do you guys

[BaseballLife322]

Do you guys ever create yourselves,family or friends into the game? Whether real MLB,your fictional game,historical? If so, how good do you guys make yourselves and people you know?

[Déjà Bru]

Yes. I create . . . ME! That is, I play historical MLB but with fictional players, coaches, and GM's, one of whom is me starting in 1901.

So, I begin as Bru (actual name redacted), age 48. At the same time, I create Bru, Jr. and have him get some experience managing in the minors.

By the time Bru is ready to retire, Bru, Jr. is ready to take over. He is followed by Bru III, Bru IV, and so on.

It's a family dynasty, supported by commissioner powers and "Cannot be fired." We will never be overthrown!

[Padreman]

Yes I start with my dad then my brothers and I and my close fantasy baseball league friends then my nephews and finally my great-nephew

[BeanballComin]

My wife is the club owner.
She owns me.

[NoOne]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Yes. I create . . . ME! That is, I play historical MLB but with fictional players, coaches, and GM's, one of whom is me starting in 1901.

So, I begin as Bru (actual name redacted), age 48. At the same time, I create Bru, Jr. and have him get some experience managing in the minors.

By the time Bru is ready to retire, Bru, Jr. is ready to take over. He is followed by Bru III, Bru IV, and so on.

It's a family dynasty, supported by commissioner powers and "Cannot be fired." We will never be overthrown!

Ha! i do the same thing. i'm not so religious about making the offspring early enough to gain reputation in the minors, but i do it on occasion.

-- reply to OP

i make the owner a fake family member... it looks like surnames change this year, i'll have to do some editting

i've made players in the past, but not something i typically do. they were not anyone i knew either.

you can create different qualities and let the AI decide... maybe random is one option? or if you want a certain quality, make a few of that quality then pick the configuration you like and delete the others.

(create fictional player - > available action drop down on free agent list or even the list all mlb players list i believe. then some options are available to choose from)

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by BeanballComin

My wife is the club owner.
She owns me.

Hopefully you have "Cannot be fired" in your marriage contract.

[cavebutter]

One of my abandoned dynasty threads, I created Ricky Branch as a player. When the player retired, I created a human manager in his name and started my managerial career. I also created his son to start his pro career.

That league is now in year 60. Ricky's son is now my human manager and Ricky's grandson just retired from playing.

They're not me by name, but Ricky's FaceGen is in fact my face.

[Bub13]

Originally Posted by BaseballLife322

Do you guys ever create yourselves,family or friends into the game? Whether real MLB,your fictional game,historical? If so, how good do you guys make yourselves and people you know?

Yep. Pretty much every sports sim I've ever played, I put me and some old game-playing friends in. Most of the time I switch dynasties after a few years...but not in OOTP. I sim slowly, so I'm only in 2036 with the same dynasty that I put 'me' in a couple of (real life) years ago b/c I was enjoying it so much. I'm now running the expansion Hawaii Islanders and just hired myself to manage.

[Westheim]

Nope, never. I suck at sports or anything that involves more activity than eating, and including myself would thus completely soil immersion.

[NoOne]

make it your estranged son from that drunken, hazey night when you were ~18+ and you woke up next to someone you didn't know

lol, immersive enough?

[Westheim]

Why would I pretend such a thing?

W. Estheim
Resident killjoy

[dtizzle]

Originally Posted by Westheim

Why would I pretend such a thing?



W. Estheim

Resident killjoy

When you guys above create family members who are GMs... are you running their teams as well or are you letting their teams run on autopilot until you are ready to promote them to your team. What I ask is are you running more than one team at a time?


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[AirmenSmith]

Bringing back memories of 6.5 when you could get married, have a kid and draft him....

[ForeverRoyalKC]

I have seen a manager's fictional picture that looks extremely close to myself and I didn't touch any settings! Even my wife was like "Whoa!"

[baseballfanmas]

Originally Posted by AirmenSmith

Bringing back memories of 6.5 when you could get married, have a kid and draft him....

Wow, now that brings back memories. Are those versions even around or playable anymore? That was good stuff. Simple, yet the personal life stuff added a nice kick.

[AirmenSmith]

Originally Posted by baseballfanmas

Wow, now that brings back memories. Are those versions even around or playable anymore? That was good stuff. Simple, yet the personal life stuff added a nice kick.

It's still around at allsimbaseball.com as long as you still have your key for it.

[baseballfanmas]

Originally Posted by AirmenSmith

It's still around at allsimbaseball.com as long as you still have your key for it.

Yikes! I seriously doubt it, I'll have to check. Thanks.

[texasmame]

Wife is an owner.

I'm a player - fair power but strike out lots. Good arm, tho. Typically play RF in A ball.

[Chico Guilbault]

I created my younger self as a clone of Mike Schmidt. So far I have struggled in the majors. My daughter is a manager in the minors.

[OldFatGuy]

I used to pick a stud in the draft and edit his name to mine and then let happen whatever happened (in other words I wouldn't draft "myself"). But after flaming out each time and never making the majors I stopped. If I wanted a repeat of history I'd pull out some of my old 8mm films. I play games for fantasy.