Alright Boyz, Here We Go!!!! (OOTP 2007 Preview Thoughts...)

[MizzouRah]

Are great defensive players noticeable this year? In the past, it was hard for me to tell a great defensive player from a medicore one as the ratings to me, didn't translate well on to the field.

Is this year any different? Can say, Jim Edmonds get to more pop flies when you have him in the OF then say, putting Taguchi in CF?

I guess what I'm trying to say is, can you tell when you are playing a great defensive team vs a not so great defensive team? Is it plausable to put Taguchi in LF and sit Duncan late in a game?

[Marc Duffy]

2007 online league HTML reports posted.

http://reports.ootpdevfiles.com/news..._101_home.html

Digest and disect please.

[MizzouRah]

How come a transaction like the one below does not show up in the player's history on his player card? Monday, July 5th, 2032

Kolonos Bacchae: Demoted 1B A. Salimbeni to Triple A Kos.

Player History

01-01-2031	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (6); Power: 10 (6); Eye: - (-).
06-04-2031	Was selected to the 2031 BLB Triple A All-Star Game.
08-26-2031	Won the 2031 BLB Triple A Round 1 with the Kos Prisoners!
01-01-2032	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (4); Power: 12 (6); Eye: 18 (10).

Same thing here:

Monday, July 12th, 2032

Crete Minotaurs: Placed 2B T. Fitrakis on the 15-day disabled list.

Player's Card

01-01-2032	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 16 (8); Power: 13 (8); Eye: 17 (9).
06-02-2032	Injured (strained hamstring muscle), out for 1-2 weeks.
06-29-2032	Injured (fractured hand), out for 8 weeks.
07-19-2032	Wins the BLB IL Player of the Week Award.

[MizzouRah]

Saw this on one player report:

05-16-2032

Injured (fractured hand), out for one week.20320624 Was selected to the 2032 Beta League Baseball All-Star Game.

Monday, June 14th, 2032

Ephesus Saints: Demoted MR Z. Zisimides to Triple A Anarrakhi.20320614 Ephesus Saints: Demoted MR Z. Zisimides to Triple A Anarrakhi.

[MizzouRah]

Can you separate a player's history? I would like contracts in one area, awards in another area, not all under the one, "Player History" heading.

Basically I would like for them to be grouped like FOF 2007.

Forgive me, but I don't remeber much from the new interface last year. If I want to see when McGwire won the MVP, I don't want to read every line looking for it - I want it to be under "Awards" on his player card.

Can this be done from within the game?

[Terps]

Looks like a lot of the same transactions are doubled under the same day for whatever reason. Guys getting activated or placed on the DL and things like that show up twice on the same day.

[Marc Duffy]

A lot of the historical stuff was from previous (buggy) builds. Newer data should not suffer from the problems

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by Terps

Looks like a lot of the same transactions are doubled under the same day for whatever reason. Guys getting activated or placed on the DL and things like that show up twice on the same day.

That bug is looong gone already The history of that league was simmed some weeks ago....

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Player History



Same thing here:




Player's Card

We discussed this briefly, but I decided against this because the player history is about accomplishments mostly and very big transactions (FA signings, trades).

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Can you separate a player's history? I would like contracts in one area, awards in another area, not all under the one, "Player History" heading.

Basically I would like for them to be grouped like FOF 2007.

Forgive me, but I don't remeber much from the new interface last year. If I want to see when McGwire won the MVP, I don't want to read every line looking for it - I want it to be under "Awards" on his player card.

Can this be done from within the game?

No, that's something for OOTP 2008.

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Are great defensive players noticeable this year? In the past, it was hard for me to tell a great defensive player from a medicore one as the ratings to me, didn't translate well on to the field.

Is this year any different? Can say, Jim Edmonds get to more pop flies when you have him in the OF then say, putting Taguchi in CF?

I guess what I'm trying to say is, can you tell when you are playing a great defensive team vs a not so great defensive team? Is it plausable to put Taguchi in LF and sit Duncan late in a game?

