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md40022 · 04-01-2024, 05:17 PM

When you think about it though, that would be kind of tricky.

OOTP normally has a release date just before opening day of that given season. That means 95% of free agency is already complete. Teams have already optioned some of their minor league prospects who were in camp back down to the minors, etc.

So for the OOTP season to then begin in November of 2023 (as an example) would that mean all of the real life free agency and roster moves that happened between November 2023 and opening day would be undone in the game? Granted, this was a "slow" offseason by typical standards, but when you think of all the under the radar roster moves that happen in the offseason, that would be a ton of stuff to go back on if the start date of the Sim would be November 2023.

I suppose they could offer it as an option for those who would prefer to play that way, but I just look at it like there's 100000000 roster moves made in the 2023/2024 offseason and the actual release date of the game itself is after 99.5% of those real-life moves are already complete. That would be a lot to undo in order to start a sim in November 2023.

04-01-2024, 05:17 PM	#4
md40022 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 778 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	When you think about it though, that would be kind of tricky. OOTP normally has a release date just before opening day of that given season. That means 95% of free agency is already complete. Teams have already optioned some of their minor league prospects who were in camp back down to the minors, etc. So for the OOTP season to then begin in November of 2023 (as an example) would that mean all of the real life free agency and roster moves that happened between November 2023 and opening day would be undone in the game? Granted, this was a "slow" offseason by typical standards, but when you think of all the under the radar roster moves that happen in the offseason, that would be a ton of stuff to go back on if the start date of the Sim would be November 2023. I suppose they could offer it as an option for those who would prefer to play that way, but I just look at it like there's 100000000 roster moves made in the 2023/2024 offseason and the actual release date of the game itself is after 99.5% of those real-life moves are already complete. That would be a lot to undo in order to start a sim in November 2023.