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Originally Posted by Eugene Church
That's one of the great things about OOTP... you can play it your way.
CD plays it his way, jg2977 plays it his way and EC plays it his way.
None of the ways are right or wrong... just a personal preference.
Same thing in logos, jerseys and caps... we each use the style we like.
I'll just see if I like the best-of-three series... can always change it if needed.
Yes, I have to speed up each season if I ever expect to play 100 Islandian Pro Alliance seasons... EC is 81 and having fun, but all I have is this moment today... the rest of today and tomorrow is totally in God's hands.
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I'm glad you're having fun at your age - You know what they say, you're as young as you feel. I hope I'm having as fun as you are when I get there.
I once did over 600 seasons of a league, I think it was OOTP 2008. I plan on doing my IPA for a long time - I'm already on season #52 and am showing no signs of slowing down.
My IPA seasons are 162 games, just like today's MLB. I sim to the 81-game mark and post the midseason standings, then sim to the end of the regular season. If there is a tie for a division title I will watch those games, then I watch every playoff game in its entirety. When I get to 1969 I may expand the playoffs like MLB did, we'll see. But it will make it much more cumbersome to watch every playoff game, so I may just keep it as is. I have no intention of expanding ever again - 80 teams is enough.
I've been experimenting with the playoff formats a bit. For a while I made the first round best-of-five, but recently I went back to best-of-seven. The Pro Cup series has been best-of-nine for over a decade. It's been interesting, but it feels like it's a little bit too long - winning 4 games seems like the perfect amount to win a series, so I think next year I'll go back to the traditional best-of-seven for all series. I also experimented with the HHAAHAH format for a while, but HHAAAHH feels more like baseball. The other format is for hockey and basketball.