Learning your lesson...go and play!

[RLebron12]

Re: Learning your lesson...go and play!

Man I think this post is just what I needed. I was super excited to play the game but have been playing exhibition games left and right and have been feeling a bit of emptiness. Exhibition is cool but it's not the same without player fatigue and having to sit certain players, or stat tracking. I was also going to wait for OSFM but now I may just wait for the first roster update and start up my Giants franchise.

Plus I could always download the OSFM and use that as a model to edit any minor leaguer I may want to bring up to the show.


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[DJ]

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Great thread and post, PB!

Dynamic Difficulty has really enabled me to do just this, pick the game up and play. It's nice not having to worry about messing with sliders (there may be a tweak or two I make after playing for a week) and just letting the game put me in a slot based on how I'm playing. With the DD slider, it'll be easier to lock-in to a level and then once I'm there, I can drop the slider so the difficulty swings aren't as severe as last year.

[extremeskins04]

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This is what I'm doing. I'm the type of player that plays about 1 game every 6th day in my season and then sims the rest so I can get through multiple seasons. This way I can play with each pitcher in my lineup each week, and I end up only playing 26 games in a season instead of 162.

So with that being said, I'm waiting for OSFM rosters. I like to rebuild bad teams into winners so I really want the authenticity of the OSFM.

But...in the meantime...

I made a fantasy draft franchise with GM Contracts turned off and I'm going to be playing that while waiting for the OSFM. It's better than just doing Play Now or Exhibition games and I get to play with a few of my favorite players in a fantasy drafted team.

[gman2774]

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I think I'm going to run with season mode and go. I would like to get Bryant in the game so I'll either import him in or download a "prospects included" roster. One team control for me. I'm assuming if players get hurt on cpu run teams, the cpu will pick up free agents to fill the roster if they need to.

[geisterhome]

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Lesson I learned is not to buy the game before the ofsm rosters are out and the first major patch has dropped

[PsychoBulk]

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Lesson I learned is not to buy the game before the ofsm rosters are out and the first major patch has dropped

Thats one workaround, but the bottom line is whether you get it on release or a month or two later, by waiting you are still denying yourself all that playing time, and as i said, i see that as a bit futile now (didnt used to), when you have kids, partners, jobs etc all vying for your gaming time.

Re: the patch - there are (as far as we seem to be aware) no game breaking issues anyway, so waiting for a patch that may come in two weeks, five weeks, two months...sorry, havent got time for that, bearing in mind there was already a patch ready for download when you got the game, its not going to be anytime soon.

Each to his own, for sure, im not trying to dictate anything to anyone else, merely share the lessons ive learnt over years of doing this process

[Heroesandvillains]

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Been taking this approach for a while now. Finally got over the "slider disease" a few years ago.,

Me too. Last year (and most of the year before) I was "disease free."

Use me as an example, guys. I used to be exactly what Psychobulk described in the first post. I'd restart my Franchise even if I clicked one slider in on direction. I'd restart my Franchise when the patch would come out. I'd restart my Franchise when I changed interfaces. And I'd start again with OSFM. And guess how I felt? Yep. Stressed. It was stupid.

Quick Counts and Y2Y saves really motivated me to dig in and just play. Last year was especially very freeing. I had one and only one Franchise. I also went into it all with a sense of peace, knowing that this Frachise would continue, possibly for forever, so really, no one game stressed me out; as I knew this Yankees club would play hundreds more.

Now look at where I am. I'm already on year two and every stat is mine. I played every inning of every game last year, so I also feel a real sense of attachment to my club.

Even last night I had an overwhelming sense of love for the team I've built. Similar to an RPG.

Take it from me (and Psychobulk, and Skyboxer, and Armor, and bcruise, etc) that digging in and not looking back is freeing. You'll also thank yourself when 16 comes out. Trust me.

Just play.

[PsychoBulk]

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Use me as an example, guys. I used to be exactly what Psychobulk described in the first post. I'd restart my Franchise even if I clicked one slider in on direction. I'd restart my Franchise when the patch would come out. I'd restart my Franchise when I changed interfaces. And I'd start again with OSFM. And guess how I felt? Yep. Stressed. It was stupid.

Wise words from a Show veteran.

Yep, know the feeling so well, thats EXACTLY where i was, for years and years, just continuously finding any and every spurious reason that i needed to restart my franchise...when the truth was none of them were really reasons at all, it was just me looking for excuses, as if i was somehow sub consciously scared of just diving right it and getting stuck right in.

Well...no more, thankfully.

