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OOTP just joined forces with Championship Manager
Jonah Falcon
OOTP just joined forces with Championship Manager
Jonah Falcon
OOTP JOINS SI INTERACTIVE (CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER)
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That's interesting news; link to the info???
That's interesting news; link to the info???
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"Glenn Weeks" <tglenn29@speakeasywascausedbyprohibition.net> wrote in
message news:roGdncHFQelVxQTdRVn-jA@speakeasy.net...
> That's interesting news; link to the info???
From the e-mail they sent out...
Breaking News - Out of the Park Baseball Team joins Sports Interactive!
We are delighted to announce that the development team of our highly
acclaimed baseball management game, Out of the Park Baseball (OOTP), has
joined forces with Sports Interactive (SI), the creator of the world famous
Championship Manager soccer management games.
This move combines the baseball knowledge of the OOTP team with the
experience and marketing power of SI, enabling us to create the best
baseball management game possible and opening the doors to a much broader
audience.
"Sports Interactive has always been the industry standard for sports
management game developers, and Championship Manager is regarded by most as
the 'Holy Grail' of sports simulations," says Markus Heinsohn, lead
developer of OOTP. "This is the chance to take Out of the Park Baseball to
the same level of depth, playability and immersiveness of the Championship
Manager, soon to be Football Manager, series. The SI team is simply amazing
and a great source of inspiration."
"Over the past couple of years we have carefully monitored and nurtured the
best independent game development talent working on sports management
simulations; a process which has already led to the successful integration
of the Eastside Hockey team into our own," adds Miles Jacobson, Managing
Director of Sports Interactive. "We have been in discussion with Markus and
his team for quite a while and feel that now is the perfect time for us to
begin working together. We believe that our management simulation expertise
will help the Out of the Park team to achieve its undoubted potential, while
their knowledge and experience of baseball will allow us to expand our reach
into one of the world's largest and most important markets."
As part of the deal, Markus Heinsohn and Aurelio Barrios have moved to
London, UK, and now work in the SI head offices in Islington, London. Steve
Kuffrey and Andreas Raht continue to work for the new OOTP team from the USA
and Germany. The company Out of the Park Developments remains located in
Stade, Germany, and continues to produce and market OOTP6, ITP, and the
Title Bout Boxing games.
OOTP 6 continues to be supported and updated throughout the year. The first
version of the SI version of Out of the Park Baseball in scheduled for a
late 2005 release.
You can discuss the news in the Sports Interactive Forums! There will be an
OOTP forum set up shortly.
turk
"Glenn Weeks" <tglenn29@speakeasywascausedbyprohibition.net> wrote in
message news:roGdncHFQelVxQTdRVn-jA@speakeasy.net...
> That's interesting news; link to the info???
From the e-mail they sent out...
Breaking News - Out of the Park Baseball Team joins Sports Interactive!
We are delighted to announce that the development team of our highly
acclaimed baseball management game, Out of the Park Baseball (OOTP), has
joined forces with Sports Interactive (SI), the creator of the world famous
Championship Manager soccer management games.
This move combines the baseball knowledge of the OOTP team with the
experience and marketing power of SI, enabling us to create the best
baseball management game possible and opening the doors to a much broader
audience.
"Sports Interactive has always been the industry standard for sports
management game developers, and Championship Manager is regarded by most as
the 'Holy Grail' of sports simulations," says Markus Heinsohn, lead
developer of OOTP. "This is the chance to take Out of the Park Baseball to
the same level of depth, playability and immersiveness of the Championship
Manager, soon to be Football Manager, series. The SI team is simply amazing
and a great source of inspiration."
"Over the past couple of years we have carefully monitored and nurtured the
best independent game development talent working on sports management
simulations; a process which has already led to the successful integration
of the Eastside Hockey team into our own," adds Miles Jacobson, Managing
Director of Sports Interactive. "We have been in discussion with Markus and
his team for quite a while and feel that now is the perfect time for us to
begin working together. We believe that our management simulation expertise
will help the Out of the Park team to achieve its undoubted potential, while
their knowledge and experience of baseball will allow us to expand our reach
into one of the world's largest and most important markets."
As part of the deal, Markus Heinsohn and Aurelio Barrios have moved to
London, UK, and now work in the SI head offices in Islington, London. Steve
Kuffrey and Andreas Raht continue to work for the new OOTP team from the USA
and Germany. The company Out of the Park Developments remains located in
Stade, Germany, and continues to produce and market OOTP6, ITP, and the
Title Bout Boxing games.
