Still manage your games? - Page 2

swoboda · 08-19-2024, 11:14 AM

Play 'em all out, all 162, one-pitch mode

ClayK · 08-19-2024, 04:06 PM

I manage them all, but not one pitch at a time.

Miamikb2001 · 08-19-2024, 10:23 PM

I have gm only chise and also gm and manage every game.I love managing ice probaly managed roughly 3,000 games since I started playing Ootp in 2016!!And I had micro league baseball back in the day and played 15 full seasons from 1986-2001 lol!Love baseball more then any sport

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sofla97 · 08-20-2024, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by jksander

Every time I try to sim quickly I get bored and have to go back to managing every game lol

This. Every year I play I manage every game but I only get through about 3 seasons in so I never really get to see how my draft picks pan out so this version I started a GM save, but I really can't get into it, I don't feel a connection to the team as when I manage. Just started a manage save with the new patch and try to run both and see how it goes.

renojedi · 08-20-2024, 10:15 AM

I manage my team but not every game. I play the first 10-12 to get a feel for my team. Then I base it on my record. If I am out of at least the wildcard, I will continue to play every game. If I am in the WC then I will play 1-2 games of every series based upon if I want a longer look at some players. If I fall out of WC, then I will play every game until I am back in. If it looks like I am out for the year by early SEP, I just Sim the whole month.

I start in late May after the first big patch and usually can get in 5-10 seasons before I move on to Franchise Hockey Manager in Dec (after its first big patch).

Baby Ruth · 08-20-2024, 02:42 PM

Historically, I've been the type to manage every game. This year, though, I wanted to try something different, so I'm not managing and just being a spectator, starting in 1901. I'm trying to find the right rhythm for me. I don't want to feel too detached from the events because I want to enjoy watching the season, but neither do I want to get so dragged down into each statistic that it takes me forever to get through a season. I want to view this try as I did as kid: knowing who the players were and watching them become big names but not actually involved in their day-to-day lives.

jksander · 08-21-2024, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Baby Ruth

Historically, I've been the type to manage every game. This year, though, I wanted to try something different, so I'm not managing and just being a spectator, starting in 1901. I'm trying to find the right rhythm for me. I don't want to feel too detached from the events because I want to enjoy watching the season, but neither do I want to get so dragged down into each statistic that it takes me forever to get through a season. I want to view this try as I did as kid: knowing who the players were and watching them become big names but not actually involved in their day-to-day lives.

I love that your nickname is Baby Ruth but you have a Reggie Bar as your avatar

Baby Ruth · 08-21-2024, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by jksander

I love that your nickname is Baby Ruth but you have a Reggie Bar as your avatar

Just subtly (or maybe not so subtly) pointing out where my loyalties lay (even though I know the Baby Ruth makers claimed it wasn't named after the Babe. Liars, I say.).

Syd Thrift · 08-21-2024, 05:24 PM

Didn’t it come out before the hitter? The Baby Ruth I mean.

ETA: nope! It was released in 1920 and while the company said it was named after Grover Cleveland’s daughter, the candy bar was released 24 years after the Cleveland presidency ended and it was obviously just a move to avoid paying Ruth (the ball player) royalties.

Baby Ruth · 08-21-2024, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

Didn’t it come out before the hitter? The Baby Ruth I mean.

ETA: nope! It was released in 1920 and while the company said it was named after Grover Cleveland’s daughter, the candy bar was released 24 years after the Cleveland presidency ended and it was obviously just a move to avoid paying Ruth (the ball player) royalties.

I think I remember reading that at one point there was an actual Babe Ruth candy bar or some sort of candy or he was involved with a candy company or something.

Syd Thrift · 08-22-2024, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Baby Ruth

I think I remember reading that at one point there was an actual Babe Ruth candy bar or some sort of candy or he was involved with a candy company or something.

Yeah, according to the Wikipedia article the Baby Ruth candy company sued the company Ruth endorsed for copyright infringement, claimed they named the candy after Ruth Cleveland, and won because it was 1920.

phenom · 08-22-2024, 01:37 PM

I almost always have at least one historical sim where I manage only.

