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Old 08-12-2019, 09:56 AM   #4
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First of all, I don't understand the mentality of somebody spending **HUNDREDS** of dollars on a game that is not a challenge for them. To me, the enjoyment is in grinding your way to the top via smart picks in the AH and obtaining your PP's through your teams' accomplishments rather than opening up my wallet.
This is the most common misconception in this sort of threads; the assumption that everybody has (to have?) joy the same way. You must realize that for some people the biggest joy is throwing a thousand bucks at the screen so they can then cave your skull in, 19 times a year.

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Seeing my OVR 69 Tony Gwynn or OVR 88 Rod Carew consistently hit around or above .300 feels a LOT better than having an OVR 100 [...] Walter Johnson.
Nah, I'm still keeping Big Walt...
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