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Alright boyz, here we go!!! OOTP2006 First Impressions Thread!
I wanted to beat SirFozzie. :)
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not cool
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Well...I havent preordered yet, if that makes you feel better. I went to and the ordering system was down so I said screw it...
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Starting an impressions thread and not being able to make any impressions because you do NOT have the game yet is just plain stupid period->>.
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Damn You! You Ruined it! :D (and I did preorder the game, too! :D) |
What? Not I keel you now?
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Ok.. just remember, you asked for it.
I KEEL YOU NOW! |
My first impression is that a day is too long to wait. Argh.
(and yes, I did pre-order) (in mid-March. I'm a moron, what can I say?) |
I'm looking forward to this game so much I have preordered TWO copies!
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I have preorder envy right now..:(
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These impressions fucking rock.
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Whoever is running a hobbit league from scratch plz let me know thx! How's the AI?
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Dola
Or woman. I can never keep some of you folks straight. |
I preordered. Will have just enough time to download it tomorrow morning too, then go to a conference for two days until I can actually play it :(
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Let's see....Start -> All Programs -> 400 Software Studios -> Out of the Park Baseball 5 -> OOTP5. Yep, still there. Whew.
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Installed and up and running. Too bad I have to leave now.
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Why do I get the feeling somebody has a death wish? |
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True dat. |
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It installed just fine. Is that an impression? |
I just got my email!!!!!!!!!!
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Downloading now. How's that for an impression?
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I suppose. I checked the website, and it still indicated pre-orders, so I was assuming it wasn't available yet. Seeing two more posts to that nature, well... You have my apologies, sir. |
As I understand things currently people who pre-ordered are allowed to download, once a short period of them having 'exclusivity' the website will updated and people will be able to download as they purchase.
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Yeah, I learned that while browsing the forums. I just hope those of us in the media won't have to wait six hours, too. ;) |
Downloading now.. thank god I took my serial code to work and have Logmein on my home machine :)
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BREAKING NEWS!!
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There is a manual included with this game. |
Here's the manual if you're bored: http://rapidshare.de/files/21859862/...anual.zip.html
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I have a mini dynasty going on in the dynasty section :)
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This is worth noting
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I'm assuming this is the 250+ page deal. |
The game is overwhelming, the same feeling I had when I beta'd for three days.
I consider myself an average player of OOTP, I like things to be quick and easy and I'm not really getting that feeling with this one. Oh, well. With time, I suppose. The depth is insane. I'm going to be pissed when a few of my players get called up to their respective ML squads(I took a job in AAA to start out). |
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Yes. We felt including this in the package might be a little off putting so we cut it down a bit but the big one will go out on the site later. |
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That said, I realize that "too much depth" is probably not something most text-simmers will complain about. |
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I wouldn't disagree that it's overwhelming but it will be second nature soon enough when you learn where everything is and how it all fits together. |
Initial thoughts - it doesn't seem like there's any way to change your mind on how many minor leagues to add short of starting the process over again. You can remove the major leagues, but the only option I see for the minors is to add them.
So, uh, I'm playing MLB with a full minor league contingent. Hopefully my PC doesn't choke on that. So far so good. |
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That is whats scaring me, I've sat with the FM slowness before. I started with the same type of league. |
Game is a LOT quicker then FM
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Wow - it's flippin' FAST.
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Sack was saying ootp is 33 meg and Puresim is 100.. kind of weird.
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One question - can you add additional teams to leagues after you've already began? I have visions to expand the NPB
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Ok, just some quick issues to note:
The screen is really busy. No unused space whatso ever. Makes me long for the day where in FM it was just the field and folks running around :) Unless you go to the screen that has the schedule, and you hit Continue, it will auto sim games for you (unless you hit the manage button) |
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Yes. |
I preordered too. But barring any late developments, I'll be gone in two weeks from the summer. So, I won't get to play much at all. That annoys me, but..at least its here.
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Impressions are so overrated.
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Does each team have a coaching staff, a la EHM? I want to be able to hire former players as my managers, hitting coaches, bench coach, etc. :)
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Each team does Swaggs, according to the ootp boards. Former players do come back and coach, but not sure if it is all players
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It shouldn't be all players - its not in real life, I mean imagine Dave Telgheder as your pitching coach...
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In EHM, it seems like only players who have certain leadership ratings can become coaches, so I would imagine this would be similar. In EHM, toward the end of their careers, you can opt to sign these type of guys as players or coaches/scouts.
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I never played EHM more then 3 seasons so I couldnt tell ya...
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Urgl.. it may be just that I'm playing it over the net, but there is just too much information. too much STUFF on the screen.
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You need to turn in your text simmers card...;) |
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It could just be residual effects of your brain being broken yesterday. ;) |
That too.. :D
the scoreboard with the lineups completely in scoreboard light is offputting, at least right now to me |
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5mb left to download. One impression, the links to the downloads are SLOW. |
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dola next time get this stuff put on FILEPLANET |
The ones towards of the download list are a lot faster. I don't remember the one I chose. But I initally chose one of the top ones and it was slow as heck. I chose a bottom one and then it went really fast.
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I have it d/l'd @ work and messed with it a bit at lunch. Overwhelming is the only thing I can say after a hour of toying around with it.
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My d/l took onlly 4-5 min - I used one of the later ones in the list they provided.
