MOST RECENT SOLECISMIC RELEASE UPDATE (12/16/05)

RedKingGold · 12-16-2005, 02:31 PM

Not sure if anyone noticed on the Solecismic Website but this was on the front page:

Just in time for the 2005 Holiday Season, we are offering our products at a reduced price. Front Office Football 2004 is now available for $24.95 and The College Years is now available for $19.95. If you haven't tried these games before, download the free demo copies now and give them a look.

Not to start the latest conspiracy theories, but it is rather convenient for a sale to be done around the holidays to get rid of "older" inventory.

But wait....theres more!

While the last two years have been more family-focused, with no new products seeing release, 2006 will mark several changes for the company. We will release a fully updated version of one of our football games this year, though it will be a few months before a final decision is made as to which one. We will also move our office (and home) to Michigan to be closer to family. That's become more important as our two-year-old son, Gregory, continues to develop in his own manner. We will break ground on our new home in January.

albionmoonlight · 12-16-2005, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by RedKingGold

Not sure if anyone noticed on the Solecismic Website but this was on the front page:

Just in time for the 2005 Holiday Season, we are offering our products at a reduced price. Front Office Football 2004 is now available for $24.95 and The College Years is now available for $19.95. If you haven't tried these games before, download the free demo copies now and give them a look.

Not to start the latest conspiracy theories, but it is rather convenient for a sale to be done around the holidays to get rid of "older" inventory.

I don't know if the "inventory" angle makes sense, since both of these products are download only.

albionmoonlight · 12-16-2005, 02:33 PM

Still--a good find.

RedKingGold · 12-16-2005, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

I don't know if the "inventory" angle makes sense, since both of these products are download only.

Well, not physical inventory,...but possibly trying to sell as many older products before newer become available....

If they ever become available.

cthomer5000 · 12-16-2005, 02:36 PM

Both are super-great bargains. Anyone who hasn't purchased either of them should.

DaddyTorgo · 12-16-2005, 02:37 PM

aaaah. see now that there is finally a scoop!

VPI97 · 12-16-2005, 02:37 PM

Front Office Fully Updated Version of One of Our Football Games

Yippee!

Bonegavel · 12-16-2005, 02:38 PM

With the release of BBCF, if Jim is on the verge of releasing TCY2 he is now going to have to pull back and maybe make some additions or tweaks.

Warhammer · 12-16-2005, 02:39 PM

I want to be in on the beta test! I've got my credentials now!

Hurst2112 · 12-16-2005, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by RedKingGold

But wait....theres more!

While the last two years have been more family-focused, with no new products seeing release, 2006 will mark several changes for the company. We will release a fully updated version of one of our football games this year, though it will be a few months before a final decision is made as to which one. We will also move our office (and home) to Michigan to be closer to family. That's become more important as our two-year-old son, Gregory, continues to develop in his own manner. We will break ground on our new home in January.

Compan information portion of website

I was just gonna post this!!!!

damn. Quite exciting news

Hurst2112 · 12-16-2005, 02:40 PM

I hope it's not FOF4. That would suck.

KWhit · 12-16-2005, 02:40 PM

How strange that he announces that there will be an update, but that he hasn't decided which one he'll release yet. I assume this means that he has been/is working on both of them?

DaddyTorgo · 12-16-2005, 02:40 PM

over/under on how long until we get a poll thread/two competing threads arguing for TCY2 over FOF2006??

and for how long until someone brings down the wrath of The SkyDog

RedKingGold · 12-16-2005, 02:41 PM

I'VE JUST BEEN STICKIED!!!!!

Thanks for the help Skydog

albionmoonlight · 12-16-2005, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by RedKingGold

I'VE JUST BEEN STICKIED!!!!!

Good job! Your tag may say neophyte, but you will always be an effin' elitist to me.

Hurst2112 · 12-16-2005, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by RedKingGold

I'VE JUST BEEN STICKIED!!!!!

no pix plz, thnx.

Bonegavel · 12-16-2005, 02:43 PM

Isn't that copyright infringement to post his web site info here?

rkmsuf · 12-16-2005, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by KWhit

How strange that he announces that there will be an update, but that he hasn't decided which one he'll release yet. I assume this means that he has been/is working on both of them?

How about one game encompassing both?

Ben E Lou · 12-16-2005, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by RedKingGold

I'VE JUST BEEN STICKIED!!!!!

Yup, and made some changes to your posts and the title.

Antmeister · 12-16-2005, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by rkmsuf

How about one game encompassing both?

