![]() The race for playoff berths is the most exciting part of every baseball season, so we added a new Pennant Chase screen that displays the strength of the remaining schedule and the chance for each team to make the playoffs. Beware, though: If you play GM-only, you’ll find that some managers won’t let you dictate certain strategies. ![]() Now you can quickly set your preferred strategies and move on to more important matters. You spoke and we listened: We agreed that setting your team’s in-game strategy was a tedious task, so we’ve completely redesigned that part of the game. Do you want the manager of your team (if you decide to play GM-only) to be an easy-going stathead, or do you need a veteran hard-nosed manager who is able to cope with the disgruntled players in the clubhouse? Do you want a pitching coach who is an expert in working with power pitchers, or is your staff based more on control artists who could benefit from a coach who knows how to work with finesse pitchers? Recoded Team Strategy System Managers and coaches now have certain personalities and special skills or preferences, which will result in plenty of interesting choices. One of our favorite new features this year is the redesigned coaching model. Completely Redesigned Manager and Coaches System On top of that, we have recoded and improved the entire AI related to finances, resulting in more realistic player contracts and negotiations and more stable long-term team finances. You’ll be better at the money-related part of your job than ever before. We have redesigned large chunks of the team finance system, including new season ticket sales, a team finances screen based on widgets, a new accounting screen, and much more. Your ability to meet those goals not only decides if you’ll be fired but also determines if your contract will be extended at a higher salary, which is another new feature this year. Now he’ll give you short- and long-term goals, which may include: winning the World Series within X seasons fixing a certain weakness on your roster extending the contract of a star player and much more. Real-life GMs may not want smarter owners, but we think you’ll appreciate your new team owner, who won’t just tell you to go out there and win as many games as you can. All of those leagues feature real rosters, of course, with countless hours of work invested in researching realistic bio info, statistics and ratings for thousands of real players. This year, we added the Australian Baseball League to that list, along with several independent leagues in the US and Japan. Last year, we introduced 7 international leagues in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Mexico, Cuba, Italy and The Netherlands. Will San Diego’s offseason frenzy pay dividends? Is this finally the year the Blue Jays return to the top of the American League East? Find out for yourself! New International and Independent Leagues Added The thousands of remaining minor league players are carefully rated by hand by our established research team. All major league (and certain minor league) player ratings are based on Baseball Prospectus’ industry-leading player forecasting system, PECOTA. We’ll see how it goes.” Features of the new OOTP 16 as per their Newsletter 2015 Opening Day Rostersīrand new 2015 roster sets include all Opening Day MLB rosters, as well as the complete minor league system down to the rookie leagues. That could include a bigger advertising push than we’ve ever done before, so we can reach more baseball fans who would love to run their own teams. Just before he told me he had to return to work, he added: “We’re also considering doing more around OOTP 16, depending on how the pre-orders shape up. By the fall of 2014 we were hammering out a contract, and over the winter we’ve worked with them closely to get approvals for our initial round of marketing and PR, including the pre-order newsletter, the press release, the OOTP 16 logo, and other things.” “As it turns out, they had pretty reasonable terms, and they were easy to work with, so one thing led to another last year. He continued: “However, sales of OOTP have steadily grown the past few years, and we’ve gotten to the point where I could finally ask, ‘Well, what’s involved in getting a license?’ without fearing the dollar amount they would reply with. We’re not a major game developer, with our own legal department and things like that.” “MLB.com has always known about us, and every so often they’d inquire about us getting a license, but it always seemed so daunting. “Getting OOTP officially licensed has been in the back of my mind for a long time,” he told me.
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