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ORIGINAL: Nukester

Whatever you do, DONT turn this into World Cup Baseball

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ORIGINAL: Nomo Ootp

Would like to see player development and ratings change throughout the season.  

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ORIGINAL: puresimmer

Matrix has been great to work with and PureSim Baseball 2007 has now far surpassed the sales numbers of any previous version. I think we have some real momentum here! It has been interesting to see all the new faces, and even more interesting to see how sales have picked up so much after a bit of a slow start.

A combination of word of mouth, a poor showing by a competitor in the genre, some more review coverage and the All Star break promotion have really propelled PureSim into a place its never been sales-wise. A nice review in this months PC Gamer magazine should provide a good spike as well. PureSim was rated almost 30 points higher than its primary competition by PC Gamer!

This is the best I have ever felt about PureSim's potential, to the point where maybe this time next year I'll be considering doing this full time :)

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ORIGINAL: PadresFan104

Expand the managerial options by giving us the "Run & Hit" in addition to the "Hit & Run", even if there are 2 outs.

From Wikipedia:
A related play is the less formal run and hit, similar to the hit and run, except with a fast runner on first base who is capable of stealing. The batter is given the option of hitting, with prior knowledge that the runner will be moving with the pitch. This differs from a straight steal in that the batter is encouraged to swing, instead of being prevented from swinging.

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ORIGINAL: Abev
I wish for this more than once a day. Without access to the big picture, I have to believe that daily feedback will improve the PS experience. How many times has there been threads where we just have to guess or assume an answer? Maybe some questions are best left unanswered, but some require a definative response.

Even if its just an ultra basic newbie question, that, with a quick response, keeps them interested and keeps them playing, which makes them a contributor to the message board, which develops a fan, which makes them a repeat customer.

• in the pitching register, it has every batter who pinch hit for a pitcher listed there, with all stats obviously zeroed, except for Games which shows the actual total GP. I'm not sure if this is a bug or just the way it was designed.
  Would it be possible, to have these players listed as PH (same thing exists I believe in the boxscores as well, but could be wrong, can't check yet since just started the new season) and not show up in the pitching register?
  

• I'd love to see drag and drop capabilities on the roster screens. to move a guy from 2nd to 9th in the batting order and move everyone else up, I have to move him spot by spot down the order, one spot at a time.
  If drag and drop isn't possible, or is too much too add easily, I'd like to be able to insert a player in a lineup/bullpen spot and be able to exchange 2 players in the lineup/bullpen/rotation

• Would it be possible to have an option of showing the pitchers hitting stats as a group or as individuals?

•   http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1182169&mpage=1&key=&#1208587  (easier to post link for this one)

• scrollable PBP

• Ability to view boxscore/gamelog during a game.

• Any chance of perhaps getting a team's magic number included in the standings?

• using beta 1.17 and later  that using the keypad, the #2 button does not attempt a steal of second, but rather a sac bunt. Quite a nasty surprise Any chance of being able to use the keypad instead of the numbers on the top of the keyboard?

• possible SPLITS issue http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1187019

• MOST IMPORTANTLY:   I've been playing Puresim since year one and with this newest version, I am going to have to request that you somehow find a way to add more hours to my day!
  

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ORIGINAL: PadresFan104

Abev,

Timely post. I was chatting with Shaun about this exact subject today. I think it's going to be up to many of us "regular" posters to pick up the slack at times when Shaun is busy with his "other" job as an International Man of Mystery. It's tough, as the other games in the genre have full-time employees dedicated to answering questions. You make very good points about turning new players into fans though.

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ORIGINAL: Deltadog

1. Ability to print logs to payer, pdf, or text file.

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ORIGINAL: Abev

When using the auto assign for lineups and rotations, have what the cpu *thinks* what the new lineup or rotation should be, and present it along side the current lineup/rotation and give the user a chance to accept or decline it.

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ORIGINAL: Deltadog

2. Ability to stop a game at any point and then later resume it where you left off (manage mode)

3. Provide for an all star game to be simmed, managed or watches.

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ORIGINAL: rwd59


... Whatever you do don't make the game overly complicated to play. I want a game that I can sit down at and play not another job...

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ORIGINAL: Nukester

Whatever you do, DONT turn this into World Cup Baseball

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ORIGINAL: KG Erwin

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ORIGINAL: rwd59


... Whatever you do don't make the game overly complicated to play. I want a game that I can sit down at and play not another job...

Absolutely agree. There have been many great suggestions, but the game's appeal derives in part from its intuitive feel and relative simplicity. Don't lose this, Shaun, by getting bogged down in excessive geekiness and overcomplication. As far as I can tell, this was the downfall of OOTP, so please please please do not fall into that trap.