I cant get a playoff series win with 117-45

[sumyuen0718]

Originally Posted by JanesAddctn

sumyuen0718 if you are winning 114+ games don't mess with your lineup.

If you can, pay close attention to your opponents lineup so you can adjust your pitching accordingly. Maybe experiment with openers. For instance try starting a LH reliever against a team with predominately LH batters.

Also if your winning that many games you likely have home field advantage. Have you set your ballpark to your advantage?

no i havent made any adjust to my ballpark
and i will look into your pitching advice, maybe i shouldnt be too panic and change my lineup when i lose one game in the playoff.

[justpatrick]

Originally Posted by sumyuen0718

maybe i shouldnt be too panic and change my lineup when i lose one game in the playoff.

This.

[Marsh511]

I've now played 12 seasons with my one team, working up from Iron to Bronze to Silver (and Gold next season). Ironically, the 2 weeks I was traveling and had no access to OOTP/PT from Tue-Fri (not on my work laptop) were the 2 seasons I got to the World Series (winning 1, losing 1). Not sure what that tells me... but I think my micromanaging and micro-GM'ing HURT me!

[sumyuen0718]

Originally Posted by Marsh511

I've now played 12 seasons with my one team, working up from Iron to Bronze to Silver (and Gold next season). Ironically, the 2 weeks I was traveling and had no access to OOTP/PT from Tue-Fri (not on my work laptop) were the 2 seasons I got to the World Series (winning 1, losing 1). Not sure what that tells me... but I think my micromanaging and micro-GM'ing HURT me!

I agree, I will stop managing next season and see how it goes.

[justpatrick]

Originally Posted by sumyuen0718

I agree, I will stop managing next season and see how it goes.

Good luck, let us know how you do!

[dkgo]

Originally Posted by Marsh511

I've now played 12 seasons with my one team, working up from Iron to Bronze to Silver (and Gold next season). Ironically, the 2 weeks I was traveling and had no access to OOTP/PT from Tue-Fri (not on my work laptop) were the 2 seasons I got to the World Series (winning 1, losing 1). Not sure what that tells me... but I think my micromanaging and micro-GM'ing HURT me!

There's another thread on gameplay theories but in my experience my teams do better when I just let them run and don't log on even if I don't manage things. My win rate after being in the game at sim time and manually downloading it is like 20% making no lineup changes so I always make sure to play only between the half hours now. Makes me wonder if there's some hidden boost meant to keep the completely inactive teams more competitive.

[Neezer]

is why the playoffs should be allowed to be played live head-to-head. At least that way you can see it unfold and get some kind of understanding as to what happened and why. And then if you are making Mgr decisions, you can at least blame yourself for being stupid.

I agree, in general with your OP. Between my 3 teams, Ive lost to teams that had nowhere near my teams success during the regular season, in all levels of leagues.

[Findest2001]

As I said in my thread which started the same way, OOTP is a game where the less you play the better you do. Teams start playing bad and can't figure out why? Don't log on for a week. It works.

[justpatrick]

Originally Posted by Neezer

is why the playoffs should be allowed to be played live head-to-head.

That´s great if you´re in the US, but some of us folks aren´t. When I wake up in the morning I see the last sim or two of the day then go off to work. Then at 4pm the sims start again.

[dannibalcorpse]

Originally Posted by Neezer

is why the playoffs should be allowed to be played live head-to-head.

This is a cool idea that could be a lot of fun if members of a league wanted to opt into it, but like justpatrick said, not everyone is in the same time zone for that, or would be potentially available on somewhat short notice to be online at, let's say, 7PM eastern time Sunday evening.

[sumyuen0718]

Originally Posted by justpatrick

That´s great if you´re in the US, but some of us folks aren´t. When I wake up in the morning I see the last sim or two of the day then go off to work. Then at 4pm the sims start again.

agree, i live in hong kong and i have to play like 10pm till next day 1pm.

[sumyuen0718]

Originally Posted by Findest2001

As I said in my thread which started the same way, OOTP is a game where the less you play the better you do. Teams start playing bad and can't figure out why? Don't log on for a week. It works.

i hope it helps, i just adjust back to a 5-man rotation and will leave it for a week

[neugey]

Also remember not all losses are created equal. A 9 to 1 thumping is a lot different than losing on the road 4-3 in 10 innings where you outhit your opponent 13 to 6. Getting eliminated isn't fun, but if you have multiple losses like the latter you can at least know you made things interesting and things hopefully it will work in your favor next time.

[daves]

There are a lot of one run and extra inning games in the playoffs! Win or lose it seems the series can go either way.


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[OMGPuppies]

Originally Posted by sumyuen0718

agree, i live in hong kong and i have to play like 10pm till next day 1pm.

Wow. That is about as bad is it could be. Dang.

[The_Savage_1]

Originally Posted by OMGPuppies

Wow. That is about as bad is it could be. Dang.

Australia starts at midnight and finishes at 3pm. Playoffs are brutal

[sumyuen0718]

just logged in and see with a .780 win rate lol

[JanesAddctn]

This is your year I can feel it

[One Great Matrix]

Originally Posted by sumyuen0718

two consecutive year i got 115 and 117 wins in silver league and cannot win a single series in playoff.

i just dont understand how the game work and every time i am eliminated by a wild card team with 90 win.

if anyone can help, please.

I was looking at different teams' histories a few nights ago.

It's pretty rare that you would do that well in the regular season and not win a championship, you'd think.

BUT the MLB Playoff format doesn't do great favors for the team(s) with the best regular season record(s)...it does allow 10 out of 30 teams to qualify for the postseason.

I saw.....a few teams that have a .700+ winning percentage all-time, are now at the perfect level, made the playoffs every year (14 or 13) and 0 championships. Now this is a total of like 3 teams out of 54 Powerhouses, many of them with 5 or 6 WS wins, most with at least 2.

But ... well, in a nutshell...with a victory comes a thrill, with defeat comes agony.

I was listening to a song a couple nights ago..."the good times will come, time will take them back away".... I don't know, just had to add that. I think that's cyclical. Like Led Zeppelin? Good Times, Bad Times, You know I've had my share

[sumyuen0718]

Originally Posted by One Great Matrix

I was looking at different teams' histories a few nights ago.

It's pretty rare that you would do that well in the regular season and not win a championship, you'd think.

BUT the MLB Playoff format doesn't do great favors for the team(s) with the best regular season record(s)...it does allow 10 out of 30 teams to qualify for the postseason.

I saw.....a few teams that have a .700+ winning percentage all-time, are now at the perfect level, made the playoffs every year (14 or 13) and 0 championships. Now this is a total of like 3 teams out of 54 Powerhouses, many of them with 5 or 6 WS wins, most with at least 2.

But ... well, in a nutshell...with a victory comes a thrill, with defeat comes agony.

I was listening to a song a couple nights ago..."the good times will come, time will take them back away".... I don't know, just had to add that. I think that's cyclical. Like Led Zeppelin? Good Times, Bad Times, You know I've had my share

i can definitely understand the randomness of mlb playoff. just get frustrated

thanks for your sharing