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Markus Heinsohn 01-25-2011 04:06 PM

Out of the Park Baseball 12 is available for pre-order now!
 
Hey guys,

Out of the Park Baseball 12 is available for pre-order! From now on, up until the release of the game in Spring 2011, you can pre-order OOTP 12 for just $29.99! That is $10 off the final list price. Hurry, though, because only those who pre-order in January will get the game 2 days prior to official release.

Please see our latest newsletter for more info, a preliminary feature list and the link to our webstore:
Out of the Park Developments Newsletter

Thanks for your interest :)

All the best,
Markus

Sweed 01-25-2011 04:54 PM

Pre-order in. Easily the best bang for the buck game I buy.

MizzouRah 01-25-2011 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweed (Post 2414882)
Pre-order in. Easily the best bang for the buck game I buy.


+1

MizzouRah 04-14-2011 02:12 PM

Someone over at the ootp forums made this and posted this, but could you imagine?



rjolley 04-14-2011 02:18 PM

Is the MicroLeague-esqe 2d screen above supposed to be a part if OOTP13?

Mizzou B-ball fan 04-14-2011 02:21 PM

If OOTP reached the point where it had players on the screen like Microleague Baseball or even the MLB Online Manager game, I'd probably wet myself. I find myself avoiding OOTP right now for that sole reason. Football Manager is my simulator of choice because it depicts the action.

Ramzavail 04-14-2011 02:53 PM

oh wow.

Marmel 04-14-2011 03:15 PM

Why is Valdenez batting 5th?

Comey 04-14-2011 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Marmel (Post 2455708)
Why is Valdenez batting 5th?


Same reason Heyward hits sixth.

samifan24 04-14-2011 03:56 PM

Has anyone already preordered OOTP '12? I haven't played the game since OOTP 9 but back then a lot of people waited until the first patch to pick up the game. Have things improved "out of the box?"

Ramzavail 04-14-2011 05:12 PM

this is a perfect time for Drake's FOBL quote.

MizzouRah 04-14-2011 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by rjolley (Post 2455689)
Is the MicroLeague-esqe 2d screen above supposed to be a part if OOTP13?


Some sort of 2d is slated for ootp 13.

MizzouRah 04-14-2011 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan (Post 2455691)
If OOTP reached the point where it had players on the screen like Microleague Baseball or even the MLB Online Manager game, I'd probably wet myself. I find myself avoiding OOTP right now for that sole reason. Football Manager is my simulator of choice because it depicts the action.


Next year... :)

MizzouRah 04-14-2011 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by samifan24 (Post 2455727)
Has anyone already preordered OOTP '12? I haven't played the game since OOTP 9 but back then a lot of people waited until the first patch to pick up the game. Have things improved "out of the box?"


Yes and things have improved GREATLY with ootp11. It's to me, what FM is to many people on this forum who rave about it.

RainMaker 04-14-2011 09:39 PM

I'm likely going to buy this version, but not pre-order. Always bothered me how they handled releases. Sort of "it'll be released at some point and that's all we'll say". Just give a target date and adjust. Pre-ordering a game that they advertise as "coming out at some point during this 3 month window" seems odd.

cougarfreak 04-14-2011 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RainMaker (Post 2455859)
I'm likely going to buy this version, but not pre-order. Always bothered me how they handled releases. Sort of "it'll be released at some point and that's all we'll say". Just give a target date and adjust. Pre-ordering a game that they advertise as "coming out at some point during this 3 month window" seems odd.


I've preordered with this version, but I couldn't agree more. Usually this stuff doesn't bother me, but for some reason, this year it has. The lack of communication from a company that I have already paid for their product is frustrating to say the least.

Icy 04-15-2011 03:37 AM

I preordered it some time ago, but this thread has reminded me to take a look at what kind of license will i get, as i ordered a windows version and i have switched to the mac side recently. Need to make sure that the key will work for the mac version.

fantom1979 04-15-2011 08:23 AM

The lack of a estimate delivery date has always bothered me. It can't be that hard to throw a date out there. If you think it will be ready in the beginning of May, throw out a May 30th release date. If you get it ready before then, then it is like Christmas for everyone when it comes out early.

I made a post on the OOTP board a couple of years ago showing how the pre-release information has dropped significantly over the years. The amount of pre-release information increased almost every year from OOTP 4 to OOTP 8 (2007) and has dropped every year since then.

cougarfreak 04-15-2011 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by fantom1979 (Post 2456005)
The lack of a estimate delivery date has always bothered me. It can't be that hard to throw a date out there. If you think it will be ready in the beginning of May, throw out a May 30th release date. If you get it ready before then, then it is like Christmas for everyone when it comes out early.

