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Figured I'd get the ball rolling on the discussion of when/if we should upgrade to OOTP 11. My take on upgrading has always been that we should try to stay as current as possible because if you continue using an old version it becomes very difficult to replace owners who leave.
That being said, I think we've made the mistake in the past of being on the bleeding edge and have run into major issues because of it.
From what I've seen OOTP has been extremely stable with all versions since OOTP 9 was patched. OOTP 11 has been patched once and a second major patch is in the works but there has been no indication of when it will be released.
There are a ton of new features but the ones that jumped out at me as being relevant to the BLB are:
For Players
For Commish
That being said, I think we've made the mistake in the past of being on the bleeding edge and have run into major issues because of it.
From what I've seen OOTP has been extremely stable with all versions since OOTP 9 was patched. OOTP 11 has been patched once and a second major patch is in the works but there has been no indication of when it will be released.
There are a ton of new features but the ones that jumped out at me as being relevant to the BLB are:
For Players
- A completely redesigned Manager Home screen, with a dynamic season timeline, that acts as a portal to your most critical management tasks
- A Player Comparison screen, in which you can compare two players side-by-side
- Recoded fielding engine, making defense more realistic while introducing new fielding stats like Zone Rating, Individual Fielding Efficiency, and Team Defense Efficiency.
- More advanced statistics like wOBA (weighted on-base average), OPS+, ERA+ and FIP (fielding independent pitching)
- A totally re-coded amateur draft with optional signing bonuses, player demands, a slotting system, post-draft contract & bonus negotiations, and compensation picks for unsigned picks (who will re-enter the draft a year later). Also, when feeder leagues are used, undrafted/unsigned high school players may go to college and continue playing!
- Improved contract negotiations, including counter-offers from players.
For Commish
- The ability to mass-select players, making it easy to perform mass transactions like demoting several players simultaneously
- Clone player feature (for running things like divisional tourney or WBC)
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