OOTP 6.5 (baseball sim) league seeking two GMs

[TooLiveBrew]

The sim league I'm in

currently has two vacancies. The league runs on OOTP 6.5. While that's

obviously not the newest version, the league itself is great.

It's run by a standalone commissioner (meaning he doesn't run a team... not sure how

common or uncommon that is) who runs sims every day. The league is in its 89th live season (1989) & has a good roster of active GMs. We don't use financial settings, so there's no such thing as big & small market teams. Plus no annoying contracts to deal with. Baseball players the way they were in the good ol' days -- indentured servants!

 

Here

are the online reports (standings, rosters, stats, etc.). The vacant

teams are Boston & Cincy. OOTP 6.5 has a

total cost of

$30.00 ($20 for OOTP 6, $10 for the 6.5 patch), and it's PC-only, if that matters for

anyone.

 

Sam (sbrylski06) can vouch for how sweet this league is, as a former longtime GM. You definitely have to want to be an active participant for the league to be fun, since it moves along so (relatively) quickly & has a lot of good GMs. But if that's something that sounds appealing, we'd love to have you. I'd be happy to answer questions or address concerns anyone might have.

[sbrylski]

League sucks, don't join.

 

Kidding, of course.

 

OOTP 6.5 is simple yet in-depth, easy to pick up if you've never played before, and the pace of the league makes it very fun because you get feedback on your moves as GM quickly. I ran a team from 1913 until the early 80's, but still hang around the forums (off-topic section mainly).

[lcbj68c]

Sounds like fun. How time consuming is this?

[jerichoholicninja]

I would love to but I know I do not have the time. I still play Season Ticket all the time. I think I'm on season 13 or 14 of my fifth different team.

[sbrylski]

Sounds like fun. How time consuming is this?

You get out of it what you put in, to an extent. But you could get by with around 15 minutes a day or less. Most people in that league are really active, so you could also spend half your day around there if you choose to. That's far from necessary though.

 

I would say 10-15 minutes a day during the regular season, and then a little more on certain days during the offseason to explore trade opportunities with other owners and scout the draft class.

[GAME05]

a friend of mine played this for a while and enjoyed it.

 

i'd enjoy playing, but i don't have the time to get too compulsive about it. for example, my drafting strategy would likely be "eh, he seems ok." there is a very good chance that i would end up as the Pittsburgh Pirates of your league. so...sign me up if that's ok for you, but i wouldn't be offended if you'd prefer to pass me up for someone who would be a lot more into it than i could be.

[TooLiveBrew]

there is a very good chance that i would end up as the Pittsburgh Pirates of your league.

 

Never! (I'm actually the Pirates)... and yeah, I know what you meant http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

 

 

Sounds like fun. How time consuming is this?

 

Like Sam said, you get out of it what you put in. I'm basically addicted to it at this point; I love it.