I made a post on the OOTP board a couple of years ago showing how the pre-release information has dropped significantly over the years. The amount of pre-release information increased almost every year from OOTP 4 to OOTP 8 (2007) and has dropped every year since then.


And you probably got flamed for it............it'll be ready, when it's ready, right?

fantom1979 04-15-2011 08:41 AM

Don't remember, but I probably was. ;)

molson 04-15-2011 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fantom1979 (Post 2456005)
The lack of a estimate delivery date has always bothered me. It can't be that hard to throw a date out there. If you think it will be ready in the beginning of May, throw out a May 30th release date. If you get it ready before then, then it is like Christmas for everyone when it comes out early.

I made a post on the OOTP board a couple of years ago showing how the pre-release information has dropped significantly over the years. The amount of pre-release information increased almost every year from OOTP 4 to OOTP 8 (2007) and has dropped every year since then.


"Spring" is more than anyone else gives us, so I do appreciate that.

But ya, almost every other form of entertainment seems to deal in release dates. There's just this level of uber-sensitivity within text sim developers where the whiners control everything and the normal consumers are deprived of info.

Pumpy Tudors 04-15-2011 01:17 PM

Preordered one copy for me and one for my cousin based on the screenshot posted here. Couldn't really afford to do that yet, but I'll just eat vienna sausages until payday.

MizzouRah 04-15-2011 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors (Post 2456076)
Preordered one copy for me and one for my cousin based on the screenshot posted here. Couldn't really afford to do that yet, but I'll just eat vienna sausages until payday.


Screenshot minus the players on the field. :p

Pumpy Tudors 04-15-2011 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MizzouRah (Post 2456089)
Screenshot minus the players on the field. :p

wait what

MizzouRah 04-15-2011 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors (Post 2456095)
wait what


Anyone but you frumpy and I would say you just wasted your money.

:D

MizzouRah 05-03-2011 12:35 PM

Update from Markus:

Quote:

Hey guys,

things are progressing pretty well at the moment. Aurelio (our graphics designer) is close to finishing the new default skin, and that means we'll start beta in the next few days.

In case some missed it in the other threads, I have implemented a few new features that were not in the published feature list:
- Save game in progress and later resume it.
- Confirmation questions when making substitutions while playing out games (optional)
- The ability to 'lock' a player to a minor league level when the AI is in control of the minor leagues of your organization.
- I completely recoded the player evaluation AI, which will result in better computer decisions throughout the game.

Today I will meet with Andreas and we'll finalize the new online league features, which will make playing/joining an online league much easier than before.

The rest of the week I will finish up the new contract negotiations, then redesign the team financials screen and then concentrate the new few days on some of the missing historical features. After that it's bug fixing and adding small features until the game will be released.

By the way, iOOTP is still "In Review" by Apple, if it is approved by Thursday, it'll get released immediately

Cheers,
Markus

Pumpy Tudors 05-03-2011 05:32 PM

are we sure there won't be a visual representation of the players on the field in the actual game or was something messing with me earlier in this thread

CraigSca 05-03-2011 06:29 PM

I think someone was messing with you (us). I think it's on the docket for OOTP 13.

Pumpy Tudors 05-03-2011 09:09 PM

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

MizzouRah 05-03-2011 09:38 PM

What a frumpy pudors!

RainMaker 05-20-2011 03:02 PM

Does anyone know if this is coming out? Markus seems like a nice guy and all, but does he know when baseball season starts here?

lighthousekeeper 05-20-2011 03:08 PM

Rapture-aware Ponzi Scheme

McLovin 05-20-2011 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RainMaker (Post 2473205)
Does anyone know if this is coming out? Markus seems like a nice guy and all, but does he know when baseball season starts here?


June 20

RainMaker 05-20-2011 03:14 PM

Why is there development cycle so off from Opening Day? Makes no sense.

Rizon 05-20-2011 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by RainMaker (Post 2473212)
Why is there development cycle so off from Opening Day? Makes no sense.


Quote:

Originally Posted by lighthousekeeper (Post 2473207)
Rapture-aware Ponzi Scheme


...

Rizon 05-20-2011 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RainMaker (Post 2473212)
Why is there development cycle so off from Opening Day? Makes no sense.


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Scoobz0202 05-20-2011 03:44 PM

June 20th? Wow.

Chubby 05-20-2011 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RainMaker (Post 2455859)
I'm likely going to buy this version, but not pre-order. Always bothered me how they handled releases. Sort of "it'll be released at some point and that's all we'll say". Just give a target date and adjust. Pre-ordering a game that they advertise as "coming out at some point during this 3 month window" seems odd.


it's better than having the game release the day after announcing it... (cough) Jim (cough)


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