OOTP 6 continues to be supported and updated throughout the year. The first
version of the SI version of Out of the Park Baseball in scheduled for a
late 2005 release.
You can discuss the news in the Sports Interactive Forums! There will be an
OOTP forum set up shortly.
turk
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Thanks - of course, if I had checked my other e-mail first and/or performed
a Google search first for SI Interactive.... It's been a long day.
Thanks - of course, if I had checked my other e-mail first and/or performed
a Google search first for SI Interactive.... It's been a long day.
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"Glenn Weeks" <tglenn29@speakeasywascausedbyprohibition.net> wrote in
message news:4L2dnUiwC-0JAwTdRVn-ug@speakeasy.net...
> Thanks - of course, if I had checked my other e-mail first and/or
performed
> a Google search first for SI Interactive.... It's been a long day.
Of course, the bad news is that the next release is "late 2005". Great
planning there. It was bad enough that OOTP missed opening day by a couple
weeks this year. Hopefully though, SI will have higher quality control
standards and release a game that is actually playable on release, which
would be a step up from this year's OOTP.
turk
"Glenn Weeks" <tglenn29@speakeasywascausedbyprohibition.net> wrote in
message news:4L2dnUiwC-0JAwTdRVn-ug@speakeasy.net...
> Thanks - of course, if I had checked my other e-mail first and/or
performed
> a Google search first for SI Interactive.... It's been a long day.
Of course, the bad news is that the next release is "late 2005". Great
planning there. It was bad enough that OOTP missed opening day by a couple
weeks this year. Hopefully though, SI will have higher quality control
standards and release a game that is actually playable on release, which
would be a step up from this year's OOTP.
turk
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Yeah maybe I'll get my head to head play that was promised to be patched
the week after release. Of course they removed the post that said that
from their boards, can't have any evidence.
turk wrote:
> "Glenn Weeks" <tglenn29@speakeasywascausedbyprohibition.net> wrote in
> message news:4L2dnUiwC-0JAwTdRVn-ug@speakeasy.net...
>
>>Thanks - of course, if I had checked my other e-mail first and/or
>
> performed
>
>>a Google search first for SI Interactive.... It's been a long day.
>
>
> Of course, the bad news is that the next release is "late 2005". Great
> planning there. It was bad enough that OOTP missed opening day by a couple
> weeks this year. Hopefully though, SI will have higher quality control
> standards and release a game that is actually playable on release, which
> would be a step up from this year's OOTP.
>
> turk
>
>
Yeah maybe I'll get my head to head play that was promised to be patched
the week after release. Of course they removed the post that said that
from their boards, can't have any evidence.
turk wrote:
> "Glenn Weeks" <tglenn29@speakeasywascausedbyprohibition.net> wrote in
> message news:4L2dnUiwC-0JAwTdRVn-ug@speakeasy.net...
>
>>Thanks - of course, if I had checked my other e-mail first and/or
>
> performed
>
>>a Google search first for SI Interactive.... It's been a long day.
>
>
> Of course, the bad news is that the next release is "late 2005". Great
> planning there. It was bad enough that OOTP missed opening day by a couple
> weeks this year. Hopefully though, SI will have higher quality control
> standards and release a game that is actually playable on release, which
> would be a step up from this year's OOTP.
>
> turk
>
>
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"Dan S" <dan@work.com> wrote in message
news:sesmc.256$Vi3.137@fe26.usenetserver.com...
> Yeah maybe I'll get my head to head play that was promised to be patched
> the week after release. Of course they removed the post that said that
> from their boards, can't have any evidence.
Well, they pushed the release back a few weeks after getting the preorder
money. Now that they have everyone's money who bought the game, what's the
rush for them developing online play?
turk
"Dan S" <dan@work.com> wrote in message
news:sesmc.256$Vi3.137@fe26.usenetserver.com...
> Yeah maybe I'll get my head to head play that was promised to be patched
> the week after release. Of course they removed the post that said that
> from their boards, can't have any evidence.
Well, they pushed the release back a few weeks after getting the preorder
money. Now that they have everyone's money who bought the game, what's the
rush for them developing online play?
turk
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Funny, I'm enjoying the game as is.
