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| #30 | 03/02/2011 12:00:00 am | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator 
| What other online games are you playing? I enjoy: Hattrick, BuzzerBeater and Grid-Iron. Played a few others in my day too. Steve |
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| #63 | 06/04/2011 12:00:00 am | ||
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tk1004 Joined: 06/03/2011 Posts: 0 Inactive 
| i played buzzer beater and hattrick.  i like planetarium manager and planetarium football star, too. |
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| #64 | 06/04/2011 12:00:00 am | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| I will have to check out the Planetarium games. Thanks, Steve |
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| #94 | 08/23/2011 12:00:00 am | ||
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John-Paul Joined: 08/21/2011 Posts: 0 Inactive
| Battrick http://www.battrick.org From site: Battrick is the biggest and best free online cricket management game. You manage a team of cricketers against other human managers from all over the world. You can log in at any time of the day, or night, to check on your club, expand the ground, buy and sell players, set match orders for upcoming matches and much, much more. Each team is involved in a limited over (50 overs) league, some countries also have a First Class (3 day) league and there is a limited overs cup tournament to compete for, too. All that and a 20 over competition thrown in for good measure! You can be sure there will be plenty to keep your interest during the Battrick week! It costs you nothing to play Battrick. Everything that you need to do to manage your side is on this site and changes take effect from the moment you give the orders. All you need is a browser. It has been designed so that you can spend as little or as much time managing your club as you wish. |
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| #96 | 08/23/2011 12:00:00 am | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| Yeah, I understand Battrick is very popular. For those of us in the United States, we don't have much knowledge/love of cricket, but many of the commonwealth countries, its huge. Steve |
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| #118 | 09/03/2011 12:00:00 am | ||
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John-Paul Joined: 08/21/2011 Posts: 0 Inactive
| I don't have much (not any really) knowledge in either baseball or cricket, still enjoy the games. (i.e. keep in mind the knowledge of baseball vary). | ||
| #1889 | 11/10/2012 5:38:16 pm | ||
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Utah Dodgers Joined: 10/21/2012 Posts: 49 Inactive
| I play Buzzerbeater (Awesome) and i play Red-Zone Action and i have played Grid-Iron but i like Red-Zone more... | ||
| #1893 | 11/11/2012 8:23:56 pm | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| Yes, Grid-Iron has evolved into a pass only game and I don't think any changes are coming. Steve |
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| #1904 | 11/12/2012 5:55:07 pm | ||
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Utah Dodgers Joined: 10/21/2012 Posts: 49 Inactive
| yes when i first joined Grid-Iron i went undefeated my first 2 seasons and i had no clue what i was doing and some of the games were 130-0 so i knew if i could win 2 championships with out even knowing how to play it was not the game for me lol... | ||
| #2014 | 11/22/2012 11:37:21 pm | ||
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msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 337 Bay City Lions III.3 
| lol well steve you've seen me before on buzzerbeater (i.e. tough) also play other sim game like basketsim, bballzone, charazy, grid iron, hattrick, and....nope that's it : P the flaws in these games is.... basketsim you have to spend the cash to get what you want basically bballzone goes so fast it takes you like 3 months to get through the whole game in the National League. charazy trains so slow, can't even get what people's skills are, and you take a very long time to build in that game. grid iron, yes; it's an all passing game. my friggin QB right now that I'm training goes 12% passing everyday -_- training is slow as idk what...... hattrick never really know about it, but heard its a great game. buzzerbeater has it's problems too, but so far to me it's been the best. the fans never like you in buzzerbeater for warning. if you lose by 1 point in triple overtime.........they get all riled up and give you 1 ball for how well your team played. "seriously?" ok ok to broken bat here it's a good game  |
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| #2039 | 11/23/2012 8:40:45 pm | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| I love hattrick...I've been playing since 2005. The problem is that its very much geared towards causal players, so the game engine is fairly simple and if you're a more hardcore game player, I don't think there is the depth of game strategy that you might want. They have added to the game engine, so things have improved. But its missing a lot of elements you might want in a soccer simulation. Steve |
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| #2256 | 12/19/2012 3:30:12 pm | ||
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Ajax Joined: 05/24/2012 Posts: 110 Inactive
| Thanks for the RedZone link on the homepage Steve. It's addictive already and eating up my time between checking on Broken Bat. Good to have a second sport in the Sim rotation If anyone hasn't tried it yet check it out http://redzoneaction.org/football/index.php?id=7766 Any chance we will get a trade/FA system similar to that? They seem to have it worked out pretty well in a game system very similar to this--using a bid process similar to eBay |
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| #2257 | 12/19/2012 5:11:30 pm | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| No problem...maybe we'll do a scrimmage/friendly some time. My team is the: San Diego Blitz Steve |
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| #2258 | 12/19/2012 6:52:49 pm | ||
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Utah Dodgers Joined: 10/21/2012 Posts: 49 Inactive
| Yes Red-Zone is awesome i am still new at it but so far it is great and Steve this game is growing on me i am starting to figure things out a little better at least to the point where i am winning a few games i still need to figure out the financial end of things but i am sure in time i will. Broken Bat,Buzzerbeater and Red-Zone are the best games i have played so far and my team on Red-Zone is the Utah Viperzz and in Buzzerbeater i am the Salt Lake City Jazz so if anybody wants to scrimmage look me up... | ||
| #2259 | 12/19/2012 11:09:18 pm | ||
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tc_ferdzz Joined: 11/13/2011 Posts: 135 Inactive
| Sokker.org - The Mandalorians Hattrick - The Mandalorians Buzzer Beater - The Browncoats Good Hockey - Healds of Unicron Power play manager (hockey) - The Autobots Red zone - Calgary Stampeders Broken Bat - Ontario Blue Jays i think that's it... |
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| #2261 | 12/20/2012 7:33:19 am | ||
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Ajax Joined: 05/24/2012 Posts: 110 Inactive
| RedZone Jersey Scorpions but I'm just starting so I've got alot of building to do! |
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| #2266 | 12/20/2012 11:35:50 am | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| Wow...that's a lot of teams. I've been playing Hattrick & Buzzerbeater forever. Met Pete online playing GI (Grid-Iron.org) and when he started RZA, I started playing it. And, of course, there is this Broken Bat game... Sokker is a good game...I just didn't have time to keep up. Also, Track King if you like horse racing is first rate! Steve Updated Friday, December 21 2012 @ 8:57:25 am PST |
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| #2805 | 03/01/2013 8:48:02 am | ||
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tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive
| im on buzzer beater! i only just started this season but i like it so far, i also play brokenbat, and cyberdunk, i tried chrazay but coulding get into it same with redzone, i dunno it just didnt do it for me, im also currently working on my own baseball simulation, but its in the early stages of production so there is no base of operations yet, ive played sports sims for a long time, huge into OOTP if any of you have played it, the only other one worth mentioning is the mogul games, im very happy i found broken bat cause until i found this site i thought baseball simulators didnt exist online! |
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| #2807 | 03/01/2013 10:44:42 am | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| Yeah...I enjoy BuzzerBeater. Hopefully they will tweak things a bit to make tactical play more important. Right now, at the highest level, LI/M2M is pretty much the only tactics people play. Steve |
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| #2808 | 03/01/2013 10:53:20 am | ||
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tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive
| what league are you in steve? | ||
| #2810 | 03/01/2013 8:13:29 pm | ||
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Utah Dodgers Joined: 10/21/2012 Posts: 49 Inactive
| lol he is way up at the top. Scrimmage him. | ||
| #2811 | 03/02/2013 8:47:59 am | ||
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tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive
| i need a scrim this week send me your team names | ||
| #2812 | 03/02/2013 8:57:44 am | ||
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tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive
| tetrahydro (28960) | ||
| #2813 | 03/02/2013 12:00:21 pm | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| I sent you a challenge...my Buzzer Beater team is the Bruins (NBBA). Steve Updated Saturday, March 2 2013 @ 3:10:46 pm PST |
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| #2814 | 03/02/2013 12:31:16 pm | ||
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msigg6 Joined: 06/05/2012 Posts: 337 Bay City Lions III.3
| Buzzerbeater=Mountain Eagles Basketsim=Fire Lions Charazy=Rocketz Grid Iron=Wolves bballzone=Asteroids doubledunk=Thunder Sonics hattrick=Golden Hawks Broken Bat=Bay CIty Lions I got the most! #1 in the game on DoubleDunk still building my way in the other games |
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| #2815 | 03/02/2013 5:00:42 pm | ||
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Utah Dodgers Joined: 10/21/2012 Posts: 49 Inactive
| BUZZERBEATER-SALT LAKE CITY JAZZ RED-ZONE-UTAH VIPERZZ BROKEN BAT-WEST COVINA JOKERS POWERPLAY MANAGER HOCKEY-UTAH GRIZZLIES E-HOCKEY-UTAH KINGS BOX-2-GLORY-RAY MANCINI MMA TYCOON-PIERRE ST. GEORGE POWERPLAY MANAGER BOXING DUEL-RAY BOOM BOOM MANCINI |
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| #2816 | 03/02/2013 8:25:09 pm | ||
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tetrahydroc Joined: 02/19/2013 Posts: 153 Inactive
| its on now were scheduled! imma get smoked, i think i have a good squad to build on tho, watch out in a few seasons steve you may see me in the nbba! | ||
| #2817 | 03/02/2013 9:44:57 pm | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| Okay...game on! Steve |
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| #3928 | 07/08/2013 6:23:37 pm | ||
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Soccer Joined: 04/08/2013 Posts: 49 Inactive
| Charazay-Bakersfield Jam (don't play much) Grid-Iron-Arizona Cardinals Onball-Phoenix Suns Brokenbat-Bullhead City Bulls |
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| #4492 | 09/04/2013 3:37:31 pm | ||
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farmer Joined: 07/26/2013 Posts: 122 Inactive
| Red Zone Action-Packers Red Zone Clash-Packers |
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| #6658 | 02/27/2014 3:34:27 pm | ||
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someoneinsane Joined: 02/26/2014 Posts: 4 Inactive
| Anyone play GPRO? http://www.gpro.net/ Another great manager game with racing instead, although there's a steep learning curve, if anyone wants help let me know! |
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| #6900 | 03/20/2014 11:57:05 am | ||
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Den Duston Joined: 01/15/2014 Posts: 161 Inactive
| cricket fans,try Hitwicket...it's a t20 manager game | ||
| #6907 | 03/21/2014 2:39:51 am | ||
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crackit Joined: 05/15/2013 Posts: 315 Anchorage Lawless V.8 
| cricket: I am not on hitwicket, but rather fromthepavilion.org which gives you a senior squad and junior academy. Your team plays three games a week:
Not seen hitwicket to compare |
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| #6923 | 03/21/2014 1:50:32 pm | ||
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Den Duston Joined: 01/15/2014 Posts: 161 Inactive
| so it's almost like Battrick ^__^ Hitwicket is more like Indian Premier League The developers will add other countries in the future. Updated Friday, March 21 2014 @ 1:52:55 pm PDT |
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| #9221 | 08/02/2014 2:55:16 am | ||
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Den Duston Joined: 01/15/2014 Posts: 161 Inactive
