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Originally Posted by tejdog1
No. I never have done that. I've never commish moded anything ever until now. This just seemed absolutely freakin ridiculous to me.
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Like many other previous posts, its your game, play it the way you enjoy it the most. But just to put my opinion out there, I'm just the opposite of the above post. I LOVE the storylines. In fact, the more ridiculous the better. Had this player given up baseball for football, that would have been more realistic, but less interesting. If I'm going to lose a top prospect forever, I say make his exit memorable, I'd rather him leave through a crazily bizarre storyline than a forgettably realistic reason.
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Originally Posted by Elektranaut
Going back to the 1960's there was an outstanding footballer in England who played for Wolves called Peter Knowles.He retired aged only 25 to become a Jehovah's witness.He scored 61 goals in 174 games for his club who always hoped he would return.They didn't cancel his contract until 1982.
Peter Knowles was never forgotten « Express & Star |
I think this would be considered by most to be more "ridiculous" by comparison, except it actually happened. He gave up a career in English soccer (and who doesn't know how rabid the English are about their soccer?) to join an unpopular religion, spend his weekends knocking on people's doors, and
not be paid for it. But clearly it does happen.
Golf seems less unlikely by comparison. At least golf pays.
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Originally Posted by jazzrack
and BTW. Rickey Williams quit football for a few years to smoke pot, so don't talk to me about anything being "unrealistic"
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There were whispers of some mental disorders (social anxiety and such), which may explain the pot use. So applying that to the golf situation, there may have been more to the story than what was reported.
Maybe in his world golf is more lucrative. Maybe he has rich parents and didn't need the money. Maybe he figured he'd have a longer career in golf (cause you can play until you're like 90). Maybe he just never liked baseball to begin with, but was just good at it and kept getting contracts. Maybe he was getting bullied in the locker room and switched to a non-team sport. Maybe he just really, really loves golf.
That's why I like the outlandish, it makes you think up interesting backstories
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Perhaps this belongs in another post, but I'll throw it in here: I think storylines should be expanded --yes,
expanded! -- to the point where they're common. Just make most of them benign, so that you never really know what's happening, but it puts ideas/hopes/doubts in your head -- placebo effect. And it gives you something to read as you're simming out the season. Better immersion without adding any core code.