by Raidergoo

It would help.

Hey, it's 1882. Do you think they had sophisticated surgeries available to deal with a diagnosis of a detached retina? :semi-sarcastic:

And RonCo. Funny, funny, stuff. My favorite single line might be:

BATTISI: [enters stage left] "Sounds good. It's a secure place. No one will think to look for it there."

[Rastafreaky]

Originally Posted by Exodor

It was posted here. In this very thread.

Is it so hard to follow a link?

Ha. No doubt.

Some silly chit.

[SkyDog]

Originally Posted by Bishop

...the 20 season html isn't up yet.

It's on its way now. It'll take a while, but just for you, I went ahead and posted the link. You can go ahead and starting poking through the history section now if you want to grab a morsel or two before the whole thing is there (I estimate around 1pm). Two notes:

1. The images aren't in the upload queue, so some things will look a little goofy for now. They'll be uploaded after all of the data is there.
2. Facegen was off for this sim.

[Doughnuts?]

What is all the bitching about? The guy has a proven track record of running great test sims and following up with very good suggestions for modifying the default settings. I've used his numbers every year he's given them and have been extremely pleased with the results. You're going to ruin a good thing with all the complaining.

[Eumel]

The disappearing lefty-righty splits problem is still there

Player Ratings Report - Scouted by: OSA

[Kelric]

Originally Posted by Eumel

The disappearing lefty-righty splits problem is still there

Player Ratings Report - Scouted by: OSA

Certainly looks that way. Every team seems to be pretty equal among their player ratings for left and right.

I do find the Leavenworth Shivs team city and name amusing, though.

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by Eumel

The disappearing lefty-righty splits problem is still there

Player Ratings Report - Scouted by: OSA

In that build yes, but it will be fixed during the beta

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by RonCo

Beta testers can post anything Markus allows them to post. My guess is that the conversation went like this:

SKY DOG: [whistling] "Uh, hey, Markus?"

MARKUS: [swigging Red Bull #22] "Go away. I"m coding and the All Star break is coming sehr schnell."

SKY DOG: "Yeah, right. I was thinking though that I wouldn't mind posting some stuff about the game." [glances curiously at screen]

MARKUS: [switches to new Victoria's Secret screen saver] "What would you post?"

SKY DOG: "Just some stuff on how you set it up and how the stats look."

MARKUS: "Oh, you mean like Duffy's old RTR stuff?" [suddenly scans the room] "What ever happened to that guy?"

SKY DOG: "I think you split awhile back. But, yeah, just like the RTR stuff where beta testers wrote up their results despite any NDA."

MARKUS: [sets the shifty-eye up toward SD and turns the light beam into SD's face] "Not a word about the super-secret residual coaches, richtig?"

SKY DOG: "Uh, yeah, right."

MARKUS: "One question. How are splits supposed to work?"

SKY DOG: [Displaying] "I think you put one leg out this way and one out thata way."

MARKUS: "Holy Cobb but that's gotta hurt."

SKY DOG: "You're telling me."

MARKUS: "You can post, but only under one condition."

SKY DOG: [rubbing stretched ...er... hammies] "What's that?"

MARKUS: "Post only on FOFC."

SKY DOG: "Right-o. That will really confuse them."

BATTISI: [enters stage left] "Sounds good. It's a secure place. No one will think to look for it there."

MARKUS: [startled] "Ach! [begins rotating his swivel chair in circles, grimacing] I've crashed my wrist into the keyboard!"

BATTISI: "Sorry about that."

SKY DOG: "DTD for 4 days, 85% effectiveness."

MARKUS: "Must remember to reduce the impact of injuries in beta builds."

Haha, that was very funny!!

[SkyDog]

Originally Posted by Eumel

The disappearing lefty-righty splits problem is still there

Player Ratings Report - Scouted by: OSA

The primary reason for posting the HTML as a part of the preview is that the many members of the communities all have their pet "issues," that sometimes get overlooked. I'll go through the threads here and at FOFC and log any issues that people mention, and I know that Markus is reading both threads as well. Thanks for pointing this out.

[Eumel]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

In that build yes, but it will be fixed during the beta

[Bishop]

Is there any possible way to get certain items in bold on the "sion player page" or whatever it's called now?

I see that being named a prospect is shown on there now, and sometimes it's hard to find things like MVP or no-hitters with all the talent listings.

[thbroman]

Originally Posted by Doughnuts?

What is all the bitching about? The guy has a proven track record of running great test sims and following up with very good suggestions for modifying the default settings. I've used his numbers every year he's given them and have been extremely pleased with the results. You're going to ruin a good thing with all the complaining.

I agree completely. Sky Dog has earned his chops, no doubt about it. And as to getting stuff out early, if you look around at other games, it is routine practice to let a couple of people into a beta toward the end of the development process so they can write a "preview" as opposed to the more traditional "review" that is written from the gold version.

[BadluckinOOTP]

I went through 6 or 7 teams and didn't find any players with ratings both in the infield and outfield. Which not every team has one, there are a handful out there.

[PotatoPeeler]

Originally Posted by Bishop

Is there any possible way to get certain items in bold on the "sion player page" or whatever it's called now?

I see that being named a prospect is shown on there now, and sometimes it's hard to find things like MVP or no-hitters with all the talent listings.

I think that's a good idea.

[silvam14]

Originally Posted by Doughnuts?

What is all the bitching about? The guy has a proven track record of running great test sims and following up with very good suggestions for modifying the default settings. I've used his numbers every year he's given them and have been extremely pleased with the results. You're going to ruin a good thing with all the complaining.

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