I have been playing the PC Version of Pursue The Pennant (Diamond Mind) Baseball since 1987. I have enjoyed it thoroughly and for the longest time believed it was the best simulation and enjoyable to play of any and all simulations. I played APBA form 1973 - 1986 the board/dice game and loved that at the time but could never play an entire season due to keeping track of the stats.
I started playing OOTP in 2001 and while I enjoyed it I did not think it better than DMB nor more enjoyable to play. That is until around 2016 ( I have purchased every iteration since 2001). When they got the MLB and MLBPA licenses and the stats became much more realistic. Plus they added in the new age of baseball analytics, statistics. Something DMB has failed to do. This is why I now prefer to play OOTP more than DMB. I also enjoy the GM aspect as I am an accountant and love the financial side of trades etc.. I still play both just enjoy OOTP more. I mostly simulate seasons but I do play individual games out in OOTP enjoying the graphics.
Article is spot on, I also agree that OOTP and the rest of the baseball games exist is slightly different universes, as you pointed out. I also think there is a pecking order in this hobby still but not as much as in the past. Strat and APBA over everything else, Tabletop games over Digital Games, Conventional Digital Games over OOTP. I don't advocate this but that is how it seems in the community
I play OOTP and use sim games.
I have been playing the PC Version of Pursue The Pennant (Diamond Mind) Baseball since 1987. I have enjoyed it thoroughly and for the longest time believed it was the best simulation and enjoyable to play of any and all simulations. I played APBA form 1973 - 1986 the board/dice game and loved that at the time but could never play an entire season due to keeping track of the stats.
I started playing OOTP in 2001 and while I enjoyed it I did not think it better than DMB nor more enjoyable to play. That is until around 2016 ( I have purchased every iteration since 2001). When they got the MLB and MLBPA licenses and the stats became much more realistic. Plus they added in the new age of baseball analytics, statistics. Something DMB has failed to do. This is why I now prefer to play OOTP more than DMB. I also enjoy the GM aspect as I am an accountant and love the financial side of trades etc.. I still play both just enjoy OOTP more. I mostly simulate seasons but I do play individual games out in OOTP enjoying the graphics.
Article is spot on, I also agree that OOTP and the rest of the baseball games exist is slightly different universes, as you pointed out. I also think there is a pecking order in this hobby still but not as much as in the past. Strat and APBA over everything else, Tabletop games over Digital Games, Conventional Digital Games over OOTP. I don't advocate this but that is how it seems in the community