How do you manage? Every AB or Inning or Game?

jga23 · 07-18-2011, 01:24 PM

I started playing iOOTP recently and I was wondering how others play their seasons? Do you play a full game managing each at bat or simulate the inning or simulate the entire game? I like the idea of doing at-bat by at-bat management, but the seasons take so much longer and I'm really interested in the offseason stuff. It would be awesome to have a simulate until runner gets on base feature.

I'd like to hear what other people do. How does everybody else play?

Husky51 · 07-18-2011, 05:12 PM

Depending on the season and how close the races were, I pick at least two favorite teams and play out all their games and sim the others. I do turn off injuries and transactions so I go for more of an "as played" feel then a "what if" feel.

I will, from time to time, sim a game or two for the teams I am managing just to see how differently the cpu might manage than I do.

GlennN · 07-18-2011, 08:04 PM

I like the GM aspects of the game more than the managing, so I rarely manage games at all. I like to make the lineups and the rotation, so I guess that makes me a pretty overbearing GM, but, hey, it works in my universe!

Husky51 · 07-18-2011, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by GlennN

I like the GM aspects of the game more than the managing, so I rarely manage games at all. I like to make the lineups and the rotation, so I guess that makes me a pretty overbearing GM, but, hey, it works in my universe!

Imagine, getting to own and manage all those teams for about a $20 investment!

Donevyn · 07-20-2011, 11:23 PM

I'm the opposite, I like managing more the GM'ing. I usually check each line-up for my team to make sure everything is fine. Check disabled list and AAA's that might need to fill some gaps. Then I play a game. If nothing big going on, I one pitch. If trying to steal, or squeeze etc., I play each ball. And when nothing is really going on division-wise, I may play just a couple innings, but then 'quick game' to end. I'm about 50-50 for going a full game, or 'quick' the end. I like to get to know how folks are doing in the grit of it all, so when I read the newspaper and see one of my folks getting some creds, I feel good about 'cause I been there with him. But there so many, many ways to do it, you can just play it the way it's best to you. All is good!

Tom the Fish · 07-21-2011, 01:51 AM

I play every inning of every game. I've been doing it since the first OOTP. I love to manage. When it comes to baseball the only thing I've ever really cared about is 9 people playing 9 people for 9 innings. Everything else is almost meaningless to me.

Tom

07-18-2011, 01:24 PM	#1
jga23 Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 1	How do you manage? Every AB or Inning or Game? I started playing iOOTP recently and I was wondering how others play their seasons? Do you play a full game managing each at bat or simulate the inning or simulate the entire game? I like the idea of doing at-bat by at-bat management, but the seasons take so much longer and I'm really interested in the offseason stuff. It would be awesome to have a simulate until runner gets on base feature. I'd like to hear what other people do. How does everybody else play?

07-20-2011, 11:23 PM	#5
Donevyn Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: UP, WA Posts: 360	I'm the opposite, I like managing more the GM'ing. I usually check each line-up for my team to make sure everything is fine. Check disabled list and AAA's that might need to fill some gaps. Then I play a game. If nothing big going on, I one pitch. If trying to steal, or squeeze etc., I play each ball. And when nothing is really going on division-wise, I may play just a couple innings, but then 'quick game' to end. I'm about 50-50 for going a full game, or 'quick' the end. I like to get to know how folks are doing in the grit of it all, so when I read the newspaper and see one of my folks getting some creds, I feel good about 'cause I been there with him. But there so many, many ways to do it, you can just play it the way it's best to you. All is good! Last edited by Donevyn; 07-21-2011 at 02:02 AM.

07-21-2011, 01:51 AM	#6
Tom the Fish All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Jingu Stadium Posts: 510	I play every inning of every game. I've been doing it since the first OOTP. I love to manage. When it comes to baseball the only thing I've ever really cared about is 9 people playing 9 people for 9 innings. Everything else is almost meaningless to me. Tom __________________ "Any talk of rebelliousness has to begin with one's profound appreciation and understanding of tradition." - Lu Shoukun

07-18-2011, 05:12 PM	#2
Husky51 Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 198	Depending on the season and how close the races were, I pick at least two favorite teams and play out all their games and sim the others. I do turn off injuries and transactions so I go for more of an "as played" feel then a "what if" feel. I will, from time to time, sim a game or two for the teams I am managing just to see how differently the cpu might manage than I do.

07-18-2011, 08:04 PM	#3
GlennN Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2011 Location: Doylestown, PA Posts: 96	I like the GM aspects of the game more than the managing, so I rarely manage games at all. I like to make the lineups and the rotation, so I guess that makes me a pretty overbearing GM, but, hey, it works in my universe!