Which (if any) Baseball Sim Do You Play?

[BoydsOfSummer]

I was curious about how many 'sim' players we have around here. Not fantasy baseball, but sims like Diamond Mind.

I own or have owned everything in the list but am exclusively a Diamond-Mind player now. I may purchase OOTP again once they work out this new version (might give this next one a try).

I don't play fantasy sports anymore, but have played my share in the past.

[reds1869]

I've played OOTP since it began. I have a killer Japanese league going right now...I don't know if I'll upgrade right away or not.

[KronoRed]

I've been with OOTP since version 3 but found 2006 to be awful, 6.5 is still good, in an online league.

I quit on Mogul 3 or 4 years ago, played a recent demo and found it's still about the same game now

[HumnHilghtFreel]

I've been playing Mogul recently. Are any of the others free to download as well?

[reds1869]

I've been with OOTP since version 3 but found 2006 to be awful, 6.5 is still good, in an online league.

I quit on Mogul 3 or 4 years ago, played a recent demo and found it's still about the same game now

I liked 2006, but you are right--it was terrible for online leagues. 6.5 is better, but I no longer have a Windows PC at home so 2006 it is.

[jmcclain19]

I really enjoyed Baseball Mogul. From a nitpicking standpoint, there was quite a bit I would tweak, but for shear enjoyment I got a lot out of the 2006 free download kaldaniels posted on here last season. I blame him for the hours & hours I spent on there dinking around.

That being said, everyone I've talked to about it who likes baseball sims has told me that OOTP is better. I plan on here in the next couple of weeks plunking down a few bucks to give it a try.

[Cyclone792]

Out of the Park 6.5 (Krono and I are in the same online league).

I bought OOTP 2006 when it came out, and it's so awful I've only had it open on my PC for about two hours combined since I bought it. I may buy 2007 when it comes out next month, but only after trying the demo extensively.

[vaticanplum]

What in the world is a sim?

[Redsland]

I play High Heat Baseball 2002.

It's part arcade game, part sim. But I'm up to year 2017, so most of the real players have retired.

[jmcclain19]

What in the world is a sim?

[vaticanplum]

The house building people, yes? Sim City?

They play baseball too?

[jmcclain19]

The house building people, yes? Sim City?

They play baseball too?

Sure. Why not?

[reds44]

I'm in a OOTP.

[MrCinatit]

The house building people, yes? Sim City?
They play baseball too?

In this case, sim is simply short for "simulation", where one can simulate building a team and playing a season - or several seasons. If I am not mistaken, the game is taken more from a general manager's perspective, rather than the manager/player/GM perspective seen in games such as High Heat and MVP.

And I wish someone could make a realistic combination of a baseball game and SimCity, and in doing so, combining two of my favorite games and becoming my life-long hero.

[missionhockey21]

I've been with OOTP since version 3 but found 2006 to be awful, 6.5 is still good, in an online league.

I quit on Mogul 3 or 4 years ago, played a recent demo and found it's still about the same game now

Agreed. 2006 has it charms for a single player league, but it's just beyond atrocious for an online league. I've been running an online league for a little over three years now and thankfully the switches from 5-6-6.5 were all worth it, but I stayed away from 2006 to see how a friend's league would be and saw that the hesitancy was needed.