| Guys if you like basketball you can check this new game out: http://www.fastbreakplay.com/ You can even create your players with their skills. You can also watch your games. (note: When a season is running,new teams have to wait) For more info:http://gmgames.org/2014/05/26/prize-based-website-fast-break-play-browser-cloud-launched/ |
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| #9734 | 08/31/2014 7:06:33 pm | ||
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Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5235 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends 
| I recently threw in the towel with Charazay. Took up Buzzerbeater. (If anyone has Buzzerbeater advice, freely taken). May take a look at that one. Thanks for the tip. |
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| #9735 | 08/31/2014 7:59:52 pm | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| Buzzerbeater is off the hattrick tree. It’s a well put together game with essentially the same type of training and economic management. Ultimately you want well-rounded players who offer maximum performance for their salaries. There isn’t a great deal of game management….you can pick an offensive and defensive style and maybe try to matchup players defensively (although I’ve never had much luck doing that). What Charazay like? There used to be a lot of people here that played Drive The Lane….but I believe it’s either defunct or on hiatus. Steve |
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| #9756 | 09/01/2014 1:37:02 pm | ||
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Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5235 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends
| I only played a couple of seasons, and didn't fully invest myself. I'm sure there are others more qualified to talk about Charazay. Charazay fell a little further from the HT tree than Buzzerbeater. You select your line-up by quarter. Players are given individual instructions (play inside, play outside), and you can influence who gets the most touches. Training is different. All players get training. Your team trainer can instruct 2 of the player skills; each player chooses 1 of these skills to improve. There are some quibbles I have with it. But I'm not sure if its just me since I haven't played long term. |
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| #10644 | 10/09/2014 6:17:12 am | ||
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jason_shocker11 Joined: 09/26/2014 Posts: 56 Inactive
| I'll be glad to tell something about Charazay, the only online simulation game so far I have played before joining here. This games requires patience and lots of learning to play to be good at this. Games are slow-paced in schedule but very realistic. Follows the 10 minutes FIBA format per quarter. But the league and the cup set-up is more like football. There's no play-offs there so far. Cup are set-up like FIBA also, 4 to 6 teams grind it out, then top three will do knockout matches. The community is good, but very critical. But the community from the past years were more critical as well (they already left the game, but most likely stayed quiet after forming a new team) Overall, it's serious fun but hard. I like offline simulation games also. Took interest in Football Management Handheld 2014 and Dynasty Manager 2014 (Basketball Simulation). |
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| #10645 | 10/09/2014 6:26:02 am | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| I started Charzay and Buzzerbeater the same day a year ago or so. I couldn't get in to Charzay and stopped logging in after a week or so. I still play Buzzerbeater. It's decent. Very Hattricky. Drafting players to train and sell for profit. That's a turn-off in these kinds of games for me. | ||
| #10650 | 10/09/2014 2:17:21 pm | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| Yes, I’ve played Buzzerbeater from somewhere around season #1. You can tell that it’s kind of a branch off the Hattrick tree…it has many of the strengths and weaknesses as Hattrick. The biggest issue I have with Buzzerbeater is that it’s mostly about training and managing the team. When it comes right down to affecting the game, you can pretty much set play style and defense and that’s it. | ||
| #10652 | 10/09/2014 2:34:23 pm | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| I'd give Buzzerbeater a solid "B". It's a good game, not very compelling though. I never felt the need to do more than check in with a few minutes spent scouting the draft pool once a week or so. I'm not really a fan of the Hattrick transfer system that's used there as well. I think it leads to the game becoming more about buying and selling products than being an actual sports managment sim. Updated Thursday, October 9 2014 @ 2:35:52 pm PDT |
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| #10836 | 10/15/2014 10:41:30 am | ||
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jason_shocker11 Joined: 09/26/2014 Posts: 56 Inactive
| Have you guys tried any offline simulation sports games? (Don't try to sim game the NBA 2K series. The in-game gameplay is good but the draft players gets messed up. So sim gaming it long term makes the whole roster very indecent.) |
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| #10838 | 10/15/2014 12:09:09 pm | ||
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TheBaconator Joined: 08/03/2014 Posts: 70 Inactive
| I'm going to buy OOTP 16 when it comes out... | ||
| #10848 | 10/15/2014 4:28:49 pm | ||
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Spoonerific Joined: 01/17/2013 Posts: 339 Inactive
| I've been playing a weird All World League on OOTP 12 with some people I work with for about 2 years. (over 20 years in and I still can't bring a World Title to Australia) But I'm thinking about actually buying OOTP 16 as well. |
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| #11375 | 11/01/2014 8:47:46 am | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| Found a new (just a couple seasons in I think) online baseball sim called "9 Inning Baseball". Philosophically it seems very different than Broken Bat. Interesting, but so far, it's done little to grab me. The Admin helped me with a problem almost immediately after I asked for help though, so it might share that plus with Broken Bat. Other than that, I'd say Broken Bat scores better in almost every category. If you can't get enough baseball simming, it might be a solid spill-over game while you kill time waiting for BB games to sim. Anybody else try this one yet? Updated Saturday, November 1 2014 @ 8:52:51 am PDT |
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| #11478 | 11/04/2014 2:16:32 am | ||
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Den Duston Joined: 01/15/2014 Posts: 161 Inactive
| yeah I tried that game too. I like the "customization" options (team name,logo,owner pic..) but still didn't attract me like BB. Maybe it could be a good game if they add the option to watch games or have match reports more detailed like CSFBL. | ||
| #11482 | 11/04/2014 2:45:28 am | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| It's a bit hard to navigate through all of it and see what you're doing. I don't know if it's too busy or just not very intuitively set up. The main thing that erked me about it though was that every time I scout a player, he gets stolen by somebody else. Very frustrating. |
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| #11524 | 11/05/2014 4:21:31 am | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| Anybody play Hockey Dynasty? I could use some advice on how to start out on the right track. | ||
| #11527 | 11/05/2014 8:34:11 am | ||
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Hardcastle Joined: 11/03/2014 Posts: 25 Inactive
| Batracer - text based racing - many different series of motorsports - soon making a 3D version Popmundo - music career game (Also, I am a survivor of Simyard and DIY-Sports text based MMOG baseball games.) |
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| #11529 | 11/05/2014 2:09:40 pm | ||
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xxflip Joined: 10/24/2014 Posts: 2 Inactive
| I played PPM Manager until very recently and used to play CSFBL. Curerntly I play GPRO - online racing game, F1 style, and OCM - Cycling Manager |
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| #11531 | 11/05/2014 3:12:17 pm | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| Found a new (just a couple seasons in I think) online baseball sim called "9 Inning Baseball". Philosophically it seems very different than Broken Bat. Interesting, but so far, it's done little to grab me. The Admin helped me with a problem almost immediately after I asked for help though, so it might share that plus with Broken Bat. Other than that, I'd say Broken Bat scores better in almost every category. If you can't get enough baseball simming, it might be a solid spill-over game while you kill time waiting for BB games to sim. Anybody else try this one yet? So what's 9 Inning Baseball like? Fairly similar to Broken Bat and CSFBL, managing a team and such? I've look at the preview? Liked their graphics....but their tactics page had the second basemen playing right on the bag.  Steve |
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| #11535 | 11/05/2014 3:54:35 pm | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| I'd say it's similar in that it's a baseball sim where you manage a team, set lineups & tactics, and has a stadium you can upgrade. Other than that, it's rather different than Broken Bat. More in tone, but the gameplay is different too. You hire a Head Coach, a Bench Coach, a Doctor and a Scout all from a transfer market. The scouting's a little weird. First you send your scout to a country. I sent mine to Romania first as there was a Halloween thing going on when I signed up. There were rumors of five horror movie themed prospects somewhere in Transylvania. I scouted Jason Vorhees, but he was stolen before I could sign him. Kindof in that same vein, there's "Juicing" where you can give your players a boost with the danger of being caught and the player having legal troubles. You get the idea, it's a little loose with realism and a little more "gamey" than I'd prefer. To be fair, it's a relatively new game, so some of it's warts may get worked out over time. It also has premium features which concerns me a bit that the playing field may not be entirely fair. It's worth a try if you want something different, but I wouldn't expect it to be for everybody. Updated Wednesday, November 5 2014 @ 3:55:35 pm PST |
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| #11644 | 11/09/2014 5:35:26 am | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| Here's a bit of a rarity. A single-player online sports sim. It's called "Basketball GM". Great time killer that scratches that sports management itch without having to compete against human players. | ||
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Jayman Joined: 01/22/2015 Posts: 89 Inactive
| Another great free baseball site is Pennantchase.com. Completely different style than BB. you can commish your own leagues for a small fee, maybe $20, in order to keep it active but you can play in any league for free. Sim engine works off of player stats rather than ratings. Very fun. I left BB for a little while to run a league for a couple years. But again I feel as though BB is the best sim on line. The one problem with PEnnant chase was the difference activity makes, games simmed every 8 hours meaning you had to check in more. And not much for player development. I left recently and came back here. I love the dynasty building aspect and the ladder league set up. Thanks Steve! | ||
| #16046 | 03/15/2015 9:49:18 am | ||
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Jayman Joined: 01/22/2015 Posts: 89 Inactive
| And the player traing system, even though steve gets some complaints about it, is unparalleled among free to play sites. | ||
| #16085 | 03/16/2015 7:56:39 am | ||
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Yuri84 Joined: 10/14/2014 Posts: 640 Apple Valley Raccoons V.7 
| I used to play a lot of online sports sims and managers, but currently the only two games I play actively are BB and My Racing Career. I also log in to Hattrick every once in a while, but I've been stuck at 5th tier there for like, 3 calendar years so the interest is more or less lost. Quit Box2Glory just recently, it's a fun game if you like hardcore games where you need to actually analyze your boxers skills and create tactics and fightplans based on that. That's also the game's biggest issue - if you can't come up with a working tactics, you'll just keep losing once you get to compete with the top managers. Some of the others I tried: MMA Tycoon (detailed but boring) GPRO (stupid gameplay) Rocking Rackets (requires huge real money investments) Cycling Manager Online (run by a single person from Cyanide Studio, thus prone to long downtimes, errors etc, great game overall but after a few years I just decided to call it quits). There should be a couple more but I can't remember the titles. Updated Monday, March 16 2015 @ 8:00:14 am PDT |
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| #16177 | 03/17/2015 8:05:55 pm | ||
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tc_ferdzz Joined: 11/13/2011 Posts: 135 Inactive
| i play Hockey Dynasty... how to start out on the right track?...well...evaluate your team, is it a decent team? if so, try to win well making sure to stock up some young players for the future, make sure you don't spend too much, try to make more money, it seems like the economy is a little difficult in that game and that money earned is not easy come...try to keep your spending below your budget, and if you are losing money (over a large scale, had several weekly updates where i was losing 3-4 million, but in the end of the season, coming out on top)... if your team kinda sucks...trade your better players for high potential prospects or high draft picks...build for the future... my team is the Cybertron Autobots...user name is Tc_Ferdzz |
