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Originally Posted by Bunktown Ballers
Reading all these post makes me yearn for the good ole days of me playing year after year of a career. Definitely going back to what back OOTP was made for when new edition comes out. I also played out every game too.
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That's the only way I've played baseball sims, dating back to 1984. With the exception of two or three brief instances I can recall, I only do GM-only sims for beta testing, to test settings changes, or to help troubleshoot issues that other people are having.
When you play out and manage your games, the fun factor increases exponentially, and you get a much better understanding of how the sim works and how results are being generated. I use the one-pitch mode to expedite play, so I can complete an entire season in a matter of days. Sometimes, when my team is on defense, I also use the option to sim until runners are in scoring position, particularly if it's a blowout game or some weaker hitters are due in the lineup. It's a good way to save a minute or two here and there, if you don't mind missing a bit of the action.
That being said, some people just love running sims to see how a league or how history plays out, and they're not interested in being a GM or manager for a given team. That's a different case, and obviously it makes sense to not play out games in that context.