Attention FOOL: OOTP12 information

[Alan T]

For those who play in FOOL (or would some point like to play in FOOL), as previously discussed, the upgrade every 2 year plan will mean FOOL will go from OOTP-X to OOTP12 this upcoming year.

For people looking to save money on something that they eventually plan on getting anyways, the pre-order for OOTP12 has gone up. You have to order by the end of this month and save $10.

Pre-order OOTP 12 now, save $10, and get it 2 days early! - OOTP Developments Forums


As I previously said, due to time constraints, I am not a part of the beta team this year, so have no idea how it is coming testing wise or when they will get it released. Here are their announced features though for OOTP12:

Revamped Financial System

The Philadelphia Phillies shook the baseball world this winter when they signed top-flight free agent pitcher Cliff Lee, despite expectations that he would opt for the highest bidder. Now you can do the same with OOTP's improved player contract negotiations, which are more realistic and fun. You can even try to talk your owner into expanding the available budget, letting you squeeze in another All-Star contract. Don't forget to stay on top of the latest free agent signings and other news in the new off-season center, and keep your finger on the pulse of your team's finances with an improved view.
Contract possibilities are now more realistic, including vesting options, buyouts, minor league split contracts, signing bonuses and more performance bonus options. You can even now include remaining contract payments as an option in trades with AI-controlled GMs.

Online Leagues

We're proud to support Official OOTP Online Leagues with a full-featured interface inside OOTP 12. With just one click, you can join a team, and creating a league is just as easy. Commissioners can make their leagues public and advertise open teams, with the ability to accept or deny requests from would-be GMs.
Official OOTP Online Leagues offer several key advantages:

• League files are patches rather than full-size files, saving plenty of up- and download time.
• Reports can be saved in MySQL databases, increasing their upload speed.
• Forget about FTP: team data exports and imports work through the database. That results in improved compatibility and security for the league web site server.
• An export tracker.
• The promise of more great features to come, including online drafts and trades.

I have absolutely no idea what would be involved if this would make sense for FOOL or anything else until I have time to review it, so we'll see what happens there when the time comes.

In-Game and Core Engine Changes

Like a manager constantly seeking ways to get the most out of his lineup, we're always tinkering under OOTP's hood. Here's what you can look forward to this year:

• Recoded parts of the in-game AI, making it the most challenging ever in an OOTP game.
• Improved in-game sound, adding better quality sound files and more variation.
• Improved player evaluation AI, resulting in more realistic AI roster moves.
• Recoded parts of the trading AI.
• Recoded parts of the scouting engine.
• Improved injury and recovery system.
• Added WAR (Wins Above Replacement) as a statistic.
• Added a playoff roster for more realistic team transactions.
• Greatly enhanced the world database structure, resulting in more realistic fictional league and player creation.
• Added a simulation module, allowing you to match up two teams from the same league for a set number of games and see the simulation results. This is great for research purposes or just for toying around. For example, how would the 1927 Yankees fare against the 2004 Red Sox?

[EddieK]

The financial aspect is AWESOME. It goes well beyond that with buyouts possible...

[hyde4us11]

CAN'T WAIT

[spot]

I'm very excited. Like Alan I passed on the beta team this year. It's strange being on the outside and waiting in anticipation for the updates, I think I like it more this way!

[hyde4us11]

yea i passed on the beta team this year as well.

[TeachEnEspanol]

Thanks for keeping us in the loop Alan!

[cmldude]

are there open FOOL teams right now?

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by cmldude

are there open FOOL teams right now?

We are all full, but there is a MIA owner currently. I don't want to give away any teams yet, but I definitely am taking names for a waiting list. (Plus we always wanted to go back to 16 teams with the ootp12 upgrade if we had enough interest. I hate the 7 team leagues in the CL and RL)

[ekcut]

Purchased!
*repeatedly hitting "send/receive mail" awaiting email that it is released*

[CleBrownsfan]

Alan,

I would like to be on that FOOL waiting list. I'm going to want to be in a OOTP12 league so why not go with the best?

Thank you

[Young Drachma]

I'm on beta and I can tell you that while I have no idea (yet) what the financial system will look like in practice (aka, we haven't actually tested builds yet) but the discussions of what it will look like should finally set the game forward in the leaps and bounds a lot of us wanted. It won't be perfect, but it should be a huge step forward when it's all said and done.

[hyde4us11]

Biggest thing that FOOL benefits from in the switch is actually in OOTP11. It will be nice to have the FA's to finally not price themselves into retirement. I'll be surprised if someone signed Ornelas at the price he wants and he has a outside shot at 500 HR.

[Tasan]

Glad this got bumped, I almost forgot to pre-order.

[Commo_Soldier]

I was just looking through the improvements again and realized how awesome the last one is.

-Added a simulation module, allowing you to match up two teams from the same league for a set number of games and see the simulation results. This is great for research purposes or just for toying around. For example, how would the 1927 Yankees fare against the 2004 Red Sox?

This will be awesome to be able to have the best of FOOL tournaments, would have been really great if we still were using the old FOOL file and could go all the way back in time.