When the SCEA roster drops Monday, thats it, ill be away...you too H&V or have you already started?

[Heroesandvillains]

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Wise words from a Show veteran.

Yep, know the feeling so well, thats EXACTLY where i was, for years and years, just continuously finding any and every spurious reason that i needed to restart my franchise...when the truth was none of them were really reasons at all, it was just me looking for excuses, as if i was somehow sub consciously scared of just diving right it and getting stuck right in.

Well...no more, thankfully.

When the SCEA roster drops Monday, thats it, ill be away...you too H&V or have you already started?

I went into 14 knowing full well I'd carry over to 15, which is exactly what I did.

So even though I've only played a couple games of MLB 15, I'm actually on the 16th game of my second Franchise season.

Right now, the only "waiting" I'm doing is getting my Dynamic Difficulty levels to All-Star, which I'll do in exhibition matches. Once I get to AS, I'll drop the Dynamic Difficulty slider to 2-3 and carry on my Franchise.

Generally I end up adjusting some sliders; Errors and SB related ones, specifically. Those I'll do as I progress my Franchise.

TL;DR: I'm continuing my 2014 Franchise and not looking back.

[BearsnVodka]

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For me I never stop while waiting for the rosters, I just do a franchise where I create myself and play with it through that so that I'm more focus on the Major league team and my player. Then when we get rosters I can choose to do more of a GM-centric franchise where having the players down to A ball which gives it so much depth and makes it a ton of fun.

[MrGrease]

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I always do a fantasy draft each year (can't draft the same player twice is my only rule) and lately I've been playing all 162 + post season. I really enjoy using different players each year - I could never just choose the same team each season. I record my stats at the end of the year so it motivates me to start playing ASAP so I can finish before the next season. I used to try and teak sliders but this dynamic difficulty is so much better. Now if I could just stop playing Bloodborne for a few hours, I could start my franchise...

[themoneyteam1212]

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best post ever

[Robmia]

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I find the sliders real good this year!! And I use to go through the same thing I would restart franchises and all that good stuff but I think I'm settling in now lol won't be any restarting this year lol but I do wanna make another franchise with a N.L team


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[bkrich83]

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Some may remember, some may not, i wrote a thread similar to this a couple of years ago, and im going to update it for this years game, because i think its worth saying and could be valuable to others in the same boat.



Basically, the last few years, ive generally messed around too much when waiting to start my franchise, i would always say to myself things like:



- your sliders arent tested enough

- wait for the OSFM OD Set

- then, may as well for re-rates/pitch edits etc

- there may be another patch, wait for that

- alter my players equipments to be as accurate as possible



...and on and on it went, i was giving myself any excuse not to just go and actually play the game, due to this i was always struggling to get my franchise in (i play all 162), and any post-season, should i get there.



Well, this year its different, ive finally wised up.



My sliders? Yeah, they may require the odd tweak in future but ill have a set out this weekend (see Slider forum) and any adjustments can be made on the fly, why on earth do i need to restart a franchise many games in because of one click of a slider left or right? Madness lol, but i used to do it



Rosters? I will never have a go at anyone that waits for OSFM, ive always done it myself in years past, they are an incredible community based product that deserve all the praise they get...with that said, this year, im not waiting for them. Why? Because we are possibly looking at a month or so, May, i dont want to waste another 4/5 weeks of possible playtime, when, in reality, i only plan to get one season in, as i play all 162, at a relaxed pace, 2 hours a game, so wanting the correct minors and prospects for seasons to come is futile - ill be onto MLB 16/17 by then.



Patch? There may be one, but theres no glaring errors that mean waiting, again, likely a month or more for it, it will work on existing games anyway.



So, basically, what AM i worrying about? Why didnt i just start and play in years gone by?



NO MORE i tell you!



So...my message to others in a similar boat thinking about waiting for this, that and the other that they "must have", before starting their franchises...learn from my painful lessons and get started, enjoy the game and go and play.



Im sure im not the only one whos come to see the light where this game and waiting is concerned.



My franchise starts next week, once and for all, and will NOT be restarting, because ive also learned if you keep restarting you simply never finish what you started.



If you are a little OCD and absolutely HAVE to wait for all the edits and re-rates that OSFM will get in the months to come, fair play to you, each to his own and all that, but me, well, i used to be like that, but like i say, lesson learned



Lets play ball!

I am doing the exact same thing. Excellent post.


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[PsychoBulk]

Re: Learning your lesson...go and play!

Any others thoughts on this guys, particularly from those in the old "waiting/restarting" boat?