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Thu Jun 12, 2014 4:31 pm
Hey guys,
Before I start with ATG 8 I just want to again mention that the 2014 Players Championship tournament is currently taking sign-ups. This tournament uses the 2013 player set and the winner and runner up both receive tickets to their favorite ballpark!! You can find out more details here. To sign-up, just add your name here.
Now ATG 8. We are getting close to launching the new set, but we're not quite there yet. We expect to launch within the next few weeks though. However the player list is set! For the first time ever, players from the Negro League seasons, Japanese League seasons, and the Cuban Stars rosters will be available to play with in ATG!
50 players have been chosen from these sets and will be added to the game. Cristobal Torriente, Oscar Charleston, Cool Papa Bell, and Josh Gibson are among the 20 Negro Leaguers to get a single season card added to the card. Almost all of the Japanese players added are currently honored in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. 1973 Sadaharu Oh is the main attraction of the 16 Japanese players but other players include HOF's such as Isao Harimoto, the only player with 3,000 hits in Japanese history, outfielder Koji Akiyama, and the "Little Great Hitter" Tsutomu Wakamatsu. An added bonus -- 2014 MLB rookie and 2013 Japanese stud pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. Cuban players? 14 have been added that represent the island of Cuba have been added. Omar Linares headlines this group of players that include "Crazy Man" Victor Mesa, "The Giant" Antonio Munoz, "Cyclone" Rogelio Garcia, and Braudilio Vinent. You can read full details on how the Cuban Stars cards were created here.
Of course MLB players have also been added. New Honus Wagner, Al Kaline, Willie Mays, Carl Yastrzemski, and Tom Seaver cards are among the new group of cards being added. Hank Thompson and Jim Lemon are among the players to have their first ATG card in the new release. Each of the 3 new MLB Hall of Fame inductees will also get a new card: 1992 Tom Glavine, 1997 Frank Thomas, and 1998 Greg Maddux.
In addition, 334 player cards currently in the game are being upgraded to their Super Advanced versions of the card. If we have a Super Advanced card for them, it's going in and replacing their previous computer generated cards. This means a new card for 1971 Roberto Clemente, 1961 Mickey Mantle, and 1977 Steve Carlton.
Lastly, we are also hoping to add some new stadiums to ATG 8. Which ones are added will be decided by you. A poll will be put up giving you a number of stadiums to pick from. Vote for the ones you would like to see added the most and the top vote getters will be added when ATG 8 launches.
We are excited to get this set out there but as I said we are not done with it quite yet. However it should be released fairly soon. If anyone has any questions please e-mail us at onlinegamesupport@strat-o-matic.com. Talk to everyone next Thursday!
-John
Before I start with ATG 8 I just want to again mention that the 2014 Players Championship tournament is currently taking sign-ups. This tournament uses the 2013 player set and the winner and runner up both receive tickets to their favorite ballpark!! You can find out more details here. To sign-up, just add your name here.
Now ATG 8. We are getting close to launching the new set, but we're not quite there yet. We expect to launch within the next few weeks though. However the player list is set! For the first time ever, players from the Negro League seasons, Japanese League seasons, and the Cuban Stars rosters will be available to play with in ATG!
50 players have been chosen from these sets and will be added to the game. Cristobal Torriente, Oscar Charleston, Cool Papa Bell, and Josh Gibson are among the 20 Negro Leaguers to get a single season card added to the card. Almost all of the Japanese players added are currently honored in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. 1973 Sadaharu Oh is the main attraction of the 16 Japanese players but other players include HOF's such as Isao Harimoto, the only player with 3,000 hits in Japanese history, outfielder Koji Akiyama, and the "Little Great Hitter" Tsutomu Wakamatsu. An added bonus -- 2014 MLB rookie and 2013 Japanese stud pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. Cuban players? 14 have been added that represent the island of Cuba have been added. Omar Linares headlines this group of players that include "Crazy Man" Victor Mesa, "The Giant" Antonio Munoz, "Cyclone" Rogelio Garcia, and Braudilio Vinent. You can read full details on how the Cuban Stars cards were created here.
Of course MLB players have also been added. New Honus Wagner, Al Kaline, Willie Mays, Carl Yastrzemski, and Tom Seaver cards are among the new group of cards being added. Hank Thompson and Jim Lemon are among the players to have their first ATG card in the new release. Each of the 3 new MLB Hall of Fame inductees will also get a new card: 1992 Tom Glavine, 1997 Frank Thomas, and 1998 Greg Maddux.
In addition, 334 player cards currently in the game are being upgraded to their Super Advanced versions of the card. If we have a Super Advanced card for them, it's going in and replacing their previous computer generated cards. This means a new card for 1971 Roberto Clemente, 1961 Mickey Mantle, and 1977 Steve Carlton.
Lastly, we are also hoping to add some new stadiums to ATG 8. Which ones are added will be decided by you. A poll will be put up giving you a number of stadiums to pick from. Vote for the ones you would like to see added the most and the top vote getters will be added when ATG 8 launches.
We are excited to get this set out there but as I said we are not done with it quite yet. However it should be released fairly soon. If anyone has any questions please e-mail us at onlinegamesupport@strat-o-matic.com. Talk to everyone next Thursday!
-John