how I am going to play

[OOTPer2013]

I have owned every OOTP since 5 I believe and gotten lots of enjoyment out of it. however, i am often bogged down when creating fictional universes. every detail seems to have to be exact...(logos, stadiums, uniforms, cities) and it has to seem plausible in my mind.. (call me OCD)

Because of that I sometimes struggle to get a fictional universe underway. Finally after struggling with this for some time i have come up with a solution that i think will work for me...

START SMALL...really small... My first season will include 4 teams. They will play an abbreviated schedule. no minors reserve rosters then my league will gradually expand to 6 or perhaps 8 teams. eventually after 10 years or so i will add minors, rival leagues, etc...

I believe this way i will get to know my franchises and teams very well. The players from the 4 initial teams will truly be the founding fathers of the league.

i also will only have to locate (or request) logos, uniforms, stadiums, etc for 4 teams to start and then add at most 4 more teams each year. much less work...

the great thing about ootp is the ability to customize it to fit your needs. however, so many options can be overwhelming. so if you are new to the game and don't now how to start. play with a quickstart for awhile and get a feel for it. when you are ready to start your own fictional universe (real world or not) start small!

or don't...its OOTP...play it your way!

[ukhotstove]

Originally Posted by OOTPer2013

I have owned every OOTP since 5 I believe and gotten lots of enjoyment out of it. however, i am often bogged down when creating fictional universes. every detail seems to have to be exact...(logos, stadiums, uniforms, cities) and it has to seem plausible in my mind.. (call me OCD)

Because of that I sometimes struggle to get a fictional universe underway. Finally after struggling with this for some time i have come up with a solution that i think will work for me...

START SMALL...really small... My first season will include 4 teams. They will play an abbreviated schedule. no minors reserve rosters then my league will gradually expand to 6 or perhaps 8 teams. eventually after 10 years or so i will add minors, rival leagues, etc...

I believe this way i will get to know my franchises and teams very well. The players from the 4 initial teams will truly be the founding fathers of the league.

i also will only have to locate (or request) logos, uniforms, stadiums, etc for 4 teams to start and then add at most 4 more teams each year. much less work...

the great thing about ootp is the ability to customize it to fit your needs. however, so many options can be overwhelming. so if you are new to the game and don't now how to start. play with a quickstart for awhile and get a feel for it. when you are ready to start your own fictional universe (real world or not) start small!

or don't...its OOTP...play it your way!

Yeah I've always thought if your new to the game or fictional to start small, I'd personally go with a 6 team league then say add a league every couple of seasons. Also if anybody is going fictional my advice would be to use the towns and cities near where you live, easier to get a feel for the league that way.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by OOTPer2013

I have owned every OOTP since 5 I believe and gotten lots of enjoyment out of it. however, i am often bogged down when creating fictional universes. every detail seems to have to be exact...(logos, stadiums, uniforms, cities) and it has to seem plausible in my mind.. (call me OCD)

Because of that I sometimes struggle to get a fictional universe underway. Finally after struggling with this for some time i have come up with a solution that i think will work for me...

START SMALL...really small... My first season will include 4 teams. They will play an abbreviated schedule. no minors reserve rosters then my league will gradually expand to 6 or perhaps 8 teams. eventually after 10 years or so i will add minors, rival leagues, etc...

I believe this way i will get to know my franchises and teams very well. The players from the 4 initial teams will truly be the founding fathers of the league.

i also will only have to locate (or request) logos, uniforms, stadiums, etc for 4 teams to start and then add at most 4 more teams each year. much less work...

the great thing about ootp is the ability to customize it to fit your needs. however, so many options can be overwhelming. so if you are new to the game and don't now how to start. play with a quickstart for awhile and get a feel for it. when you are ready to start your own fictional universe (real world or not) start small!

or don't...its OOTP...play it your way!

Sounds like a plan and you give good advice. Let me give you a bit of my own. As one who has been there and done that, I say to you: STOP THIS MADNESS: "every detail seems to have to be exact...(logos, stadiums, uniforms, cities)."

I'll give you a quick example. If you find yourself doing hours of research on the names, locations, and dimensions of minor league ballparks, and I'm talking about using a spreadsheet to calculate ballpark factors, you are overdoing things. I realized this one day when it struck me that once I had set up all these dozens and dozens of ballparks, I never looked at them again.

[Honorable_Pawn]

Blasephemy.

Just because I never looked at them again doesn't mean that they would'nt gnaw on my conscious day-in and day-out if I left them at default.

[Déjà Bru]

I rest my case.