Originally Posted by texasmame (Post 4434446)

I've visited about 10 stadiums now and, outside of Fenway, K.C.'s was my favorite.

Originally Posted by Imperialism32 (Post 4434452)

Is there an official announcement on when the official announcement will be made? :)

Originally Posted by jeffw3000 (Post 4434453)

have you ever been to PNC Park in Pitt? I have been to about 25 stadiums, and still think PNC is the best. The one thing we did right in Pitt. Wish they would of taken the same care with Heinz Field and PPG Paints Arena.

Originally Posted by Cryomaniac (Post 4434451)

I did wonder that myself, although I figured the cost might be prohibitive. It's worth getting a quote though I guess.

Originally Posted by KJDelaney (Post 4433032)

OOTP20, we'll see.

On fence.

Originally Posted by texasmame (Post 4434446)

I've visited about 10 stadiums now and, outside of Fenway, K.C.'s was my favorite.

Originally Posted by drksd4848 (Post 4434273)

I think it was some interactive exhibit at Royals Stadium... I *think*....


https://www.commarts.com/project/227...r-own-ballpark

Originally Posted by redranger (Post 4434822)

Interesting. Shows one of the developers is Matt Arnold. Is that THE OOTP Matt Arnold?


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Originally Posted by TwinsGuy11 (Post 4434751)

Haha Fenway and Wrigley are my least favorites. Cool to see but man they are crapholes.

Have you been to Target Field? It has been a great place to watch bad baseball this decade

Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange (Post 4434028)

I just had a look at the Optimal Planning Solutions website, and it seems to have largely cornered the market on scheduling for professional sports leagues. In terms of North American clients, these include MLB, MLS, and NFL, while overseas clients include Australian Football League, National Rugby League, and Scottish Premier League.

I wonder if it might be worth a try for OOTP to contact them to see if it might be possible to have a stripped down, simplified schedule creation software version made for use by the game, particularly since OOTP is associated with MLB and is a licensee.

ETA: Just found this article on SI.com about the creation of the NFL's 2017 schedule.

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

A season, which runs from August until May, is divided into two phases. During the first phase, each club plays three games against every other team, either once at home and twice away or vice versa. After this first phase of matches, by which time all clubs have played 33 games, the league splits into two halves - a 'top six' section and a 'bottom six' section. Each club proceeds to play a further five matches, one against each of the other five teams in their own section. Points achieved during the first phase of 33 matches are carried forward to the second phase, but the teams compete only within their own sections during the second phase. After the first phase is completed, clubs cannot move out of their own half in the league, even if they achieve more or fewer points than a higher or lower ranked team, respectively.

At the beginning of each season, the SPFL 'predicts' the likely positions of each club in order to produce a fixture schedule that ensures the best possible chance of all clubs playing each other twice at home and twice away. This is known as the league seeding and is based on clubs' performance in the previous season.[5] If the clubs do not finish in the half where they are predicted to finish, then anomalies can be created in the fixture list. Clubs sometimes play another three times at home and once away (or vice versa),[5][6] or a club can end up playing 20 home (or away) games in a season.[7]

Originally Posted by Jamee999 (Post 4436014)

Are you familiar with how the SPL's season/schedule works, LGO? It's kinda crazy.

It's a 12 team league. They play a triple round robin, for 33 games/team, and then they split the league in half between the top six and the bottom six, and play a five game round robin within their split:



It'd be fun to be able to do this in OOTP. Personally, I think that the NBA should adopt a similar system with three different splits, but that's probably a topic for another day.

Originally Posted by Silverbullet (Post 4436164)

I have every OOTP BB Game since OOTP 1.
I am looking forward to OOTP 20:D

Originally Posted by rudel.dietrich (Post 4437117)

May I ask why no pre-order and no typical pre order discount for Steam?

I have no issue buying the e-sellrate version and getting a Steam version later.
And it may be an issue with finances and Steams cut of the revenue. But this sudden change of sales tactic is a bit surprising.

Originally Posted by spleen1015 (Post 4437461)

Pretty sure Markus posted that there was no need for a pre-order this year because PT made enough money to cover the bills that the pre-order usually covers.

Originally Posted by Galeg (Post 4437469)

Still feels like maybe there should be some marketing or something by now.