switching to mogul 08

Just an idea to consider, as it may make it easier to recruit new owners.

Do more people own '08 than '07? I think really the turning point in getting members is when '07 goes free.

SanjiWatsuki wrote:

Do more people own '08 than '07? I think really the turning point in getting members is when '07 goes free.

Is there any ETA on when that will take place?

-Cinci'

Cincinnati GM wrote:

SanjiWatsuki wrote:

Do more people own '08 than '07? I think really the turning point in getting members is when '07 goes free.

Is there any ETA on when that will take place?

-Cinci'

I agree that is the question. I mean I have a 2008 league(as a lot of you know), and it is flourishing. So switching to 2008 would get gms, but I think we could get more with 2007 free. Just can this league survive until it becomes free?

Cincinnati GM wrote:

SanjiWatsuki wrote:

Do more people own '08 than '07? I think really the turning point in getting members is when '07 goes free.

Is there any ETA on when that will take place?

-Cinci'

I agree that is the question. I mean I have a 2008 league(as a lot of you know), and it is flourishing. So switching to 2008 would get gms, but I think we could get more with 2007 free. Just can this league survive until it becomes free?

Cincinnati GM wrote:

SanjiWatsuki wrote:

Do more people own '08 than '07? I think really the turning point in getting members is when '07 goes free.

Is there any ETA on when that will take place?

-Cinci'

I agree that is the question. I mean I have a 2008 league(as a lot of you know), and it is flourishing. So switching to 2008 would get gms, but I think we could get more with 2007 free. Just can this league survive until it becomes free?

Buhahaha! Apparently head management in Arizona wants
everything in triplicate!

-Cinci'

I agree that the problem is not knowing when 07 will be made free. I would think they would not do this to close to 08 being made available... I think they would do it more to give people a taste to get them interested when 09 comes out, which could be a while.

If we end the season with the league roughly half full after the owner check in maybe we should take a one week break for recruiting. If at that point we've made very little progress maybe we should look to make the switch. Or if we get alot of feedback during recruiting saying they'd be interested if the league made the switch to 08.

I will admit though that I have not been around the sportsmogul game long enough to know or remember when they've made these available in the past. I believe at some point I may have downloaded 05??? but can't be certain. Seems like at that point 07 was about to come out, but I may be mistaken.

ALso as a side note I have opened our league file using 07 and 08 with commissioner mode in both. The biggest problem I noticed was that all the lineups were jumbled up. Not that big a deal to fix. In addition my major league players current ratings were the same in both. Most of my prospects were the same, but I had a few where the current was off by maybe 1 or 2, and I noticed 2 peaks that were 3 off. When I looked at the current hitting and fielding ratings were the same, as well as all of their skills ratings. The finances and standings all looked correct to me, although there were a few teams that were off by 100k one way or the other.

I say we make this a poll, majority rules. Yes or no as only choices.

At this time my plan is to hold off on this. If there had been more interest earlier in the season I would have taken some time to play with switching over. If you own 08 and have tried opening our game file with you probably know that it is not a perfect process. Expenses, lineups, ratings, and other things tend to be screwy. Expenses and lineups can be fixed, but if the ratings are very much off that's a problem.

I'd like to ask for some help with this once we get to the start of the regular season. What I would like is for people who have 08 and 07 to open the game and play with it in both versions. Then we can see what problems there would be in dealing with this.