How did you FIRST find out about Baseball Mogul or Football Mogul?

[Clay Dreslough]

How did you find out about Baseball Mogul 2002?

(Feel free to post to further describe the exact site or circumstance)

Thanks!

Clay

[ryansiegrist]

Read about it in the local newspaper. (Town Newspaper, not boston globe or anything)

[takaplan]

I saw it in The Hartford Courant way back before BBM '99...back when you were still iMonkey. I think they ran a review of the game last year also.

I bought it at Software Etc. at the mall...I got a free football mogul too!

Tom

[Josh K.]

I usually accept PC Gamer's opinion as close to gospel truth. When they gave it a great rating I had to get it.

[Jeff Olsen]

Prior to Mogul99, I had been creating historical universes with the Tony LaRussa series. I bought Nick Keren's Ultimate Utilities in order to make my work easier and heard about Baseball Mogul via his website (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/NickKeren/) and went to stores trying to find it. Like Tom, I finally found BM99 bundled with Football Mogul in a Software, Etc.

[bballwiz]

Found out about it at a Abandonware site:www.theunderdogs.org, the site said that you all gave them permission to put it up, although I would have downloaded it regardless:D

[Clay Dreslough]

Originally posted by bballwiz
Found out about it at a Abandonware site:www.theunderdogs.org,

That's great! I was hoping we might get some free press from letting them offer the older version for download.

Clay

[mooseman74]

I first heard about it from downloading a demo from Excite Demo games (I believe). It was the '99 Demo. It was the greatest baseball game I had ever played. I played so many seasons even though I could only play one at a time with the Demo. I tried to find a full version but couldn't, so I had to wait patiently for 2000 to come out. The rest is computer chair history, as my butt's been planted in mine playing the game religiously. I can't wait till the next version comes out....2k2 has been great.

[thegecko]

I learned about BM from a member of a Royals chat room. He said the game was great and I should give it a try. I did and the game is awsome.

[ervinn]

I signed up and was accepted to be a beta tester for the original Baseball Mogul. However, when I received the package in the mail I was asked to pay $20-some for it. I didn't pay it and instead wrote to Clay about it who then removed me from the beta testing group.

cheers,

ervinn

[rjolley]

I found out about it in a forum or newsgroup, don't remember which. Actually was a beta-tester for the original game and throughout the first year. Wish I had as much time now as I did then to play all the great sports sims out.

Ah well...

Rick

[takaplan]

Originally posted by ervinn
I signed up and was accepted to be a beta tester for the original Baseball Mogul. However, when I received the package in the mail I was asked to pay $20-some for it. I didn't pay it and instead wrote to Clay about it who then removed me from the beta testing group.

cheers,

ervinn

That's weird. I'm interested in what happened. What did you get sent in the mail that they asked you to pay for?

[loftonbizkit]

Hmmm....

If i remember correctly, I found out about Baseball Mogul 2002 from a site called www.smallball.com (http://www.smallball.com) they had(have) a banner that links to the Sports Mogul website...I encourage anyone and everyone here to try out SmallBall! :cool:

[Chipper_Jones]

I can't answer the poll, because I never heard of Baseball Mogul. I was wandering the computer games aisle at my local Wal Mart, hoping I'd find a new sports game from EA Games on sale. There were none, but I did see Baseball Mogul 2003, and the price was right for experimenting. So I plunked down the cash, brought the game home, and have been addicted since. That was in June.

Note that I'm not a baseball fan in real life. I can never seem to enjoy sitting and watching the game for three or four hours. It tends to be a difficult game to enjoy with bad eyesight. But with sports mogul games, you are right in the thick of things, you don't actually PLAY the game, you make the intelligent decisions that keep the games running. I think that's the best way to play :)

Jonathan Sanders.

[Chipper_Jones]

I can't answer the poll, because I never heard of Baseball Mogul. I was wandering the computer games aisle at my local Wal Mart, hoping I'd find a new sports game from EA Games on sale. There were none, but I did see Baseball Mogul 2003, and the price was right for experimenting. So I plunked down the cash, brought the game home, and have been addicted since. That was in June.

