I decided to play a different way

Pallas · 08-21-2021, 07:37 PM

I've loved the game ever since I started playing OOTP 14; it's one of the most immersive and deepest sports sims I've played. I've only ever played Manager/GM mode, and I usually get bogged down in the many day-to-day decisions of fully running an organization.

But recently I saw someone on here mention following a player's career instead of an organization. So that's what I've done for OOTP 22. I put myself in the game, on my favorite team (the White Sox), and set everything to AI. I'm having so much more fun now, watching the games, seeing the moves made around the league, and having no control over anything that happens.

And this got me thinking about starting a historical save in 1871, automating the entire league, and just watching history rewrite itself.

Anyway, just wanted to share my new appreciation for a game I've already loved for years.

mitchkenn · 08-21-2021, 09:02 PM

good idea. sounds interesting. let us know how it goes.

oldfatbaldguy · 08-26-2021, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Pallas

And this got me thinking about starting a historical save in 1871, automating the entire league, and just watching history rewrite itself.

Love it. I've never understood why people want a game to simply repeat history. (Not telling anyone how to play, just saying I don't get the appeal of that.)

I had a Crusader Kings II save in which the Mongol Empire converted to Catholicism.

lnpgaceta · 08-26-2021, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Pallas

I've loved the game ever since I started playing OOTP 14; it's one of the most immersive and deepest sports sims I've played. I've only ever played Manager/GM mode, and I usually get bogged down in the many day-to-day decisions of fully running an organization.

But recently I saw someone on here mention following a player's career instead of an organization. So that's what I've done for OOTP 22. I put myself in the game, on my favorite team (the White Sox), and set everything to AI. I'm having so much more fun now, watching the games, seeing the moves made around the league, and having no control over anything that happens.

And this got me thinking about starting a historical save in 1871, automating the entire league, and just watching history rewrite itself.

Anyway, just wanted to share my new appreciation for a game I've already loved for years.

This is what I do with my league—which mind you, is fictional, but I do have the actual major leagues running alongside it, so it's been fun to see who gets signed where.

jg2977 · 08-26-2021, 05:08 PM

This is the only way I play - I have two fictional leagues and let the AI do everything. I enjoy just sitting back and watching everything play out, and then I post the results in the dynasty forum

jokerhusky1129 · 08-26-2021, 05:37 PM

I do that starting with the current season with a salary cap. When the Yankees turn into doormats, I'm like "how haven't they burned down Yankee Stadium yet?'

08-21-2021, 07:37 PM	#1
Pallas Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 25	I decided to play a different way I've loved the game ever since I started playing OOTP 14; it's one of the most immersive and deepest sports sims I've played. I've only ever played Manager/GM mode, and I usually get bogged down in the many day-to-day decisions of fully running an organization. But recently I saw someone on here mention following a player's career instead of an organization. So that's what I've done for OOTP 22. I put myself in the game, on my favorite team (the White Sox), and set everything to AI. I'm having so much more fun now, watching the games, seeing the moves made around the league, and having no control over anything that happens. And this got me thinking about starting a historical save in 1871, automating the entire league, and just watching history rewrite itself. Anyway, just wanted to share my new appreciation for a game I've already loved for years. Last edited by Pallas; 08-21-2021 at 09:14 PM.

08-21-2021, 09:02 PM	#2
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	good idea. sounds interesting. let us know how it goes. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.

08-26-2021, 05:08 PM	#5
jg2977 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 24,927	This is the only way I play - I have two fictional leagues and let the AI do everything. I enjoy just sitting back and watching everything play out, and then I post the results in the dynasty forum

08-26-2021, 05:37 PM	#6
jokerhusky1129 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 456	I do that starting with the current season with a salary cap. When the Yankees turn into doormats, I'm like "how haven't they burned down Yankee Stadium yet?'