Erick Blasco Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 I've been obsessed with OOTP Baseball for almost a year now, and I don't even like baseball all that much. The game is so rich in its details and is nuance. Are there any good basketball and college basketball text sims that are in the same ballpark as OOTP, and are preferably incorporated together. For example, if it's an NBA text sim, the game would need to have bird rights and the mid level exception, and all that fun stuff. Plus, it would need a college basketball counterpart. I don't really know what's on the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celtics3420 Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 FBB, they also have FBCB, made by the same guy. Game is pretty old, although im sure you can find a current day roster file on their boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick Blasco Posted December 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 FBB, they also have FBCB, made by the same guy. Game is pretty old, although im sure you can find a current day roster file on their boards. I have FBCB and it's pretty cool, but nowhere near OOTP standards. FBB has been around forever and hasn't updated =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Baseball Mogul > OotP :glasses: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick Blasco Posted December 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Baseball Mogul > OotP :glasses: lol, I don't know man, OOTP is amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 lol, I don't know man, OOTP is amazing! I know, it's personal preference really. Both are great. But Phightins and I are in a longstanding (started both in-game and IRL in '06, now 2026 in-game) Mogul sim league, and I really, really love everything about mogul. OotP has a huge fanbase though. Huge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick Blasco Posted December 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 I know, it's personal preference really. Both are great. But Phightins and I are in a longstanding (started both in-game and IRL in '06, now 2026 in-game) Mogul sim league, and I really, really love everything about mogul. OotP has a huge fanbase though. Huge! I'm in a simleague that's incredibly active (exports take place every other day). All the teams are filled with a 90% export ratio, there's discussion, articles, power rankings, trash talk, it's a blast, and I love the detail that goes into it. It's taken up a lot more of my free time than I expected it would! So hearing something as better than OOTP is near blasphemy...just because I can't imagine any game as rich in options and detail as OOTP! But you have a long history with Mogul so naturally the game is doing something right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Can I get a link to your league? I would love to read about it. And is it free? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 DDS: Pro Basketball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick Blasco Posted December 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Can I get a link to your league? I would love to read about it. And is it free? I'll give you a link to the forum...I'm Rockies GM. http://paramountbaseball.proboards.com/index.cgi Right now we're on about three days of downtime as the commish is in Disney World with his wife and kid. It's only the second missed sim the league has had. There was also the first real bad disagreement the league has had over a misunderstanding with the rule five draft. Other than that, the league has been great. Here's the latest set of reports. http://paramountbaseball.net/game/lgreports/news/html/leagues/league_100_home.html OOTP costs about 30-35 dollars, and it's totally worth it. It's the most immersive baseball game on the market, though platform MLB games have gotten good reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Yeah I hear you man, stuff is fun. They're both really similar in a lot of ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick Blasco Posted December 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 (edited) DDS: Pro Basketball. I've looked into this before. It looks like the best on the market, but it's a bit pricy. Do people play it? The forums look pretty dead. Plus there are little things like no play-by-play of past games. I'm spoiled by OOTP! Edited December 15, 2010 by Erick Blasco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 I've looked into this before. It looks like the best on the market, but it's a bit pricy. Do people play it? The forums look pretty dead. Plus there are little things like no play-by-play of past games. I'm spoiled by OOTP! The number of DDS sims are lacking but from my experience they usually better in quality. I was once in a DDS sim that lasted 2-3 years and there is currently is an active one going on right now (I think), but I can't remember the site. I will look into in the morning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick Blasco Posted December 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 The number of DDS sims are lacking but from my experience they usually better in quality. I was once in a DDS sim that lasted 2-3 years and there is currently is an active one going on right now (I think), but I can't remember the site. I will look into in the morning. I appreciate this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 DDS: Pro Basketball. This. It's much better than FBB..it's just that it's harder to find current rosters for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 This. It's much better than FBB..it's just that it's harder to find current rosters for it. Do you have the game or know someone with the crack for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Do you have the game or know someone with the crack for it? Yeah. Just gotta re-install it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Yeah. Just gotta re-install it. :o Send it to me (after my exam) and Blasco too I guess. Why haven't we ever had a DDS sim before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 :o Send it to me (after my exam) and Blasco too I guess. Why haven't we ever had a DDS sim before? We did actually have a DDS sim a few years back that did actually last pretty long, but the commish got all pissed and left for some weird reason(forget exactly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Hmm its like almost every sim on OTR ends because something happens to the commish. Member activity is an issue too but still. =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Yo Smithers will you send me the link to sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Tzu Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 We did actually have a DDS sim a few years back that did actually last pretty long, but the commish got all pissed and left for some weird reason(forget exactly) I think I remember that one, not sure if we're talking about the same one though. The one I joined on here was the very first basketball sim league I was in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Well doesn't look like I'd be able to send it to yall without a crack...which seems impossible to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Check my Stats Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 FBB is easily the best sim engine out there for running leagues. It's simplicity is what makes it so great and why there are so many more leagues using it. Other sim engines might be more in depth, but the extra work just isn't worth it for the commissioner. FBB is great, a patch or minor update to fix the obvious/annoying problems would be great, but I think the game is as good as you could ever really ask for, for a sim league. FBB is basic, and easy to learn. I am not in leagues like I used to be but the game is a lot of fun when you are in a league that is really active. If anyone ever wanted to join a really active league I could give them a link to one. It has 25k posts and is just beginning it's 2nd season, yeah, pretty crazy [expletive]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 ^DDSPB isn't really that hard to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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