Note that I'm not a baseball fan in real life. I can never seem to enjoy sitting and watching the game for three or four hours. It tends to be a difficult game to enjoy with bad eyesight. But with sports mogul games, you are right in the thick of things, you don't actually PLAY the game, you make the intelligent decisions that keep the games running. I think that's the best way to play :)

Jonathan Sanders.

[Deke]

Believe it or not, I found out about BBMO while sifting through game reviews. (amazon.com) I had bought Season Ticket Baseball (Out of the Park) and was checking out the reviews of it online where I noticed some guy had posted his approval of the game. In his comments he also mentioned BBM and the fact that it had an online game. That intrigued me so I did a search for it and found the Sports Mogul website. And here I am today with a new addiction. :)

[bsessler]

I came across baseball mogul 99' by searching for it in a search engine (google or maybe it was excite back in 99'). I LOVED the demo version and went to best buy when it was released in SEPT. Baseball Mogul was no where to be found in the chicagoland area. I was dissapointed to say the least. Everytime I went to Best Buy, Wal Mart exc. I would check and see if it had arrived. None of my stores carry it, so I eventually forgot about it untill a year or so ago, when the online baseball game I was playing (grandslam baseball) went under and someone in the forums said they found this cool new baseball sim. I had just missed the demo testing of BMO and decided to let the bugs get worked out before joining your game.

I have been very happy with this game, but I would love to see some of the features from the cd-rom game added to the online game. One of my favorite things about the cd rom game was the unpredictability of the players and their agents. You couldn't just assume they would sign with you. the player had to WANT to sign with you and you had to offer him a contract and see what the agent thought. I LOVED that and am VERY dissapointed to not see that in the online version. It adds an aspect of realism that seperates it from just another baseball sim. The other cool feature was the player position graphic. Seeing your players name in right field, center field exc. adds another depth of realism that makes the cd rom game so great. The online game could use a little more realism to make it truely the elite simulation game it can be.

keep up the good work.

[ramsfan125]

I found a demo of Baseball Mogul 2002 on www.gamerevolution.com and downloaded it, took two hours too. But it was worth it, and I continuously found about Mogul 2003 from this site, and I bought it from Wal-Mart.

[Redcorn]

I was browsing through the upcoming games on www.gamesages.com and saw this game and it interested me. I bought it after reading the review

[Sheadawgrox]

I found out form a friend of mine who had 2002, and when '03 cam out we all downloaded it form him
is anyone here in highshcool?
i am
and i have a laptop
and i must say that i played 2002 for all of freshman year, it made te most boring class fun
i would alwyas hide my computer screen so my techer couldn't see
me and my friends would build dynatsy after dynasty
even making crappy teach such as "the Vermont Fudgepacers" (i'm from New Hampshire if you can't tell why i hate vermont, "Vermont, the state that makes New Hampshire nervous", just to clear things up we in NH make fun of vermonts gay marriages but thats off topic.)
But when '04 came out
we were all like little school girls meeting the new Senior Pretty boy
i almost peed my pants i was so happy
so we split the money 3 ways
and baught it
and i must say that if baseball mogul doesn't live on
i will do everything in my power to aid the wonder GODS THAT HAVE SAVED MY HIGHSCHOOL LIFE, in maintaining this buisness
WHO'S WTH ME?

[boomboom]

i found bm2k3 online at Gamestop.com, I was looking for a baseball video game, and i guess matches come up on the right hand side of the screen....saw baseball mogul 2k3!

Bobby

[rollsroyce11991]

I was looking for a baseball game where you could be the general manager, and sure enough mogul came up on google.

[Dave The Man]

This an Old Poll.

I found the Original Demo in 99 on a Sport Demo CD.

This CD was found in Australia too!

[Albe7916]

I have,and I had bought back in the day---The original baseball Mogul for windows 95 by infinite monkey systems, back in 1997/98. I think I had originally found the game thru some internet search engine/and or review site. I was messing with Microsoft's Baseball 98 with randy johnson on the cover. I just recently found the game in some boxes, and it rekindled my thoughts as to what had happened to the game. No comparing version 7 with that original---version 7 is miles and miles from that original. But I still have it!

[beerchaser]

I happened across Baseball Mogul on Amazon.com. I saw Football Mogul here on the SM website, but as I just posted on one of the Football threads I'm waiting for an upgraded version to jump into that one. Looks like I may be waiting awhile (?!!).