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Overwhelming is what I thought the first time I ever played EHM, so....I'm actually happier to hear that about OOTP than "OMG, where is this or where is that..." I'm sure that'll come later, but...yeah. Just downloaded my copy and got another license.
I actually got a refund for my preorder (I preordered after the price went up, so it didn't matter..) because I didn't figure I'd be here. But, 3 weeks will be enough to get into and stuff. Here's hoping I get a job here this summer I applied for so I don't have to leave at all. |
I love the simulation screen you get to see while the game sims, it's sweet.
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Is there a demo?
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I just finished reading the impressions thread on the OOTP boards. So sugary, my tooth hurts. :(
Looking forward to some real impressions... |
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Yeah. I expect we will have to wait at least a couple days before anyone really starts to examine the stats engine in depth. The tech support forum does show a fair amount of strange bugs. So, that's something I guess. |
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Not yet... |
Hmmm, I really have the itch to purchase this game, but I want to be sure that there are no show stoppers.
Any plans for an FOFC league? |
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yeah... where's Skydog when you need him...:) if histories imported from 6.5 I might have done the deed.. but I really want to read some FOFC impressions.. |
From Todd at the sportsblog: a tad encouraging
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I'll do a detailed impression once I get to class and I use logmein, in like a half hour.
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Anyone know if you import a roster set from 6 or 6.5 if the minor leaguers will import also?
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So am I missing something?
I didn't pre-order (why, I don't know. I intended to get it upon release anyways), but I put in an order this morning, and it still said pre-order. I go to the download page, and it says 'Download Items', but there are no links, and it mentions that the game will be available in Spring of 2006. Do I have to wait because I didn't pre-order, or am I just retarded? |
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I'm not sure if you are retarded or not, but you do have to wait until it's released to the general public. |
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Obviously, the correct answer. |
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Well, I think it's safe to say that I qualify for the retarded moniker at this point. I would mention that I just got out of bed, but it's friggin noon. |
I'm totally off the topic here, but I just discovered something. I've been out here in the Eastern time zone for 10 months now, and I'm still not used to be so far in front of California. Vince says that it's noon, and I flip out when I see 3:00 on my computer screen. Agh.
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Heh...it always takes me a while to figure out what time zone someone is in...it plays hell with me when I try to figure out what time it is where MIJB is when we chat late at night :)
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Yes I believe they do. |
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That happened to me as I've moved further west. That I can never call home without realizing how late it is there. Gah. |
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Like I said earlier in the thread. I'd preordered, but cancelled it because I didn't think I'd be here. But long story short, I ordered a new copy this morning and it worked fine. |
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On the time zone topic, I had to go to Pensacola, Fl for the Marines a little over a yr ago and for the first week I was there I was still clueless to the fact that it was a different time zone than NY.
Back to OOTP, when exactly is this gonna be available for an idiot like myself who didn't preorder? |
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That doesn't sound gay at all |
I'm sitting here messing around with this and keep going "wow" Sooo robust featurewise. I'm loving the polished look.
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Crap, i'm downloading it at 5kbs so it will take like 40 minutes. I have tried all the links, the top ones are so slow and the later ones are not working right now.
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Augh.
I lost my network connection on my laptop about two minutes after getting licensed. What that has meant is that I've been able to play, but not been able to get access to the Internet to post about things I've seen. Even better, this computer is on the same network, but can't detect the other one, so I can't upload and post screenshots of some of the really weird stuff. Just a couple notes off the top of my head before I go back and try to fix my network issues. 1) I had a reliever get credited with both the win and the save. I've only seen it happen once, but he was the pitcher of record when the game's lone run scored in the bottom of the 12th inning, AND he pitched 3 innings of relief, so the game might be tracking both things. That normally wouldn't come up is my guess. 2) You can only put players on the disabled list if you're the parent franchise. Probably as it should be, but I had a couple of injuries in an A-ball career beyond two weeks where, well, I had to live with it, because the parent franchise wasn't inclined to do anything about the injuries. 3) "Send Forced"? Cooooool. Pitch-by-pitch mode as an option? Coooooool. Six hits of combined offense in 12 innings because the game appears to be treating the ratings of minor leaguers as major league equivalencies (i.e. contact of '4' sucks ass even though, well, he's a 19 y/o in Rookie ball)? That's...not so cool. 3) Has anybody yet figured out how, when starting a league, to 'lock' the team nicknames in so that when you choose a particular league, you don't have to rename the teams each time? |
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Eww, that is not cool |
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Wouldn't low ratings also affect the pitchers and balance things out? |
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Barring disaster with my internet connection, I plan to have a 100 year fictional report up by tomorrow morning. That should give us all some idea of what the statistical output is. As for the in game impressions, you know the people who have it here at FOFC will give you truthful feedback. |
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Do you mean when you select one of the standard leagues? |
I can't find anywhere to download the damned game even though I just bought it. I keep trying the torrent link, but it won't work. Does anyone have another link to the exe?
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I'm looking forward to it. I'm vacilating about whether or not to buy, and I'm waiting for some reliable impressions. |
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I look forward to reading that. |
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Yeah, but for some reason it just hangs, and doesn't d/l anything. I tried another file, and it did the same thing. I'll uninstall it and reinstall. Hopefully that will work. Thanks for the link. |
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