[NoOne]

Yes, but as you get more comfortable you'll feel that less over time.

Also, you can make more than one backup. In game or simply copying and pasting teh .lg folder (league or backup folder if up to date) somewhere safe.

if you use the in game backup, you ned to first rename the existing up to date backup folder, then use the "copy all files" option when you make the "new" backup. you now have 2 backupfolders for current date, but only one will update incrementally going forward when you click backup.

uncheck the "copy all files" after that. the default backup process is an incremental update, so it's much faster..

play a bunch of seasons and form better opinions and preferences. I guarantee this "first" long-term save won't get far :P In 2-3 years you'll have it well-polished, bwahaha.

use the templates -- during creation and after. use the backup option and make copes of the game folder as necessary. can always test somethign out then revert... or if very anxious, make sure you backup each week or month and if/when you find a slip-up with a setting you don't have far to go to reverse it.

I actualyl have a set of folders for league setups separate from the ootp directory. Mimics the paths of the .lg folder, like "logos" "ballcaps" etc, so i can just copy and paste over existing files and into existing directories. ihave a spreadsheet that helps me organize the divisions, finances and other stuff.

i've got a spreadhseet that takes the data dumps of statistics and adds/averages out unlimited number of years (hardware/memory-limited, of course). Compares to league total targets and shows what % they are off to adjust teh modifier. MY current structure is 1SL 3 divisions of 10, so it doens't work for many others, lol, but if good with spreadsheets wouldn't take much to fix that. probably have an older one around that can do a 2SL setup.

The nitty-gritty, baby!!!! Though that has evolved over the years. i care more about individual results at teh top more than league averages. They've done some really good things with talent distribution the last 5 years or so. Some don't like it, but that's more about familiarity that is lost, which is easily regained .. understanding where the median is and what is good, better or best talent-wise. (the best is still the same, but the other tiers look a lot different) This has greatly helped with stat distribution, improving the best players a bit and making median players a bit worse to the eyes, despite similar statistical results.

to get the best power hitters to have a rare chance of 60+hr, for example is much closer to typical league averages, now. In the past you'd have to amp up the league offense a bit more. I don't want all of them capable of it, just they guys with good contact and high power, barring a freak accident. if one guy does it in 100 years that isn't quite up to snuff, that's okay.. Sammy Sossa probbably fits that discription, lol.

I only want the 100spd 100 steal guys being capable of peaking at 100+ SB. a la ricky henderson. As long as that doesn't require soemthing catastrophically league breaking, i'll ignore elevated league totals for SB a bit. It doesn't take anything drastic, actually, same with the my individual HR goals.

anyway with new distribution curves of created players -- fatter at bottom and middle than before, i assume -- it deosn't take as much boosting to see what i want out of individuals. They've really done a great job with talent distribution no matter what anyone says about the looks of it.