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timlowery · 05-19-2009, 03:02 PM

Having been addicted to the new MLB network every night of this baseball season, I think it would be cool to have a way to simulate the day, but drop in on each game as a scoring opportunity or some other trigger (which you could customize) occurs. That way, you can get something of a feel for your league, especially if you are simming a large league. I'm not sure the level of effort that this would take, but it would be cool to have this kind of play capability...

Tim Lowery

johnnybourbon · 05-19-2009, 03:07 PM

interesting request. I think I would actually dig that, as I'm a sim-only guy...but still care about big stats and big comebacks.

...and as a programmer I gotta say something that I say to my clients ALL THE TIME "Sure, it's possible but how much are you gonna pay for it?"

HerbD · 06-09-2009, 11:30 AM

back in the day(6.5 and earlier I believe) OOTP use to have a milestone check box in the simulation options. If you check this box then the while simming the game would stop and "drop in" to any game where there was a no hitter, or a cycle, or a 500th homer that could happen(didn't always have to happen). That was a pretty cool feature and I'm not sure why it was removed...probably just didn't have time to put it in when they redid the engine for 2007.

BigRed75 · 06-09-2009, 12:19 PM

It is a pretty cool idea. From time-to-time, after simming a day, I'll get an e-mail detailing some event that happened in a game and I'll think "dang, I wish I could have seen that."

So yeah, there's definitely a "market" for this feature.

mgom27 · 06-10-2009, 08:06 PM

ESPN would be good to.

joshuar9476 · 07-19-2009, 06:43 PM

wait .... there's still espn? i thought mlb network made them irrelevant.

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timlowery Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Quinton, VA Posts: 250 Thanks: 20 Thanked 4x in 2 posts	MLB Network Having been addicted to the new MLB network every night of this baseball season, I think it would be cool to have a way to simulate the day, but drop in on each game as a scoring opportunity or some other trigger (which you could customize) occurs. That way, you can get something of a feel for your league, especially if you are simming a large league. I'm not sure the level of effort that this would take, but it would be cool to have this kind of play capability... Tim Lowery __________________ Timothy Lowery Proud Detroit Tigers fan since 1979!!! It's not one thing after another, it's the same thing all the time....

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BigRed75 Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 128 Thanks: 7 Thanked 3x in 3 posts	It is a pretty cool idea. From time-to-time, after simming a day, I'll get an e-mail detailing some event that happened in a game and I'll think "dang, I wish I could have seen that." So yeah, there's definitely a "market" for this feature. __________________ "A computer program follows logic, no matter how random variables are put in, it follows logic. Humans however are totally illogical and anything can happen. Julio Lugo is attempting to prove this all by himself." - jabrown6940

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mgom27 All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,633 Thanks: 44 Thanked 108x in 71 posts	ESPN would be good to. __________________ Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

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06-09-2009, 11:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
HerbD Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Indiana Posts: 304 Thanks: 9 Thanked 18x in 14 posts	back in the day(6.5 and earlier I believe) OOTP use to have a milestone check box in the simulation options. If you check this box then the while simming the game would stop and "drop in" to any game where there was a no hitter, or a cycle, or a 500th homer that could happen(didn't always have to happen). That was a pretty cool feature and I'm not sure why it was removed...probably just didn't have time to put it in when they redid the engine for 2007.

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joshuar9476 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 60 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	wait .... there's still espn? i thought mlb network made them irrelevant.