Typical time commitment?

[Fenway]

How much time does the average online league require of its GMs? Is it too hard to generalize, or is there a common pattern? Do most leagues expect one to remain in the league for years of real time? Is a typical schedule something like "set your weekly roster every day" or "set your roster every other day"? Does the typical submission revolve mostly around submitting a roster, or does one spend a lot of time working on financials, trades, player development, minor league moves, etc.?

I have played online games of other sorts before (play-by-email wargames, MMOs, etc.), so I'm accustomed to committing time to online gaming. I'm just wondering how big a chunk of time an online OOTP game requires. Thanks in advance.

[SC_Dawg]

Originally Posted by Fenway

How much time does the average online league require of its GMs? Is it too hard to generalize, or is there a common pattern? Do most leagues expect one to remain in the league for years of real time? Is a typical schedule something like "set your weekly roster every day" or "set your roster every other day"? Does the typical submission revolve mostly around submitting a roster, or does one spend a lot of time working on financials, trades, player development, minor league moves, etc.?

I have played online games of other sorts before (play-by-email wargames, MMOs, etc.), so I'm accustomed to committing time to online gaming. I'm just wondering how big a chunk of time an online OOTP game requires. Thanks in advance.

Personally I would expect tp spend 1 to 2 hrs every sim to take care of all of your roster moves and scanning for possible FA acquisitions or waiver wire acquisitions during the season. During the off season you can really spend as much time as you want pouring over possible FA signings etc. But I personally have never spent more than an hr per sim regardless of if it was during the season or in the off season. Many times it would be 15 minutes or less.

[Fenway]

Thanks for your reply. That sounds perfectly feasible.

[Xpert7777]

I want to add that it really depends on the how long the sims are what league it is.

I have played in a league that sims real time 1 game per day and unless I was formulating a trade very little time was spent making a 1 or 2 game fix for lineups and what not.

I currently play in a league where we 7 games at a time, 3 times per week so more time has to be spent maintaining. Also the league is participation enhanced, so many teams write PR's about their team, we have a twitter feed for each team, as well as an owner who does a weekly podcast about league matters. It actually can take up a good amount of time if you really want it to, and to be honest the more time I spend on a league, the more I get into it.