Solecismic's next masterpiece (2004 edition)

[Honolulu Blue]

Since we did so well the last time I did this poll , I decided to try it again.

Once more, this doesn't count any patches or free upgrades.

[The_herd]

The obvious. TCY 2

This is a game screaming for some love. Playing the game with the new QB development would pretty much complete things. I will divorce the wife, sell my son, and go AWOL if this game is released.

[amdaily]

Probably TCY 2, but I just couldn't vote against Front Office Curling .

[Peregrine]

Front Office FOFC! Experience the staggering highs, the dizzying lows, and the occasional tedium of being part of the biggest FOF fan site! Guide your trusty message board companions through flamewars, troll attacks, dolas, all the way to the Golden Scribes!

[cthomer5000]

I voted TCY2, and right now my gut feeling (and anecdotal evidence) is running 50% TCY2, 50% new sport. My best guess is TCY2 or a baseball game.

[corbes]

I voted TCY2. I'd love to have playcalling in TCY. I'd show those pansies how to run the Single Wing!

[Hurst2112]

I would certainly like to see TCY 2 or Hockey. I would also like to see Front Office Politics or a game like Capitalism.

[korme]

Front Office Trout in Rectum was not listed..

[JAG]

Other : Front Office Agent

Take on the trials and tribulations of filing paperwork ontime, carefully checking contracts to be sure teams aren't tricking your clients out of money, and occasionally trying to attract a client!

[SirFozzie]

Front Office Curling! #1 and the best!

[TLK]

Front Office Auto Racing....... I have a feeling that my all-inclusive racing sim will be a pipe dream for a longtime....

[vex]

Jeez, we really stunk it up last time.

[RedKingGold]

As long as it involves a stick, a ball, and Dean Houston: I'm an automatic buyer

[Franklinnoble]

Front Office Horse Racing would be sweeeeeet.

Seriously, Jim... QuikSand and I would probably be your personal concubines if you were to develop this.

[Senator]

As long as I keep voting on FO Politics, I expect to lose.

[WSUCougar]

Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

Front Office Horse Racing would be sweeeeeet.

Seriously, Jim... QuikSand and I would probably be your personal concubines if you were to develop this.

As if that's a good thing?!?

[Noop]

I think it will be politics because of the upcoming elections...

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by TheLionKing

Front Office Auto Racing....... I have a feeling that my all-inclusive racing sim will be a pipe dream for a longtime....

It's amazing that a sport (NASCAR) with 75 million domestic fans does not have a good text sim dedicated to it, yet. It's a market waiting to be entered.

[Honolulu Blue]

Got twice as many votes already for a new version of FOF than we did in the entire voting last time. Won't get fooled (as badly) again...

[Brillig]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

It's amazing that a sport (NASCAR) with 75 million domestic fans does not have a good text sim dedicated to it, yet. It's a market waiting to be entered.

Might be because those 75 million hillbillies only have five computers between em... And three of them are X-boxen.

[rkmsuf]

Originally Posted by Brillig

Might be because those 75 million hillbillies only have five computers between em... And three of them are X-boxen.

That was teed up nicely for you...

[sabotai]

TCY2. With a few versions of FOF between now and the release of TCY, I think TCY with all of the improvements and enhancements of the latest FOF would be the logical next step.

[Easy Mac]

I heard he was making Back Office Porn 2005.

[Sun Tzu]

Front Office Bar Scene.

Master the art of being cocky but funny at the same time. Make sure you watch out for Mrs. Kippy and her genital warts. Listen to the live music being performed by a black man in UK flag pair of speedos. Beware of fritz and his flying rectal trout. Order calzones and gain experience points chatting with Hell Atlantic, the cross-dressing pirate bartender. Don't make eye contact with The Afoci, whatever you do. Slip Kodos a micky and try to get him in the sack to improve your confidence level.

Hey, it could happen.

[Easy Mac]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

Front Office Bar Scene.

Master the art of being cocky but funny at the same time. Make sure you watch out for Mrs. Kippy and her genital warts. Listen to the live music being performed by a black man in UK flag pair of speedos. Beware of fritz and his flying rectal trout. Order calzones and gain experience points chatting with Hell Atlantic, the cross-dressing pirate bartender. Don't make eye contact with The Afoci, whatever you do. Slip Kodos a micky and try to get him in the sack to improve your confidence level.

Hey, it could happen.

Thats already out, its call Inside the Park Baseball.

[General Mike]

I voted TCY2 as well.

[dixieflatline]

I think there is a good chance the next game will be a combined FOF and TCY. Seriously, my not so top of the line computer sims though games fast enough and when I check the memory it doesn't even look like it is using 128 mb. It might be a bit of a pain to merge the two but think about how well that would sell. Put a lot of emphasis on you as the coach as you move up through the ranks. Or maybe Al Davis fires you and you have to go back to Nebraska or whatever. Instant classic.

[Franklinnoble]

Originally Posted by dixieflatline

I think there is a good chance the next game will be a combined FOF and TCY. Seriously, my not so top of the line computer sims though games fast enough and when I check the memory it doesn't even look like it is using 128 mb. It might be a bit of a pain to merge the two but think about how well that would sell. Put a lot of emphasis on you as the coach as you move up through the ranks. Or maybe Al Davis fires you and you have to go back to Nebraska or whatever. Instant classic.

That would be sweeet.

[sachmo71]

Front Office Prostate Exam. Ick is the word!

[duckman]

Originally Posted by sachmo71

Front Office Prostate Exam. Ick is the word!

