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Originally Posted by Habsfan18
Just wondering how many other people play this way? Essentially, it's like being a spectactor or even commissioner rather than being a GM or Manager of a particular club.
One of my favorite things to do is create/sim a complete alternate/fictional MLB history from 1901 to 2015 and then go from there. I've noticed that sometimes I have more fun just "watching" the league unfold rather than take over a club myself.
So yeah, do you guys act as a commissioner type as well? Or do you HAVE to be a GM or Manager to have fun? Of course it comes down to personal preference.
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The way I play since OOTP4
Start with 4 teams in 1871.
When the number of free agents is greater than number of players on rosters I expand by 2 teams.
My rosters are 26 for MLB teams and 10 on AAA.
26: 4 SP 5 RP 3 C 2 1B 2 2B 2 SS 2 3B 2 LF 2 CF 2 RF
10 - 1 of each - ghost players for the rest
If a player on MLB goes on DL I call up that position from AAA until he comes of the DL.
60 games - Friday, Saturday and Sunday - 3 man strict rotation (think college)
AAA - 40 games - Wednesday and Thursday
I have monthly scouting - first Monday of each month I adjust each team's roster, demoting and promoting based on overall rating and letting managers re-do lineups and rotations.
Post-season best 2 out of 3
I do the draft at the end of the season after the post season. To 'weight' the league, I always put draft order in order of how strong I want each team to be. I 'act as' each team in as they draft and do 'scout recommendation' and that is their pick.
Each pre-season I import my schedule (I have a quick basic routine to write .lsdl files - even years and odd years swap home and away series - each team gets 30 home and 30 away but if you open at home one year you open on the road the next, etc...)
I play in commissioner mode and control every team with no AI moves.
Each Spring I adjust rosters, adding free agents from free agent pool if better player at the position or needed to fill a position - here is where I go in order from worse team to best team the previous season.
I let manager set lineups and pitching staff.
I decide players on MLB roster by the team's scout's overall rating. If tied I go from left to right of other ratings. For the team's AAA team I use potential rating.
I real-time sim each day at 300 speed - watching line scores and look at standings and leaders each Monday.
I manual do my awards and hall of fame voting. My HOF criteria is that they have to get more than the average in at least 3 of 5 categories - occasionally I will have a 'veterans committee' HOFer if he is in the leaders in a big category or has several awards.
I archive almanacs yearly and saved weekly.
After the draft and after I have made all the team's ready for each season on opening day I do backups up my entire .lg folder to another internal drive and to an external drive (Yeah USB3!!!)
At the end of each season, I write standings, playoff results, leaders and award winners into a spiral notebook.