[jaysdailydose]

Hey everyone!

Good to be back, I had taken a new job and was just generally burnt out after doing so many quickstarts and other things such as helping people with their personal leagues, so I took time off from the forums.

I am going to be going back to dynasty reporting, but I have a few things I want to ask to see what would be the most "interesting" or what they think would be the best challenge. This might get a little long, so...

My main reason I play is for the history, but at the same time -- I always find myself wanting to play in one-pitch mode just because I love handling the bullpen. Even when I play in one-pitch, I only take care of the substitutions. This gives me a little bit of feeling that my manager is still "doing his job" -- even if I have to pretend a little bit and pretend he has my bullpen logic in his head.

I also like challenges like my old friend NYY#23's "Worst to First" dynasties. The only thing that has really stopped me from diving in to one of those is I would have such a problem not every seeing if I could build dynasties and leaving after one championship.

So, I am kind of stuck -- My main idea is that I am starting ONE dynasty report that will lead me through the rest of my OOTP lifetime... an "Infinity" league, if you will.

At the same time, there isn't much need for "infinity" if you are playing in one-pitch mode during every game, because at most you'll get 15-25 seasons in a true calendar year.

I want to have an interesting league for reporting, but I want to be able to get through a lot of time, as well. Here is what I am thinking, please let me know if this is a league that you yourself would be interested in...

Final Dynasty Idea
30 team league
162 game schedule, all statistical/financials locked.
Those that are familiar with my old dynasties know this is a "Level Playing Field" concept to where for the entirety of the dynasty, the statistics will remain fairly constant, along with the financials.

I am planning on playing far beyond that if I play in the manner I'm about to write about -- but I am thinking of calling it a "Joe McCarthy" challenge, in which I would be trying 24 year "careers" throughout the league and trying to best Joe McCarthy's managerial records, which I feel are the best for the World Series era. He won 7 WS, and has the highest winning percentage in the history of the game.

I need goals to keep me motivated, so I think this would be a great one.

My main problem is I write about these leagues, so if I am playing out every game -- I won't get much farther than one 25 year league even over a few calendar years... so I am thinking of doing the following:

I am thinking of actually managing ONLY the games in which my #1 starter pitches in, and also making that a focus of the dynasty report (How my staff aces do throughout the dynasty.) My other two options would be one-pitch mode every game, with me doing just the substitutions, as I've done for years -- or going completely GM-Only.

One of the main reasons that is such a concern is that at least in previous versions, most veteran players felt that the CPU did not manage their bullpens properly and let wins on the table -- while others felt that controlling your bullpen bordered on an exploit, because you would no doubt use them in a better fashion than the AI.

I am a devout Detroit Tigers fan, and would be using fictional players to avoid using player names as an indicator to their skill level... I would be using the real MLB teams, but fictional players throughout the league.

So, essentially, I would "play out" only around 35-37 starts per year, and I would update my report monthly.. I feel this would allow me to get through the passage of time in a reasonably fast manner, while also allowing myself to stay immersed with all of the teams.

I know this is a long post, but I've played so many different leagues that I just want to lock myself into one idea, with goals, to ensure that I don't get burnt out again. I've always loved this game, and baseball itself, of course -- but there are so many different ways to play that it really got to me, having so many options.

Thank you all, and good to see so many of you that I haven't seen in a few months.