Did I say two fingers? Better make it three.

[QuikSand]

Was that Brillig? In the General Discussion forum?

Wonders never cease.

[The_herd]

Admit it, you all want to see Front Office Live Action D&D. How many Lightning Bolts can your level 30 wizard cast?

[John Galt]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

Was that Brillig? In the General Discussion forum?

Wonders never cease.

And all it took was a chance to insult NASCAR to get him here. Who knew?

[JAG]

Originally Posted by The_herd

Admit it, you all want to see Front Office Live Action D&D. How many Lightning Bolts can your level 30 wizard cast?

Depends on his robe and hat naturally.

[WSUCougar]

TCY2 with more than 54% of the 81 votes at this point. The masses have spoken.

If he does NOT produce what we want, I say we grab pitchforks & torches, march on New Hampshire, and lay siege to his castle.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by WSUCougar

TCY2 with more than 54% of the 81 votes at this point. The masses have spoken.

If he does NOT produce what we want, I say we grab pitchforks & torches, march on New Hampshire, and lay siege to his castle.

Methinks WSU is taking that whole "Rider Of Rohan" thing a little too seriously...

[WSUCougar]

Nah!

That would be more like "gather the Rohirrim, gallop up to Mordor, and ride down his orcs and trolls."

If you're scoring at home.

It's Friday. Leave me be...

[MIJB#19]

TCY2.
With me winning IWS, my luck me be running out, so don't continue to choose for TCY2.

Hah, 45 other losers already.

[tucker342]

Front Office Politics would be awesome...

But my guess is Jim will make TCY2

[GoldenEagle]

My gut feeling is another addition of FOF. It is the bread and butter.

[MizzouRah]

I voted for TCY2, I'm thinking he's ready to re-vamp the college years. Oh how I can imagine the list of additions and improvements.

FOF2005 would be a close 2nd though. There's so much I'm sure he's itching to add, expand, and incorporate into FOF2k4. But, then again who knows what Jim is thinking?


Todd

[kingnebwsu]

It better be TCY 2!!! Shake harder boy!!!

[wig]

Front Office Fishing

Count on it

[wig]

I don't know why, but I have a distinct feeling that we're going to get some kind of racing game from Jim soon.

[Draft Dodger]

Originally Posted by WSUCougar

TCY2 with more than 54% of the 81 votes at this point. The masses have spoken.

If he does NOT produce what we want, I say we grab pitchforks & torches, march on New Hampshire, and lay siege to his castle.

just for the record, I voted for TCY2 also, but I was following the letter of the poll (what do we think his next game will be, not what we want for his next game). I'd love to see his take on baseball - but I wonder if he considers that market a little too crowded now, with OOTP6 and what looks to be a highly ambitious Total Pro Baseball

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by Draft Dodger

just for the record, I voted for TCY2 also, but I was following the letter of the poll (what do we think his next game will be, not what we want for his next game). I'd love to see his take on baseball - but I wonder if he considers that market a little too crowded now, with OOTP6 and what looks to be a highly ambitious Total Pro Baseball

I haven't been followed TPB. Is Shaun going to try to significantly improve the sim speed from PureSim?

[The_herd]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

I haven't been followed TPB. Is Shaun going to try to significantly improve the sim speed from PureSim?

I've read that he is, but he said that the game calculates each sim pitch-by-pitch, so its impossible to get it sim at the speed of a game like FOF or OOTP.

I very well could be wrong here, I'm going off something I read several months ago.


Edit: here's what he said.

# Speed! Speed! Speed! - Probably the biggest complaint about PureSim was that it was too slow. Huge gains have been made here. Creating an association takes 1/3 the time and sim speed has improved to the point where I can sim a 16 team league in 8 minutes on my 1.9ghz Pentium. I track (and store) the results of every pitch, so Total Pro will never be the fastest horse in the race, but sim times are quite acceptable given all the stuff that is being managed. The act of jumping in to an association, creating it and playing is just much more streamlined now with all the "noise" removed.

Here's the link, I'm probably going to be buying this for the 1st time.

http://www.puresim.com/tpjournal.aspx

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by The_herd

I've read that he is, but he said that the game calculates each sim pitch-by-pitch, so its impossible to get it sim at the speed of a game like FOF or OOTP.

I very well could be wrong here, I'm going off something I read several months ago.


Edit: here's what he said.



Here's the link, I'm probably going to be buying this for the 1st time.

http://www.puresim.com/tpjournal.aspx

Based on the PureSim versions I played, this will be an automatic buy for me if I hear reports a day or so after the release that the speed has improved significantly. Is there a published release date target?

[Bubba Wheels]

New Sports League, you start a new league in the sport of your choice and must compete against the existing league (kinda like the WHA is doing right now). You start small and expand as you can, charge franchise fees, set up TV contracts, ect... You must take advantage of the existing league's weaknesses and oversights (certain cities, head to head right away or not, bidding wars for players, ect...) and try to not only stay in existance but prosper over time.

[The_herd]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

Based on the PureSim versions I played, this will be an automatic buy for me if I hear reports a day or so after the release that the speed has improved significantly. Is there a published release date target?

I haven't seen anything posted other than "Summer 2004". Which is a disappointment, but if he can make all the changes to the engine work, it should be worth the wait.

I played the 1st version of Puresim, and the the 2 things that turned me off the most were the sim speed and the "flat" player generation that he mentioned. However, it felt more like baseball that OOTP, but I really couldn't get past the sim speed.