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| #16178 | 03/17/2015 8:07:46 pm | ||
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tc_ferdzz Joined: 11/13/2011 Posts: 135 Inactive
| just in case you wanted to talk... overall...i play Buzzer Beater Hattrick Good Hockey Broken Bat Hockey Dynasty and Top Eleven in Facebook... |
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| #16879 | 03/29/2015 6:10:57 am | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| Anybody know of a good online college basketball sim? I just did three different Google searches and went about twelve pages deep on each one and didn't come up with anything that looked appealing. | ||
| #16902 | 03/29/2015 6:16:18 pm | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| There was a game Drive the Lane, but I believe its defunct now. There are a bunch of people that came over from there...but you may already be aware of that. Has anyone ever played WhatIfSports college basketball? Not sure if it's free. Steve Updated Sunday, March 29 2015 @ 6:19:48 pm PDT |
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| #16908 | 03/30/2015 2:19:56 am | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| DriveTheLane is still down. The What If one is pay. I think it said $4.95 for your first season. Leads me to believe subsequent season will be substantially more than that. That was the only one that I found that looked any good at all. I found this one. Very rudimentary, but pickings are extremely thin for college basketball sims for whatever reason. |
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| #16931 | 03/30/2015 4:37:13 pm | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| Maybe some day we'll come out with Broken Bat March Madness then... Steve |
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| #16941 | 03/30/2015 8:49:09 pm | ||
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MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive
| This isn't a sim, but it is an online game of sorts. Has anyone else tried Beat The Streak at MLB? Frankly, I'm surprised no one has gotten 57 yet. As the site says, it's 5 trillion times easier than picking a perfect March Madness bracket. I've done it off and on for a few seasons and I think my best is something like 22 thanks to the one-time do-over you get between 10 and 15. Give it a whirl. It's free and you can win millions! |
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| #16945 | 03/31/2015 6:03:29 am | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| Steve, you can call it "Broken Brackets" Never tried Beat The Streak. What sort of a game is it Mike? |
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| #16947 | 03/31/2015 6:38:57 am | ||
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MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive
| I like it Haselrig. For Beat The Streak, you pick up to two MLB players every day who you think will get a hit. Break DiMaggio's streak and you win a cool 5.7 mil! I think someone topped 50 a couple years ago, but no one has hit 57 yet. |
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| #17969 | 04/20/2015 3:09:58 am | ||
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Black Adder Joined: 02/23/2015 Posts: 11 Inactive
| Anyone play http://www.onlinesportmanagers.com/game-profile/football-168-myfootballnow/ Best on-line game I`ve played. Check it out. |
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| #18689 | 05/05/2015 10:10:27 pm | ||
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95th Cub Joined: 03/06/2015 Posts: 100 Racine Bombers VI.18 
| IIRC the first online sim I was ever at was Hattrick, which I recently returned to after at least a decade away. The sim I'd played the longest was Buzzerbeater, but I wound up losing my account cus I was dealing with this annoying PC problem, since fixed; and I haven't gone back yet. The other ones I've been at include Red Zone Action, Grid-Iron, Managerzone (both soccer and hockey), Soccer Project and this one baseball one that used to be free and is now pay (I forget the name, but you could have multiple teams), and the other games I'm active at right now are Rocking Soccer and Red Zone Clash. |
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| #18736 | 05/07/2015 5:57:17 am | ||
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ambauer88 Joined: 02/09/2015 Posts: 53 Inactive
| ambauer88 on MyRacingCareer if anyone is on that. I enjoy it. Good F1 sim. I've tried RedZoneAction and a few soccer sims but haven't found anything else that keeps me active. I used to play nasrac on and off before it went defunct. Might try this basketball sim you all were talking about. |
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| #18768 | 05/08/2015 12:09:13 am | ||
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fishamf Joined: 04/21/2015 Posts: 1 Inactive
| I play Hattrick, and I am really interested in this new, up and coming game called In The Dugouts which should become the best in the genre. Here are some of its features: TOTAL CUSTOMISATION Decide on the features that you want to include and disable those that you don't require so that your club is tailored to meet exactly what you want from your In The Dugouts experience. SOPHISTICATED MATCH ENGINE The superb match engine will give you the most enjoyable match day experience possible and with incredibly detailed commentary you will live the tension and kick every ball yourself. IN-GAME EDITING Our editor package allows you to change the names and faces of your players and staff, home and away strips, stadium and stand names, competition names and much more. You can even provide us with your own photograph and we will add your facial features to our enormous database so you can appear in game as a manager or player. INTERACTIVE NATIONS If you want to expand on the leagues within your own country then you can choose to link up to 100 different countries to create hundreds of linked leagues where players and managers can move between clubs and where the best teams in each country can also compete against each other for further honours. COMPETITION CUSTOMISATION In The Dugouts allows you total control over how your league will operate. You can choose the number of divisions and the number of teams in each, the number of promotion and relegation places, promotion and relegation play offs and mid-season splitting as well as a number of cup competitions in knock out format, group format or a combination of both. RESERVE AND YOUTH TEAMS If you want complete control of your club from top to bottom then you've got it. You can not only manage and develop the clubs young players but also enter your reserve side into a league to keep your fringe players fit and to see how your potential stars of the future step up to the next level. COMPLETE BACKROOM STAFF You can choose to use the backroom budget in a variety of different ways from an even distribution of finances to allowing the majority of the budget to be spent on youth development, coaching or scouting. Detailed training and scouting menus can be utilised if you wish in order to get the very best out of the clubs existing players or to extend your search for new talent even wider to uncover a future world beater before the competition does. SHIRT AND SPONSORSHIP DEALS Not only can you design your very own home and away strips, you can take advantage of the queue of manufacturers desperate to produce your latest strip and the various sponsors lining up to have their brand on your shirts to bring large sums of revenue to the club. Will you choose to sign that short term deal now in the hope of that long awaited promotion and a much more lucrative deal next season or take the most cash available as quickly as possible? INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS If you're lucky enough to attract international stars to your club watch them participate in international fixtures including all the major international tournaments, which you may even choose to attend yourself to find the next big thing in world football. The very top managers may even be given the honour of leading their country in these showpiece events. STADIUM DEVELOPMENT Every club will have the opportunity to develop and improve their stadium as well as the option to build a brand new stadium if supporter demand and finances allow it. Choose from hundreds of stands and stadia from tiny non-league venues right through to state of the art arena. FAN BASES The more success you have and the better you make your team the more your fan base will grow. Likewise seasons of underachievement could see some supporters temporarily turn their back on the club until you bring back the glory days. FULL FINANCIAL CONTROL If you'd rather not leave it down to the board you can take total control of the way the clubs finances are used. You may choose to have a large wage and transfer budget to help deliver success, focus on the facilities and provide top class training, coaching and scouting to help your club progress or you may just put the lot to one side and build that brand new stand or stadium to help you bring even more money in long term. MANAGER RATING SYSTEM Whether you decide to begin life at a top flight giant or a lower league minnow it matters not as every manager will be rated on how they perform with the squad that they inherit and the finances at their disposal meaning better opportunties of progressing for those doing a good job regardless of what club they are at. BOARD INTERACTION While most managers may wish to build their clubs safe in the knowledge they will not be replaced. However for those of you that thrive under pressure you can activate board interaction and allow the clubs hierarchy to regularly review if you are still the man for the job. ADVANCED TACTIC CUSTOMISATION In The Dugouts allows you to have far greater control over your teams tactics than any other online management game. You can make a variety of substitutions, change formation and even adapt your attacking or defensive intent as the match unfolds, or if you trust your Assistant Manager you can leave them to make all the big calls based on your instructions. DETAILED STATISTIC CENTRE Our in-depth Stat Centre allows you to view thousands of statistics relating to every manager and player in the game, in every country, competition and match. If you like to do your homework then you will have access to everything you'd ever need to know about your own players, opposition players or prospective signings. NEWS CENTRE Keep up to date with all of the activity in your division, country or anywhere in the world with our easy to follow News Centre featuring all the latest results, transfer news and speculation from managers, agents, players and pundits alike. LIVE CUP DRAWS You can live out the excitement of seeing if you have landed that dream tie in the next round by following all of the cup draws as they happen. PLAY FOR FREE Best of all In The Dugouts is totally FREE to play. Simply create an account today and join or create a league and see if you have what it takes to lead your side to glory. Anyways, it looks amazing, and it needs beta testers for when it goes live within the next few weeks. Sign up here using this link if you want to play! http://www.inthedugouts.com/?lrRef=dHJnxp Updated Friday, May 8 2015 @ 12:10:28 am PDT |
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| #18830 | 05/10/2015 2:25:24 am | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| Anybody know of a good sports sim on Android? It's probably a tall order to expect something decent on mobile, but I'm not much for Candy Crush |
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| #18848 | 05/10/2015 6:21:13 pm | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| I have to say...I have played Hattrick for more than 10 years now. It was very much the inspiration for this game. However, I'm not nearly as active as before. So I recently let my supporter account go and didn't realize how many features you lose. The problem is, the silver supporter is almost $50 a year. I don't know...is it worth it for causal user -- just to have my team logo on my team page? Steve |
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| #18857 | 05/11/2015 1:31:32 am | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| I let my Hattrick account expire last month. The game's too focused on raising youth players to sell and despite being a gamechanger when it was introduced, the game hasn't seemed interested in evolving or innovating at all since I'd been there. | ||
| #23624 | 09/06/2015 6:03:30 pm | ||
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raygen12 Joined: 04/04/2016 Posts: 52 Inactive
| Anybody play Pigskin Empire? | ||
| #33532 | 04/21/2016 4:16:17 pm | ||
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quanin Joined: 03/16/2016 Posts: 196 Cleveland Thunder V.6 
| I played Baseball Mogul back when you could play that and I think their football game online. Ran my own league for a stretch, which was fun. With the exception of being able to do that, the system BB uses here reminds me of what they tried to do there--with things like player training being something you don't have direct influence on and things like that. I tried to get into Hattrick more than once, but it just couldn't hold me. Way too involved for my taste. They say it's designed for the casual player, but I've noticed the more you're logged in, the more you win. Besides that, I've played Simdynasty, the Dolphinsim games, am off and on playing CSFBL, and probably a few others I don't remember off the top of my head. With the exception of one or two things that aren't even dealbreakers, BB might end up being the game I stick to until it gets tired of me. |