Yes, you'll notice this. Your team pitching BABIP will be lower, thus less runs will be scored because your defenders take away more hits

[MizzouRah]

Thanks for the answers Markus! Too bad on the history!

[DanGarion]

Is there a reason why the "Top Game Performances" page located at http://reports.ootpdevfiles.com/news...formances.html
is wrong? It shows performances and links, the numbers for all the stats are wrong (for the first 3 at least). In fact #2 and #3 didn't even play those days.

Looks like there are ones wrong for the hitting too.

[Markus Heinsohn]

Originally Posted by dangarion

Is there a reason why the "Top Game Performances" page located at http://reports.ootpdevfiles.com/news...formances.html
is wrong? It shows performances and links, the numbers for all the stats are wrong (for the first 3 at least). In fact #2 and #3 didn't even play those days.

Looks like there are ones wrong for the hitting too.

Bug Fixed this morning...

[DanGarion]

Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

Bug Fixed this morning...

You need to do less message boarding and more coding! *cracks whip!*

Hehe, just kidding. Thanks for listening (even though I know I wasn't the first to mention it!).

[SirFozzie]

Heh. This thread is one of the links in the latest OOTP Email that went out (2 weeks till release!)

[Fouts]

I'm not sure if this question was answered already, but is it possible to take over an expansion team before an expansion draft (in OOTP2k7)?

[TigerFan1]

Originally Posted by Fouts

I'm not sure if this question was answered already, but is it possible to take over an expansion team before an expansion draft (in OOTP2k7)?

Yes.

[Fouts]

Originally Posted by TigerFan1

Yes.

Nice, thanks. It will be interesting how well a human expansion team can do after an expansion draft. Or how long I would survive as GM of an expansion team.

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Fouts

Nice, thanks. It will be interesting how well a human expansion team can do after an expansion draft. Or how long I would survive as GM of an expansion team.

I agree, that does sound fun. Especially doing the expansion draft.

[Young Drachma]

Grr...I want this game.

[Hammer755]

Re: the expansion draft

Is the date of the expansion draft customizable in a multi-year sim? From what I've gathered, the default expansion draft date is mid-November. However, in OOTP free agents aren't really 'free' until after this date (sometime early the next calendar year IIRC). Therefore, you have players who are technically free agents, but are still part of their former team's organization and still have to be protected.

IRL, free agent contracts expire before an expansion draft, so their status in the draft is not an issue. Thus my question of customizable draft dates in a quick-sim.

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by Hammer755

Re: the expansion draft

Is the date of the expansion draft customizable in a multi-year sim? From what I've gathered, the default expansion draft date is mid-November. However, in OOTP free agents aren't really 'free' until after this date (sometime early the next calendar year IIRC). Therefore, you have players who are technically free agents, but are still part of their former team's organization and still have to be protected.

IRL, free agent contracts expire before an expansion draft, so their status in the draft is not an issue. Thus my question of customizable draft dates in a quick-sim.

This could be a problem. OOTP should mirror real life in this case.

[Sweed]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Anxious to see how ootp runs on my new Core 2 duo pc!

Well, I don't have dual core but I just dropped a gig of RAM in my dual channel.
I was in the preview group, wish I'd have had the new RAM then. The game did run nice though with just 1 gig so 2 should just be adding gravy.

For now I'll have to test it out on EHM.

[miked]

I love the sim speeds. I finished a few seasons with fairly large almanacs in just a few hours. I have to figure out how to save history, but not every boxscore, just the current season ones. I made an upload for my league and somehow included every boxscore for 5 seasons. Was a big file!

[Ksyrup]

REALLY looking forward to Friday's release. And even moreso to my wife and kids being gone for a week starting on the 31st...

[Terps]

Saw over on the OOTP forums that if you preorder before the 21st you'll get the game on Thursday as opposed to Friday.

[Ksyrup]

Cool!

[Ksyrup]

Dola.

And here's the announcement:


Added on 03/19/2007 17:37 by Marc Duffy
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We've got a rather special treat for ANYONE who decides to pre-order the game before Wednesday night.

