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Originally Posted by uruguru
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Very cool! Yes, the story lines that develop over a season, a career or even a game are so cool.
I typically play two games a night, both with fictional franchises.
The one I am GM and Manager. I use pitch-by-pitch, keep a scorecard and manage everything except baserunning and infield defense (that's why I have coaches). I love the flow of a long season and how you can really notice the different characteristics of the different players. I know when pitcher X is on the mound it's going to be a roller coaster with lots of pitches per plate appearance. I can really notice the effect of good vs poor fielders, strong arms vs weak arms, good framing vs bad. And in pitch by pitch, you can really feel the tension of different pitch counts and watch your pitcher lean into his best pitch to get a key strikeout.
The other franchise I am just the owner. I hire/fire staff. Set budgets and team focus, override a trade in rare circumstances, etc. I watch this team's games in one pitch mode and just kick back in my private box with a beer. It's a small market team, so my object with this franchise is to turn a profit and be competitive every few years.
All my games I play in 3D, very fast play by play, with static view WIDE or Action HP. I find the dynamic and follow ball camera too distracting.
I'm in the 17th year of this fictional league and like I said above, I kind of know this league's history and it's players better than the MLB these days.