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zukes · 10-19-2011, 08:08 AM

The developers of the fastastic game Out of the Park Baseball have decided that they will release a similar hockey game. The project is yet unnamed. For more info: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...l-discussions/

For those that have not played OOTP or EHM, they are text sims. The fun is in being the GM and they make the franchise modes MLB The Show, NHL or Madden look like Pong.

I play OOTP daily, and to put it simply, if a GM in the MLB can do it, you can. The game has Rule 5, draft pick compensation, full minors right down to rookie ball, scouting etc.

The best part about OOTP is that it is fully customizable, so if you get sick of playing with real players, you can play fictional, or put all your friends in. Make a Canadian (or Ghana) league with it's real world database. You can load jersey's, pictures, logo's, park effects etc. You can make it so it plays like softball where every game is a homerfest, or you can play it so pitchers are dominant and most every game ends 1-0. It's up to you.

You can also play all the way back to the start of the MLB, with real players and have the events unfold as they did in real lfe, with players being drafted to the teams they were supposed to be, or just start your own alternate history.

I write all of this about OOTP because "The Hockey Project" (as it's being called now) is going to be mostly based off of OOTP. So you can start in 2012, or take over as the GM of the 85-86 Flames and see if you can build them into the dynasty that they should have become.

They are aiming for a fall/winter 2012 release.

10-19-2011, 08:08 AM	#1
zukes Nostradamus Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Ont. Exp:	For those who have played OOTP or Eastside Hockey Manager The developers of the fastastic game Out of the Park Baseball have decided that they will release a similar hockey game. The project is yet unnamed. For more info: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...l-discussions/ For those that have not played OOTP or EHM, they are text sims. The fun is in being the GM and they make the franchise modes MLB The Show, NHL or Madden look like Pong. I play OOTP daily, and to put it simply, if a GM in the MLB can do it, you can. The game has Rule 5, draft pick compensation, full minors right down to rookie ball, scouting etc. The best part about OOTP is that it is fully customizable, so if you get sick of playing with real players, you can play fictional, or put all your friends in. Make a Canadian (or Ghana) league with it's real world database. You can load jersey's, pictures, logo's, park effects etc. You can make it so it plays like softball where every game is a homerfest, or you can play it so pitchers are dominant and most every game ends 1-0. It's up to you. You can also play all the way back to the start of the MLB, with real players and have the events unfold as they did in real lfe, with players being drafted to the teams they were supposed to be, or just start your own alternate history. I write all of this about OOTP because "The Hockey Project" (as it's being called now) is going to be mostly based off of OOTP. So you can start in 2012, or take over as the GM of the 85-86 Flames and see if you can build them into the dynasty that they should have become. They are aiming for a fall/winter 2012 release. __________________ agggghhhhhh!!! Last edited by zukes; 10-19-2011 at 08:11 AM.