We are going to be mailing out download details to everyone who has pre-ordered before the clocks strikes 1 on Thursday morning.
If you have not yet made that purchase, first check out this fan made video and then if you like it why not place your pre-order

[Capital]

First thing I'm going to do is to expand the American League with current rosters to 16 teams and take over one of the expansion teams. The question is, how are the cities and the characteristics (owner, budget, etc) determined? It will be fun to do an expansion draft with that team. I have been waiting for a text sim to have this option for quite some time. The last one I can recall is FOF2.

[Terps]

I thought you can pick the cities yourself, but I'm not sure about the owners, budget and things like that.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Dola.

And here's the announcement:


Added on 03/19/2007 17:37 by Marc Duffy
Viewed 1 times

We've got a rather special treat for ANYONE who decides to pre-order the game before Wednesday night.

We are going to be mailing out download details to everyone who has pre-ordered before the clocks strikes 1 on Thursday morning.
If you have not yet made that purchase, first check out this fan made video and then if you like it why not place your pre-order

For some reason, this has me about ready to pre-order.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

For some reason, this has me about ready to pre-order.

mmmhmm. Me 2

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

mmmhmm. Me 2

Even though I told myself to wait until the first patch, I took this opportunity to preorder. I have no willpower.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by Atocep

Even though I told myself to wait until the first patch, I took this opportunity to preorder. I have no willpower.

lol

[King of New York]

If you run a historical replay but with fictional players, how does the computer handle player names? Do you get names that are era appropriate? It would detract from the overall immersion of the game to have Chico Escuela and Chan Ho-Park playing for you in 1901.

[MizzouRah]

This game rocks! Must buy, AI great!

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

REALLY looking forward to Friday's release. And even moreso to my wife and kids being gone for a week starting on the 31st...

Friday? Sweet! That means I get to mess around with it all weekend. I feared it was released next week and I'd be bogged down with moving to my new place to really get into it. But alas, that's not going to be the case this time.

Rockin'.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

For some reason, this has me about ready to pre-order.

I just checked my gmail to make sure that I did indeed preorder like I thought I did.

[Buccaneer]

Not sure how to ask this but is there screenshot or link to see an example of a team's Roster Report? I looked in the Screenshots page but I didn't see one.

[Atocep]

I was going back through the blogs posted on the OOTP forums and I have to say the one posted today probably has me the most excited about the game.

hxxp://www.ootpbaseball.net/clubhouse.php?view=news&gid=26&id=1304


Here's a quote from it:

In the end, everyone from Bill James to Baseball Prospectus seems to come to the conclusion the players peak at about age 27 (give or take a year), with pitchers maybe a year later. But, of course, it's more complex than that. Baseball skills don't develop or erode at the same pace. Walks are an "old player skill," for example, while triples a "young player skill." Previous versions of the game, however, had every skill rising and falling in a standard umbrella pattern. OOTPv2007 is different. For the first time, it is modeling each skill as a separate component.

Granted, I don't expect perfect aging, but this is a HUGE step forward for the OOTP series.

[rowech]

Does anyone have any kind of info as to how the manager mode is? Is the AI a worthy opponent?

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

Not sure how to ask this but is there screenshot or link to see an example of a team's Roster Report? I looked in the Screenshots page but I didn't see one.

You mean the good ol' Age/Position/Bats/Throws/Height/Weight/Salary screen, or something else?

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by Atocep

I was going back through the blogs posted on the OOTP forums and I have to say the one posted today probably has me the most excited about the game.

hxxp://www.ootpbaseball.net/clubhouse.php?view=news&gid=26&id=1304


Here's a quote from it:


Granted, I don't expect perfect aging, but this is a HUGE step forward for the OOTP series.

dammit. I'm unemployed, I don't need to be buying games, but stuff like this has me readying my credit card.

[miked]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

Not sure how to ask this but is there screenshot or link to see an example of a team's Roster Report? I looked in the Screenshots page but I didn't see one.

Do you mean from the game or from the HTML?

[Buccaneer]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

You mean the good ol' Age/Position/Bats/Throws/Height/Weight/Salary screen, or something else?

No, I saw that one. After I play a season, I print out the Roster Report that has my roster with their major stats, plus a team summary up on top with the large logo. I don't have any saved games so I can't show you what I mean.

