How long does it take you to get through a season?

JMGC · 04-26-2015, 11:55 AM

I just finished my first season in OOTP 16. I played out each game in one pitch mode, and it took me about 1.5 or 2 weeks

Questdog · 04-26-2015, 12:18 PM

It takes me about a month to get through a year.

I do a lot of writing and tabulating and perusing every day so that I know my universe inside-out. I used to go a lot faster, but became irritated when I would notice things that had been going on for months or years in my universe that I hadn't noticed before. Or missed someone performing some heroics.

Gai1997 · 04-26-2015, 01:38 PM

I am the opposite, I barely play out my games. I do trades/signings, and sim the year completely and stop at certain points to evaluate all my players and make trades if need be. I rarely tinker with lineups besides teaching prospects new positions to get more versatility out of them. I play for the glory of championships basically. I'd like to be more in depth with my league as a whole but I honestly don't know how to go about it. I'm content with the way I'm going currently though, it's fun.

I do play out my playoff games though, all of them. But not pitch by pitch except in certain important spots.

ra7c7er · 04-26-2015, 01:51 PM

I spend time on the draft, trades, FA signing, and extensions. Sometimes I'll fiddle with lineups when roster expansion hits. Seasons only take me 25-30 minutes if that. Caveat to that is I'm talking about my fictional indy league world with only an 80 game season and a 2 round draft.

One of the great things about this game is the infinite different ways to play the game.

dunningrb · 04-26-2015, 02:02 PM

I play out each game pitch-by-pitch. I could get through a season in two weeks if I ignored every other obligation in my life. As it is, it takes me several weeks to complete a season.

The Game · 04-26-2015, 02:48 PM

2-3 months to get through my EBL -MLB league, mostly since i have a dynasty thread. My ABF league takes about 2 days since i sim. I am still on season 1 of my Top 5 players which I have been playing since OOTP 14.

swoboda · 04-26-2015, 03:11 PM

Play'em all out one-pitch mode for me that's a solid 5 months.
GM only more like 2 months.

Padreman · 04-26-2015, 03:21 PM

2-3 days per season I Sim all games

james17 · 04-26-2015, 03:32 PM

Guess I'm slow. I use one pitch mode and finish a season in about 11-12 weeks.

tcblcommish · 04-26-2015, 04:03 PM

I play out all my game from start to finish tho I skip spring training and it takes me about a week. It depends on how my team is doing. If I am winning all the time it's easy to breeze thru a season but a losing team is a little rougher lol

RchW · 04-26-2015, 04:29 PM

Ten days to 3 months depending on what else I'm doing.

Grafton19 · 04-26-2015, 05:55 PM

Couple days depending on my life..

I watch sim of all my games and if I ever make the playoffs if when i'd play haha

mpejkrm · 04-26-2015, 07:30 PM

Wow you guys take a while. I can get through a season in an hour if I'm really focused, but usually it's 3 to 4 hours per season. I don't play out any regular season games.

IsaacR · 04-26-2015, 07:54 PM

About a day per season, though my new fictional league should be about 2-3 weeks since there are a lot of teams (4 30 team major leagues with full minors and feeders, plus one Indy league of 24 teams.)

Hockey13Playa · 04-26-2015, 08:38 PM

I usually play out every game, one swing pitch mode for the first season... Then for all seasons after I usually start out the same way and as I get 60%-70% through the season I usually sim the games with my weak picthers and play out the starting 3 in the rotation. Since launch day I've made it through 2 season and am on my 3rd!

lejdot · 04-26-2015, 11:20 PM

I GM only and can be pretty hands off and look at the team in trends, I dont pay too much attention to the rest of the league and whats happening to be honest, just focus on my team, I can do a season in 10-12 hrs. I may only play out the playoff games, even then I let the manager make the decisions.

ToTheBackstop · 04-27-2015, 02:19 AM

I GM, and play/watch in pitch-by-pitch mode for all big league games in my fictional league, including ones not including my team, plus all minor league games involving my organization (5 levels of minors). It roughly takes 10-12 months per season.

Fyrestorm3 · 04-27-2015, 01:56 PM

About 2 months if I'm playing every game. 2-4 weeks if I'm simming, depending on how often I play. I much prefer playing out every game.

Assos · 04-27-2015, 02:08 PM

15 to 19 days for playing out my games, minus ST. I just keep an eye the players in ST. Then two days for off season, follows my strict rules of trying not to have anyone signed past 35 unless they are career teamers!

Orioles1966 · 04-27-2015, 02:23 PM

Takes me 6-7 weeks.

04-26-2015, 11:55 AM	#1
JMGC Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 69	How long does it take you to get through a season? I just finished my first season in OOTP 16. I played out each game in one pitch mode, and it took me about 1.5 or 2 weeks

04-26-2015, 01:51 PM	#4
ra7c7er All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 1,098	I spend time on the draft, trades, FA signing, and extensions. Sometimes I'll fiddle with lineups when roster expansion hits. Seasons only take me 25-30 minutes if that. Caveat to that is I'm talking about my fictional indy league world with only an 80 game season and a 2 round draft. One of the great things about this game is the infinite different ways to play the game. Last edited by ra7c7er; 04-26-2015 at 04:51 PM.

