Do you guys play your games or sim them? - Page 4

jeheinz72 · 10-14-2014, 02:19 PM

I use Quick-Play to the 6th every game, then play out from there in 1-pitch mode. I'm not big on things like pitching out, bunting etc anyhow, so it goes pretty quick just hitting enter, making subs etc.

rjl518 · 10-14-2014, 06:23 PM

i manage five games a month and after every game i check my transactions, free agents, minors and the like to get a feel for my organization. Playing 5 games a month lets me get into the action a little bit and see how my veterans and rookies are doing in game situations. I do play ALL playoff games that my team is in, and ill be honest, IMO OOTP CHEATS!!!!!

Honorable_Pawn · 10-14-2014, 06:34 PM

What do you play like Sundays only or something? Or do you pick 5 key games?

sdw1000 · 10-25-2014, 02:33 AM

Play them out...I am old school. Grew up on Stratomatic...

Trebro · 10-25-2014, 03:25 AM

Depends heavily on the team. In a pennant race? I want the control. Out of it? Sim, sim sim.

Strangely, the thing that falls apart when I take over is stolen bases. My CS goes way way up when I manage. (I realize that's eye test, not statistical.)

My thing is that I love building years of history up, and playing 'em out slows it down.

ondemonitors · 10-25-2014, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by sdw1000

Play them out...I am old school. Grew up on Stratomatic...

Throw in a little SherCo with that..another disciple of my own old school religion!

Eric · 10-26-2014, 06:24 PM

I usually play every game. Unfortunately I've only completed a season twice - both losing in the playoffs.

I like playing every game and making managerial moves - managing my bullpen, tinkering with the lineup with somebody is hot or in a slump. However, I lose the ability to see players develop over the course of many seasons and see how my front office skills are at trading, extending contracts and developing my farm system.

I've toyed with the idea of playing every home game and simming away games as a form of giving myself home field advantage.

Ty Cobb · 10-27-2014, 01:50 PM

Yes.

Cole · 10-27-2014, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric

I usually play every game. Unfortunately I've only completed a season twice - both losing in the playoffs.

I like playing every game and making managerial moves - managing my bullpen, tinkering with the lineup with somebody is hot or in a slump. However, I lose the ability to see players develop over the course of many seasons and see how my front office skills are at trading, extending contracts and developing my farm system.

I've toyed with the idea of playing every home game and simming away games as a form of giving myself home field advantage.

In ALL your years of OOT-iping you've only made it through two complete seasons? Wow... get some simming going on man, there's a whole lot of fun to be had getting some league history!

Personally I get a lot more enjoyment out of seeing long-time team and league history, careers start and end, dynasties rise and fall, etc etc... than I do seeing someone go on a two week hit streak, or managing the nitty gritty on a game to game basis.

As a result, I sim most of the time with the aim of getting through seasons pretty quickly. I'll slow down if it's a key game or a late season pennant drive, but on average I'd say I would play out less than a handful of games each season.

Eric · 10-27-2014, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ripwalk

In ALL your years of OOT-iping you've only made it through two complete seasons? Wow... get some simming going on man, there's a whole lot of fun to be had getting some league history!

Personally I get a lot more enjoyment out of seeing long-time team and league history, careers start and end, dynasties rise and fall, etc etc... than I do seeing someone go on a two week hit streak, or managing the nitty gritty on a game to game basis.

As a result, I sim most of the time with the aim of getting through seasons pretty quickly. I'll slow down if it's a key game or a late season pennant drive, but on average I'd say I would play out less than a handful of games each season.

Old habits are hard to break for somebody who grew up playing APBA. I was quite happy to actually finish a season in OOTP6. When I played APBA, I was lucky to get to June.

swingkid19 · 10-27-2014, 11:20 PM

Play a few, sim a few. Sim parts of the games I am playing.

Depending on the time available, I will try to play as many times as I can. Sometimes, I will sim a week or two if I have what should be lopsided matchups or games coming up against teams in which I am not interested. Sometimes, I sim if I see a great pitching matchup because I want to see how it plays out "naturally" instead of having me influence the outcome.

I may sim through parts of games, as when I fall far behind. When I play, I may also sim the opponents at-bats until RISP as (I typically play one-pitch) I am unaware of any ability choose pitch selection or location, making offense more fun to play.

After getting my computer back from the shop following a hard drive failure, the game will only allow me to sim, not to play, which is unfortunate.

swingkid19 · 10-27-2014, 11:26 PM

I played SherCo!! Hours and hours and hours! I didn't know anyone else who played. Still have it on a shelf in the basement! That was its own kind of fun--I designed a lot of sometimes quirky ballparks for my use with that game!

Sorry, this did not go where I thought it would and I don't know how to delete it!!

Such an idiot.

metsguy234 · 10-27-2014, 11:43 PM

In my current game, it's about 25% of games that I sim. I'm playing as the 2017 Padres, and my lineup is interesting - power threats like Joey Gallo and Wladimir Balentien, crazy speed with Billy Hamilton leading off, and all-around solid guys like CJ Cron and Hunter Renfroe. I really like playing the games on one-pitch mode because I can follow the action without it taking too much time. I play through the games pretty fast.

