Great news, Shaun. My mother suffered from Meuniere's disease & it was controlled with some medication. It is certainly not life-threatening & never really inhibited her once it was diagnosed & she got the medication. So... keep taking the tablets! [:D]

FrozenStiffer, doesn't a player have to have 10 years service to be considered?

And another - # 2!

XP for me!

... to create a fictional country and have all players from regions / cities within that country? I assume it would mean editing an xml file somewhere; if so, would some kind soul please point me in the right direction?

<t> I'm with KG, there's something special about holding a book in your hands, especially if it's printed on nice paper! I bought the ninth edition of the Macmillan Baseball Encyclopedia, a weighty tome and not that easy to find in the UK.&nbsp;I had ordered it through a local bookshop, who finally ...

My thanks also, Jono. I only bought the game a couple of weeks ago & assumed I had the latest version, but I just checked and I seem to be running v1.0. Downloading v1.51 as I type [8D], hoping that does the trick.

Looks like we're all rookies. Can anyone in the know help us, please? [&:]

Thanks for chipping in, thecarl, perhaps we're the only ones with the problem. Otherwise, the silence is deafening. [:(]

<t> Three times now, the game has hung up when my pitcher was injured and I was asked to insert a new pitcher into the game. Each time, after selecting the new pitcher, I was returned to the game screen, the new pitcher was "announced" in the pbp, but then everything stopped. Is this a known issue ...

<t> I bought the game a couple of days ago and am having a ball! I know that a great deal of editing can be done and I know how to, for example, edit the player cards and even get into the xml [having backed it up first!]. However, as I am only likely to play fictional associations, I would like, if ...

Nice! But whatever the reasons, I bought the game last night and look forward to starting to get into it this weekend. Thanks for the push, guys! [8D]

Are you working on a commission basis, Amaroq? [8D]&nbsp;In any case, I really like the idea of involving owners of the present version in the beta for the new edition, so I think Puresim probably has itself another customer!

OK PadresFan, thanks for taking the time. It's a shame, but not a deal-breaker; I like what I see so far, so my only decision is whether I buy now or wait for the 2008 version, which people are suggesting may be out around Opening Day. Is that a reasonable expectation?

I see 30 people have looked at this. Does no one know the answer to the question? Please?

<t> ... and loving it! I seem to be able to regain a lot of the fun that I feel has seeped out of OOTP in its latest incarnation. I love watching the games and I really like the layout, the reports, etc. I am aware that there are things I can't do in the demo that I would be able to when I buy the ...