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| #33533 | 04/21/2016 5:52:45 pm | ||
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DaveCool Joined: 02/28/2015 Posts: 141 Inactive
| I have tried a bunch of games, but this one is the perfect one for me. I am also active on Buzzerbeater. I play CSFBL also, but this one is my addiction. | ||
| #34041 | 05/10/2016 10:58:49 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends 
| Not super deep, but I found Pocket League Story 2 to be a fun single player diversion on Android. There are actually a bunch of interesting ones in the google app store right now. Anyone try that Underworld Football Manager game? | ||
| #34398 | 05/22/2016 4:50:42 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| Underworld Football Manager is a pretty typical Android game. Probably not worth anyone's effort. | ||
| #34399 | 05/22/2016 4:54:09 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| I didn't really like the way player development worked in Hattrick. Other than big corp games like OOTP and Football Manager, this is the only game I've seen so far that has a good player development model. I'd definitely be interested in any other examples. Doesn't need to be traditional sports either. I'd take a good gladiator or dog racing game if it had a good development model with a key focus on "player" evaluation. | ||
| #34456 | 05/24/2016 7:36:52 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| Tried Buzzer Beater for a couple days, but it seems to have the same flawed mechanics as Hattrick. Any game where you have to play players out of position in order to train "correctly" is just dumb in my opinion. And what's with the coaching staff only being able to train a couple players on the team... I'll never understand the appeal of this sort of gimmick. I'd be looking for some more competent staff. It would be nice to find a web game, but I guess I'll just stick with DDS. Broken Bat seems to be the only online game that really does this stuff properly from a sim perspective. |
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| #34466 | 05/25/2016 4:44:52 am | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| Absolutely agree. Most online games have either that model or one where you pump points in RPG style. Not a fan of either. Steve should be very proud that he created a near perfect player development model here. I imagine there will be games in the future that use Broken Bat as a model more than Hattrick. I don't think Hattrick is very relevant anymore. |
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| #35446 | 06/13/2016 2:09:41 pm | ||
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iladel90 Joined: 06/08/2016 Posts: 23 Inactive
| Pretty new here so sorry to bump an older thread but I felt it's better than making a new one. I play 2 other sports games online & I don't think I've seen either mentioned. The other baseball game I play is Brushback Baseball. There you basically make players & develop them as they level up. You can also own a team(cost money) or be a GM or manager(both are free but you need a team owner to put you into those roles). It has a good community & it is a fun challenge to try to make the best players you can. I also play a hockey game MetroHO. It is more similar to here in that you run a team of made up players. It is more simple as there are different player types(sniper, playmaker, stay at home defensemen). Also there is only one overall rating for them. You have to drill players to make them better & the younger players can also get increases when you log in while in a league. I have referral links for both but I'm not sure what the policy here is on that. I'd be happy to answer any questions about the sites. If you join I use the same name on both of them. |
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| #35646 | 06/16/2016 5:56:02 pm | ||
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Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5235 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends
| I applied for a team on MetroHO but didn't get access / e-mail response. My reputation precedes me I suppose. |
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| #35648 | 06/16/2016 6:14:07 pm | ||
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brentswagger Joined: 03/22/2016 Posts: 265 Lakeville Bears III.1 
| I play at grid-iron.org and like it. | ||
| #35858 | 06/20/2016 12:25:37 pm | ||
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iladel90 Joined: 06/08/2016 Posts: 23 Inactive
| Seca, I never heard of anyone having an issue before. I'm not sure why you wouldn't have gotten to make a team. | ||
| #36090 | 06/25/2016 9:25:44 am | ||
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dsz071 Joined: 09/12/2015 Posts: 334 Inactive
| I did get a team on Metro HO but holy crap, does it take forever to fill a public league! I joined 5 days ago as team #3 of 10. There's been 7 for two days now! I'm about ready to stop playing before I even start... ridiculous. |
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| #36346 | 06/30/2016 7:20:04 pm | ||
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Maksim Joined: 06/29/2016 Posts: 100 Inactive
| I do need some free online browser game suggestions that are baseball...I Google search it and I either find this or some other sucky dumb stuff | ||
| #36872 | 07/07/2016 10:07:30 am | ||
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iladel90 Joined: 06/08/2016 Posts: 23 Inactive
| If you are looking for baseball I described Brushback above & a new season is starting soon so if you join & make a player now is a good time. My referral link (if frowned upon I will edit to delete) http://brushbackbaseball.com/index.jsp?rf=1233 |
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| #38269 | 08/12/2016 7:13:40 pm | ||
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Fife Joined: 06/12/2016 Posts: 29 Inactive
| I play hockey and soccer over at PowerPlayManager.com I enjoy it you choose how you train the guys and the better your training facility the quicker you train the guys. It has a "Pro Pack" feature that you can pay for it does nothing accept remember your training ratios for players and the site does have ads on it. I have not been here very long but I am enjoy what has been created here. Congrats Steve on making an excellent service. | ||
| #39431 | 09/15/2016 12:45:13 pm | ||
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mikkoredsox Joined: 03/29/2015 Posts: 116 Inactive
| I used to play Simyard back in the day, but now defunct. Glad I found BB, nothing compares! | ||
| #39640 | 09/18/2016 11:30:49 am | ||
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Mcdoogle Joined: 05/21/2015 Posts: 243 Inactive
| I remember SimYard. Haven't been there in years, not surprised it's gone though. Played from 1900-1912, then left. Erick was nice, but I always had a gut feeling he would abandon the game. Had the same name there. |
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| #41449 | 11/03/2016 7:47:42 am | ||
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robinsmd Joined: 05/25/2014 Posts: 86 Loveland Tigers IV.5 
| Whatifsports by far and away has the best online college basketball sim I've ever played. It is called Hoops Dynasty. I've been playing for about two years now. Yes it costs money, (approx $8-12 per season based on how many you buy at once), but it is 100% worth it. The game recently (within the past two months) did a major update and is fantastic. Gameplay, recruiting, and player development are top of the line and I recommend anyone who likes basketball to give it a shot. http://www.whatifsports.com/x.asp?r=816274&u=http://www.whatifsports.com/locker/default.asp |
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| #41450 | 11/03/2016 8:07:58 am | ||
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robinsmd Joined: 05/25/2014 Posts: 86 Loveland Tigers IV.5
| I should add, if you're interested in Hoops Dynasty let me know and I can send you an email! | ||
| #42816 | 12/10/2016 9:46:40 pm | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| Anyone tried this game: Fantasy Basebrawl Seems like a mashup of baseball and Dungeons & Dragons (am I dating myself here?). Anyway, fantasy meets the diamond. Steve |
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| #42823 | 12/11/2016 5:51:12 am | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| Just signed up to see what it was like. Bit hard to know what you're doing... | ||
| #42829 | 12/11/2016 9:18:04 am | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| Yeah...seems like a strange combination of fantasy and baseball -- would be interesting to see if they pull it off. Steve |
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| #42848 | 12/11/2016 7:03:48 pm | ||
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MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive
| It sounds pretty funny. Might have to give it a whirl after the real year flip. | ||
| #42855 | 12/12/2016 5:00:50 am | ||
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GrizzlyDan Joined: 06/30/2016 Posts: 199 Atlanta Braves V.3 
| Intriguingly dangerous to my free time. | ||
| #42859 | 12/12/2016 8:58:14 am | ||
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Den Duston Joined: 01/15/2014 Posts: 161 Inactive
| I'm a big Blood Bowl fan so...I find it interesting. I should check it out when I can. | ||
| #43107 | 12/19/2016 6:16:06 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| Blood Bowl is awesome. Have you tried out Blood Bowl Manager (board game)? They did a great job capturing the spirit of Blood Bowl in Blood Bowl Manager. | ||
| #43110 | 12/19/2016 8:30:11 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| I signed up for Fantasy Basebrawl too. It looks pretty complicated, but so far I haven't seen many user chooses from the manual. It just looks like a bunch of random stuff happens without you controlling anything... Have to see what its like when the draft starts up. My drafts starts at 4:00 AM and ends around 10:00 AM... This is why drafts don't work well in games like this... | ||
| #43116 | 12/20/2016 8:23:33 am | ||
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Den Duston Joined: 01/15/2014 Posts: 161 Inactive
| Nice to know that you like Blood Bowl too,Rock! No I haven't tried Blood Bowl Manager yet even tho I was thinking of give it a shot at least. I should! My dream would be a blood bowl management game like these games we're playing. As of Fantasy Basebrawl,I agree with what you said. It's quite random and your team happen to have players from seasonal races after the draft. It's different from the Blood Bowl concept unfortunately. |
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| #43117 | 12/20/2016 8:34:44 am | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| Unfortunately Blood Bowl Manager isn't really a management game. It has a small amount of card drafting, but its mostly a tactical decision making game. I still think its a lot of fun. I actually think Fantasy Basebrawl might have more to it. The manual is just very confusing regarding how the draft works. Updated Tuesday, December 20 2016 @ 8:36:58 am PST |
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| #43118 | 12/20/2016 8:35:51 am | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| I'm in the same league as GrizzlyDan. Our drafts starts early tomorrow morning if anyone else wants to jump on. Just twiddling my thumbs until the draft. You can't really do anything other than read the (somewhat confusing) manual until the draft. | ||
| #43119 | 12/20/2016 8:46:02 am | ||
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newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive
| Sounds interesting. Unfortunately between my two jobs, gf, SWTOR, Civ VI, Marvel Heroes, and everything else, I really don't have time to try it. Please keep us updated if it is good, I'm always open to good games. | ||
| #43150 | 12/21/2016 1:25:55 am | ||
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Yuri84 Joined: 10/14/2014 Posts: 640 Apple Valley Raccoons V.7
| Sounds interesting. Unfortunately between my two jobs, gf, SWTOR, Civ VI, Marvel Heroes, and everything else, I really don't have time to try it. Same here. Just replace SWTOR, Civ VI and Marvel Heroes with Hearthstone, EHM and a random RPG from Obsidian, and you'll get exactly my situation. |
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| #43170 | 12/21/2016 7:42:55 am | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| Its pretty clunky right now, and extremely buggy. It doesn't seem like you really have any control over the draft. Probably worth checking out again in a year to see if they have gotten it more playable. Interesting concept, but its not there yet. Updated Thursday, December 22 2016 @ 2:30:30 am PST |
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| #43345 | 12/26/2016 4:12:17 pm | ||
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Philliesworld Joined: 10/17/2014 Posts: 830 Pierre Jacobins II.1 
| Just started redzoneaction, (Lancaster Hydrogen) I love military and sports strategy games but don't get much time between school and real sports. | ||
| #43395 | 12/29/2016 10:26:50 am | ||
