While Waiting For OSFM

[sink4ever]

Re: While Waiting For OSFM

I'll continue my Padres/A's franchise, I'm about halfway through 2015 in it. This will be my first year on PS4 so I'll probably also do a bunch of exhibition games to see all the beautiful ballparks. I'm also planning on switching from button zone hitting to analog directional, so I'll do some testing to make sure my sliders are properly set.

[ajblithe20]

Re: While Waiting For OSFM

Here's my plan.

Take the newest rosters and start a franchise. While it's still in day one save it. Start it on '15.

Bamm new rosters! So what am I missing with this idea?

You won't have the real 2015 schedule unless you sim one season of MLB 14 and keep all the rosters exactly the same. If you do that you won't have the real 2014 stats


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[extremeskins04]

Re: While Waiting For OSFM

So I actually have a question regarding the OSFM rosters. It's my understanding that Knight gets help from the OS community and I've noticed that there are people whom are fans of their respective teams offer to help with the rosters OF THEIR FAVORITE TEAMS.

What's to say these volunteers don't boost the attributes a little of their favorite players from their favorite teams?

How are measures put in place in this large project to avoid this?

Just curious. Are we just taking people's word that they keep the ratings unbiased?

[redsox4evur]

Re: While Waiting For OSFM

So I actually have a question regarding the OSFM rosters. It's my understanding that Knight gets help from the OS community and I've noticed that there are people whom are fans of their respective teams offer to help with the rosters OF THEIR FAVORITE TEAMS.

What's to say these volunteers don't boost the attributes a little of their favorite players from their favorite teams?

How are measures put in place in this large project to avoid this?

Just curious. Are we just taking people's word that they keep the ratings unbiased?

There are formulas used to come up with most, if not all, of these attributes for every player.

[CaseIH]

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This is going to be the first year I dive into the OSFM. I know it takes about a month after release for the OSFM to come out and I'd like to wait for that before I start my RTTS and Franchise.

So my question is, for those who use OSFM, what do you do during the wait?

Probably sounds odd, but I play a lot of exhibition games with the fake minor leaguers until the OSFM is released. I typically don't like to play much with my team the Reds until Im ready to start my Franchise, that way I learn them as I go, especially since I play every Spring Training game.


I don't typically play a lot until the OSFM rosters are out anyway, as Im still playing NBA2k a lot, but once the OSFM hit, MLBTS is about all I play until baseball season is over, and even then I play it quite often even long after the World Series is over.

[Ed21]

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I'll play a few exhibition games and then fire up a practice run franchise with an NL team. Either the Padres, Dodgers or Pirates. Then throughout that first month I'll tweak the sliders until I've got a perfect set.

Then when OSFM comes out I'll start my proper franchise for real with either the White Sox or Mariners. I'll probably have an NL franchise going at the same time so I don't get bored as well. Maybe with the Mets, Dodgers or Padres.

When I'm playing my proper franchise I like the sliders to be the same for the whole experience. If I keep having to change them because the hitting is too easy or the pitching is too hard, I lose the continuity that makes franchise so exciting for me.

Getting those sliders perfect beforehand is my main goal and doing a practice franchise allows me to keep track of averages throughout 5, 10, 15, 20 games etc. so as I change them I can see how they're balancing out.

[Bondsfan]

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They will release before the end of April most likely. Thats not even 1/6th of the season.

OSFM almost always takes a month, so you are right thats 1/6th of the season, which for me is still too long to wait. And thats just assuming your waiting for the first version, not any corrected versions, rerates, etc. i've found some big discrepancies in years past amonst the ratings of different teams with the first version. I get that some teams have better farms than others, but there were a huge difference in prospect ratings imo based on who did the individual teams. Such is the problem with multiple creators involved. No other way you could do it though with a user driven project like this, its impossible not to have some biased creators.

For me, its just not worth waiting anymore. But those who wait, good for you. The roster makers put a ton of effort into this, and I appreciate all the work they have done which Ive benefitted from in the past.

[DJ]

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I'll play the Subway Series (Mets, of course) first and then from there likely just pick random matchups so I can check out different teams/stadiums.

I will carry over my Orioles season from MLB 14 and try and finish that up (in August) before starting a Mets franchise with the OSFM 15 roster.

[JayD]

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I'll be okay with the generated players, which now are random every time you start a franchise, until OSFM drops. I just really hope the generated players equipment choices have improved from previous versions. Also I hope I don't see every other player with handlebar mustaches and dread.

[countryboy]

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I don't wait. I jump right in and start my franchise.

[PsychoBulk]

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I don't wait. I jump right in and start my franchise.

I always used to wait...this year is the first im considering not.

We are looking at a month after release until they come out, thats a lot of wasted playing time and in all likelihood im only going to get one season in on this game (playing all 162) anyway, so having the correct minors for years to come matters little.

I do however think if i dont wait, when they do drop ill start wishing i had waited.

Who knows, we'll see.

First year im even considering not waiting.

Your thoughts on why you dont wait Country?

[countryboy]

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I always used to wait...this year is the first im considering not.

We are looking at a month after release until they come out, thats a lot of wasted playing time and in all likelihood im only going to get one season in on this game (playing all 162) anyway, so having the correct minors for years to come matters little.

I do however think if i dont wait, when they do drop ill start wishing i had waited.

Who knows, we'll see.

First year im even considering not waiting.

Your thoughts on why you dont wait Country?

I just don't want to wait. By the time the OSFM are released, I'll be close to the month of June in my franchise.

Also, the way franchise is setup presently, players are going to fall from the game and disappear after you draft players. So there are 5 players typically per team that will disappear.

What I do is name the Top prospects for each team (A & B potential usually) as I play through Spring Training. There are 30 days of ST and 30 teams. So after each day, I go name prospects for one team and then play the next days games and then name a team and continue until Regular season starts.

[BuckeyeBoyd]

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Bought a PS4 and a copy of '14. Set up a franchise last night with last years OSFM rosters. Won't have to wait on anything. These carry over's are the bee's knees! I'll start another when the roster gets published too, probably. Don't wanna miss out on Frazier and Mesoraco's break-out years.

And play a lot of The Golf Club!

[Hayman19]

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Bought a PS4 and a copy of '14. Set up a franchise last night with last years OSFM rosters. Won't have to wait on anything. These carry over's are the bee's knees! I'll start another when the roster gets published too, probably. Don't wanna miss out on Frazier and Mesoraco's break-out years.

And play a lot of The Golf Club!

Yep, thats what I am doing. Re installing MLB 14 right now(has only been deleted for about a week now) to find the newest rosters I can and start a franchise that is specifically made to carry over to 15 with a team I wouldnt normally use. Once the new rosters drop, I will start a new one with the Jays.

[Bacong]

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I actually start up a franchise with default rosters but with a team I don't really care about, just to get the hang of it by the time OFSM comes out.

hi

I'll probably just carry over my Padres/Phillies franchise from 14 until OSFM drops. what I do then I'm not sure of yet.