[Buccaneer]

Let me see if I can scan one of my old printouts...

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

No, I saw that one. After I play a season, I print out the Roster Report that has my roster with their major stats, plus a team summary up on top with the large logo. I don't have any saved games so I can't show you what I mean.

I know what you're talking about. I used to post that in my dynasty reports. I don't think there's an exact replica of it, but I'll show you a screen that is somewhat similar in the next post...

[Ben E Lou]

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Breaking News Friday, October 19th, 2057: Walsh Hashes Out $4,240,000 Contract with Atlanta The latest news from the SION reporters following the Atlanta Braves is that an agreement has been reached with Paul Walsh to continue as their reliever for another 2 years. In his career Walsh has appeared in 396 games and earned 22 saves with 284 Ks in 481.2 innings. He has a record of 24 wins and 23 losses and a 4.09 ERA. Wednesday, October 10th, 2057: Boston Red Sox Sweep World Series It was a glorious moment at Red Sox Ballpark when Boston claimed the 2057 World Series title with a 5-1 victory. Boston players were jubilant as they swamped each other on the diamond after completing the fantastic sweep of the Atlanta Braves. Chants of "Thank you, Red Sox," reverberated all around the ballpark when it was over. But in the losing dugout, sadness reigned. Commenting to reporters, the Braves skipper related what it's like to lose, "Your heart is heavy...you are hurting...it's a very difficult time. And to be swept...it's embarrassing. You just want to forget it ever happened." But it was a season to remember for the Boston Red Sox. Their season record was 98-64 and good enough for first place in the American League Eastern Division. Then they topped it off by winning the World Series 4-0. What a year! Thursday, September 20th, 2057: Atlanta Loses Dennis Chuffnell The Atlanta Braves will have to "make do" without Dennis Chuffnell for 1-2 weeks. He suffered a dead arm syndrome while throwing a pitch in the game today against the St. Louis Cardinals. His teammates, understandably, were upset about losing the starting pitcher. "That's a real blow," one of them said. "But this team is resilient. We know how to deal with adversity." Chuffnell will miss 1-2 weeks. In 28 starts this year Chuffnell has crafted a 13-7 record and a 3.90 ERA. Team Leaders AVG M. Castillo .316 2 R. Peterson ATL .299 3 D. Romero ATL .286 4 W. Jordan ATL .279 5 R. King ATL .268 Team Leaders HR D. Hughes 35 2 M. Castillo ATL 34 3 D. Romero ATL 32 4 M. Ortíz ATL 10 5 2 tied with 7 Team Leaders RBI D. Romero 132 2 D. Hughes ATL 121 3 M. Castillo ATL 90 4 M. Ortíz ATL 78 5 R. Peterson ATL 67 Team Leaders W C. Reyes 19 2 D. Chuffnell ATL 14 3 A. Norton ATL 9 3 J. Ramírez ATL 9 5 2 tied with 8 Team Leaders ERA C. Reyes 3.25 2 D. Chuffnell ATL 3.90 3 J. Rusch ATL 5.63 Team Leaders K D. Chuffnell 141 2 C. Reyes ATL 129 3 J. Rusch ATL 126 4 P. Lee ATL 110 5 A. Norton ATL 96 Injuries Player Injury Out for... Disabled List Status P Adam Norton herniated disc (back) 5-6 months On DL, eligible for return (60-day DL) Pitching Staff Role Throws Pitcher W L SV ERA Starter R César Reyes 19 7 0 3.25 Starter R Dennis Chuffnell 14 7 0 3.90 