That is what I am hoping for.

sovereignstar · 12-16-2005, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Antmeister71

That is what I am hoping for.

pipe dream

Hurst2112 · 12-16-2005, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonegavel

With the release of BBCF, if Jim is on the verge of releasing TCY2 he is now going to have to pull back and maybe make some additions or tweaks.

hmmm.

I can think that he is working on both, and will release FOF Updated. His TCY project (because of the amount of work) will be released later.

Although, he did mention that he was wanting to update TCY to fix things like conferences and the like. Perhaps this is what it's going to be.

Who knows. Good news either way I guess.

st.cronin · 12-16-2005, 02:52 PM

I don't know how I would feel about being 'stickied' by SkyDog.

Solecismic · 12-16-2005, 02:53 PM

Not bad. Twelve minutes from updating the web site to a new item here, and another ten for a sticky.

I see this as a compromise solution. The "no news whatsoever" tact worked fine as long as I was releasing games fairly frequently. However, it has become too much of a distraction in and of itself.

I have been working on updates to both games. I have not fully focused on either and don't have anything close to release. I have also taken a lot of time off in the last couple of years, I've been helping design our new home as completely as possible. And before that, I just needed some time off, so I only worked on patches and tried a couple of new things (one of which is the free ftp program on my site).

For the next couple of months, I'm going to work on interface stuff. I just received my copy of Visual Studio 2005, and that will open up a few new things for me. Hopefully, by the end of February, I will make my choice, contract necessary artwork, and continue with the intensive programming. I do not have a perspective release date, though I do know that we intend to move sometime around October 1, so I will try and avoid that time period for the heavy work (or Angela will kill me).

DaddyTorgo · 12-16-2005, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Solecismic

Not bad. Twelve minutes from updating the web site to a new item here, and another ten for a sticky.

you tease. so you did that deliberately to try to see how often someone was checking the website eh?

Ben E Lou · 12-16-2005, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Solecismic

Not bad. Twelve minutes from updating the web site to a new item here, and another ten for a sticky.

Yeah, the sticky took a while, due to un-stickying other stuff and reading your site for myself.

jbmagic · 12-16-2005, 02:57 PM

great news

FOF have been my favorite sport sim game.

RedKingGold · 12-16-2005, 03:00 PM

Not to kill my sleuthing skills, but coming across that was blind luck.

For some reason, I couldn't get access to the forums temporarily. So, I decided to use the "reacharound" and get in through Jim's site.

Low and behold, I came across the holiday sale. That made me do a little bit more searching.

So, not to break the hearts of all you people, but I was not one of the people to hit refresh on the Solecismic website every 10 seconds to get news.

cthomer5000 · 12-16-2005, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by VPI97

Front Office Fully Updated Version of One of Our Football Games

Yippee!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTT!1111111!!!!!

CraigSca · 12-16-2005, 03:22 PM

Cool, Jim - I look forward to the update, whatever it may be (crossing my fingers for TCY 2, however).

the_meanstrosity · 12-16-2005, 03:34 PM

Great to hear you're getting back to the coding, Jim. What language (or languages) will you be using and any chance of getting some xml outputs for 3rd party utilities?

FBPro · 12-16-2005, 03:54 PM

Sweet, very good news and works for me.

SegRat · 12-16-2005, 04:04 PM

Give me a new version of Front Office Football.

Gallifrey · 12-16-2005, 04:21 PM

Wow, this is interesting. TCY2? Could it be?

Really doesn't matter to me...Jim has the best sim engine second to none.

I challenge you Jim to bring on TCY2 so I can crush Michigan with Duke!

Antmeister · 12-16-2005, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by sovereignstar

pipe dream

Just let this man-child dream, damn it.

Grrrrrr...I'm mad!

sachmo71 · 12-16-2005, 04:43 PM

we get to sit and wait for months to find out which one. whoot.

Crapshoot · 12-16-2005, 04:52 PM

Pro man - pro. The college game is simply not as interesting (IMO) from a simulation perspective.

That being said, its going to be 10 months or so until either one - so we'll see.

Darkiller · 12-16-2005, 05:13 PM

Great news !
Glad it's a Football game update (I would guess TCY 2 since FOF2004 is rock n rolling and doing real well in multiplayer leagues ?).

On the Solecismic website frontpage, remember it still says "Solecismic Software is an entertainment software company dedicated to producing cutting-edge career football simulations"

That's a really good thing that Jim continues on the Football side of text-based sims.

