{"id":2042,"date":"2010-02-22T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T15:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=2042"},"modified":"2010-06-05T14:10:05","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T19:10:05","slug":"ootp-11-preorder-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/02\/22\/ootp-11-preorder-special\/","title":{"rendered":"OOTP 11 &#8211; Preorder Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I decided to preorder <em>Out of the Park Baseball 11<\/em> (<em>OOTP 11<\/em>) while it was $15 off.  Getting <em>OOTP 11<\/em> for $24.99 is actually $5 cheaper than I paid for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/11\/05\/ootp-10-%E2%80%93-hot-stove-style\/\" target=\"_blank\">OOTP 10<\/a> back in November!<\/p>\n<p>It has been my experience that <em>OOTP<\/em> typically goes on sale for $10 off throughout the year, and maybe drops to $15 off at some point towards the end of the year (or at some point before the next version is released).  I am not sure if I have seen the upcoming version this cheap.  While I am really just getting into <em>OOTP 10<\/em>, having recently joined an online league for the first time in ages, I just decided that I could not leave well enough alone.  I guess the addiction is back in earnest!<\/p>\n<p>There were several items in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ootpdevelopments.com\/newsletters\/nl0062\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.ootpdevelopments.com\/newsletters\/nl0062\/', 'preorder announcement');\" target=\"_blank\">preorder announcement<\/a> that caught my attention.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A Player Comparison screen, in which you can compare two players side-by-side<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I know this is not much of a \u201cfeature\u201d however it is about gosh darn time this is included.  I guess by this point in the franchise the developers should concentrate on refinements.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>More customizable news subscriptions, so you can get just the news you want in your inbox<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another one in the category of small nuances; I hate having to shift thorough all those messages and news items.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A handy comparison tab, where you can compare your simulated results with the actual real-world results from that season<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This should be a fun way to see how bad I muck up Braves seasons!<\/p>\n<p>Truth be told, I could have been perfectly content with <em>OOTP 10,<\/em> but <em>OOTP 11<\/em> should be worth the money, especially considering I am getting it at a near bargain basement price.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I decided to preorder Out of the Park Baseball 11 (OOTP 11) while it was $15 off. Getting OOTP 11 for $24.99 is actually $5 cheaper than I paid for OOTP 10 back in November! It has been my experience that OOTP typically goes on sale for $10 off throughout the year, and maybe drops &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/02\/22\/ootp-11-preorder-special\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">OOTP 11 &#8211; Preorder Special<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[54,15,62],"class_list":["post-2042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-baseball","tag-ootp","tag-pc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2042"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2838,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions\/2838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}