"Simming" vs. "Playing Out"

[Falcon52]

Does anyone else seem to get different results? It's actually a weird phenomenon for me.

When I have a dominant team "on paper", my team destroys the competition when i sim the games, but when I play them out, I have approximately a .500 record. For instance, in my current season, my team is 93-41 overall. I sim one game per week (sometimes I just sim the entire week), and in those games I've simmed, I'm 8-8. It seems when i play the games out, all the "fluke" and "cheap" things happen that don't occur when just simming, such as constant 2-out hits by the computer, or my ace closer not being able to get out a single batter, or my offense being dominated by a below average starter. It seems when I sim, the game generates results based on "ratings" alone. When I play the game out, all of a sudden the "unlucky" events take place.

But the weird thing is, when I have a mediocre or slightly above average team "on paper", my record is the opposite. I tend to dominate games when I play them out, but my team struggles at .500 when I sim games.

Maybe my strength is coaching a crappy team and making them a contender, rather than coaching a contender and making them a World Series champ.

[Boozie1580]

Originally Posted by Falcon52

Does anyone else seem to get different results? It's actually a weird phenomenon for me.

When I have a dominant team "on paper", my team destroys the competition when i sim the games, but when I play them out, I have approximately a .500 record. For instance, in my current season, my team is 93-41 overall. I play one game per week (sometimes I just sim the entire week), and in those games I've played, I'm 8-8. It seems when i play the games out, all the "fluke" and "cheap" things happen that don't occur when just simming, such as constant 2-out hits by the computer, or my ace closer not being able to get out a single batter, or my offense being dominated by a below average starter. It seems when I sim, the game generates results based on "ratings" alone. When I play the game out, all of a sudden the "unlucky" events take place.

But the weird thing is, when I have a mediocre or slightly above average team "on paper", my record is the opposite. I tend to dominate games when I play them out, but my team struggles at .500 when I sim games.

Maybe my strength is coaching a crappy team and making them a contender, rather than coaching a contender and making them a World Series champ.

Fixed that for ya.

[originalgamer]

I have had similar experiences. When I sim until 6 or 7th inning I get much more real era's from starters than when I play. My starters get pounded when I play a whole game. That sound familiar?

[Dan Theman]

Just so you guys know, the game uses the same engine regardless of whether you take the helm or sim it out - sims are just the games being played out without any graphics or human to slow it down. You may simply be experiencing some bad luck.