"turk" <turk96@attbi.com> wrote in message
news:Czsmc.30444$Ia6.4936907@attbi_s03...
> "Dan S" <dan@work.com> wrote in message
> news:sesmc.256$Vi3.137@fe26.usenetserver.com...
> > Yeah maybe I'll get my head to head play that was promised to be patched
> > the week after release. Of course they removed the post that said that
> > from their boards, can't have any evidence.
>
> Well, they pushed the release back a few weeks after getting the preorder
> money. Now that they have everyone's money who bought the game, what's
the
> rush for them developing online play?
>
> turk
>
>
Funny, I'm enjoying the game as is.
"turk" <turk96@attbi.com> wrote in message
news:Czsmc.30444$Ia6.4936907@attbi_s03...
> "Dan S" <dan@work.com> wrote in message
> news:sesmc.256$Vi3.137@fe26.usenetserver.com...
> > Yeah maybe I'll get my head to head play that was promised to be patched
> > the week after release. Of course they removed the post that said that
> > from their boards, can't have any evidence.
>
> Well, they pushed the release back a few weeks after getting the preorder
> money. Now that they have everyone's money who bought the game, what's
the
> rush for them developing online play?
>
> turk
>
>
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"Jonah Falcon" <jonahnynla@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:diAnc.4390$KE6.1477@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> Funny, I'm enjoying the game as is.
That's not the point. The game was promised as having an online play
feature. Then, the claim was that online play would be left out so they
could save A WEEK in development time and release the game A WEEK early. A
patch was going to follow A WEEK later with online play. They could at
least be straight with their customers instead of playing games, much like
they did when they dishonestly took pay in advance pre-orders for a game
based on opening day claims.
turk
"Jonah Falcon" <jonahnynla@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:diAnc.4390$KE6.1477@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> Funny, I'm enjoying the game as is.
That's not the point. The game was promised as having an online play
feature. Then, the claim was that online play would be left out so they
could save A WEEK in development time and release the game A WEEK early. A
patch was going to follow A WEEK later with online play. They could at
least be straight with their customers instead of playing games, much like
they did when they dishonestly took pay in advance pre-orders for a game
based on opening day claims.
turk
Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports (More info?)
>That's not the point. The game was promised as having an online play
>feature. Then, the claim was that online play would be left out so they
>could save A WEEK in development time and release the game A WEEK early. A
>patch was going to follow A WEEK later with online play. They could at
>least be straight with their customers instead of playing games, much like
>they did when they dishonestly took pay in advance pre-orders for a game
>based on opening day claims.
>
>turk
Do you ever stop whining?
>That's not the point. The game was promised as having an online play
>feature. Then, the claim was that online play would be left out so they
>could save A WEEK in development time and release the game A WEEK early. A
>patch was going to follow A WEEK later with online play. They could at
>least be straight with their customers instead of playing games, much like
>they did when they dishonestly took pay in advance pre-orders for a game
>based on opening day claims.
>
>turk
Do you ever stop whining?
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On 5/11/04 7:38 PM, in article 20040511203802.11461.00001347@mb-m18.aol.com,
"ThE AnArKrIsT" <thirdandten@aol.comNoSpAm> wrote:
>> That's not the point. The game was promised as having an online play
>> feature. Then, the claim was that online play would be left out so they
>> could save A WEEK in development time and release the game A WEEK early. A
>> patch was going to follow A WEEK later with online play. They could at
>> least be straight with their customers instead of playing games, much like
>> they did when they dishonestly took pay in advance pre-orders for a game
>> based on opening day claims.
>>
>> turk
>
> Do you ever stop whining?
Says the biggest crybaby on the board.
TFP quit giving it up to ya?
On 5/11/04 7:38 PM, in article 20040511203802.11461.00001347@mb-m18.aol.com,
"ThE AnArKrIsT" <thirdandten@aol.comNoSpAm> wrote:
>> That's not the point. The game was promised as having an online play
>> feature. Then, the claim was that online play would be left out so they
>> could save A WEEK in development time and release the game A WEEK early. A
>> patch was going to follow A WEEK later with online play. They could at
>> least be straight with their customers instead of playing games, much like
>> they did when they dishonestly took pay in advance pre-orders for a game
>> based on opening day claims.
>>
>> turk
>
> Do you ever stop whining?
Says the biggest crybaby on the board.
TFP quit giving it up to ya?
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