What % of games do you actually play?

Soxnbears01 · 08-08-2003, 06:31 PM

Just curious to see how everyone else plays. I'll usually play every other game for one week, then sim the next week, if I'm out of contention, simming most of the games.

Cooker · 08-08-2003, 06:39 PM

Depends on my mood and how my team's doing. Overall I play about 75% of my games. But if I lose more than a couple in a row I sim till my team wins one and then I start playing again.

The most I've ever simmed is three in a row. I just like to _see_ how my players do.

Of course that means I don't move very fast through a season.

Sweed · 08-08-2003, 06:41 PM

I play 100% of them. It's the only way I can really know my team.
I tried siming some when I first got version 4 and just felt out of touch.

andjbock · 08-08-2003, 06:46 PM

i usually play most games, but will usually argue calls in order to get tossed and sim some games that way...as the season goes to the 100 game mark i usually sim games for pitchers who dont have anything interesting going on until 9/1.

CoachL · 08-08-2003, 06:52 PM

I play them all, but I play only 84 game seasons.

dbacks · 08-08-2003, 07:05 PM

I play very few games. Mostly just playoff games. Or important regular season games. On average, I'll play about 5-10 games over the course of an entire season, playoffs included.

Specs · 08-08-2003, 07:26 PM

0%

Who has the time??

holyroller · 08-08-2003, 07:29 PM

I have one league I play out every game. I have another I sim exclusively. There are attractions to both methods.

Eric · 08-08-2003, 07:34 PM

I play 100% of my games. It gets me more involved in the "personality" of the players. The downside is that I don't get a chance to watch people develop through the years and create dynasties.

I bought OOTP4 in May '02 and managed the Giants. I lost to the Red Sox in the World Series in 6 games and managed to play through May of the next season before I moved on to another game.

I bought OOTP5 when it came out and have been managing the Giants again. I'm currently at Aug. 12 in the season. Hopefully I'll go all the way this year.

Question for those who sim - do you read all the box scores?

Steve Kuffrey · 08-08-2003, 07:41 PM

Probably 90-95% for them, "for me" that is the only way to play.

GForce22 · 08-08-2003, 07:42 PM

I play one game a series until Sept. if there is a pennant race. Except the U.S. Baseball Alliance, my dynasty thread...that is all simmed.

GH

cshigh · 08-08-2003, 10:43 PM

100% for me unless my team is out of it in mid September. I enjoy the game management aspect of the game.

ChipperStillRules10 · 08-08-2003, 11:02 PM

99.9% only time I don't play is if I accidentaly sim.

edm · 08-08-2003, 11:09 PM

League 1: 100% (although this season has been on hold because I'm currently playing out my High Heat season)

League 2: 0% (A fictional league which I sim 100 % of the games)

I usually have two solo leagues going at once, one where I play all the games (current season), and the other which I sim.

mh2365 · 08-08-2003, 11:34 PM

I either play the first game of every series or I pick one pitcher at the start of the year and play all his games

CBLCardinals · 08-08-2003, 11:35 PM

I play them all out. If I get ejected, I sim 'til the end.

Andy · 08-08-2003, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Steve Kuffrey
Probably 90-95% for them, "for me" that is the only way to play.

Same here...

HolyCow98 · 08-09-2003, 02:26 AM

I always have one league where I play out all the games....I get into the this league usually the best.

But I also generally have one or two leagues that I just sim...and usually don't even own a team in. Usually one Historic and one fictional.

If I have the time...I play the first league exclusively....but if I don't have the time but am in the mood for some OOTP....I"ll run the historic or fiction leagues....

Dazooz · 08-09-2003, 09:19 AM

Play out 100%.

I tried simming but felt out of touch. It takes me a good 2 months to play out a season, but that way I feel it much more!

draven085 · 08-09-2003, 10:21 AM

Like Hollyroller said before, I have one league where I play out every game....but I am going to start another where I sim so I can get through more seasons and experience the GM feel of the game more.

08-08-2003, 06:31 PM	#1
Soxnbears01 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 45	What % of games do you actually play? Just curious to see how everyone else plays. I'll usually play every other game for one week, then sim the next week, if I'm out of contention, simming most of the games.

08-08-2003, 07:29 PM	#8
holyroller Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: OTBL Forums Posts: 3,532	I have one league I play out every game. I have another I sim exclusively. There are attractions to both methods. __________________ Back to work, but not drawing a paycheck. TonyJ et. al.'s alias “I confused it with the chicken’s neck,” Mocanu, who was admitted to the emergency hospital in Galati, was quoted as saying. “I cut it ... and the dog rushed and ate it.”