Starter R Jake Rusch 8 20 0 5.63 Starter L Patrick Lee 8 10 0 3.98 Starter R Luis Castillo 7 2 5 3.18 Spot Starter R José Ramírez 9 2 2 3.09 Middle Reliever R José Ramírez 9 2 2 3.09 Middle Reliever R Jack Brewer 0 3 1 3.91 Middle Reliever R Víctor Durán 3 0 0 2.91 Setup Reliever R Pat Moore 2 2 1 3.82 Setup Reliever R Paul Walsh 2 2 1 4.19 Closer R Max Blackmore 4 8 35 2.29 News Germán Batters Atlanta for 5 Hits Ramírez Sidelined for 2 Weeks Adam Norton Suffers Injury Phillips Belts 5 Hits! Reyes Stands Out, Choice for Best Pitcher Links Roster Ratings News Potential Ratings Major Transactions Leaders Transactions Batting Stats Injuries Pitching Stats Personnel Fielding Stats Development Report Schedule BA Top Prospects Positional Strength Player Salaries Financial Report Minor League System Standings Eastern Division W L PCT GB Atlanta Braves 90 72 .556 - Montreal Expos 86 76 .531 4.0 Cincinnati Reds 77 85 .475 13.0 Philadelphia Phillies 74 88 .457 16.0 Pittsburgh Pirates 74 88 .457 16.0 New York Mets 73 89 .451 17.0 Team Information Record overall 90-72, .556 PCT Position in Division 1st, - GB Record at home 50-31, .617 PCT Record on the road 40-41, .494 PCT Record in X-inning games 6-4, .600 PCT Record in one-run games 25-24, .510 PCT Record versus LHP 30-17, .638 PCT Record versus RHP 60-55, .522 PCT Record last 10 games 7-3, .700 PCT Record in April 18-10, .643 PCT Record in May 14-15, .483 PCT Record in June 13-12, .520 PCT Record in July 16-13, .552 PCT Record in August 16-12, .571 PCT Record in September 13-10, .565 PCT Team Batting Stats & Rankings Batting Average .262 - 4th in NL On-Base Percentage .339 - 4th in NL Slugging Percentage .412 - 3rd in NL On-Base + Slugging .750 - 3rd in NL Runs Scored 808 - 3rd in NL Hits 1458 - 4th in NL Extra-Base Hits 503 - 3rd in NL Home Runs 144 - tied for 5th in NL Bases-On-Balls 597 - 8th in NL Strikeouts 991 - 6th in NL Stolen Bases 86 - 8th in NL Team Pitching Stats & Rankings Earned Run Average 3.94 - 2nd in NL Starters' ERA 3.98 - 5th in NL Bullpen ERA 3.85 - 1st in NL Runs allowed 682 - 2nd in NL Hits allowed 1269 - 1st in NL Opponents AVG .235 - 1st in NL BABIP .259 - 1st in NL Home Runs allowed 151 - 9th in NL Bases-On-Balls 613 - 8th in NL Strikeouts 933 - 10th in NL Minor League System Glendale Federals (AAA) Louisville Blue Raiders (AA) Newark Victors (A) Cumberland Rays (R) Lineups Overview # B Lineup vs RHP POS # B Lineup vs LHP POS # B Lineup vs RHP+DH POS # B Lineup vs LHP+DH POS 1 R Mario Ortíz CF 1 R Mario Ortíz CF 1 R Mario Ortíz CF 1 R Mario Ortíz CF 2 R Willie Jordan SS 2 R Willie Jordan SS 2 R Willie Jordan SS 2 R Willie Jordan SS 3 R Martín Castillo LF 3 R Martín Castillo LF 3 R Martín Castillo LF 3 R Martín Castillo LF 4 S Domingo Romero 1B 4 S Domingo Romero 1B 4 S Domingo Romero DH 4 S Domingo Romero DH 5 R Dan Hughes 3B 5 R Dan Hughes 3B 5 R Dan Hughes 3B 5 R Dan Hughes 3B 6 R Ron King RF 6 R Ron King RF 6 L Frank Roe 1B 6 L Frank Roe 1B 7 R Robert Peterson 2B 7 R Robert Peterson 2B 7 R Ron King RF 7 R Ron King RF 8 R Edward Ward C 8 R Edward Ward C 8 R Robert Peterson 2B 8 R Robert Peterson 2B 9 R Edward Ward C 9 R Edward Ward C

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Tuesday, March 20th, 2007 - OOTP 2.0.0.35

[Ben E Lou]

Some of the formatting got lost, but that should give you the idea...