Baby Ruth · 08-22-2024, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

Yeah, according to the Wikipedia article the Baby Ruth candy company sued the company Ruth endorsed for copyright infringement, claimed they named the candy after Ruth Cleveland, and won because it was 1920.

Thank the gods that lawsuits in our present make much more sense....

RevanFan · 08-22-2024, 04:22 PM

I still manage each game for my major league team, and micromanage my entire organization from the top down. All levels of the minors, I control every transaction. It takes me a long time to get through a season but I feel that is the best way for me to be in touch with my organization.

Herolover12 · 08-22-2024, 05:43 PM

I GM the season stepping in to set lineups and depth charts as needed.

For the playoffs I manage and go one-pitch mode unless it is a really important at bat.
I used to GM only and not manage the playoffs, but will never do it that way again. It means so much more when I am managing the the games.

That bottom of the 9th single in game 4 to force a game 5, giving up that 3 run blast in the top of the 8th to loose the series. Those memories don't come from reading a box score.

08-19-2024, 11:14 AM	#21
swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,220	Play 'em all out, all 162, one-pitch mode __________________ "...If you want to look ahead to the bottom of the ninth, the Mets will be sending up Buddy Harrelson, Jerry Buchek , and Don Bosch, we'll be right back after this word from Rheingold Beer" The late great Lindsey Nelson

08-22-2024, 01:37 PM	#32
phenom Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Near the Great Wall. On the GOOD side. Posts: 3,754	I almost always have at least one historical sim where I manage only. __________________ reported

08-19-2024, 04:06 PM	#22
ClayK Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 63	I manage them all, but not one pitch at a time.

08-19-2024, 10:23 PM	#23
Miamikb2001 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Redwood City Ca Posts: 63	I have gm only chise and also gm and manage every game.I love managing ice probaly managed roughly 3,000 games since I started playing Ootp in 2016!!And I had micro league baseball back in the day and played 15 full seasons from 1986-2001 lol!Love baseball more then any sport Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

08-20-2024, 10:15 AM	#25
renojedi Major Leagues Join Date: May 2003 Location: Richmond, Virginia area Posts: 457	I manage my team but not every game. I play the first 10-12 to get a feel for my team. Then I base it on my record. If I am out of at least the wildcard, I will continue to play every game. If I am in the WC then I will play 1-2 games of every series based upon if I want a longer look at some players. If I fall out of WC, then I will play every game until I am back in. If it looks like I am out for the year by early SEP, I just Sim the whole month. I start in late May after the first big patch and usually can get in 5-10 seasons before I move on to Franchise Hockey Manager in Dec (after its first big patch).

08-20-2024, 02:42 PM	#26
Baby Ruth All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Reading Posts: 632 Infractions: 0/2 (3)	Historically, I've been the type to manage every game. This year, though, I wanted to try something different, so I'm not managing and just being a spectator, starting in 1901. I'm trying to find the right rhythm for me. I don't want to feel too detached from the events because I want to enjoy watching the season, but neither do I want to get so dragged down into each statistic that it takes me forever to get through a season. I want to view this try as I did as kid: knowing who the players were and watching them become big names but not actually involved in their day-to-day lives.

08-22-2024, 04:22 PM	#34
RevanFan Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 33	I still manage each game for my major league team, and micromanage my entire organization from the top down. All levels of the minors, I control every transaction. It takes me a long time to get through a season but I feel that is the best way for me to be in touch with my organization.

08-22-2024, 05:43 PM	#35
Herolover12 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 86	I GM the season stepping in to set lineups and depth charts as needed. For the playoffs I manage and go one-pitch mode unless it is a really important at bat. I used to GM only and not manage the playoffs, but will never do it that way again. It means so much more when I am managing the the games. That bottom of the 9th single in game 4 to force a game 5, giving up that 3 run blast in the top of the 8th to loose the series. Those memories don't come from reading a box score.