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amalric7 Joined: 01/20/2016 Posts: 2263 New York Lancers IV.2 
| Just started my third season at RZA (Bounty Hunters), and you'll see Rock there a lot too. It takes more involvement and time than here but I think most games do, and its pretty good. | ||
| #43403 | 12/29/2016 8:25:45 pm | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| What's the best military strategy games you've played. BTW, RZA is really great. Steve |
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| #43404 | 12/29/2016 9:21:50 pm | ||
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MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive
| I'm one in the minority that doesn't really care for football that much. It's alright, but baseball rules. Everyone giving RZA love makes me think I'll have to try it out, though. Edit--I joined. Yikes. It looks like it will take many months before I really figure it out. Updated Friday, December 30 2016 @ 5:54:51 am PST |
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| #43449 | 12/30/2016 4:29:00 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| I don't really like RZA all that much. The further into the game I got, the more flaws I saw. Mostly I just play it because I already invested a lot of time in it. One of those horrible catch 22s. Don't really enjoy playing it, but don't really want to quit. Oh, and yeah, expect to spend 2-3 hours a day playing RZA if you want to be competitive. | ||
| #43457 | 12/30/2016 6:11:07 pm | ||
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Philliesworld Joined: 10/17/2014 Posts: 830 Pierre Jacobins II.1
| I don't play any MMO miltary games, only offline. First of all I only play on mobile and most of the browser based games are a little difficult to play on a smartphone, and also I only have so much data to use. Where I currently live we aren't even able to get Wi-Fi. Sucks. I play sandbox type games from the app store. I've played tons of different apps already. Eadytech and herocraft both make great games. History freak here. Updated Friday, December 30 2016 @ 6:11:35 pm PST |
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| #43458 | 12/30/2016 6:16:20 pm | ||
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Philliesworld Joined: 10/17/2014 Posts: 830 Pierre Jacobins II.1
| I also used to play 9inningbaseball. Started in season 1, and eventually won the championship in the colleague as well as the cup, kinda lost interest, gotta be challenging. Which this has been great here can't seem to win but it sure is fun trying. | ||
| #43479 | 12/31/2016 7:38:11 am | ||
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Philliesworld Joined: 10/17/2014 Posts: 830 Pierre Jacobins II.1
| Top league not colleague. | ||
| #43735 | 01/07/2017 6:56:04 am | ||
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MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive
| Yo, Philliesworld. Being in the top 75 is pretty good. After several days, I'm not feeling RZA. I might be willing to invest time for baseball games, but that's not happening for any other sport unless I'm loving it. Out. Back to the drawing board of finding something else. |
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| #43775 | 01/08/2017 4:30:51 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| The worst part is that their server is super slow. It gets really tiring looking at the spinning wheel EVERY time you click a link. If I didn't have a supporter account I would have quit the game a long time ago. | ||
| #43779 | 01/08/2017 6:37:01 pm | ||
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MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive
| I admit that slowness had something to do with me abandoning RZA. I don't think I would have caught it's fever anyway. I just signed up for Track King. We'll see how the horse thing works out for me. I used to really enjoy the sport. My stable is an ode to my favorite horse ever, Sunday Silence. |
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| #43780 | 01/08/2017 6:48:48 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| Track King looks pretty good. I might have to check it out. On a side note, I've been trying to set my defense in RZA for three hours now... Just spinning and spinning |
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| #43798 | 01/09/2017 9:07:25 am | ||
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Yuri84 Joined: 10/14/2014 Posts: 640 Apple Valley Raccoons V.7
| Track King is a boredom fest... tried it a few months ago and it seemed interesting at first, but after a couple of seasons of competing with bots only I decided to quit despite earning two promotions in a row. I'm currently waiting for My Soccer Squad, from the creators of My Racing Career. MRC is the only browser game besides BB I'm playing right now, so I have high expectations for their new game. Updated Monday, January 9 2017 @ 9:11:26 am PST |
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| #43799 | 01/09/2017 9:13:45 am | ||
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MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive
| It does look like there's far too many tracks. It would be much more entertaining going up against people. I'm still going to give it a go. I miss my horse racing days. Those were fun afternoons. | ||
| #43803 | 01/09/2017 10:26:27 am | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| I don't really like RZA all that much. The further into the game I got, the more flaws I saw. Mostly I just play it because I already invested a lot of time in it. One of those horrible catch 22s. Don't really enjoy playing it, but don't really want to quit. Oh, and yeah, expect to spend 2-3 hours a day playing RZA if you want to be competitive. I've done fairly well in RZA and don't spend 2-3 hours a day playing. I do occasionally tweak playbooks and depth charts, but that's not a very long process. Watching your game can take an hour (usually in the background), but that's not really required. Track King is a boredom fest... tried it a few months ago and it seemed interesting at first, but after a couple of seasons of competing with bots only I decided to quit despite earning two promotions in a row. I liked Track King when I played, but didn't really have time to continue. To enjoy Track King, I think you really have to love horse racing. If you don't, I think it would be hard to really appreciate all the detail and race play. Steve |
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| #43828 | 01/11/2017 12:56:14 pm | ||
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Philliesworld Joined: 10/17/2014 Posts: 830 Pierre Jacobins II.1
| I'm quitting on RZA. It's looks like a great game, but I just don't have time with school and all. Brokenbat is the only simulation/online/MMO game I'm playing probably will be till I'm 65 years old and retired. But I'm definitely not giving up Brokenbat, way, way to stupendously shpasz(fun). Updated Wednesday, January 11 2017 @ 12:59:59 pm PST |
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| #43883 | 01/13/2017 6:43:42 am | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| I agree. Broken Bat is designed well in that respect. You can spend a lot of time with it if you want, but you can still do really well without doing that. I don't watch my games. It usually takes 2-3 hours just to set up my defense on RZA. Mostly because the server is ALWAYS having issues. Also takes a couple hours to setup up training each training period. For the same reason. Set training on a guy. Click to the next guy, wait 5 minutes for the page to load. Set training on that guy. Easily 2-3 hours on most days. Thursday's are easy since you don't need to setup a playbook for friendlies, but otherwise 2-3 hours most days, just to do the minimum stuff. Setting up an offensive playbook can take a whole day. After 8 seasons playing I haven't managed to motivate myself to actually make a decent playbook. The UI lags are just WAY to painful. Hit the edit button. Wait 3 minutes for the edit fields to open. Edit play. Hit the edit button on another play. Wait 3 minutes. Etc. etc. |
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| #43955 | 01/15/2017 3:38:08 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| Biggest issue with Track King is that it is very much Pay to Win. And its expensive. I hate Pay to Win games. I'd rather win by skill, not cash. | ||
| #43961 | 01/15/2017 7:00:35 pm | ||
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MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive
| There are a lot of extras in Trackking if you pay, but it doesn't look like those make your horses or stable any better. It looks like all they really do is make things more convenient and fun. I agree that it looks expensive, but they give you a lot of benefits. I can't imagine I'll pony up to get the extras, though. From your comments, Rock, I'm assuming you haven't been playing. I don't think it's really fair to make outright claims like you did if you haven't played. It's way too early for me to make any general comments regarding the game. I will give the players kudos, though. I've only been on for a couple weeks and I've had several players send me tips and suggestions to help me get out of the gates better than I possibly could on my own. |
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| #43985 | 01/16/2017 7:49:06 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| That is incorrect. I have been playing. I got the one week free of Owners Club, so then I could see exactly what you lose. -Ability to search for races you can enter your horses in -Ability to use the race analysis tools to see how you horse performs during the race -Ability to see what your race settings were for a race -Ability to see historical performance of horses (their race record) And a host of other things. Not being able to analyze your horse's performance is a pretty big disadvantage over paid users. Also a lot of other information is hidden if you don't pay. Takes a game with a barely passable UI and removes most of the UI "enhancements". Essentially just make the UI a whole lot worse in an attempt to extort money. Updated Monday, January 16 2017 @ 9:10:54 pm PST |
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| #43986 | 01/16/2017 7:51:00 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| The genetics thing is pretty disappointing too. Other than race style, the rest just means a point or two bonus at birth. Every horse in the game can be trained up to be whatever you want, with no real limits. So pedigree doesn't really mean too much. | ||
| #43988 | 01/16/2017 9:48:39 pm | ||
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MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive
| I didn't mean you haven't played at all, but a week into a game doesn't make you an expert. Perhaps you stayed at Holiday Inn Express. Anyway, my initial impression is that it would be nice to have those features you mentioned, but isn't necessary to improve. It may make a difference at the top of the ladder. I will also say I'm surprised there are so many features for the pay version. I would think they would have better luck going middle-of-the-road by offering more for free to get people hooked, then charge less for the fewer bonuses. I know I'm going to have to absolutely love the game to pay what they're asking, though, which is doubtful. I also think it's bizarre to give you the owner's club features free for a week and then pull them from you. That's a great way to frustrate people right off the bat. I'm sure it's meant to be an enticement of "look what you can have," but that's a double-edged sword. It sounds like it backfired against them for you. I do agree with you about pedigree if your statement is accurate. |
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| #43990 | 01/16/2017 11:31:21 pm | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| I hate Pay to Win games. I'd rather win by skill, not cash. Here's the problem with many of the online games...they are profit making ventures (or at least trying to make money), so they have to monetize some portion of the game. The nicest way is to sell supporter which gives some nominal "benefits" or extra "features" to the supporters. I'm not sure how many games make a lot of money this way. Most usually end up selling more than this. I once played GoalLineBlitz and it could be a really expensive game if you were boosting your player constantly (to be competitive). GLB is probably quite profitable, but I think there is a fair about of people turned over by this approach. Broken Bat and at least a few others are just hobbies. I don't really expect to make any money and therefore, I don't need to monetize the game. The downsize is that it's just me (and my army of umpa lumpas) writing code, so the size and scope of the game is limited to what I can get done in my free time. Also, it restricts the server power and space available to these games. Steve |
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| #44008 | 01/17/2017 2:36:39 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| Ah ha! Your secret is out Steve. I always wondered how you managed to do some much with the game. Now we know you have a army of umpa lumpas at your command  Broken Bat development teamUpdated Tuesday, January 17 2017 @ 2:41:12 pm PST |