08-08-2003, 07:41 PM	#10
Steve Kuffrey Administrator Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: S.E. TN - Georgia born and raised Posts: 17,036	Probably 90-95% for them, "for me" that is the only way to play. __________________ Steve Kuffrey DABS Atlanta Braves - 2008 Eastern Division Champ *DBLC Atlanta Braves - 2011, 2014 East Division Champ, 2012, 2013 NL Wildcard Baseball Maelstrom-Montreal Expos-2013 Tourney winner, 2014 WC Team Sparky's League - Tampa Bay D'Rays Epicenter Baseball League - Astros 2014 The CBL Rewind - Phillies '95

08-09-2003, 02:26 AM	#18
HolyCow98 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Douglasville, GA Posts: 2,735	I always have one league where I play out all the games....I get into the this league usually the best. But I also generally have one or two leagues that I just sim...and usually don't even own a team in. Usually one Historic and one fictional. If I have the time...I play the first league exclusively....but if I don't have the time but am in the mood for some OOTP....I"ll run the historic or fiction leagues.... __________________ NPBL Enjoying its 60th season Georgia GM

08-08-2003, 06:39 PM	#2
Cooker All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 592	Depends on my mood and how my team's doing. Overall I play about 75% of my games. But if I lose more than a couple in a row I sim till my team wins one and then I start playing again. The most I've ever simmed is three in a row. I just like to _see_ how my players do. Of course that means I don't move very fast through a season.

08-08-2003, 06:46 PM	#4
andjbock Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Somerville, MA, USA Bats: Right Throws: Left Posts: 3,640	i usually play most games, but will usually argue calls in order to get tossed and sim some games that way...as the season goes to the 100 game mark i usually sim games for pitchers who dont have anything interesting going on until 9/1.

08-08-2003, 06:52 PM	#5
CoachL Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Hilmar, CA Posts: 124	I play them all, but I play only 84 game seasons.

08-08-2003, 07:05 PM	#6
dbacks Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,735	I play very few games. Mostly just playoff games. Or important regular season games. On average, I'll play about 5-10 games over the course of an entire season, playoffs included.

08-08-2003, 07:34 PM	#9
Eric All Star Starter Join Date: May 2002 Location: Folsom, CA Posts: 1,234	I play 100% of my games. It gets me more involved in the "personality" of the players. The downside is that I don't get a chance to watch people develop through the years and create dynasties. I bought OOTP4 in May '02 and managed the Giants. I lost to the Red Sox in the World Series in 6 games and managed to play through May of the next season before I moved on to another game. I bought OOTP5 when it came out and have been managing the Giants again. I'm currently at Aug. 12 in the season. Hopefully I'll go all the way this year. Question for those who sim - do you read all the box scores?

08-08-2003, 07:42 PM	#11
GForce22 Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,654	I play one game a series until Sept. if there is a pennant race. Except the U.S. Baseball Alliance, my dynasty thread...that is all simmed. GH

08-08-2003, 10:43 PM	#12
cshigh All Star Reserve Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ludlow, KY Posts: 508	100% for me unless my team is out of it in mid September. I enjoy the game management aspect of the game.

08-08-2003, 11:02 PM	#13
ChipperStillRules10 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 244	99.9% only time I don't play is if I accidentaly sim.

08-08-2003, 11:09 PM	#14
edm Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 2,002	League 1: 100% (although this season has been on hold because I'm currently playing out my High Heat season) League 2: 0% (A fictional league which I sim 100 % of the games) I usually have two solo leagues going at once, one where I play all the games (current season), and the other which I sim.

08-08-2003, 11:34 PM	#15
mh2365 Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: louisville Posts: 14,941 Infractions: 0/2 (101)	I either play the first game of every series or I pick one pitcher at the start of the year and play all his games

08-08-2003, 11:35 PM	#16
CBLCardinals OOTP Roster Team Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,073	I play them all out. If I get ejected, I sim 'til the end.

08-09-2003, 09:19 AM	#19
Dazooz Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 193	Play out 100%. I tried simming but felt out of touch. It takes me a good 2 months to play out a season, but that way I feel it much more!

08-09-2003, 10:21 AM	#20
draven085 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,074	Like Hollyroller said before, I have one league where I play out every game....but I am going to start another where I sim so I can get through more seasons and experience the GM feel of the game more.