Running an online sim league often feels like unpaid IT support. In Part 2 of the Road to 1.0 series, I break down how SimLeaguesPro is rebuilding league hosting, commissioner tools, cloud report hosting, and team export tracking from the ground up. Continue Reading
If you’ve ever run an OOTP online league, you know the challenge: forums for recruiting, Discord for communication, FTP for league files, and multiple disconnected tools to hold everything together. SimLeaguesPro is a new online sim league platform built to bring league hosting, commissioner tools, fantasy leagues, recruitment, and community features into one connected experience. In Part 1 of the “Road to 1.0” series, longtime commissioner and developer Jeff Fox shares the story behind the platform, the problems it aims to solve, and the vision for the future of online sim leagues. Continue Reading
A real-world look at rebuilding and launching a modern web ecosystem—moving from legacy servers and outdated code to a streamlined, cloud-based platform. This final part of the series highlights the live sites, lessons learned, and what comes next. Continue Reading
A new release is available today for the OOTP Fantasy Baseball Leagues mod. Version 1.0.1 is a maintenance level release which upgrades the mod with better OOTP 12 support and some slight admin updates. The following changes are included: Enhancements… Continue Reading
This is the second to last Road To 1.0 development blog entry. It’s been a long road to get to the final release, but the final 1.0 version is coming this Monday September 26, 2011. No sooner did I finish… Continue Reading
Version 1.0.5 of the mod was a big release with lots of new big features and bug fixes. It also completed a number of open ended functional items that were missing from the mod and even featured a couple last… Continue Reading
One of the most important aspects of a site like the Fantasy mod is the organization and administration of it members. Unfortunately, the mod has historically been light in this area and it was done so on purpose. User Administration,… Continue Reading
While the amateur draft is an important milestone in every OOTP baseball season, the draft is arguably THE most important event in the game of fantasy baseball. While rosters change and evolve over the course of a fantasy season, the… Continue Reading
The Road to 1.0 is a series of articles chronicling the journey of this mod from conception to full 1.0 release. In the beginning, there was a fantasy mod. It has users and it had fantasy leagues (that all contained… Continue Reading
It's been a while since the last development update, but that's not really due to inactivity, just a lack of time to make actual blog posts. But I plan to start adding some more insight into the 1.0.5 development and beta process as we wind down towards a final 1.0 (non beta) release this fall. The Road to 1.0 continues and this is the home stretch of preparations for the big release. Continue Reading