[luckymann]

I like to get the most out of my OOTP saves and often use them as the basis for trying out different external things along the way to both enhance the experience and see what applications might be available for some of these products.

I have dedicated this save to experimenting with AI. Specifically in this case, ChatGPT (as I already had a work-related paid PRO account for it).

I feel the actual OOTP game itself is just about spot on. The AI still needs work, the Combine bug needs to be fixed and a few other half-baked features should go back in the oven. I'd love to see the Negro League players' improvement continue. Other than that, I have no complaints.

Where I do feel OOTP needs a ton of work is in the area of report generation and stat-keeping. For one not to have the ability to drill down with stats past the top level or two in a baseball sim (you can't even access game scores in bulk, FFS) seems an utter travesty.

And so, with satisfactory success to this point, my AI project with this save has been to create an archivist personality that I now feed various reports to and have them keep track of. It's not perfect and takes a bit of work to build and shape the thing, but now I have much easier access to a bunch of things than the game should offer as default.

(I actually tried to create an AI beat reporter, some of whose reports featured in the 2001 season, but things went off the rails. So I'll mark this one as a failure for now but I am about to revisit it armed with some new info and tactics.)

With or without the latter, much of what these projects generate will form the basis of the reportage for this league.

We'll see where that leads us. Now, on with the show as the 2002 GL season is upon us.

G

EDIT I spoke to soon, the thing had a complete meltdown and is of absolutely no use in any worthwhile capacity. back to the drawing board I go!!