Updated Rosters Question. Why?

jnshmoo · 11-02-2004, 09:38 AM

I'm just curious as it seems that no matter what game is being played, there are always people who constantly ask for the most up to date rosters.

Are all of these people just replaying a season and quitting?

For me, the fun lies in being able to keep going with older players retiring and new players coming in and developing. Starting a league at the beginning of the real life season with those current rosters and then starting another at the trade deadline with those new updated rosters and then again at the end of the season just doesn't seem exciting to me.

Do you turn off trades and everything so that the teams stay exactly the same the whole time or what?

I remember when sports games only let you play "exhibition" games, then eventually they added season play. Back then you couldn't play continuous seasons. After awhile they finally started adding that capability as more and more people wanted it. However, in this day and age, people still seem to always want the most updated rosters and I just want to understand why.

Sinclair · 11-02-2004, 02:57 PM

I like starting with current known reality and seeing where it might all go.

For a lot of us, it's hard to reconcile a rookie's (or, say, third-year player's) breakout season in real-life with his counterpart's .220/.260/.300 in-game (Adrian Beltre, anybody?)

Keeping rosters up-to-date midseason is fun, for me, to keep myself tuned in to the REAL baseball season. When the off-season starts is when I usually really start playing - I have several months of simming, where I can start a league based in reality and have plenty of time to play through several seasons without real-life contradicting my in-game results. By the time real-life's 2005 season starts contradicting my game world's 2005 season, I'm simming 2012, and contradictions of 2005 performances no longer bother me.

11-02-2004, 09:38 AM	#1
jnshmoo All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Not Here Posts: 1,226	Updated Rosters Question. Why? I'm just curious as it seems that no matter what game is being played, there are always people who constantly ask for the most up to date rosters. Are all of these people just replaying a season and quitting? For me, the fun lies in being able to keep going with older players retiring and new players coming in and developing. Starting a league at the beginning of the real life season with those current rosters and then starting another at the trade deadline with those new updated rosters and then again at the end of the season just doesn't seem exciting to me. Do you turn off trades and everything so that the teams stay exactly the same the whole time or what? I remember when sports games only let you play "exhibition" games, then eventually they added season play. Back then you couldn't play continuous seasons. After awhile they finally started adding that capability as more and more people wanted it. However, in this day and age, people still seem to always want the most updated rosters and I just want to understand why. __________________ Beer Snob and Baseball Sim Geek

11-02-2004, 02:57 PM	#2
Sinclair Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 202	I like starting with current known reality and seeing where it might all go. For a lot of us, it's hard to reconcile a rookie's (or, say, third-year player's) breakout season in real-life with his counterpart's .220/.260/.300 in-game (Adrian Beltre, anybody?) Keeping rosters up-to-date midseason is fun, for me, to keep myself tuned in to the REAL baseball season. When the off-season starts is when I usually really start playing - I have several months of simming, where I can start a league based in reality and have plenty of time to play through several seasons without real-life contradicting my in-game results. By the time real-life's 2005 season starts contradicting my game world's 2005 season, I'm simming 2012, and contradictions of 2005 performances no longer bother me.