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Originally Posted by Mr. Marlin
I'm playing a historical replay now and mostly enjoying it. But... you see I have this problem. I know too much about baseball history. I see a transaction happen, or a player do a thing, or fail to do a thing and catch myself shouting "that could never have happened!" Even though the game is doing exactly what it is supposed to be doing. It's all in my head I know. But I can't get it out!
So my preferred way to play is entirely fictional. For my fictional leagues I have two rules: 1) do not use any name or logo of an actual team that existed. It HAS to be all new. And 2) No reserve contract rule. In my fictional leagues baseball was never given an anti-trust exemption so free agency was a thing from the get-go.
I kept a fictional game running for several versions of OOTP and 90+ seasons of game play. I really enjoyed it. I may pick it up again but I'm thinking of trying something new. New teams, rules, logo & uniform concepts etc.
Online play was never my thing and I lost interest in modern MLB play pretty quick. I watch it on TV almost every night anyway. At least OOTP tile is something new and different.
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If you ever tire of fictional, give random debut a try. It takes a lot of the "that could never happen" completely out of play. You can set a league up using any desired location and use whatever team nicknames, uniforms, logos your heart desires. I use a combo of recalc and the OOTP development engine and players perform pretty darn close to the real deal. With random you can also pick a period of baseball history you really enjoyed and lock you league into that time frame. My current league uses 1974 as a stat base. I've increased the use of closers to align more with the early 80's. I use small drafts, so teams end up playing some rather obscure dudes and with the combo of recalc/development, some of these guys have longer careers than they did in real life. But, the OOTP engine is strong enough that you don't have to worry about some never was turning into Babe Ruth. I don't use players from prior to 1901 in my random debuts, as I don't like the way the pre 1901 guys perform, especially pitchers. But, that's just my opinion.