Gallifrey · 12-16-2005, 05:19 PM

Yes, good that it is football. Otherwise I wouldn't care.

Raiders Army · 12-16-2005, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Gallifrey

Yes, good that it is football. Otherwise I wouldn't care.

I'd probably buy a nerd-sim from him...wait, isn't that what FOFC is?

Airhog · 12-16-2005, 05:55 PM

I am tempted to buy the game for 20 bucks. Even though I don't think I would like it all that much.

Dutch · 12-16-2005, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Solecismic

I just received my copy of Visual Studio 2005

Higher Resolutions. Larger screens for more data, ability to expand size of all windows in game. Moddable backgrounds and images. Player images. Team Logos.

And all without having to sacrifice the sim engine we know and trust.

This is gonna be good.

Eaglesfan27 · 12-16-2005, 06:48 PM

Great news. Ditto what Dutch said. I can't wait to buy it whichever game it ends up being.

Buccaneer · 12-16-2005, 06:57 PM

Hmmmpppf, I can't get VS2005 installed until the pointy-haired geeks in IT Support approve the corporate migration to XP SP2.

Emiliano · 12-16-2005, 07:07 PM

Great news!!! Can't wait for the next game from Jim.

Anthony · 12-16-2005, 07:09 PM

'bout time Jim. now i got no complaints.

was that so hard?

vex · 12-16-2005, 07:10 PM

TCY2...please,please,please.

Dutch · 12-16-2005, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Hell Atlantic

'bout time Jim. now i got no complaints at this very moment in time.

was that so hard?

Well....that moment in time is over. I now wish to piss on your carpet.

Fixed it for you.

govols · 12-16-2005, 08:28 PM

Does the Photo with the word VOTE mean anything? If for some strange reason it does..... TCY2 is my VOTE!!!

Airhog · 12-16-2005, 09:33 PM

where do we signup to beta test?

12-16-2005, 02:37 PM	#7
VPI97 Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Kennesaw, GA	Front Office Fully Updated Version of One of Our Football Games Yippee! __________________ CT & Jivin - "Surprisingly Entertaining"

12-16-2005, 02:38 PM	#8
Bonegavel Awaiting Further Instructions... Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Macungie, PA	With the release of BBCF, if Jim is on the verge of releasing TCY2 he is now going to have to pull back and maybe make some additions or tweaks. __________________

12-16-2005, 02:40 PM	#11
Hurst2112 College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Minneapolis	I hope it's not FOF4. That would suck. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/longliveanalog

12-16-2005, 02:41 PM	#14
RedKingGold College Starter Join Date: Oct 2002	I'VE JUST BEEN STICKIED!!!!! Thanks for the help Skydog Last edited by RedKingGold : 12-16-2005 at 02:43 PM.

12-16-2005, 02:43 PM	#17
Bonegavel Awaiting Further Instructions... Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Macungie, PA	Isn't that copyright infringement to post his web site info here? __________________

12-16-2005, 02:33 PM	#3
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	Still--a good find.

12-16-2005, 02:37 PM	#6
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	aaaah. see now that there is finally a scoop!

12-16-2005, 02:39 PM	#9
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	I want to be in on the beta test! I've got my credentials now!

12-16-2005, 02:40 PM	#12
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	How strange that he announces that there will be an update, but that he hasn't decided which one he'll release yet. I assume this means that he has been/is working on both of them?

12-16-2005, 02:52 PM	#23
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	I don't know how I would feel about being 'stickied' by SkyDog. __________________ co-commish: bb-bbcf.net knives out

12-16-2005, 02:53 PM	#24
Solecismic Solecismic Software Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Canton, OH	Not bad. Twelve minutes from updating the web site to a new item here, and another ten for a sticky. I see this as a compromise solution. The "no news whatsoever" tact worked fine as long as I was releasing games fairly frequently. However, it has become too much of a distraction in and of itself. I have been working on updates to both games. I have not fully focused on either and don't have anything close to release. I have also taken a lot of time off in the last couple of years, I've been helping design our new home as completely as possible. And before that, I just needed some time off, so I only worked on patches and tried a couple of new things (one of which is the free ftp program on my site). For the next couple of months, I'm going to work on interface stuff. I just received my copy of Visual Studio 2005, and that will open up a few new things for me. Hopefully, by the end of February, I will make my choice, contract necessary artwork, and continue with the intensive programming. I do not have a perspective release date, though I do know that we intend to move sometime around October 1, so I will try and avoid that time period for the heavy work (or Angela will kill me). Last edited by Solecismic : 12-16-2005 at 02:54 PM.