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| #44009 | 01/17/2017 2:43:59 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| For the life of me I still haven't figured out how to join a race at another track now that I am no longer in the owners club for Track King... I don't mind if they take away things like silks and stable graphics, or the nice race replay. Those are things that I might want to pay for if I really like the game. But when they take away basic functionality, and ridiculously basic things like the ability to see a horse's racing record. That's when it feels more like a squeeze and less like an incentive. BTW, really appreciate all that you do for us Steve. Especially given the price you charge I just feel bad for the umpa lumpas... Seems they still haven't learned a proper concept of money |
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| #44020 | 01/17/2017 7:10:41 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| LOL. Ok so now I just went to search for a horse at auction and it turns out some of the filters are deactivated if you aren't in the owners club. You won't know until after you set all the filters and hit submit which ones aren't active. It just returns failure and makes you redo your search. What a poor implementation for pay 2 win. At least they could make it obvious which functions no longer work. Almost as bad as mail.com trying to force you to upgrade by making the app practically inaccessible unless you up-grade. That sort of poor performance isn't going to make me want to give them money. | ||
| #44078 | 01/19/2017 5:03:30 am | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| Anybody have a good, under-the-radar, browser game to recommend? Doesn't have to be a sports sim. As an example, one that's kindof simple, but I've had a lot of fun playing is Twilight Heroes. | ||
| #44112 | 01/20/2017 3:03:34 am | ||
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Den Duston Joined: 01/15/2014 Posts: 161 Inactive
| @Rock: that pic tho lol! @Steve: This is why I respect you. You are one of those very few game developers that created a game just for fun in the free time. Funny thing is that BB is even better than many other games I've seen where you have to pay. As of more possible server issues or limitations in development here..I obviously understand and don't have pretensions. Some other examples of free games (but you can make donations) could be Pennant Chase or FUMBBL. Maybe some MUDs here and there like BatMud or Aardwolf. |
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| #44121 | 01/20/2017 9:08:53 am | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| Surprisingly, I've found the BB servers to be more solid than most pay game. I am shocked when the server is down for a few hours. Just shows how solidly they are performing normally. | ||
| #44122 | 01/20/2017 9:12:10 am | ||
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Den Duston Joined: 01/15/2014 Posts: 161 Inactive
| True! | ||
| #44140 | 01/20/2017 1:52:36 pm | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| After we moved the site host to a SSD (Solid-state drive) server, the reliability improved quite a bit. Steve |
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| #44147 | 01/20/2017 6:14:13 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| Are those the wrong team colors for your dev team? I can change them if need be |
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| #44149 | 01/20/2017 6:58:30 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| Been trying to access RZA for the last hour, but its down again. It always seems to be down at this time of day, which is when I can actually play the game. I have a player I was bidding on, but it looks like I'll be missing out again, since RZA is broken. AGAIN. | ||
| #44150 | 01/20/2017 7:15:16 pm | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| I think the backup process usually happens in the early morning GMT, which is the evening in the states. Steve |
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| #44152 | 01/20/2017 7:28:04 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| Which is pretty bad for us in the states, since evening is when most working folks can actually get online to play a game... BTW, east coast is a bit later than you guys. So its basically instable from 7-12 for folks on the east coast. Prime time... | ||
| #44153 | 01/20/2017 7:37:18 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| And its down again... Teased me with about 5 minutes of connectivity. Maybe this game is fun for people who live in Europe? | ||
| #44259 | 01/23/2017 4:45:30 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| Wow! That one really takes the cake. You can't even look at the pedigree of a horse in Track King if you don't have owners club... That's pretty basic... Good thing I bought a bunch of horses while I still had the trial. | ||
| #44299 | 01/24/2017 3:58:01 pm | ||
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Mcdoogle Joined: 05/21/2015 Posts: 243 Inactive
| When I'm not stuffing my face with BB, Crusader Kings 2, Civ V, League of Legends, Runescape or Football Manager, I like playing simple browser games like Baseball Century (or any other b1231 games) or ZenGM. I've only played the LOL simulator so I won't comment on any of the others. Both good games IMO. | ||
| #44300 | 01/24/2017 4:07:37 pm | ||
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the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive
| Just found My Football Now so can't really comment yet but seems very detailed. Just don't know how good it really is. Baseball Century is very addictive yet annoying game but you have to love the players names that are created |
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| #44310 | 01/24/2017 7:47:38 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| Crusader Kings 2 is a great game. | ||
| #44311 | 01/24/2017 8:02:31 pm | ||
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Paiden04 Joined: 01/23/2017 Posts: 9 Inactive
| b1231 games tend to be very addicting and fun | ||
| #44314 | 01/24/2017 10:16:41 pm | ||
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Mcdoogle Joined: 05/21/2015 Posts: 243 Inactive
| "Crusader Kings 2 is a great game." 100% agreed, there's just much stuff to do in the game, DLCs add more content and then the mods are so much fun. Right now I'm messing around with a file where I have a suebi dwarf guy try to become emperor of HRE. My duke male heirs always die young while my female heirs live 60-70 years longer than the guys. Depressing since women can't inherit becoming emperor. |
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| #44318 | 01/25/2017 2:55:01 am | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| All those Paradox games are great. Hearts of Iron, Crusader kings, Europa Universalis. All very well done and the closest thing to the Koei games I loved as a kid like Genghis Khan, Romance of the Three Kingdoms and P.T.O. | ||
| #44322 | 01/25/2017 3:32:20 am | ||
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Yuri84 Joined: 10/14/2014 Posts: 640 Apple Valley Raccoons V.7
| I've spent countless hours on Crusader Kings 2 and previously on Victoria 2 as well. Currently playing Stellaris, but unfortunately, this one doesn't work that well (the game is nearly impossible to win if you're playing a pacifistic race, and at some point everything comes to a stalemate where you can't do anything - no new events, no wars, nothing at all). Much improvement is required. | ||
| #44325 | 01/25/2017 4:45:37 am | ||
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newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive
| The HoI and EU series are incredibly fun. My main problem with Paradox games right now is that I don't have the time to spend on one. Never tried the Victoria or CK series, but given the HoI and EU series' play-ability, I don't doubt they would be fun. Updated Wednesday, January 25 2017 @ 4:55:09 am PST |
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| #44628 | 02/05/2017 5:13:51 am | ||
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MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive
| Has anyone played Pinball Wizard? Pinball Wizard is an online game simulation where you see if you can become the greatest pinball player on the planet. You begin by selecting your DNA that will never change, such as intuition vs. intelligence and clutch vs. normal stress. For your DNA makeup, you can choose for everything to be basically average or choose to have an area where you excel, knowing that its counterpart will be equally lesser than average. For example, intuition gives you the ability to play a machine better than others right off the bat, while intelligence helps you remember things about the game when you encounter it again. For clutch, the more important the game in a tournament, the better you’ll perform. By doing so, however, that means you’ll suffer some in early rounds and smaller tournaments. Do you want to take that risk, knowing you might get knocked out early? It’s up to you to decide who you are! What genes will make you a Pinball Wizard? Of course you haven't because it doesn't exist! At least not out of my little orb. It was inspired by my love for the game and a recent article in ESPN The Magazine. If I was a programmer, I think I'd create that as my first endeavor. When in Seattle, let me know and we'll go to the Pinball Museum (yes, that's real) and battle it out for a few hours to see who can claim the title. |
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| #44629 | 02/05/2017 5:15:15 am | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| Man, that's some dirty pool. Literally. I was actually ready to check that out |
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| #44632 | 02/05/2017 7:30:46 am | ||
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the gizmo Joined: 02/07/2013 Posts: 574 Inactive
| Me too! Still love playing today Ever try playing crossarmed? Right hand on left flipper and left hand on right Puts a whole new spin on game especially after a couple........ |
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| #45094 | 02/13/2017 6:59:19 am | ||
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MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive
| I'm enjoying Track King quite a bit. Unfortunately I think Rock was more accurate in his assessment of paying to win than I was. I don't know if it's a huge difference, but it looks like there are a few small advantages that could definitely help. It is absolutely more fun with the Owner's Club. I got a second free week recently and it was a blast. I'm afraid they may have suckered me in. I'm seriously considering shelling out the dough. | ||
| #45112 | 02/13/2017 12:51:00 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| My second free week just ended. After you get one of those you have to wait three months before you can get it again. I've got my stable up to 30 stalls, all my facilities built (Apprentice Classroom is at Excellent condition now), and just qualified for the second round of the Classic Cup. Winning most of my races, but with only 4 human stables in my track the league isn't really very interesting... Just trying to experiment a bit more with horse training, other than that, I'm not sure how much more there is to the game... |
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| #46600 | 03/12/2017 6:59:58 am | ||
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GK12303 Joined: 03/07/2017 Posts: 10 Inactive
| Don't know if any of you guys have played but Sid Meier's Civilation V is really fun to play, but it's more of a strategy game, another site I've been on before and still am is CFBHC, it's more like a college football/NFL simulation game and it's really fun, even though the community can be a dick at times, it's still amazing | ||
| #46610 | 03/12/2017 1:58:16 pm | ||
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newtman Joined: 11/02/2013 Posts: 3343 Inactive
| I mentioned earlier in the thread I was into the Civ series. I never really got much time on Civ V, though I got it as part of a humble bundle deal. I logged a couple of days shortly after the release of Civ VI playing the new one, and really haven't gotten back on much because just like when I was a teen I completely lose track of time playing it. Unlike when I was a teen if I lose track of time and stay up til 3am, I end up paying for it for the next several days. | ||
| #46611 | 03/12/2017 3:09:48 pm | ||
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GK12303 Joined: 03/07/2017 Posts: 10 Inactive
| Yeah, I only logged a couple hours my self, I feel like it's a lot better to play multiplayer on Civ, the more people there, the more I fall in and forget about time Updated Sunday, March 12 2017 @ 3:11:13 pm PDT |
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| #46828 | 03/15/2017 7:40:20 pm | ||
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jreynoldson913 Joined: 08/18/2015 Posts: 293 Inactive
| Guys go check out zen gm. The have every single sport, even esports | ||
| #47702 | 04/05/2017 7:47:09 pm | ||
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MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive
| I wish others would join Track King. It would be fun to have a small Broken Bat faction. I will admit I'm enjoying it even more after buying into the Owner's Club. It saves a lot of time doing things like looking for races. You have to commit a decent amount of time to it, though. Unless you can spend a minimum of 2 or 3 hours a week, you probably won't get much out of it. I think it's a blast and am glad Steve mentioned it. If you're thinking about it, send me a message and I'll give you a little more info, including a couple tips that would be helpful before you sign up. Race on! | ||