It probably takes me a week or two to finish one season, if I'm playing fairly regularly.

megamanmatt · 10-30-2014, 09:48 PM

Real-time-sim at 40 or 60(if my team's game is at like 7:10 and the first day's game is at like noon). I let the manager set up the lineups & depth chart, then make tweaks as I feel they are necessary and I basically handle the pitching staff's assignments.

10-14-2014, 02:19 PM	#61
jeheinz72 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 2,163	I use Quick-Play to the 6th every game, then play out from there in 1-pitch mode. I'm not big on things like pitching out, bunting etc anyhow, so it goes pretty quick just hitting enter, making subs etc. __________________ Join The Dugout!

10-14-2014, 06:23 PM	#62
rjl518 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Born in Shea Stadium, lives in LoanDepot Park. Posts: 6,240	i manage five games a month and after every game i check my transactions, free agents, minors and the like to get a feel for my organization. Playing 5 games a month lets me get into the action a little bit and see how my veterans and rookies are doing in game situations. I do play ALL playoff games that my team is in, and ill be honest, IMO OOTP CHEATS!!!!! __________________ My Threads: MLB Project 32 by SFGiants58 "Colon looking for his 1st hit of the year and he DRIVES ONE! Deep left field! Back goes Upton! Back near the wall! ITS OUTTA HERE!!! Bartolo has done it!!! THE IMPOSSIBLE HAS HAPPENED!!! This is one of the great moments in the history of baseball! Bartolo Colon has gone deep!" ---Gary Cohen. (May 7, 2016) (Petco Park) NYM 6 @ SD 3

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10-27-2014, 11:26 PM	#72
swingkid19 Bat Boy Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Michigan Posts: 10 Blog Entries: 1	I played SherCo!! Hours and hours and hours! I didn't know anyone else who played. Still have it on a shelf in the basement! That was its own kind of fun--I designed a lot of sometimes quirky ballparks for my use with that game! Sorry, this did not go where I thought it would and I don't know how to delete it!! Such an idiot. Last edited by swingkid19; 10-27-2014 at 11:32 PM. Reason: want to delete

10-30-2014, 09:48 PM	#74
megamanmatt Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeville, Minnesota Posts: 2,416	Real-time-sim at 40 or 60(if my team's game is at like 7:10 and the first day's game is at like noon). I let the manager set up the lineups & depth chart, then make tweaks as I feel they are necessary and I basically handle the pitching staff's assignments. __________________ "The Minneapolis Lakers moved to Los Angeles, where there are no lakes; The Oilers moved to Tennessee where there is no oil; the Jazz moved to Salt Lake City where they don't allow music; The Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles and then back to Oakland, no one in Los Angeles seemed to notice." Note to self: Princess Kenny was really off-putting.

10-14-2014, 06:34 PM	#63
Honorable_Pawn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 6,407	What do you play like Sundays only or something? Or do you pick 5 key games?

10-25-2014, 02:33 AM	#64
sdw1000 All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: SC USA Posts: 864 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Play them out...I am old school. Grew up on Stratomatic...

10-25-2014, 03:25 AM	#65
Trebro All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 753 Blog Entries: 1	Depends heavily on the team. In a pennant race? I want the control. Out of it? Sim, sim sim. Strangely, the thing that falls apart when I take over is stolen bases. My CS goes way way up when I manage. (I realize that's eye test, not statistical.) My thing is that I love building years of history up, and playing 'em out slows it down.

10-26-2014, 06:24 PM	#67
Eric All Star Starter Join Date: May 2002 Location: Folsom, CA Posts: 1,233	I usually play every game. Unfortunately I've only completed a season twice - both losing in the playoffs. I like playing every game and making managerial moves - managing my bullpen, tinkering with the lineup with somebody is hot or in a slump. However, I lose the ability to see players develop over the course of many seasons and see how my front office skills are at trading, extending contracts and developing my farm system. I've toyed with the idea of playing every home game and simming away games as a form of giving myself home field advantage.

10-27-2014, 11:20 PM	#71
swingkid19 Bat Boy Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Michigan Posts: 10 Blog Entries: 1	Play a few, sim a few. Sim parts of the games I am playing. Depending on the time available, I will try to play as many times as I can. Sometimes, I will sim a week or two if I have what should be lopsided matchups or games coming up against teams in which I am not interested. Sometimes, I sim if I see a great pitching matchup because I want to see how it plays out "naturally" instead of having me influence the outcome. I may sim through parts of games, as when I fall far behind. When I play, I may also sim the opponents at-bats until RISP as (I typically play one-pitch) I am unaware of any ability choose pitch selection or location, making offense more fun to play. After getting my computer back from the shop following a hard drive failure, the game will only allow me to sim, not to play, which is unfortunate.

10-27-2014, 11:43 PM	#73
metsguy234 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Washington, D.C. Posts: 298	In my current game, it's about 25% of games that I sim. I'm playing as the 2017 Padres, and my lineup is interesting - power threats like Joey Gallo and Wladimir Balentien, crazy speed with Billy Hamilton leading off, and all-around solid guys like CJ Cron and Hunter Renfroe. I really like playing the games on one-pitch mode because I can follow the action without it taking too much time. I play through the games pretty fast. It probably takes me a week or two to finish one season, if I'm playing fairly regularly.