12-16-2005, 02:57 PM	#27
jbmagic Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2004	great news FOF have been my favorite sport sim game.

12-16-2005, 03:00 PM	#28
RedKingGold College Starter Join Date: Oct 2002	Not to kill my sleuthing skills, but coming across that was blind luck. For some reason, I couldn't get access to the forums temporarily. So, I decided to use the "reacharound" and get in through Jim's site. Low and behold, I came across the holiday sale. That made me do a little bit more searching. So, not to break the hearts of all you people, but I was not one of the people to hit refresh on the Solecismic website every 10 seconds to get news.

12-16-2005, 03:22 PM	#30
CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Cool, Jim - I look forward to the update, whatever it may be (crossing my fingers for TCY 2, however). __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

12-16-2005, 03:34 PM	#31
the_meanstrosity College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2002	Great to hear you're getting back to the coding, Jim. What language (or languages) will you be using and any chance of getting some xml outputs for 3rd party utilities?

12-16-2005, 03:54 PM	#32
FBPro College Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SE	Sweet, very good news and works for me. __________________ GM RayCo Raiders-est. 2004-2012 Charter member of the IHOF-RayCo GM GM Tennessee Titans PFL 2011-2014 GM Tennessee Titans FOWL 2020-2025

12-16-2005, 04:04 PM	#33
SegRat High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Oshkosh, WI	Give me a new version of Front Office Football. __________________ USFL: Charlotte Fightn' Squirrels

12-16-2005, 04:21 PM	#34
Gallifrey High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Seattle, Washington	Wow, this is interesting. TCY2? Could it be? Really doesn't matter to me...Jim has the best sim engine second to none. I challenge you Jim to bring on TCY2 so I can crush Michigan with Duke!

12-16-2005, 04:43 PM	#36
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	we get to sit and wait for months to find out which one. whoot.

12-16-2005, 04:52 PM	#37
Crapshoot Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003	Pro man - pro. The college game is simply not as interesting (IMO) from a simulation perspective. That being said, its going to be 10 months or so until either one - so we'll see.

12-16-2005, 05:13 PM	#38
Darkiller FOF2 Guy Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Paris, France	Great news ! Glad it's a Football game update (I would guess TCY 2 since FOF2004 is rock n rolling and doing real well in multiplayer leagues ?). On the Solecismic website frontpage, remember it still says "Solecismic Software is an entertainment software company dedicated to producing cutting-edge career football* simulations"* That's a really good thing that Jim continues on the Football side of text-based sims. __________________ FOF2 lives on / Continue to support the best game ever ! - Owner of the San Francisco 49ers in FOF2 - Charter member of the IHOF and owner of the Paris Musketeers franchise (FOF2004) - Chairman of the IHOF Hall of Fame - Athletic Director of the Brigham Young Cougars in TCY FOF Legend: Hall of Fame QB Brock Sheriff #5, one of the most popular player in Front Office Football history.

12-16-2005, 05:19 PM	#39
Gallifrey High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Seattle, Washington	Yes, good that it is football. Otherwise I wouldn't care.

12-16-2005, 05:55 PM	#41
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	I am tempted to buy the game for 20 bucks. Even though I don't think I would like it all that much. __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

12-16-2005, 06:48 PM	#43
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	Great news. Ditto what Dutch said. I can't wait to buy it whichever game it ends up being. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

12-16-2005, 06:57 PM	#44
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	Hmmmpppf, I can't get VS2005 installed until the pointy-haired geeks in IT Support approve the corporate migration to XP SP2.

12-16-2005, 07:07 PM	#45
Emiliano College Prospect Join Date: May 2004 Location: Nuremberg, Germany	Great news!!! Can't wait for the next game from Jim. __________________ Xbox Live&PSN: Emiliano81 GM of the Rome Gladiators in the WOOF

12-16-2005, 07:09 PM	#46
Anthony Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Astoria, NY, USA	'bout time Jim. now i got no complaints. was that so hard?

12-16-2005, 07:10 PM	#47
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	TCY2...please,please,please.

12-16-2005, 08:28 PM	#49
govols Mascot Join Date: Dec 2003	Does the Photo with the word VOTE mean anything? If for some strange reason it does..... TCY2 is my VOTE!!!

12-16-2005, 09:33 PM	#50
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	where do we signup to beta test? __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

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