To Simulate Or Not To Simulate

newbieatootp · 07-03-2015, 10:44 PM

Hi everyone!

I am very new to baseball and ootp and am having so much fun with it!

I have a couple of basic questions about roster management and how to go about playing the game in general.

I have just jumped straight into managing the Chicago Cubs and have set about trading away to make a super roster which includes Buster Posey, Matt Harvey, Jon Lester, Steve Cishek, Jose Abreu, Josh Donaldson and Alex Gordon. These guys are pretty much all 4.5 star players and above but my record is currently 35-45.

So my questions are

a - should i load up my roster with stars like this or have more say 3, 3.5 star players with one or two 4.5/5 star players?

b - i have been doing simulate to next week and letting the computer simulate the results with my chosen lineups. Am I better off playing each game individually and controlling it (given that I still know very little about baseball) or simulating.

I feel that my team should be doing better. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Newbieatootp!

jlsmith · 07-04-2015, 03:46 PM

Playing the games individually probably wouldn't help much since the computer is managing the other teams, although I personally think it's more fun to manage the games yourself, but it's quite time-consuming.

I can think of 3 possibilities:

1) Your record is just bad luck. There's a random element in how the players perform.

2) Your team may not be as good as you think. The scouts don't always rate the players accurately. Maybe your bench manager and coaches aren't very good.

3) there's something faulty in how you've set up your lineups: wrong people in the starting rotation, wrong guy as closer, wrong guy leading off, pitchers pitching when they're tired, etc. You could try letting the computer manage the lineups, but where's the fun in that. Go to the info page on the team screen. Try to figure out what the problem is. Is it pitching, hitting, or both.

Don't be discouraged. It's probably difficult, if not impossible to take a mediocre team like the Cubs and trade your way to a pennant in one season.

RchW · 07-04-2015, 04:00 PM

In game players often play badly after a trade.

07-03-2015, 10:44 PM	#1
newbieatootp Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 1	To Simulate Or Not To Simulate Hi everyone! I am very new to baseball and ootp and am having so much fun with it! I have a couple of basic questions about roster management and how to go about playing the game in general. I have just jumped straight into managing the Chicago Cubs and have set about trading away to make a super roster which includes Buster Posey, Matt Harvey, Jon Lester, Steve Cishek, Jose Abreu, Josh Donaldson and Alex Gordon. These guys are pretty much all 4.5 star players and above but my record is currently 35-45. So my questions are a - should i load up my roster with stars like this or have more say 3, 3.5 star players with one or two 4.5/5 star players? b - i have been doing simulate to next week and letting the computer simulate the results with my chosen lineups. Am I better off playing each game individually and controlling it (given that I still know very little about baseball) or simulating. I feel that my team should be doing better. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Newbieatootp!

07-04-2015, 04:00 PM	#3
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	In game players often play badly after a trade. __________________ 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

07-04-2015, 03:46 PM	#2
jlsmith Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 9	Playing the games individually probably wouldn't help much since the computer is managing the other teams, although I personally think it's more fun to manage the games yourself, but it's quite time-consuming. I can think of 3 possibilities: 1) Your record is just bad luck. There's a random element in how the players perform. 2) Your team may not be as good as you think. The scouts don't always rate the players accurately. Maybe your bench manager and coaches aren't very good. 3) there's something faulty in how you've set up your lineups: wrong people in the starting rotation, wrong guy as closer, wrong guy leading off, pitchers pitching when they're tired, etc. You could try letting the computer manage the lineups, but where's the fun in that. Go to the info page on the team screen. Try to figure out what the problem is. Is it pitching, hitting, or both. Don't be discouraged. It's probably difficult, if not impossible to take a mediocre team like the Cubs and trade your way to a pennant in one season.