04-26-2015, 02:02 PM	#5
dunningrb Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2010 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 154	I play out each game pitch-by-pitch. I could get through a season in two weeks if I ignored every other obligation in my life. As it is, it takes me several weeks to complete a season. __________________ -- Rodney Dunning

04-26-2015, 02:48 PM	#6
The Game Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Inside The Game Posts: 30,937	2-3 months to get through my EBL -MLB league, mostly since i have a dynasty thread. My ABF league takes about 2 days since i sim. I am still on season 1 of my Top 5 players which I have been playing since OOTP 14. __________________ Go today don't wait for tomorrow It isn't promised, all the time you get borrowed Don't live your life for other people Don't bottle your emotions till they crack and fill a couple just sorrows Take your mind and refocus go get a paper write your goals out Throw your middle fingers to all your haters "Stay Strong"

04-26-2015, 03:11 PM	#7
swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,228	Play'em all out one-pitch mode for me that's a solid 5 months. GM only more like 2 months. __________________ "...If you want to look ahead to the bottom of the ninth, the Mets will be sending up Buddy Harrelson, Jerry Buchek , and Don Bosch, we'll be right back after this word from Rheingold Beer" The late great Lindsey Nelson

04-26-2015, 12:18 PM	#2
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	It takes me about a month to get through a year. I do a lot of writing and tabulating and perusing every day so that I know my universe inside-out. I used to go a lot faster, but became irritated when I would notice things that had been going on for months or years in my universe that I hadn't noticed before. Or missed someone performing some heroics.

04-26-2015, 01:38 PM	#3
Gai1997 Major Leagues Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 370	I am the opposite, I barely play out my games. I do trades/signings, and sim the year completely and stop at certain points to evaluate all my players and make trades if need be. I rarely tinker with lineups besides teaching prospects new positions to get more versatility out of them. I play for the glory of championships basically. I'd like to be more in depth with my league as a whole but I honestly don't know how to go about it. I'm content with the way I'm going currently though, it's fun. I do play out my playoff games though, all of them. But not pitch by pitch except in certain important spots.

04-26-2015, 03:21 PM	#8
Padreman Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2013 Location: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (formally San Diego, CA.) Posts: 4,138	2-3 days per season I Sim all games __________________ Chargers= Despicable Traitors

04-26-2015, 03:32 PM	#9
james17 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,305	Guess I'm slow. I use one pitch mode and finish a season in about 11-12 weeks.

04-26-2015, 04:03 PM	#10
tcblcommish Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 3,438	I play out all my game from start to finish tho I skip spring training and it takes me about a week. It depends on how my team is doing. If I am winning all the time it's easy to breeze thru a season but a losing team is a little rougher lol

04-26-2015, 04:29 PM	#11
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	Ten days to 3 months depending on what else I'm doing. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

04-26-2015, 05:55 PM	#12
Grafton19 Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 470	Couple days depending on my life.. I watch sim of all my games and if I ever make the playoffs if when i'd play haha

04-26-2015, 07:30 PM	#13
mpejkrm All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 951	Wow you guys take a while. I can get through a season in an hour if I'm really focused, but usually it's 3 to 4 hours per season. I don't play out any regular season games.

04-26-2015, 07:54 PM	#14
IsaacR Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Bowie, Maryland Posts: 464	About a day per season, though my new fictional league should be about 2-3 weeks since there are a lot of teams (4 30 team major leagues with full minors and feeders, plus one Indy league of 24 teams.)

04-26-2015, 08:38 PM	#15
Hockey13Playa Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 2,672	I usually play out every game, one swing pitch mode for the first season... Then for all seasons after I usually start out the same way and as I get 60%-70% through the season I usually sim the games with my weak picthers and play out the starting 3 in the rotation. Since launch day I've made it through 2 season and am on my 3rd! __________________ FHM NHL Complete Historical Jerseys & Logos

04-26-2015, 11:20 PM	#16
lejdot Minors (Single A) Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 84	I GM only and can be pretty hands off and look at the team in trends, I dont pay too much attention to the rest of the league and whats happening to be honest, just focus on my team, I can do a season in 10-12 hrs. I may only play out the playoff games, even then I let the manager make the decisions.

04-27-2015, 02:19 AM	#17
ToTheBackstop Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 151	I GM, and play/watch in pitch-by-pitch mode for all big league games in my fictional league, including ones not including my team, plus all minor league games involving my organization (5 levels of minors). It roughly takes 10-12 months per season.

04-27-2015, 01:56 PM	#18
Fyrestorm3 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Tampa Bay, Massachusetts Posts: 2,928	About 2 months if I'm playing every game. 2-4 weeks if I'm simming, depending on how often I play. I much prefer playing out every game.

04-27-2015, 02:08 PM	#19
Assos All Star Starter Join Date: May 2004 Location: Just on the fair side of the foul pole! Posts: 1,772	15 to 19 days for playing out my games, minus ST. I just keep an eye the players in ST. Then two days for off season, follows my strict rules of trying not to have anyone signed past 35 unless they are career teamers!

04-27-2015, 02:23 PM	#20
Orioles1966 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,869	Takes me 6-7 weeks.