| #47712 | 04/06/2017 3:54:20 am | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| Hmm, never been one for horse racing, so I've put off checking that one out. Next time I get an itch to try something new, i might check it out. Since it's the start of a new MLB season, I thought I'd bring up the best free PC baseball sim I've ever played: PureSim Baseball Scratches a lot of the same itches Broken Bat does, but it's definitely it's own thing. Very addictive with lots of cool little touches. |
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| #47714 | 04/06/2017 5:20:39 am | ||
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PrivateSnowflake Joined: 01/06/2015 Posts: 1231 Bloomington Thunder Legends 
| +1 on the PureSim, Haselrig mentioned. Definitely worth having. And it's free! I did Track King for a while, but fell out of it. Maybe I'll go back and start again. A BrokenBat group would make it more fun |
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| #47812 | 04/09/2017 3:32:36 am | ||
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Raze Joined: 06/04/2015 Posts: 97 Inactive
| Downloaded PureSim and I love it! One problem tho, it seems I can't save new changes to the AI manager tendencies? Has anyone come across this before or does anyone know what to do? | ||
| #47814 | 04/09/2017 4:24:31 am | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| Hmm, never really messed with the managers. Maybe PrivateSnowflake knows. If not, you can post on the message board, but it's not very active. | ||
| #48231 | 04/21/2017 1:51:53 pm | ||
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wil_m Joined: 01/08/2016 Posts: 248 Inactive
| Sid Meier's Civilization series is very good. Although version 5 and 6 could be restricting on what the player could do. You could not build that large of a civilization before the game penalized you heavily. So that kind of defeated the purpose of playing the game in the first place! I do not know about CIV 6 since I have not played that game or heard much about it yet. In CIV 2 and CIV 3 you could really build a large deep civilization. That was fun and you could actually do grand things. You are hamstrung by the game penalties in the CIV 4 and 5. I strongly disliked the inflation game mechanic in CIV 4. |
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| #48235 | 04/21/2017 3:44:37 pm | ||
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cbstatic Joined: 04/05/2014 Posts: 106 North El Dorado Pay Dirt VI.20 
| Although I tried Civ IV, I did not like it. I continue to play Civ III, PTW.... I keep it on the Diety Level - Capture the Princess and get lucky once in a while. |
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| #48241 | 04/21/2017 8:36:22 pm | ||
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12twelve Joined: 02/05/2017 Posts: 131 Inactive
| Based on the commentary in this thread, I downloaded PureSim Baseball a couple of weeks ago to give it a try. I chose to start from scratch...full draft of completely fictional players, while keeping the cities and demographics the same. I felt it would be too easy if I chose a big market team with lots of money like NY or LA, so I decided to take a smaller market team in Milwaukee. I chose to draft young with potential to develop the team and keep payroll low. In my first season, I was by far the lowest payroll and finished dead last, losing 99 games. With the money I made, I acquired one or two of the top performers in the league, each with what seems to be close to max salary of $20M/yr. With that help and my developing pitching staff, I finished second in Division but missed playoffs. Season three had a couple more high performing acquisitions, won 106 games and lost in game 7 of the NLCS. Season four were a couple of new acquisitions while trading off other high priced guys on the decline, 111 wins and a World Championship. No notable changes going into season 5 and had 130 wins and another Championship, and I had the lowest team payroll in every season. I've basically lost interest at this point because there is no team in the league that comes close to what I have. In short, I feel the game is ok but much too easy to create a monster team and an eventual dynasty. After a very short time, I'm already bored with it. You can play through seasons very quickly, which is a feature I like, but with that comes a quick fizzle out if you can figure out how to manipulate the game. Although I really enjoyed playing them, I had the same experience with the Sports Mogul baseball games that someone mentioned in a previous post. Domination there wasn't quite as easy, but there were loopholes to expedite the process. Speaking of Sports Mogul and easy manipulation, their Football series is very easy to control. The AI way over-valued the active players, so trading for them was quite difficult, but it was ridiculously easy to acquire draft picks. It was common for me to have several first round picks, as well as in rounds 2, 3, and 4. By rounds 5-7, I could have as many as half of the picks for the round. Each year either before trade deadline or in the off-season I could trade a 7th round WR with good hands that I picked up the year before for a high draft pick in one of the next three years. I would trade off any player with an expiring contract and many times, I could get multiple draft picks for a single player. That said, the salary cap and money in the bank is an obstacle in the early seasons when you have so many picks, and since football has a one-and-done playoff structure, the AI will often take my team out even though I dominate on paper. I've always enjoyed the Sports Mogul games though, despite the ability to manipulate. It is hard to find sports simulation games that mimic reality because there are just too many variables in real life. For that, I give Steve a lot of credit for what he has done with BB to this point. Sure, there can always be things to tweak the experience, but in general, I think BB and playing with other active players makes it more real, more enjoyable, and keeps me coming back every day. Thank you Steve and all of the active players throughout the game. |
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| #48245 | 04/22/2017 12:02:56 am | ||
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| Yep, there is certainly a formula to winning in PureSim. Once you figure it out, it's very hard not to do it. The little touches and details in the game are compelling, but the challenge is nothing when compared to the competition you get in BB. It's a game I play occasionally for a few days and put away again for a month or so until I get an itch. The funny thing is, if you ever check out the messageboard, there are players who've been playing it intensely for years. |
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| #48256 | 04/22/2017 11:45:12 am | ||
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| Yeah, finding balance and tactical equilibrium is difficult in creating and maintaining a game like this. Usually, there is one strategy that is superior to all others. I used to play a football game, but after a few seasons, everybody figured out that the optimal game tactical was to just throw wide to a super strong receiver on every play. Moved on after game devolved into a roulette game...they never seemed to fix the game engine. Steve |
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| #48322 | 04/24/2017 4:52:55 am | ||
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PrivateSnowflake Joined: 01/06/2015 Posts: 1231 Bloomington Thunder Legends
| Re: PureSim manager settings. It does save for me. Set your changes, hit "Apply Changes", hit "Close". I do use them depending on what era I'm playing... There is a definite formula for creating a winner in PureSim and it doesn't take too long to get bored. The good thing is it does scratch that itch while you're waiting for BrokenBat's offseason to end. Try different eras (deadball vs steroid) or I like to begin with 16 clubs and keep expanding, taking over the new club. Lets you rebuild more often PLUS your system is pretty devastated as an expansion club. Makes the rebuild longer and a lot more challenging. |
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| #48395 | 04/26/2017 4:50:54 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| I ended up sticking with OOTP over puresim myself. I think that was back when you could hire a squad of scouts. It was more fun back then because you had to work harder to try and evaluate your players, comparing the feedback from the various scouts. I did play a couple iterations of puresim, but I found it way too easy to build a super squad. OOTP can still be challenging as long as you set up the AI trade priorities/difficulty properly. I've tried starting out in rookie ball a few times. I did manager to get myself promoted to the bigs doing that, but its is kind of a hassle dealing with daily roster changes. Wouldn't really recommend playing it that way. |
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| #48397 | 04/26/2017 4:57:37 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| I still have my copy of Sierra Sports NFL Football Pro '99. Last in the Front Page Sports Football Pro series created by Dynamix. It was actually pretty good despite the game breaking bugs. Pity it broke Sierra. | ||
| #48432 | 04/27/2017 5:09:03 pm | ||
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Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5235 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends
| Wow, you guys are taking me back. I played the heck out of FPS football (first one - '92). Was so excited when they made a baseball game. But FPS baseball ('94) disappointed me. (Just checked the garage - football is on 3 3.5 floppies, baseball took 4). I played Baseball Mogul too. 2004 version. Enjoyed it. Thinking of those games triggers SportTime Superstar Ice Hockey. First game I can remember playing that scratched the managerial itch. |
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| #50121 | 06/12/2017 12:38:42 pm | ||
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motko Joined: 09/06/2014 Posts: 359 Nauvoo The Great Horned Owl IV.6 
| Today i tried stumpedgame.com It is a cricket Manager game. looks interesting. Check it ou t if you like the sport. |
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| #50282 | 06/17/2017 9:00:48 pm | ||
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| Trying it out now. A lot to learn since I don't know anything about cricket, LOL. I think I figured out most of the important things. Took a bit to get the play-by-play lingo down. Just need to see how training works out, and I need to figure out what the right pitch settings are for my bowlers and batters... |
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| #50430 | 06/23/2017 12:57:14 pm | ||
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nobodyjones Joined: 12/28/2011 Posts: 170 Seattle Rickey IV.1 
| OOTP 18 is on sale 'til July 5th on Steam. I had OOTP 16, the last version before they created a 3D game engine. | ||
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MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive
| Steve led me to Track King more than a year ago. It's a fun horse racing game. I just won my first World Cup yesterday. Then I clinched Legends today. That makes for a pretty good weekend. Any way, all horse racing fans should check out Track King. If you have any questions, fire me a message and I'll let you know more. | ||
| #58304 | 04/30/2018 12:03:07 pm | Oct 20th, 2035 | |
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PrivateSnowflake Joined: 01/06/2015 Posts: 1231 Bloomington Thunder Legends
| I'll second Mike's recommendation of Track King. Does NOT take much of a commitment in case you're worried about spending too much time there. Got some great advice from Mike and from a mentor when I joined. I've since won three Cups and am competing in the top class at my local track. Build up your stable, train jockeys and horses. League, stakes, and cup racing. |
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| #58312 | 04/30/2018 10:36:48 pm | Oct 24th, 2035 | |
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| Track King is a great game...I played for quite some time. You have to know a bit about horses plus to be really successful, you need to be hunting for races for your stable every day. Good community. Steve |
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| #59281 | 06/09/2018 4:15:09 am | May 31st, 2036 | |
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Ciccoman Joined: 05/30/2018 Posts: 21 Inactive
| Hi guys, i in this moment play these games: www.simhorseracing.com www.pennantwars.com www.elitefootballleague.co.uk |
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| #61270 | 10/10/2018 1:58:36 pm | Jan 29th, 2038 | |
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celtic4warrior Joined: 06/07/2014 Posts: 13 Santa Maria Warriors VI.9 
| If any of you are into Rugby, I really enjoy playing Blackout Rugby. It's a really fun Rugby simulation, free for one squad, but you can create more squads with paying... I have seven right now... Lol celtic4warrior |
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| #61273 | 10/10/2018 2:17:09 pm | Feb 1st, 2038 | |
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dlwarren1 Joined: 06/21/2017 Posts: 39 Inactive
| I have been in it several years..it is really good | ||
| #61274 | 10/10/2018 2:30:52 pm | Feb 1st, 2038 | |
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celtic4warrior Joined: 06/07/2014 Posts: 13 Santa Maria Warriors VI.9
| Nice, have you had any run-ins with one of my teams? They are pretty easy to identify, they all have the Celtic moniker, lol. celtic4warrior |
