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Coherent game history possible ? - 2/20/2009 10:30:42 PM

Old Dog

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Hi Folks,
It's Spring Training time and I stopped by to see what's new and apparently there's a replacement game coming out at some vague time to replace PureSim Baseball. Could someone point me at a coherent recounting of where we are, and how we got here ? I've tried reading posts that I thought might answer, but no joy I'm afraid.
I feel like a member of the Fugawe tribe looking for my compatriots so that we can get together and say, "We're the Fugawe".
Sorry. Old joke.

Old Dog

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RE: Coherent game history possible ? - 2/21/2009 12:26:05 AM

KG Erwin

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Right now, we have PS version 1.72, which many of us still play. This is a great game as is, but Shaun elected to jump to Wolverine Studios, which specializes in sports games. Matrix has helped promote PureSim to a crowd which didn't even know that PS existed.

I've played PS for a few years, and have watched it develop into a top-notch text-based baseball sim. The next iteration will undoubtedly be a step forwards, and I eagerly await it. In the meantime, I am perfectly happy with PS, as my "Locker Reports" amply show.

Shaun started this game as a solo project, but it has gained popularity over the years and now is attracting followers from both "stats geeks" and casual gamers. As a baseball fan for many years, I yearned for a game that supplied both "era immersion" and "statistical approximation". Pure Sim provides this fan with exactly the type of simulation I'd been looking for.

Specifically, I can start a career league at any point in history, and then rewrite history from that point on. There are many options that can be chosen, using either historical players/teams or computer-generated fictional players/teams. It all depends on what you, as the player, is wanting to do.

What are you wanting to do, Old Dog? Recreate a certain MLB season? Dang, that's easy, once you get the hang of it. You buy the game, and we'll make the season for you, WITH certain limitations. Post 1920 is fine. Before that time, the weirdly-configured parks cause problems.

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RE: Coherent game history possible ? - 2/21/2009 4:15:48 AM

Old Dog

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Thank you sir,
I do have PureSim 1.72, and have visited this board over the years and have learned quite a bit.
I recall when Shaun started his own venture to keep PureSim a going concern, and continued operations here for a while apparently with cooperation from Matrix.
I got to know a few of the names here, yours being primary. I came back the other day to see what was new after an absence of almost a year and missed the information about Wolverine Studios. There was no clear way to get from then (2008) to now. Thanks to your information, by Googling, I have obtained a URL for the Wolverine Studios forums. I didn't want to ask for a link to be posted to the Matrix forums for a competitor's site.
I guess that I will split my attention then between here and the new forums.
When I posted, I thought that it would be useful for the casual visitor to have a thread that tied this forum and the new location together. The history you provide, along with the warmth of your greeting ought to ecourage casual visitors that digging a bit will be rewarded.
As we wait the next iteration from Shaun, I'll see if I can coax those 2006 Red Sox to better than a third place finish.

Thanks again for the information you have provided and your greetings,
Old Dog

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