I like mid January, that gives me enough time to do the cruise with the wife and get back to Afghanistan..........
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I am really dumb when it comes to these things...when i open up OOTP12 what option do i choose
I started a test league and was messing around with it last night. I'm with Gene - this is going to take me some time to get used to! It seems to be fairly intuitive, but much more complex than the previous version - just a lot more information and detail available with several new menus/pages.
I've simulated a month or two of the season. Got used to moving players up/down through ML and minors and to/from the DL. Still can't seem to find FA players available and I'll need to see how trades, contract extensions, and everything else works.
I suppose it's probably time to go through the on-line manual now!
Eric
FA's are located on the "League Transactions" page (under the League Menu). There should be a bunch of tabs, one of which should say "Free Agents", which lists everyone available. Finding that took me a bit of time too.
I'm starting to get the hang of it, the only thing that's really confusing me right now are the ratings. I keep seeing two different ratings, one on their player page, but they come up differently on the other player page where you negotiate contracts, waive them, etc. Still gotta figure that one out.
Keep in mind each individual league can be customized to whatever you want it to be. Don't get too comfortable with the ratings systems until an actual league is rolled out. The important thing at this point is the navigation of the system.
I've been trying to figure out ANYTHING for a few days and haven't gotten a single thing figured out!!! I feel so dumb!! I've created my manager profile but can't even get me on my team (Phillies). Can open team page and run games but can't make player moves or anything else. DUH!!! I read the manual, just can't follow what to do. Somebody please give me a hint. Just remember to keep it simple. Can't believe I ran a major business for years and can't figure this game out!!
Hey Gene, if you look at the bottom right of your screen after you go past the main menu into your league page, you should see a black box with the word "Philadelphia". To the right of it, there's a bunch of buttons. The fourth one (it looks like a clipboard) is where you make roster moves. From there, you should be able to drag and drop players you want to promote/demote, place on the DL, waive, etc. There should be four sub-sections on that page, each with a drop-down menu at the top to take you where you want to go.
If you need any clarification on this or need help with anything else just let me know, I've been playing around with the program quite a bit this week.
Thanks Nick, I found that but can't make any moves. Tried demoting a player and promoting another but said "roster is full". Reversed action and still wasn't permitted. I'll figure it out sooner or later. Will just have to speed it up some before I mess everyone else up!! Just so many "click this", "drag this", etc. to figure out at the moment -- but I'll get it sooner or later.
Hmm, that's odd. Only thing I could think of is that the player you tried to demote was out of options, you'd have to DFA him and put him on waivers, but it doesn't sound like that's what's happening in your case.
I'm sure with some practice and time we'll all have a better handle on it soon enough.