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| #61864 | 11/26/2018 10:43:07 am | Aug 2nd, 2038 | |
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motko Joined: 09/06/2014 Posts: 359 Nauvoo The Great Horned Owl IV.6
| today i found Diplomacy. Its a classic board game but now of course online. Feels interesting but lets see how mad i will get when things dont go my way… i am trying it in backstabberdotcom and webdiplomacydotnet. |
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| #62006 | 12/14/2018 7:12:57 pm | Oct 12th, 2038 | |
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admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5034 Administrator
| I used to play diplomacy all the time...both board game and back in the day of BBS's and dial-up. Steve |
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| #64120 | 03/26/2019 11:02:39 pm | Mar 30th, 2040 | |
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buffmckagan Joined: 12/22/2013 Posts: 660 Scranton Bears II.2 
| Reviving this thread: Anyone playing OOTP 20? I am on my third year of the game and still pretty confused about the day-to-day management | ||
| #64121 | 03/27/2019 12:36:22 am | Mar 30th, 2040 | |
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| Last one I bought was '18. From the reviews I read, not much had changed between any of the past few versions, so I don't know that I'll get '19 or '20. Saving my Steam budget for Imperator: Rome, so probably not much movement until the end of April for me. OotP '19 goes on sale on Steam at $4.99 occasionally, so you never know, but I think I'll stick with '18. |
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| #64133 | 03/27/2019 1:21:20 pm | Mar 30th, 2040 | |
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buffmckagan Joined: 12/22/2013 Posts: 660 Scranton Bears II.2
| That's an accurate statement. I just like having the new rosters -- Perfect Game is also a fun new addition. People who make good baseball games ought to be compensated for it fairly! | ||
| #64134 | 03/27/2019 1:24:08 pm | Mar 30th, 2040 | |
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buffmckagan Joined: 12/22/2013 Posts: 660 Scranton Bears II.2
| That's an accurate statement. I just like having the new rosters -- Perfect Game is also a fun new addition. People who make good baseball games ought to be compensated for it fairly! | ||
| #64147 | 03/27/2019 11:49:43 pm | Apr 3rd, 2040 | |
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Haselrig Joined: 04/13/2014 Posts: 2812 Inactive
| I paid $19.95 for '18. | ||
| #66338 | 06/13/2019 11:48:02 pm | Apr 7th, 2041 | |
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MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive
| Does anyone golf at WGT? I played years ago. My dad started playing about a month ago, so I'm back at it and hooked again. Feel free to look me up and we'll hit the courses. I'm MukilteoMichael there. | ||
| #69827 | 11/27/2019 6:04:04 pm | May 25th, 2043 | |
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| DDS: College Basektball 2019, DDS: Pro Basketball 2019, and OOTP 2020 are all on sale at Steam for $9.99 right now. | ||
| #69857 | 11/29/2019 10:57:55 am | May 29th, 2043 | |
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Jerbeetwo Joined: 06/30/2019 Posts: 337 Tyler Retrievers III.2 
| The only other sim I play (over 3 years now) is Pennantwars.com. It’s another baseball sim. Seasons cost 9.99 each but are cheaper in bulk. There are 8 leagues and I am in 6 of them. One feature I like about PW is that a season only lasts about 42 days so I am used to that pace. Broken Bat seasons take much longer and have taken some getting used to. I will say Broken Bat is better in being able to work properly with better players. Great players are great here. The financial aspect here is lots of fun too. So far I am finding it much harder to move up the levels here than at Pennant Wars even though I think I have the best team in my Division. I must need work on the game management end of things. |
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| #70025 | 12/08/2019 5:25:58 am | Jul 2nd, 2043 | |
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Rome Joined: 06/01/2016 Posts: 24 Inactive
| Now that Simyard is back I play it, Hardwood Basketball and this. | ||
| #70397 | 01/02/2020 4:51:37 am | Oct 4th, 2043 | |
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PrivateSnowflake Joined: 01/06/2015 Posts: 1231 Bloomington Thunder Legends
| Anyone know of any rugby management browser games? | ||
| #70399 | 01/02/2020 10:36:29 am | Oct 4th, 2043 | |
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jezzat Joined: 01/27/2019 Posts: 118 Rockford Rhinos V.9 
| I played this - http://www.blackoutrugby.com/ - for a few seasons a while back, although they've updated the look of it quite a bit since then. From what I remember it was fun for a while but it can't have been enough to get me hooked. | ||
| #70408 | 01/03/2020 4:50:21 am | Oct 8th, 2043 | |
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PrivateSnowflake Joined: 01/06/2015 Posts: 1231 Bloomington Thunder Legends
| I'll give it a look. Thanks, jezzat! | ||
| #71409 | 02/12/2020 1:03:30 pm | May 21st, 2044 | |
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MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive
| If anyone is looking for an additional baseball Sim, I'm starting up again on another one. It's always more fun if you have opponents you're somewhat familiar with, so send me a message if you'd like to give it a try. The free version, which is all I've ever done, is a short three season game. You draft your team with immediacy in mind. It's only three seasons, remember. You see all available players and rank them. Don't worry, there's adjustable calculations to help with the task. Then you manage your team to victory or defeat. Management controls are excellent, as is game play. For good and bad, it's a short game. No long term planning. Give me a shout if you want to try it out. The more the merrier. |
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| #73838 | 05/23/2020 11:15:00 pm | Aug 25th, 2045 | |
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gocubs16 Joined: 01/07/2020 Posts: 116 Inactive
| idk if i should count this as an internet sport but i have played a lot of mlbpi lately | ||
| #76642 | 08/19/2020 9:40:37 am | Sep 30th, 2046 | |
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Mojak81 Joined: 11/26/2016 Posts: 12 Inactive
| Here's a random question: anyone know of any sim sports that feature female athletes? | ||
| #76643 | 08/19/2020 11:00:31 am | Sep 30th, 2046 | |
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jezzat Joined: 01/27/2019 Posts: 118 Rockford Rhinos V.9
| It's a good question and no, I can't think of any (unless you count female horses) | ||
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nobodyjones Joined: 12/28/2011 Posts: 170 Seattle Rickey IV.1
| Track & Field (1/2 Male, 1/2 Female squads) https://www.maxithlon.com/ |
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| #76659 | 08/20/2020 7:09:22 am | Oct 4th, 2046 | |
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Mojak81 Joined: 11/26/2016 Posts: 12 Inactive
| Honestly, I'm still frosty at Power Play Manager: handball. All their promotional artwork showed a woman playing handball so I thought I was gonna get something different. Then the game started and it was all men. | ||
| #76775 | 08/23/2020 4:38:46 pm | Oct 19th, 2046 | |
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Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9815 Haverhill Halflings Legends
| I played a tennis manager game for a bit. That had females. Also some wrestling/MMA management games, and bike racing management games. | ||
| #78909 | 11/26/2020 12:15:42 pm | Mar 12th, 2048 | |
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KrusherKev Joined: 05/05/2020 Posts: 35 Inactive
| " Here's a random question: anyone know of any sim sports that feature female athletes? " Not a sim, but came across a Strat-O-Matic knockoff for cards and dice game recently, it has three free sets of cards for women's leagues...one set for pro softball, two sets for NCAA teams https://sidelinestrategy.com/product-category/pps/pps-pdf |
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| #80225 | 02/16/2021 10:09:18 am | Mar 25th, 2049 | |
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durhambulls Joined: 02/15/2021 Posts: 32 Inactive
| i suggest buzzerbeater,a basket ball game | ||
| #80227 | 02/16/2021 1:45:01 pm | Mar 25th, 2049 | |
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Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5235 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends
| I play a lot on my tablet nowadays. I've really been enjoying Ultimate Football GM by Games2rk. Reminiscent of Front Page Sports Football, but entirely focused on the management side. A basketball game is their next project. If they make a baseball game I'll be stuck to my couch indefinitely. |
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| #83030 | 07/15/2021 12:52:04 am | Mar 12th, 2051 | |
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MukilteoMike Joined: 08/09/2014 Posts: 3294 Inactive
| Anyone looking for a horse racing game? I'm still in the stables at the game Steve recommended long ago. Come join me at Track King. I've got the same name there and would be happy to help anyone get started. Stay safe! | ||
| #93192 | 11/20/2023 10:27:07 am | Apr 18th, 2062 | |
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Gherm Joined: 05/31/2023 Posts: 7 Inactive
| Anyone have any free American football simulators they recommend? I’ve tried red zone action, stopped playing it. I like more simple games like this. Waiting for the day Steve makes an American football version of this. 😏 | ||
| #93195 | 11/20/2023 3:17:35 pm | Apr 19th, 2062 | |
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RC-Rusty Cleats Joined: 09/11/2023 Posts: 7 Inactive
| Grid-Iron online is a football game, very basic, pretty much just set a lineup against bot teams and win every game for first two or three seasons while getting used to the game | ||
| #93301 | 12/16/2023 7:54:56 am | Jul 23rd, 2062 | |
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SanKaloon Joined: 06/24/2023 Posts: 77 Lincoln Park Wolves V.6 
| I play this game: https://soccerclubmanager.com/ It's purely a numbers-go-up kind of game. There's no depth to the scouting and training. But I still find it entertaining. It's good for me because I don't really know much about soccer, and Brokenbat provides me all the scouting and training depth I need .I'm the Conakry Monsoons from Guinea if anyone decides to play. |
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| #93304 | 12/16/2023 2:17:52 pm | Jul 23rd, 2062 | |
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Fireballer34 Joined: 05/31/2023 Posts: 115 Hollywood Velociraptors IV.3 
| I play: https://baseball-star-game.com/leaderboard/hof.php Very simple baseball game where you create players and manage their careers. Could definitely be improved but the best game of its kind and is very fast paced. My username is same as here Fireballer34. The game just relaunched so you’ll have a chance for your players to get ahead of the competition. |
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| #93496 | 01/23/2024 3:40:07 pm | Mar 9th, 2063 | |
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shmyles Joined: 10/10/2018 Posts: 52 Apopka Rockets II.2 
| @Fireballer you mention is being the best of its kind... are there other examples of games focused on managing one player? |
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| #93497 | 01/23/2024 5:55:13 pm | Mar 10th, 2063 | |
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Fireballer34 Joined: 05/31/2023 Posts: 115 Hollywood Velociraptors IV.3
| No free ones that I’ve found. I don’t play many games you have to pay for, and the next best thing to this is MLB the Show road to the show, which costs a bunch of money. | ||
| #93556 | 01/27/2024 12:59:04 pm | Mar 16th, 2063 | |
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shmyles Joined: 10/10/2018 Posts: 52 Apopka Rockets II.2
| i actually made an account and tried it for a second, but seems like the site is down now? | ||
| #93558 | 01/27/2024 3:38:11 pm | Mar 17th, 2063 | |
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Fireballer34 Joined: 05/31/2023 Posts: 115 Hollywood Velociraptors IV.3
| Unfortunately it looks like they’ve shut it down to make some changes again. There definitely was a few things that needed to be fixed but it’s a shame. I wouldn’t expect it to be back up very soon though. | ||
| #93851 | 03/20/2024 6:39:35 am | Oct 2nd, 2063 | |
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Favuz Joined: 02/26/2014 Posts: 664 Oxnard Sunsets V.6 
| I Just bought OOTP 25 and i am really liking it. I'm not playing a lot of the traditional game, but i'm liking a lot the Perfect team part, even i'm playing F2P. If someone is playing it, my name is the same as here, we could add each other and play in the same league (i'm still in stone, began playing this week). |
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| #95481 | 04/21/2025 2:35:24 am | Jan 13th, 2069 | |
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buffmckagan Joined: 12/22/2013 Posts: 660 Scranton Bears II.2
| OOTP is an annual buy for me. Have not gotten into it as much as I would have liked to so far, but enjoying when I do get on. Hopefully as the season progresses IRL I can do more on my Nationals rebuild | ||
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