[boomboom]

I have,and I had bought back in the day---The original baseball Mogul for windows 95 by infinite monkey systems, back in 1997/98. I think I had originally found the game thru some internet search engine/and or review site. I was messing with Microsoft's Baseball 98 with randy johnson on the cover. I just recently found the game in some boxes, and it rekindled my thoughts as to what had happened to the game. No comparing version 7 with that original---version 7 is miles and miles from that original. But I still have it!

IT is actually on Version 9 now.


BM1
BM99
bm2k
bm2k2
bm2k3
bm2k4
bm2k5
bm2k6
bm2k7


2k1 wasn't released. Due to the publisher falling out. My best experience with SPorts Mogul was on Baseball Mogul Online. It is were the most enthusiastic players play. They are on this site for upwards of 6-8 hrs a day..playing the game :)

[RickD]

I walked into a Radio Shack and saw it in the discount bin! Hooked!!!!

[RickD]

Walked into a radio shack and found a sale on bm2k3....bought it and was hooked.....picked up 2k5 and now 2k7

[SFSteveG]

You are the king bobby

[defcheetah]

I saw it at Wal-Mart, and the box made it look really, really worth buying and it was. And like another poster mentioned, I hadn't followed baseball since the 95-96 strike, I was really turned off from the game after that , being the Astros looked series bound that year. I bought the game mainly because of the 90 years of rosters.

[nuzzy62]

I want to say I read about it in Computer Gaming and then downloaded the demo - I would think that's probably 99 % accurate, but that was four years ago.

[mhcgjl]

Bought 2003 Baseball Mogul game on eBay.

[QHowes]

I found it on a p2p program..downloaded it...loved it...and have happily purchased the game ever since. I always count down the days till the next release or patch.

[mikeboh]

someone on aol told me about it then i bought the 2000 version and have bought nearly every year since except maybe 2004

[JoeKlink]

Found it back in 2001. I think I was trying to find an old board game version of Pursue the Pennant or something like that. Been a faithful purchaser and player ever since.

[sayheykid]

Your poll doesn't include my scenario. I was just looking through the games at London Drugs (specificly, non-action games) and thought I might enjoy this. Tried it, liked it, bought Football Mogul.

[CatKnight]

Underdogs.com, an abandonware site, has BM1997 (apparently with permission.) I really enjoyed it, so I did a web search to see if the company was still alive. :)

[RancerDS]

I had actually seen Mogul 200x at Wal-mart and wondered if I should have purchased it. After getting tired of running baseball sims in Front Page Sports: Baseball '97, someone had mentioned OOTP. When researching it and talking with online peeps, had heard about Mogul again.

[boomboom]

You are the king bobby

hey thanks steve!, actually you are :D

[eecheerow]

Saw '07 for sale in Circuit City and thought i'd look it up when I got home... exactly the game I had been looking for.

[9tysix]

I just walked by it (football mogul) one day and asked my dad for it. I was 9 and even at that age I liked it.

[BBMogulLover21]

I first found it at a store in Gurnee Mills in IL a huge mall game was being sold on clearance for $5 I believe it was BB Mogul 1997 if it even was around back then if not it was like 98 or something

[themcnoisy]

Was reading a few posts on the ootp forums and was really annoyed at the time as the game looked and played the same as Football Manager (soccer) game which I also owned - and hated.

Read a post on the ootp forums about BMogul and looked into it little.

Told my girlfriend to get me it when she was in the USA - little tyke didnt bring it back with her!!!! THE B?I£H!!!!!

Shortly after we split up.


A few weeks ago it was fathers day, and just a few days before this as a present off my son I got a fully boxed version of Baseball Mogul 07.
All is now forgiven.

Oh were not back together though - Im too busy trying to win he world series.

[royals85]

I first found out about Baseball mogul from Best Buy actually, got the 2003 or 04 version when it was called baseball manager i think

[BBMogulLover21]

I found the game here in a huge mall called Gurnee Mills in Illinois.... It was on the discount rack for only $5!! back I guess in the very first version or so... it was 1997 I believe.... been buying the game since then. Funny how much things have progressed since back then... game was $5 and now look how many people but it and how much its worth

[royals85]

I first got BBM at Best Buy, when it was called baseball manager, the 03 version maybe? for $5 bucks, then bought the current version...and have ever since.

