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    Ootp 9

    WOW!!! This look awesome. The scouting and MLB Roster Set make this a must!
    Out of the Park Baseball 9 - PRE-ORDER NOW!
    We are proud to announce the start of pre-ordering for OOTP 9!

    The game is currently in beta testing and will be released in Spring 2008. The pre-order price is just $24.99, a substantial saving over the anticipated list price of $39.99.

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    The sequel to PC Gamer Magazine and Metacritic's "PC Game of the Year 2007" will feature the following improvements:
    Revised Scouting System
    The scouting engine has been completely rewritten in OOTP 9, largely based on feedback from our customers. With our new engine, scouting becomes a much better approximation of what a real GM's interaction with his scouting team would be. Instead of micromanaging a team of scouts, you now hire one scouting director and set a scouting budget during the pre-season. The scouting budget is distributed among four scouting areas (majors, minors, amateur and international players). The accuracy of scouting reports and is directly tied to your budget expenditures and the strengths and weaknesses of your scouting director. Your international scouting expenses will also directly impact the likelihood of your team turning up a hidden gem. A past favorite feature has returned, too. In addition to updating player ratings regularly, your scouting team now delivers a detailed text scouting report on each player.



    Improved Financial System
    OOTP 9 features a redesigned front office, featuring additional financial detail to provide increased visibility into where your precious dollars are going. No more uncertainty about why you can't afford to sign that free agent! Further, we have added two new optional revenue sharing models, one implementing a MLB-style luxury tax, and another that uses a set percentage of a team's income, which is then shared among small market teams.



    In-game Sound and other Play-by-Play Improvements
    The silence is over for OOTPers who like to play out their games! Sound has returned to the in-game experience. Listen to the crowd cheer as you manage games, with a play-by-play engine that has been improved to include more natural flow and realistic play-calling. Sound changes dynamically based on the situation, so that a crowd in a playoff game will provide a much different experience than that in a Spring Training game. All in-game sound is optional, and is customizable.
    Improved Historical Play
    Several improvements have been made to the handling of historical leagues, for example the addition of several new stats modifiers, solidifying OOTP's place as the most flexible, most realistic historical baseball simulator.
    Opening Day 2008 Major League Rosters
    No more frustration over finding a MLB roster set! OOTP 9 will come with a full set of real players, accurately filled down to the rookie leagues. The set includes the complete Major League history, and even some history for certain minor leagues. Start Major League play with one click from the main screen!



    Great news for the Mac fans
    The Mac OS version is now a universal binary, meaning that Intel processors are directly supported. Our Mac beta team has been frankly astounded by the performance improvement. Speed has also been increased for PPC-powered Macs as well, and support for mouse scrolling on Macs has also been added!
    More new features
    • Rankable Draft Lists: Online league players will be ecstatic to see this feature that allows GMs to rank available players before a draft takes place.
    • Suspensions & Fights: The game now includes bench-clearing brawls and fights, which may lead to suspensions. Optional drug-related suspensions are also included.
    • In-game Add-on Installer: OOTP 9 saves you the hassle of manually installing roster sets & templates. You will now be able to download and automatically install roster sets from inside the game.
    • More News Stories: OOTP's news gets even more variety, as we have added even more news stories to the game, including news about individual hitting streaks, team winning streaks, and playoff clinching, and more.
    • Flexible Playoffs: A revised playoff system, with many more customizable options, has been added to the game, giving unparalleled flexibility when setting up playoffs for your league.
    • Exhibition Games: Exhibition games can now be played directly from the "Play menu," without the hassle of using the schedule editor.
    • Improved Backup Function: Backing up your league data is important, and OOTP 9 offers you a new, customizable backup function that makes it easier than ever to ensure you are getting solid backups of the leagues that are important to you.
    • Improved AI: Every year, we continue to work on the artificial intelligence of computer GMs, and this year is no exception, making OOTP 9 the most realistic management experience to date.
    • Improved Personnel Contracts: Personnel now go through a contract system more similar to that of players, although not quite as complex. A huge improvement especially for online leagues, where teams will now have to bid for the services of the best personnel, instead of getting them on a "first-come, first-served" basis.
    • Improved Player Development: The player development and aging engine has been enhanced. We have eliminated those aggravating sudden talent "jumps" or "bumps," resulting in a vast array of realistic career arcs.
    • Improved Simulation Speed: The sim speed of OOTP 9 has been further improved, and Mac users' jaws will drop when they see the speed of OOTP with our new Universal Binary!
    • New skin: We have added another skin to OOTP, which will come with three different looks: "OOTP Blue", "OOTP Classic" and the new "OOTP Modern." Additionally, leagues can now have their own fictional logos, and logo sizes have been increased to take more advantage of our skilled modder community!



    This isn't all! A complete feature list will be published once the game is closer to being released.

    As always, thanks very much to all of our loyal customers for your continued support, your contributions to the community, and for your amazing suggestions for OOTP.

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    Re: Ootp 9

    Brawls and Suspensions!!!

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    Re: Ootp 9

    Steroid suspensions and benches clearing brawls!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!
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    Re: Ootp 9

    I don't like the steroid suspension thing.

    No need to be realistic in every aspect of the game.
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    Re: Ootp 9

    It sounds awesome. I'd love to upgrade the CSSL when OOTP 9 comes out, but I'm guessing there would be too much opposition to it. lol

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    Re: Ootp 9

    I'm sure it'll be nice for solo crap but it's proven to be difficult for leagues, unless everyone were to own it.
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    I love this part. lol

    Improved Backup Function: Backing up your league data is important, and OOTP 9 offers you a new, customizable backup function that makes it easier than ever to ensure you are getting solid backups of the leagues that are important to you.

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    Re: Ootp 9

    Quote Originally Posted by Kingdom_of_Zito View Post
    I'm sure it'll be nice for solo crap but it's proven to be difficult for leagues, unless everyone were to own it.
    How can something that hasn't been released yet be proven to be good ro bad for anything?

    This sounds promising...

    Rankable Draft Lists: Online league players will be ecstatic to see this feature that allows GMs to rank available players before a draft takes place.

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    Re: Ootp 9

    Because it's building off something that's not good as is for leagues.
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    Re: Ootp 9

    Quote Originally Posted by CrazyEights View Post
    How can something that hasn't been released yet be proven to be good ro bad for anything?
    because it looks a LOT like 8, and 8 sucked for online. the layout is stupid
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    Re: Ootp 9

    Quote Originally Posted by Kingdom_of_Zito View Post
    Because it's building off something that's not good as is for leagues.

    I agree that 8.0 doesn't work well with online leagues as is, but improvements can change that. If there is a way to make draft lists, and scout the players easier on your own, that seems like an improvement to me. You can say that 8.0 is proven to be bad for online leagues, but I don't see how you can say that about the new version until you tried it.

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    Re: Ootp 9

    When I ran TSSL, I wanted to upgrade from 6.5 to OOTP2006 (or whatever the heck it was called). That was a resounding disaster. Until you play with it for a good month to see what the software is all about, I wouldn't upgrade from a known quantity to an unknown quantity.
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    Re: Ootp 9

    Quote Originally Posted by CrazyEights View Post
    I agree that 8.0 doesn't work well with online leagues as is, but improvements can change that. If there is a way to make draft lists, and scout the players easier on your own, that seems like an improvement to me. You can say that 8.0 is proven to be bad for online leagues, but I don't see how you can say that about the new version until you tried it.
    Nothing I'm reading is saying they improved the main functions, instead added on to make it like espn insider, almost plus more realistic by having suspensions. That's all perdy and what not but does not help a league.
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    i MUCH prefer sports mogul.

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