[NoahSoho]

I'd been unsuccessfully looking for a game that I could be the GM of, and cut out the hour-long actual playing of the game itself, unless I wanted to play it. Then one day, I was peeking through the games at the corner GameStop...just kinda browsing, minding my own...when I noticed "Baseball Mogul 2007" just kinda chillin' there (And yes, I know this is a 5 year old post). I picked it up, took a look at it...and I noticed the Calvert Hall Cardinal on the front (being as I actually lived and worked in Towson, Maryland, across the street from the Calvert Hall school itself) and it piqued my interest. From there on out...it was like meeting the girl of your dreams and every word that comes outta her mouth just makes you love her more...everything I read on the box just awe'd me...so I bought it for $10 (it was a small investment if the game was not that good, I thought...) and have been playing it every night since (about a month or so...still a newbie!)

[Walter Johnson]

I was googling "Baseball Manager", which turned out to be a pirated version of BBM2k7.

I am used to playing the Championship Manager (UK soccer) series, and decided to give this one a try. EXTREMELY impressed!!! I haven't cheated (I've tweaked one or 2 things, but only by 10%), and at the moment have a Roster that would kick anyone's ***:

SP
Mathewson
McGinnity
Taylor
Johnson
Young
RP
Coveleski
Alexander
Marquand
C Meyers
1B Beckley
2B Lajoie
3B Steinfeldt
SS Wagner
LF Crawford
CF Cobb
RF Keeler
BENCH
Davis
Selbach
van Haltren
Bowerman
Ritchey

Acquired through:

a lot of trading of rookies minor leaguers and players who weren't really getting a game, e.g., Germany Schaefer only had 8AB in 04 & 3AB in 05 so that my Roster was reduced to minimum numbers, then rebuilding with post-draft free agents
only spending 900k of the team's money to increase the stadium capacity from 38805 to 42979
getting players at lowest possible contract renewals (one player took a pay cut from 16.3M to 7.55M pa for a 5-year extension)
playing on the gullibility of other AI-generated Clubs (traded a RP to WSN for 23m - madness!)

So far:

Won 3 WS (1901,04,05)
Won 4 NL Pennants (1901,02,04,05)
Finished 2nd in 03

[semperatus]

After the baseball strike, my interest waned so I was playing some soccer sims in 97/98, but as with any addiction I fell back into my old habits of looking at boxscores of the Tigers, I heard Ernie Harwell in an interview, and that voice drew me backinto the fold. I had played Tony L. and Oldtimers BB but wanted something different, a deep search of the internet turned up a free version of BBM, prolly BBM1, loved it. I've owned 3 or 4 versions since. I still goof with some of the competitors but BBM is my second all time favorite sim. No.1 being Monday Morning Manager that came out in the mid 80's for my ol Atari 800.

S

[PSXtreme]

Earlier in the year, I had seen it in a Wal-Mart in West Memphis AR, but didn't pick it up at the time. After I had done some looking into the game, I went back for it and all the copies were gone. :(

However, a week ago I stumbled across it (BM2008) in an EBstop in Effingham, IL (it was the last copy) and gobbled it up.

[Ken52579]

I was in toys "r" us at the time buying triple play baseball and saw this game for the pc. So I decided to buy it, Clay help me remember which one this was I am not sure if it was the original or 99.

I think it was the original one tho, it had pictures of drawn of women and robots as it went up the 2000s+ lol was interesting I must say hehe. Anyway I been hooked ever since I have played all of them and started to like football mogul too.

I like being the gm of the team running all of the aspects of it. I do that with todays ps3 games that I own and other as well. Playing madden and others like that I think it is cool to be able to manage that aspect of it. I so love this game I of course give it 5 stars it is that enjoyable and never gets old :).

[MeetDaMets]

None of the above !

I was simply browsing titles at the local store.
Looking for a baseball game.
Saw this.
Thought it kinda reminded me of pete rose baseball or maybe hardball 5.
decided i liked the concept and wasnt really thrilled about games that i would need 20 buttons to run jump pivot throw etc.

havent played a pc baseball game in years.

am enjoying this alot.